Okay all you wine lovers, want to know where some of the best wine festivals will be this October? Here are a few you might want to check out:

New York City - Oct. 7 - Oct. 10

Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival - Oct. 7 - Oct. 10

This wine festival is presented by Food & Wine and Travel + Leisure and benefits the New York City Food Bank. Highlights are dinners, wine tastings, seminars, and cooking demonstrations, featuring some of your favorite Food Network stars: Rachael Ray, Anne Burrell, Sandra Lee, Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, Paula Deen, Tyler Florence and more. Go to their website at nycwineandfoodfestival.com for tickets and more information.

Walt Disney World Resort - Oct. 1 - Nov. 14

There's still plenty of time to enjoy the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival held at the Walt Disney World Resort. This festival is a 6-week affair featuring cooking demonstrations, wine seminars and concerts. In addition to wine seminars and tastings, there will also be cheese seminars, food and wine pairings, tequila tastings, a tasting of liqueurs from the makers of Grand Marnier, and "Disney's Dessert Discovery" on Thursday and Friday nights. For more details go to http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/special-events/epcot-international-food-and-wine-festival/

Santa Barbara County, California - Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11

Celebration of Harvest

There are so many different ways to celebrate the California Celebration of Harvest in Santa Barbara County. You can attend the festival on Saturday, Oct. 9 at Rancho Sisquoc Winery in Santa Maria, where you can sample food and wine from Santa Barbara county wineries and restaurants. You can also buy a Vintner's Visa for $35, which entitles you to free tastings at 12 participating wineries, many of which are offering special library tastings. There are also special dinners, barbecues and wine and cheese tastings at various wineries throughout Santa Barbara County. You can get more info by going to sbcountywines.com.

  
Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA - Oct. 15 & 16

Martha's Vineyard Food & Wine Festival

Head on over to Martha's Vineyard for the 4th Annual Martha's Vineyard Food & Wine Festival in Edgartown. There you can sample wines from around the world, as well as eat foods prepared by chefs from Martha’s Vineyard and all over New England. Participating wineries include those from the top wine producing regions in the world: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone Valley, Tuscany, Sicily, Napa in California, Sonoma County in California, Willamette Valley in Oregon, Marlbourgh in New Zealand and Barossa in Australia. Proceeds from the festival will benefit the Martha's Vineyard Museum, the YMCA of Martha's Vineyard and Martha's Vineyard Boys and Girls Club. Go to mvfoodandwine.com for more info.

Tucson, Arizona - Oct. 28 - Oct. 31

Tucson Culinary Festival

The Tucson Culinary Festival is a 4-day event which features food, wine, and, since this is Tucson, a World Margarita Championship. On Friday and Saturday, though, wine is the star, with a Reserve Tasting and Grand Tasting at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. At the Reserve Tasting, guests will be treated to tastings of small production, boutique wines. The Grand Tasting offers tastings of over 150 wines, as well as tastings of signature dishes from over 40 Tucson Original chefs. For more information go to tucsonculinaryfestival.com.