NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Nashville's annual Wine and Food Festival is Saturday — and there will be wines from all over the world, along with local favorite foods and retail vendors, will be there.
The event is in The Omni Nashville Hotel: Second Level in the Legends Ballroom: 250 Rep. John Lewis Way S, Nashville, TN 37203.
General admission tickets get you a Riedel wine glass for tasting, access to seminars and live demonstrations, wine, food and retail vendors, the beer garden and live entertainment!
Here's a list of the seminars happening throughout the day:
2:00 p.m.
"Hidden Villages of Burgundy"
- Explores alternatives for Burgundy wines without the high cost
- You get to taste six Burgundy wines and hear about these emerging villages in the world's most famous wine region
"Fresh Faces of California: The Wines of Massican and the Languages of Yes"
- Talk with some famous California winery owners
3:00 p.m.“Cabernet Face-Off: Napa VS Sonoma”
- French wines and their stardom — champagne, Burgundy, Loire Valley, Alsace and more
4:00 p.m. “How to Drink Australian”
- Pretty self explanatory: delve into the world of Australian wines!
“The of Rias Baixas and the Future of Albarino”
- Dive into the history of Rías Baixas and the Future of Albariño with Diego Ríos, Head Winemaker at Granbazán.
7:00 p.m.“Renegade Lemonade Lemon Wine, Where Have You Been All My Life?”
- First wine ever made from 100% lemons! Learn more about its creation, and its launch in Tennessee this year.
8:00 p.m.“Changing the Narrative with High Rise Cannabis Seltzers”
You can learn more about the festival on the website.
Fundraising efforts are underway in Brownsville and Nutbush, TN to build a statue for a major superstar who was raised there, Anna Mae Bullock. You probably know her by her stage name, Tina Turner. I was a huge fan of Tina and glad to see efforts are underway to showcase more of her ties to West Tennessee.
-Lelan Statom
