The bar at CO Cellars Credit: Courtesy of Co Cellars

Tastemakers from Burlington’s South End food and arts community host a party with music from Mal Maiz. Tour the businesses in the renovated building, with stops at Alice & the Magician for aromatic tipples with Barr Hill Gin and at CO Cellars for sparkling natural wines and ciders. Peruse the baubles at Rackk & Ruin and Jennifer Kahn Jewelry, and take in the fine art at studios and galleries on the premises. If you begin to flag, find fresh-roasted joe at Brio Coffeeworks and vegetable-forward sustenance from Tomgirl Juice and Pitchfork Farm and Pickle.

Soda Plant Grand Opening: Saturday, March 9, 4-8 p.m., the Soda Plant, Burlington. Cost of food and drink. Info, thesodaplant.com.

More food events

‘A Fine Line: A Woman’s Place Is in the Kitchen’: Food and film fans gather for a screening, panel discussion and hors d’oeuvres from local chefs to benefit the Vermont Women’s Fund. Thursday, March 7, 5:30-9 p.m., Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. $15-20. Info, 540-3018.

Sugar on Snow: Kids of all ages head to the sugarhouse to twirl molten maple around forks and other implements. Fridays through Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., through March 31, Morse Farm Sugarworks, Montpelier. Free. Info, 800-242-2740, morsefarm.com.

Cheesemaking Workshop: Award-winning cheesemaker Maria Schumann schools creamery visitors on making sheep’s-milk tomme and kefiretta. Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Cate Hill Orchard & Sheep Dairy, Greensboro. $70-120 (sliding scale). Info, catehillorchard.com.

This article appears in Mar 6-12, 2019.

Hannah Palmer Egan was a Seven Days food writer from 2014-2019. She was a 2017 James Beard Journalism Award finalist for her coverage of Vermont's food and agriculture industries, and received food writing awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. She lives in northeast Pennsylvania with her family, where she works in the outdoor lifestyle and adventure tourism industry.