June 14-16: Food Film Festival, Part 1
This weekend is the official kickoff of the first annual NYC Food Film Festival at Water Taxi Beach. This weekend features regional american burgers and asparagus, with Hamburger America (for those of you who missed our QBQ Burger Bash last year), Asparagus! A Stalk-Umentary, and more, including your chance to taste the famed green chile cheeseburger. Drool. You can find the full schedule here.

June 14, 19: The Joy of Cheese Presents The Young Americans
Learn about the fantastic American cheeses being made across our fruited plains from sea to shining sea -- taste over a dozen cheeses from all over America, even obscure places like Georgia, Idaho and Texas. Admission to the tasting is $30 and you pay for your drinks as you go. 7 - 8:30 p.m. at 10 Degrees, 121 St. Marks Place in the East Village. Reservations are mandatory and can be made by email. are a must.

June 16: Italian Wine Merchants: A Taste of the North
It's the region that brings us Piemonte's Barolo and Barbaresco; Veneto's Amarone; and Friuli's Super-Whites. Let the experts at the Italian Wine Merchants guide you through Northern Italy with wine and regional nibbles. 1-3 p.m., $50, Register online or by calling 212-473-2323 x106. Italian Wine Merchants - Studio del Gusto, 108 East 16th Street between Park Avenue South & Irving Place.

June 20: Third Annual Spanish Wine Festival
Taste over 100 Spanish wines at this benefit for City Harvest, sponsored by PJ Wine. Not only will you get to enjoy some of the highest-rated Spanish wines and sherries in the city, but you'll get to do so while nibbling on jamon, cheeses, and tapas galore in the historical setting of Landmark on the Park, a Universalist Church built in 1897. And if you really want to get in the mood, check out our last visit. $89.99, tickets available online. 160 Central Park West at 76th St., 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.