WINEMAKERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS
Celebrity Winemakers, Chefs, Craft Beer Brewmasters and Special Guests
2020 celebrity winemakers, chefs, craft beer brewmasters and special guests are in progress and will be announced as they are confirmed. Check back often, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or sign up for our eNewsletter to stay in the know with the latest Festival announcements.
SAVOR SOUTH WALTON CULINARY VILLAGE & NOSH PAVILIONS
The Food
The Savor South Walton Culinary Village and Nosh Pavilions offer an array of food tastings, food and wine pairings and access to the people who make these amazing dishes. During the festival weekend, enjoy food prepared by South Walton chefs and local favorites. Chef Scott Plumley, Culinary Director, Wine World Restaurants.
Grand Tastings Chefs and Special Guests Include:
Chef Scott Plumley, Culinary Director, The Craft Bar, The Wine Bar, and South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival
Chef Yoshie Eddings, Harbor Docks
Chef Daniel Peters, Beachwalk Café
Chef Ryan Cogan, Barefoot’s Beachside Bar & Grill, at Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa
Mona B. McGee, Mac Farms
Publix Super Markets
Friday VIP Tasting in Culinary Village
VIP Tasting guests will enjoy delectable small plates prepared by favorite local chefs and sip the award-winning, prized wines presented and poured by our celebrity winemakers.
A Taste of Grand Boulevard
Another Broken Egg Café
Cantina Laredo Modern Mexican Food
Emeril’s Coastal Italian
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Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Bar
Grimaldi’s Coal Brick Oven Pizzeria
Kilwin’s Chocolates, Fudge & Ice Cream
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Tommy Bahama’s Restaurant & Bar
The Wine Bar
This Year's Scrumptious Cuisine Includes:
Craft Beer & Spirits Jam: Friday
Enjoy scrumptious small plates on EATS STREET at this year’s Craft Beer & Spirits Jam provided by local favorites, including:
Cabana Café
Cantina Laredo Modern Mexican
Grayton Beer Brewpub
LaCocina Mexican Grill & Bar
Nanbu Noodle Bar
Roux 30A
Slick Lips Seafood & Oyster House
The Bistro at the Courtyard Marriott Sandestin at Grand Boulevard
The Craft Bar
Culinary Village: Saturday & Sunday
Chef Scott Plumley will prepare authentic Italian dishes to complement the featured Italian wines throughout Culinary Village during Saturday and Sunday’s Grand Tastings. Dishes include:
Fried Goat Cheese, San Marzano Tomato Sauce
Toasted Panino, Mortadella, Capicola, Salami, Provolone, Olive Salad, Italian Bread
Lamb Ragout, Red Wine Braise, Pecorino, Creamy Polenta
Rock Shrimp, Tomato & Leek Fondue, Spring Pea Risotto
Pork Belly, Italian Salsa Verde, Lemon Gremolata, Orzo Salad
Chocolate Espresso Panna Cotta, Caramel Crunch
Nosh Pavillions: Saturday & Sunday
Assorted Sushi
Paella prepared on-site
Fresh Arugula with Shaved Parmesan Cheese, Fresh Cracked Pepper and House-Made Olive Oil
An Array of Confectionary Treats
2020 WINE & FOOD SEMINARS INCLUDE:
Entrance into the Tasting Seminars is included as part of your Grand Tasting ticket purchase. Seating is first come, first serve.
Presented by Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa.
Saturday, April 25, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Alessia Antinori - Marchesi Antinori
600 Years of Wine
From the most iconic wine families in the world, Marchesi Antinori, Alessia Antinori presents her family’s history in Chianti Classico area for 600 years.
Wines to be poured include:
Villa Antinori Bianco 2018
Marchesi Antinori, Chianti Classico Riserva ‘Villa Antinori’ 2016
Marchesi Antinori, Chianti Classico Riserva ‘Marchese Antinori’ 2016
Marchesi Antinori, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione ‘Badia a Passignano’ 2016
Marchesi Antinori, Toscana IGT ‘Tignanello’ 2017
Saturday, April 26, 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Scott Neal - American Freedom Distillery
The Horse Soldiers Story
Days after 9/11, the USA responded with a daring insertion of small teams of Green Berets, mounted on horseback, into Northern Afghanistan. These brave men are honored today by America’s Response Monument at Ground Zero in New York City. Nicknamed the “Horse Soldiers”, these same men make the bottle in your hand emblazoned with the image of this statue. Horse Soldier® Bourbon is award winning and authentically made with all-American ingredients. The Horse Soldier® glass bottle is molded by steel recovered from the World Trade Center to commemorate the lives lost and never forgotten.
Bourbons to poured still to come. Check back soon!
Sunday, April 26, 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Tracey Shepos Cenami - Chef & Cheese Specialist, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens
Wine & Cheese Pairings
The saying is “Eat local. Drink local”. What this means is food and wine from the same areas tend to be a great match. The cheeses are artesian, local, Santa Barbara cheeses. Just like the wines. They were handpicked by Tracey Shepos Cenami, Chef & Cheese Specialist at Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens. Jackson Family Wines will pair their gorgeous Santa Barbara Wines.
Wine & Cheese Pairings:
Diatom ‘Bar-M Vineyard’ Chardonnay, Santa Barbara – Bellwether Farms Creamery- Carmody
Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir, Sta. Rita Hills – Central Coast Creamery- Ewenique
Ex Post Facto Syrah, Santa Barbara – Matos Creamery- St Jorge
Cambria Julia’s Vineyard Rosé, Santa Maria Valley – Marin Creamery- French Traditional Brie
Cambria Viognier, Santa Maria Valley – Bellwether Farms Creamery- Carmody (I know it’s the same as Diatom, but it will have a different accoutrement)
Cambria Julia’s Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley – Central Coast Creamery- Seascape
Sunday April 26, 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Mollie Battenhouse – Master of Wine, JFW Portfolio Education Director
Steven Plaut – Director of Sales, FL for Jackson Family’s branch of Southern Glazer’s – Artisans & Estates
Jackson Family Wines Presents BIG REDS
Big Reds to Be Poured Include:
Big Reds to be poured:
Arcanum il Fauno di Arcanum, Tuscany
Bootleg Red Blend, Napa
Château Lassègue, St. Emilion, France
Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Hickinbotham ‘Trueman’ Cabernet Sauvignon, McLaren-Vale, Australia
