Connecticut's largest wine and food show, Sun WineFest '12, gets underway Saturday at noon at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun. If you don't yet have tickets for this weekend's Grand Tasting, which features the opportunity to sample more than 1,000 wines and beers and to indulge in myriad other culinary delights, you'll need to hurry. Tickets for Saturday and weekend passes are already sold out, but you can still purchase Grand Tasting tickets for Sunday only.

I'll be Tweeting and sharing photos from Sun WineFest throughout the day Saturday, so watch for updates. Any guesses how many of the 1,000+ wines and beers I'll be able to sample?

_{Sun WineFest media photo courtesy of Mohegan Sun.}

I made hot buttered lobster sliders for the first time when the Patriots beat the Broncos, and my family enjoyed these decadent little sandwiches again as the Patriots beat the Ravens Sunday to win the AFC Championship. You can bet lobster sliders will be on our Super Bowl menu! They're surprisingly easy to make: Here's my recipe.

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_{Lobster sliders photo © 2012 Kim Knox Beckius.}

New additions this week to Kim's New England Deal Sheet:

• Enjoy $125 in spa treatments free when you book the Newport Marriott's one-night Spa Package, priced from $169;

• Stay where the Patriots play for $87 this weekend with special eBreak rates at the Courtyard Boston Foxborough; and
• Get a free breakfast when you hit the slopes early at Wachusett Mountain in Massachusetts.

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_{Media photo courtesty of Wachusett Mountain.}

When the eagles return to the Connecticut River... it's time for a Winter Eagle Watch Cruise! From January through March, many Bald Eagles leave their homes in Canada and other points north for the warmer winter waters of the lower Connecticut River. One of the best ways to view these spectacular eagles is to book passage aboard an Eagle Watch Cruise.

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_{Eagle watch photo © 2002 Kim Knox Beckius.}