Midwest food and wine events

An oyster-centric session at the 2016 Kohler Food and Wine event.   (Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

A table awaits dinner guests for one of the ticketed dinners at Kohler Food and Wine last year.   ( Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

The Terrapins are a top seller at Kohler Original Recipe Chocolates, where wine and chocolate tastings are held during the Kohler Food & Wine Experience.  (Lori Rackl / Chicago Tribune)

Brandy tastings were part of the 2016 Kohler Food & Wine Experience.  (Lori Rackl / Chicago Tribune)

A representative from one of the winemakers fills a guest’s glass during the Taste of the Vine event at the Kohler Design Center, one of the venues for Kohler Food and Wine.   (Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

The Kohler Design Center, a showroom full of toilets, baths and other Kohler products, is the unlikely venue for food and wine tastings during the Kohler Food and Wine festival.   ( Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

A worker pours samples for guests in one of the seminars at Kohler Food and Wine.   ( Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

Class participants take photos of the oysters they’re about to eat at Kohler Food and Wine.   (Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

The Kohler factory in Kohler, Wis.   ( Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

The Kohler factory looks especially scenic in the fall.   ( Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

Materials for a session on wine from Sicily at last year’s Kohler Food and Wine experience.   ( Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )

Sweet treats are for sale at Craverie Chocolatier Cafe in Kohler, Wis.   ( Lori Rackl/Chicago Tribune )