Fine fare on offer at food and wine festivals

* CORKSCREW Winter Wine Fair takes place tomorrow from 1pm to 6pm at the Westbury Hotel just around the corner from the shop on Chatham Street, Dublin 2. Tickets €25, from 01 674 5731 or www.thecorkscrew.ie.

* ON Tuesday, Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry, Co Cork, is the venue for a dinner accompanied by wines of Durbanville Hills, South Africa, presented by winemaker Martin Moore. Reception at 8pm. Tickets (€70) on 021 4652531 and see www.ballymaloe.ie.

* CASES Wine Warehouse Christmas Wine Fair takes place in store at Riverside Commercial Estate, Tuam Road, Galway on Thursday from 6.30pm to 10pm. Tickets, €20, from 091 764 701 or see www.cses.ie.

* A WINE fair is taking place from Thursday to Saturday next at Simply Wine Warehouse, Ballyogan Business Park (Exit 15 off the M50) in Dublin 18. Phone [phone] or see www.simplywines.ie.

* THE 10th Cork Wine Fair, organised by O’Donvans Off Licences, takes place on November 18 from 5pm to 10pm at the Clarion Hotel, Lapps Quay, Cork. All ticket sales (€10) go to the Simon Community in Cork. As well as hundreds of wines open to sample, there will be a range of premium beers, tasting master classes, food and wine matching, etc. Booking/enquiries at any O’Donovan’s stores in Cork city and county; tel [phone].

* LA TOUCHE Wines’ Christmas wine fair is taking place from 5pm to 9pm at Greystones Lawn Tennis Club on Friday. Tickets (€10) from La Touche Wines, Greystones. Phone [phone] or see www.latouchewines4u.ie.

* THE Wine Centre in Kilkenny is hosting its 12th annual Wine Fair on Friday from 6.30pm at the Newpark Hotel, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny. Tickets (€10) from The Wine Centre on John Street; phone [phone], or see www.thewinecentre.ie.

* THE Curious Wines Christmas Wine Fair takes place in the store off the Kinsale Road roundabout in Cork city next Saturday from noon to 6pm. Tickets are €15. Phone [phone] or see www.curiouswines.ie.