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GLASGOW ■ Kiwi or Not to be . . . Wine Tasting Thu 2 Feb, 7pm. £25. The Bungo, 17–21 Nithsdale Road, 423 0023. Wines from the Sherwood Estate in New Zealand matched to a five-course tasting menu.

Makar Liz Lochhead and James McGonigal, followed by supper. ■ Silverburn Farmers’ & Speciality Market FREE Sun 26 Feb, 10am–4pm. Silverburn, Barrhead Road.

■ Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 4 & 18 Feb, 10am–2pm. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Road. ■ Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 11 & 25 Feb, 10am–2pm. Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street.

■ Supper and Sonnets at Six Thu 16 Feb, 6pm. £25. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. An evening of poetry with

EDINBURGH ■ Edinburgh Farmers’ Market FREE Saturdays, 9am–2pm. Castle Terrace, edinburgh farmersmarket.com

■ Portobello Organic Market FREE Sat 4 Feb, 9.30am–1.30pm. Brighton Park, Brighton Place, pedal-porty.org.uk

■ Stockbridge Market FREE Sundays, 10am–5pm. Saunders Street, stockbridge market.com

■ Hendrick’s Unusual Month of Reverse Courtship Fri 10 Feb. Dragonfly, 52 West Port. See caption, right.

■ Ruinart Valentines Dinner Tue 14 Feb, 7pm. £75. Hotel du Vin, 11 Bristo Place, 247 4900. Enjoy a romantic dinner in the Burke & Hare room or a more sedate table for two in the Bistro.

■ Bake Club FREE Tue 21 Feb, 7pm. Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street Leith, 555 1979. Share the love, and the cake, at this skill-swapping session. ■ Mal Cheese & Wine Night Fri 24 Feb, 7pm. £19.95 for two people. Malmaison Hotel Edinburgh, 1

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Hendrick’s Unusual Month of Reverse Courtship sees the folk behind the Scottish-made botanical gin take a tour of the country mixing cocktails and, with their eye on 29 February, offering a bit of unique marriage counselling. The Ladies School of Nuptial Conquest and its counterpoint, the School of Scoundrels, will set up in Dragonfly Cocktail Bar in Edinburgh on 10 February.

Tower Place Leith, 468 5000. Cheese supplier Iain Mellis hosts this evening of cheese, wine and trivia. ■ Meals on Reels: Scotland’s Food and Drink Tue 28 Feb, 7pm. £25. The Scottish Café and Restaurant, Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 07762 772014.

Food, film and conversation with Slow Food Edinburgh and food historian Catherine Brown, featuring food and drink footage from the Scottish Screen Archive.

OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ Lake of Menteith Wine Dinners Fri 3, 17 & 24 Feb,

7pm. £55–£60. Lake of Menteith Hotel & Waterfront Restaurant, Port of Menteith, 01877 385258. A series of dinners matched with themed wine families: Spanish on Fri 3 Feb, Cloudy Bay Vineyards in New Zealand on Fri 17 Feb and burgundies with Simon Hore from Thorman Hunt Wines on Fri 24 Feb.

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The List: 2 Feb 2012 (Issue 693)