Mad River Taste Place pairing Credit: Courtesy of Julie Rubaud

Visitors to Waitsfield’s Mad River Taste Place get to know the sweeter side of Vermont’s wine industry. Through a winemaker-guided tasting, guests will compare honey wines by Artesano Mead with ice ciders and berry-based pours from Boyden Valley Winery & Spirits, Windfall Orchard, Eden Specialty Ciders and Lincoln Peak Vineyard, among others. Between sips, curated nibbles — think perfectly paired local cheeses and handmade charcuterie — will provide a salty counterbalance to the fruit.

Explore Ice Cider, Mead, Fruit Wine & Food Pairings: Tuesday, October 23, 5:30-7 p.m., Mad River Taste Place, Waitsfield. $10-15. Info, 434-2000, vermontfresh.net.

More food events

On-Farm Community Dinner: Green Mountain Farm-to-School and Morningstar Farm team up to serve a field-fresh community supper. Thursday, October 18, 5-7 p.m., Morningstar Farm, Glover. Free. Info, 334-2044, facebook.com/greenmountainfarmtoschool.

‘Modified’ Screening: Part of the Vermont International Film Festival, the award-winning documentary examines the politics, theory and practice of North American GMO labeling practices. Friday, October 19, 4:15 p.m., Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. $5 suggested donation. Info, 660-2600, vtiff.org.

15th Annual Heirloom Apple Dinner: Hosts Steve and Lara Atkins celebrate the flavors of autumn with a menu featuring Eden’s “forbidden fruit.” Thursday, October 18, 6 p.m., Kitchen Table Bistro, Richmond. $110. Info, 434-8686, kitchentablebistro.com.

This article appears in Oct 17-23, 2018.

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.