Food Calendar

Saturday-Thursday, Sept. 20-25

Cape May Food & Wine Festival, featuring wine tastings and cellar tours, food and wine seminars and classes, a beer-tasting dinner, gourmet luncheons, a chowder contest, and more, with a wide array of participating Cape May restaurants. For reservations and a list of events, classes and restaurants, visit www.capemaymac.org. Many of the events are for adults only.

Sunday, Sept. 21

Chester County Restaurant Festival, with more than 50 participating restaurants providing food from their menus, as well as arts-and-crafts vendors, live music, and a beer court. Admission is free; pay for what you eat. Parking is $2 all day in all West Chester municipal garages. Restaurant booths will be on Gay Street between Matlack and Darlington Streets; vendors on High Street between Market and Chestnut Streets. For information, visit www.west-chester.com or call 610-436-9010. Rain date is Sept. 28.

Wine Festival, featuring a wide array of international wines, including Chateau St. Cosme Cotes du Rhone Rouge from France, Guitian Godello from Spain, Tiefenbrunner Pinot Bianco from Italy, Alamos Torrontes from South America, Red Mud Cabernet from Australia, and many more, as well as a selection of gourmet offerings including imported and domestic cheeses, antipasto, olive selections, grilled vegetables, and bruschetta. $45, includes a complimentary sampling wineglass. 1 to 4 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. For more information and reservations, call 215-222-1400 or visit www.worldcafelive.com.

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Sept. 27-28 & Oct. 4-5: Brandywine Valley Wine Trail Harvest Festival, featuring six Brandywine Valley wineries, including Chaddsford Winery, Twin Brook Winery, Paradocx Vineyard, Kreutz Creek Vineyards, Penns Woods Winery, and Va La Vineyards. Activities include wine tastings, vineyard tours, picnics, live music, art exhibitions and more. Passports for all six locations are $25. To purchase passports and for information, including the locations of all participating wineries, visit www.bvwinetrail.com or call 610-444-3842.

Sept. 28: Sippin' by the River, a festival to benefit the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, featuring fine wines and beers, gourmet food, tutored tastings, and live entertainment. $30 through tomorrow, $40 thereafter. 1 to 5 p.m. on Festival Pier at Penn's Landing, Columbus Boulevard at Spring Garden Street. For tickets and more information, including a list of beer, wine and food vendors, visit www.sippinbytheriver.com or call 215-893-1999.

- Barry Zukerman