South Walton enjoys an abundance of wine festivals each spring, and wine enthusiasts who make plans early will enjoy early bird rates and the opportunity to secure tickets for coveted limited-attendance VIP events. Tickets are now on sale for the award-winning South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival, April 23-26, 2015.
Each year, South Walton becomes the epicenter of the wine world during the fourth weekend of April as South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival and Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF) team up to host the preeminent vintners from around the world. The ultimate wine week includes two days of Grand Tastings as well as ancillary and VIP events.
The 2015 wine festival marks the 30th consecutive year that Chan Cox has presented his festival, which has grown in size and prestige over the last three decades. Through Cox’s industry relationships, South Walton hosts some of the most prestigious vintners from distinguished wine growing regions. The star-studded lineup of celebrity winemakers includes wine superstars Marc Perrin of Chateau du Beaucastel and Jean-Charles Boisset of Boisset Family Estates and La Famille Des Grands Vins, among others.
Held in Grand Boulevard at Sandestin, the South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival features more than 800 wines, on-going wine tastings with dozens of celebrity winemakers, food tastings at the Savor South Walton Culinary Village, tasting seminars, live entertainment and special features including Champagne Lane.
DCWAF holds its patron dinners on Friday and the Destin Charity Wine Auction takes place on Saturday during the festival with more than 500 people bidding on luxury travel packages, collectable wines and other fine living lots. Monies raised at the auction as well as proceeds from the festival go to support more than a dozen children’s charities in Northwest Florida.
Tickets to festival events, including the Friday Craft Beer and Spirits Jam, Saturday VIP Wine Tasting and Saturday and Sunday Grand Tastings, are on sale now and early bird ticket pricing is available until January 1, 2015. Tickets can be purchased at www.sowalwine.com.
The South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival is presented by Visit South Walton and Wine Enthusiast Magazine and the Official Lodging Partner is ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation Rentals.