Bio for Max Bruening Associate Winemaker Ponzi Vineyards
Grab Your Tickets
and Pack Your Bag.
SoWalWine is calling your name.
Join us as we host honored winemakers and shakers from some of the top wineries in the world and taste great wines.
Throughout the festival, enjoy entry to ALL Festival events except for Winemakers & Shakers (ticket purchased separately).
VIP Package includes:
• VIP Entrance
• VIP Swag Bag with festival gift
FRIDAY, APRIL 22
4 PM - 6 PM
VIP Kick-off Event Tasting- Up close and
personal with festival celebrities
6 PM – 9 PM
Craft Beer & Spirits Jam
SATURDAY, APRIL 23
1 PM – 4 PM
Grand Tasting
SUNDAY, APRIL 24
1 PM – 4 PM
Grand Tasting
Town Center & Grand Park
Taste and enjoy specialty craft beers and spirits from the hottest breweries and distilleries in the country. Meet the people who make these lively libations. Nosh on great food on EATS Street. Live music to maximize your jam.
Town Center and Culinary Village
It’s all about the wine and our wines just got even better! Because it truly is all about the quality, diversity and scope of wines being offered and the relevance of the people bringing them to you, we are making the bold choice to pour fewer but higher quality wines.
More than 600 wines are available at the Grand Tasting and ticket price includes Savor South Walton Culinary Village, Tasting Seminars, Spirits Row, chef demos and Nashville Songwriters Showcase.
Town Center and Culinary Village
Sometimes something is so much fun you want to do it all over again. Welcome back to day two of the Grand Tastings where our wines are higher quality than ever before. For those of you just joining us, relax and enjoy ambling around Grand Boulevard’s large Town Center as you taste as many of the more than 600 bottles of wine as you like. Stroll over to the Savor South Walton Culinary Village and taste delicious food, selected to go with all varietals of wines. Check out the songwriters who came in from Nashville to play just for you.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22
*5PM–6PM Early Entry for Exclusive Judging | 6PM–9PM General Admission
Be one of only 100 judges given the privilege of tasting and judging original libations in competition for BEST CRAFT COCKTAIL BARTENDER at the event. The ticket includes entry one hour early for judging, a souvenir glass, and a judges’ lanyard.
Details and contest information are found here
*limited number of tickets availableCulinary Round-Up
Chef
Scott Plumley
Festival Culinary Director, South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival and Director of Operations, Wine World Restaurants located throughout NW FL
Chef Jim Shirley
Jim Shirley Enterprises, South Walton, FL
Great Southern • The Bay • Farm & Fire • North Beach Social • The Melt Down on 30A
Chef
Daniel Peter
The Beachwalk Café, Destin, FL
Sushi Chef
Yoshi Eddings
Harbor Docks, Destin FL
Chef
Princeton Donald
Barefoot’s Beachside Bar & Grill, at Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa
Grand Boulevard South Walton Restaurants, Miramar, FL
Emeril’s Coastal • Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Bar • Grimaldi’s Coal Brick Oven Pizzeria • Tommy Bahama’s Restaurant & Bar • The Wine Bar • Black Bear Bread Company • Kilwin’s Chocolates, Fudge & Ice Cream • The Bistro at the Courtyard Marriott Sandestin • The Craft Bar • Publix Super Market
Additional Local Participating Restaurants
Great Southern Café • The Bay • Farm & Fire • North Beach Social • The Melt Down on 30A • The Beachwalk Café • Harbor Docks • Barefoot’s Beachside Bar & Grill • Roux 30A • Slick Lips Seafood & Oyster House