Dr Vino's wine blog

It’s Friday and you might be wondering what sort of wine events are available near you tonight. LocalWineEvents.com is an excellent resource for checking out what’s happening near you be it at a wine shop, bar, or other locale.

Started five years ago by the affable Eric V. Orange, the site has listed over 50,000 wine events. And a new site redesign last month has added more content and made the navigation easier and better looking (though it is still dense text). In fact, there are so many events listed, a search tool sorting by neighborhood or by wine theme may soon be necessary.

It’s also a useful way to find out what’s going on in other cities. Whether you’re jetting off to Tulsa (yes there actually are two events in Tulsa) or Cape Town (23 events) you can use the site to scope out the wine scene before touching down. Or if you want to feel proud of your local wine scene or cofirm your suspicion that it needs a vino infusion, you can also see where your city stands in the global rankings. Right now, New York City is leading the charts with 146 events, Los Angeles second with 106, and Chicago third with 77 events.

The best part might just be that it is free–for both consumers and event organizers. I recently had an event in Chicago and one in New York and many attendees had come through the localwineevnts listings. A free, action-packed database? Now that’s some technology we can all raise our glasses to!