Last modified: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 1:11 PM EDT

Wine and Dine

THIS WEEK

TODAY

Taste of the Nation, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, $85

Sommelier Smackdown, Gordon’s Fine Wine & Culinary Center, Waltham, 7 p.m., $65 (781.893.1900)

Newport Restaurant Week: Wine Down, One Bellevue, Hotel Viking, Newport, 6-7:30 p.m., $40 (401.848.4800)

TOMORROW

1970s Classless Reunion Show by KP Productions, interactive dinner-show, Via Roma, Providence, $45, through April 13 (401.349.4062)

Newport Restaurant Week: Wine Tasting, Bay Voyage Inn, Newport, 6-8 p.m., $25

SATURDAY

Fund-raising dinner and mini-concert for Give a Bell Campaign, Grace Episcopal Church, North Attleboro, 5:30 p.m., $8, childre $5

Founders Day Dinner, Westport Rivers winery, Westport, 5:30-8:30 p.m., $75 (508.636.3423)

1970s Classless Reunion Show by KP Productions, interactive dinner-show, Via Roma, Providence, $45, through April 13 (401.349.4062)

Faulkner-Sagoff Gala, Westin Copley Place, 6 p.m., $500 (617.983.7309)

SUNDAY

Gluten-free buffet, Outback Steak House, Seekonk, 11 .m., $25, $10 for children (401.624.8888)

1970s Classless Reunion Show by KP Productions, interactive dinner-show, Via Roma, Providence, $45 (401.349.4062)

Your Place & Mine dinner, Rialto, Boston, $40 (617.661.5050)

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY

Great Tapas Challenge, Tremont 647, Boston, 6 p.m., $49 (617.266.4600)

Five-course Savory Grape wine dinner with Easton Wines, Gracie’s, Providence, 6 p.m., $85 (401.886.9463)

Wine & Dine Mondays: Wines from the Alps, Beacon Hill Bistro, Boston, 7 p.m., $55 (617.723.7575)

Celiac wine dinner, Spiga Trattoria, Cranston, 6 p.m., $29.95 (spigatrattoria.com and 401.463.6075)

Three-course cooking demo and dinner, Boston French Library, Boston, $85 (617.912.0400)

TUESDAY

Five-course High-Low Wine Dinner, Fleming’s, Providence, 6:30 p.m., $95 ( California wine dinner, Amelia’s Trattoria, Cambridge, 6:30-10 p.m., $55 (617.868.7600)

Wednesday, April 16

Four-course beer dinner, Morin’s, Attleboro, 6:30 p.m., $35 (508.222.9875)

Lake Country wine region of California wine tasting, Go Fish, Mystic, Conn., 5:30 p.m., $17 (gofishct.com and 860.536.4619)

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Five-course wine dinner, Audrey’s at Johnson & Wales Inn, Seekonk, 6:30 p.m., $55 (jwinn.com and 800.232.1772)

Spring sangria party, Vlora, Boston, 7-9 p.m., $10 (bostoneventguide.com)

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Fireside Chat: Colonial Spirits & Food, The Fireplace, Boston, 3-4:15 p.m., $25 (617.975.1900)

SUNDAY

MORE IN APRIL

Tuesday, April 22

Passover meal, Walter’s Ristorante d’Italia, Providence (401.273.8664)

Wednesday, April 23

Ruffino wine dinner, Sage Restaurant, Boston, 6:30 p.m., $85 (sageboston.com and 617.248.8814)

Food & Wine Pairing: Wines of Oyster Bay, New Zealand, Go Fish, Mystic, Conn., 5:30 p.m., $25 (gofishct.com and 860.536.4619)

Passover meal, Walter’s Ristorante d’Italia, Providence (401.273.8664)

Saturday, April 26

Spring wine dinner, Hotel Manisses, Block Island, 6 p.m., $95 (800.626.4773)

Monday, April 28

Wine & Dine Mondays: Eclectic Picks, Beacon Hill Bistro, Boston, 7 p.m., $55 (617.723.7575)

Wednesday, April 30

Dinner and book-signing by Linda Beaulieu and Joe Zito, “The TV Maitre d’ Cookbooks,” DeWolf Tavern, Bristol, 5:45 p.m., $50, includes book (401.728.6688)

 Wines of Argentina wine tasting, Go Fish, Mystic, Conn., 5:30 p.m., $15 (gofishct.com and 860.536.4619)

MAY

Thursday, May 1

Five-course wine dinner, Audrey’s at Johnson & Wales Inn, Seekonk, 6:30 p.m., $55 (jwinn.com and 800.232.1772)

Friday, May 2

Saturday, May 3

Addy: An American Girl Picnic Lunch (nnon) and Addy: An American Girl Tea (4 p.m.), Providence Performing Arts Center Marquee Room, $25 each, in conjunction with liver performances of “Addy: An American Girl Story” at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. (401.421.arts)

Fireside Chat: Tequila, The Fireplace, Boston, 3-4:15 p.m., $25 (617.975.1900)

Sunday, May 4

Your Place & Mine three-course dinner, Icarus, Boston, $40 (617.426.1790)

Tuesday, May 6

New Amsterdam TM Straight Gin tasting, Croma Restaurant, Boston, 6-8 p.m., $20, benefits Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (mareinc.org and 617.542.3678)

To Market, To Market: Wasik’s cheese, Vela, Wellesley, 6-8 p.m., $50 (velawellesley.com and 781.235.4449)

Thursday, May 8

Buffet-Lovers Parrothead Party, Dick’s Last Resort, Boston, 7 p.m. (617.267.8080)

Saturday, May 10

Coastal Wine Trail Kick-Off, Westport Rivers Vineyard, Westport, 1-3 p.m., $35 (508.636.3423.x2)

Monday, May 12

Wine & Dine Mondays: Sauvignon Blanc, Beacon Hill Bistro, Boston, 7 p.m., $55 (617.723.7575)

Wednesday, May 14

Big Night dinner, Grotto, Boston, $75, $55 without wine (617.227.3434)

Nantucket Wine Festival, Nantucket, through Sunday (nantucketwinefestival.com and 508.228.1128)

Thursday, May 15

Nantucket Wine Festival, Nantucket, through Friday (nantucketwinefestival.com and 508.228.1128)

Friday, May 16

Nantucket Wine Festival, Nantucket, through Friday (nantucketwinefestival.com and 508.228.1128)

Saturday, May 17

Fireside Chat: Mixing Martinis, The Fireplace, Boston, 3-4:15 p.m., $25 (617.975.1900)