By Todd A. Price/The Times Picayune

December 14, 2009, 3:00PM

The Maison Dupuy announced this week its fourth annual French Quarter Wine Festival. The series of intimate wine dinners each highlights a vineyard from Oregon, California, Washington State and Italy. This year features something new: the four bean-rated food of chef Michael Farrell of Le Meritage restaurant.

Chef Michael Farrell of Le Meritage prepares a series dinners for the French Quarter Wine Festival.The festival kicks off with a reception on Friday, February 26. The dinners take place each Tuesday and Wednesday of March and April with a closing reception capping off the festival on Thursday, April 15.

Tickets to each reception are $65. Dinners range from $95 to $125. For reservations, call 504.648.6113. For more info, visit www.frenchquarterwinefestival.com