The Annual Verde Valley Wine Festival returns, this time at a new location in Cottonwood at the Old Town Activity Park offering the finest Arizona wineries, breweries, distilleries, restaurants, artisans, and live music. The festival will be held on Saturday, April 30 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. General admission tickets are $35 in advance, $45 at the event. It includes 8 libation tastes and unlimited food sampling. VIP tickets are $125 and give you earlier access to the festival (11 a.m. instead of 12 p.m.), access to a VIP lounge, 2 additional wine tastings, unlimited food samples, and a swag bag.

VIP Platinum tickets include access to the April 29 pre-festival culinary experience and live auction (6-9 pm) at the Cottonwood Community Clubhouse in Old Town Cottonwood. Enjoy the Phoenix-based jazz band What’s The Big Idea and bites by Merkin Vineyards Tasting Room and Osteria’s Executive Chef Chris “Smithers” Smith. For details and tickets, visit this link: http://verdevalleywinefestival.com