Plan the season’s first (or only) island retreat around the Nantucket Wine Festival and enjoy some of the world’s most celebrated food and wine on one of New England’s most picturesque islands. Scheduled for Wednesday, May 16th through Sunday, May 20th the five-day-long event features wine and food seminars, wine dinners, lunches and brunches, and tastings galore including the Grand Tasting (where more than two hundred wineries will be offering samples of their wares) and the Harbor Gala (where guest can try tastes from local and mainland chefs like Seth & Angela Raynor of Boarding House, the Pearl and Corazon del Mar, Gabriel Frasca & Amanda Lydon of Straight Wharf and Ventuno, Toby Hill of Pain D’Avignon, Rich Garcia of 606 Congress and Andy Husbands of Tremont 647). To get all the details and to start planning your trip, visit the Wine Festival website or call 508.228.1128.