21st Annual San Diego Food and Wine Festival
November 7-9
Grand Decant is Friday, November 7
Grand Tasting is Saturday, November 8
Grand Fiesta is Sunday, November 9
By far, the San Diego Food and Wine Festival is the best festival in San Diego and one of the best food and wine festivals in the USA. Truly San Diego’s premier food and wine festival, and named as the Best General Food Festival by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award Contest, the San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival features an extraordinary week of dozens of events, hundreds of domestic and international wines, craft beers and spirits, local culinary legends and nationally recognized celebrities at several venues throughout San Diego. The weeklong festival of wine, food, and culture runs from November 7 to 9, with a Grand Tasting extravaganza on November 8, on Embarcadero Marina Park North along the boat harbor inlet. Attendees will eat and sip for hours while watching sailboats and yachts cruise by and with an exquisite San Diego City skyline as a backdrop.
The festival celebrates San Diego’s vibrant culinary community with gourmet dining experiences, tastings, wine and cooking classes, expeditions and educational panels. There are tantalizing tastes from over 60 restaurants and 30 gourmet food companies and more than 700 wine and beer selections from domestic and international wineries.
Celebrated national chefs, local culinary rock stars, winemakers and brew masters, authors, sommeliers and mixologists all come together for this festival. Recent chefs have included the best of the best, including: Suzette Gresham from Acquerello, Alice Waters from Chez Panisse, Elizabeth Falkner from T’Marro Brands, Carlos Gaytan from Paseo Restaurant, Roberto Alocer from Valle/Malva, Bernard Guillas from The Marine Room, Chad White from Zona Blanca, Dakota Weiss from Sweetfin Poke, Gale Gand from TRU and Mike Arquines from Mostra Coffee, and Sam Zein, better known as Sam the Cooking Guy.
The Grand Decant event is November 7, The Grand Tasting is November 8, and The Grand Fiesta is November 9. Other foodie events will be happening throughout the week, so stay tuned for updates and information. For tickets and more information, visit www.sandiegowineclassic.com
