If you are interested in finding Wine Events around you, a good website full of wine events all around the world but particularly in the USA is Local Wine Events.
Being able to locate local wine events is a huge help for beginner as it will help you get tied into a community that is as into wine as you are. In my article “What Wine Goes With This?” I mentioned that you should find a wine buddy so you have someone to compare the reactions to bottles of wine with, local wine events are a good way to find such a person if you are the first of your friends to get into wine.
If you are a long time wine drinker starting to think about your carbon foot print, looking at a list of local wine events will help you find winearys that are close by, and buying local does more than give you community it reduces the amont of gas burnt for each class of wine you drink.
