Join us for our 32nd year of celebrating New Orlean's chefs and wines from around the world - all for a good cause.

Schedule of Events:

Main Stage Events:

June 6, 2024:

Vinola:

Our highest level tasting. Foodies and oenophiles of all experience levels share an appreciation for fine wines and excellent cuisine. Vinola offers guests an intimate setting to sample a variety of rare and highly valued wines expertly paired with delectable foods crafted by local chefs. Winemakers will present elite wines from around the world, while award-winning chefs will be on hand to serve and talk about their food and what inspires them in its creation. You will walk away from this event having had one-on-one conversations with winemakers and chefs, with a fresh, new appreciation for wine and food.

Restaurants Attending: Addis, Broussard's Restaurant, Hype Eats, LUFU NOLA, Plates Restaurant & Bar, Rib Room, Second Harvest Food Bank, Seaworthy.

VIP: Desi Vega's Steakhouse, Graze Dat Charcuterie, Restaurant R’evolution, New Orleans Sushi Club, Tito's Ceviche & Pisco.

Times:

5:30pm - 6:00pm: VIP at Double Dealer
6:00pm - 8:30pm: General Admission

Location: Orpheum Theater, 129 Roosevelt Way, New Orleans, LA 70112.

Ticket Prices:

General Admission Price: $215
VIP Price: $280

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June 7, 2024:

Tournament of Roses:

Be ready to party New Orleans style and dressed to impress with a touch of pink for our sixth annual Tournament of Rosés. Taste through premier rosés- both still and sparklers- from France, Spain, Italy, United States and the Southern Hemisphere. Enjoy tasty bites from New Orleans restaurants and tunes from a DJ. Indulge in a specialty sparkling sector featuring bubbles beyond the rosé realm and a spirited cocktail garden!

Restaurants attending: Annunciation, Boswell's Jamaican Grill, Copper Vine, Couvant, LUFU NOLA, Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Ralph’s On the Park, Rib Room, Ruby Slipper, Tommy’s Cuisine

VIP Restaurants: Nolita Bakery and Katie’s Restaurant.

New this year! Tournament of Rosés VIP which includes early entry and an exclusive lounge.

Times:

6:30pm - 7:00pm: Early Entry
7:00pm - 10:00pm: General Admission

Location: Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Ticket Prices:

General Admission Price: $129
VIP Price: $195

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June 8, 2024:

3:00pm - 6:00pm: The Grand Tasting

Back at the New Orleans Convention Center! The Grand Tasting at NOWFE showcases wines from around the world and food served by New Orleans Finest Chefs.

Wine connoisseurs will take pleasure in the opportunity to meet winemakers, ask questions and taste special appellations from across the globe. Novice wine drinkers will simply enjoy the experience of trying many new wines and learning what they like about different styles, varieties and price ranges. All attendees will appreciate the prospect of chatting with well-known and up-and-coming chefs in the culinary world.

Restaurants attending: Addis, Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, Banh Mi Boys, Boswell's Jamaican Grill, Boucherie, Crescent City Brewhouse, Delgado Community College Culinary Arts, Domenica, Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Gonzo's Smokehouse & BBQ, Jack Rose, Junior’s on Harrison, LUFU NOLA, Oceana Grill, Orleans Brothers, Pardo's Restaurant, Restaurant August, Rib Room, Rizzuto's Ristorante & Chop House, Shaya, Slow and Pho, Sodexo Live, Soulfull Biscuit, Thaihey NOLA, The Grill Room, Vyoone's.

The VIP and The Connoisseur Package attendees, as well as VIP a la carte entrance starts at 2:30pm.

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - The Great Hall, 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Ticket Prices:

General Admission Price: $149
VIP Price: $215

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June 9, 2024:

11:00am - 1:00pm: Burlesque, Bubbly and Brunch

Join us for a one of a kind NOWFE experience: Burlesque, Bubbly, and Brunch with Trixie Minx Productions! The event will feature a plated brunch prepared by the Chefs at the Omni Royal Orleans, bottomless sparkling wine by Luc Belaire, additional wine, food, and glitter bar vendors, and a burlesque performance you are sure to remember.

Additional vendors: The Vintage, Plate’s Restaurant & Bar, Riboli Family Wines, Ehret Winery, Pixie Dust Biodegradable Glitter, and Tahoe Kitchen Co.

Menu:

Amuse Bouche
Classic Deviled Eggs

First Course
Avocado Toast
smoke salmon with pickled cherry tomato and onion | purple ninja radish | parmesan snow

Second Course
Nutella And Banana Stuffed French Toast
with burgundy maple syrup

Entree
Shrimp And Grits
Louisiana Grits | Gulf Shrimp | country ham and local tomato

Location: Omni Royal Orleans, 621 St Louis Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Price: $95

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Special Events and Dinners:

June 4, 2024:

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm: NOWFE Kick-Off Celebration
Hosted by Brennan’s and Folio Fine Wines

Kick off the week of wine celebrations at Brennan’s with a Champagne reception in its lush courtyard & relaxing Roost Bar featuring Executive Chef Ryan Hacker's Champagne-inspired menu paired with Champagnes by Folio Fine Wines.

Guests will be greeted with a glass of bubbles, followed by a Champagne sabering, PLUS an opportunity for guests to personally learn how to saber and be inducted into the Confrérie du Sabre d’Or as Sabreur.

Following Sabering lessons guests will enjoy an interactive Folio Fine Wines Champagne tasting. Champagne inspired passed hors d’oeuvres and bubbly will be served throughout the event.

The Ticket price includes (1) complimentary tasting of each Champagne

Featured Champagnes for Tasting:

Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV
Piper-Heidieck Rosé Sauvage NV
Brennan’s Private Label Piper-Heidsieck Essential

These Champagnes will also be available for purchase by the bottle during the event.

Sabering Lesson and Membership Add On - $125

Reception to feature:

Oyster Bar: Gulf Oysters with Chive Mignonette & Cajun Caviar

Passed Hors d’oeuvres:

Pimento Cheese Arancini with Tomato Jam
Chickpea Panisse with Sheep’s Milk Feta & Marinated Cucumber
Steak Tartare with Candied Red Onion & Toasted Cornbread
Housemade Boudin with Horseradish Mustard
Smoked Fish Beignets with Comeback Sauce

Location: Brennan's Restaurant, Courtyard & Roost Bar, 417 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Price: $119

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June 5, 2024:

Wine Dinners:

Wine Dinners will be uploaded as they are confirmed with our restaurant and winery partners up until the event.

June 9, 2024:

5:00 pm: Garden & Gun Sunday Supper at Gianna Restaurant

Celebrate rustic Italian cuisine with a Southern twist.

Join Garden & Gun for a Sunday Supper at Gianna. Experience rustic Italian cuisine rooted in Louisiana tradition as Garden & Gun Club executive chef Ann Kim and Gianna chef Jared Heider partner on a seasonal four-course dinner with Italian wines. This family-style supper brings new and old friends around the table to close out the 32nd Annual New Orleans Wine & Food experience event.

Price: $120 per person (plus tax and gratuity)

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Labs:

June 7, 2024:

10:00 am - 11:00 am: Amplify American Wines: Oregon

When Oregon’s wine pioneers looked out across the state’s varied landscape in the 1840s they saw what others didn’t: a perfect place for wine. Not only has Oregon established an international reputation for its production of world-class wine, it ranks fourth in the United States.

With dozens of micro-climates and soil types throughout the state, Oregon's wine varieties are distinct and delicious.  Explore the brilliance of these wine varieties from the most appealing appellations and discover what makes Oregon's wines so special. Carton Hill Vineyard Owner and Winemaker David Polite will be on hand to pour his wines ( AVA Yamhill Carlton) and discuss Oregon growing and winemaking. Poured alongside will be Willamette Valley Wines from La Crema and King Estate Winery, the largest Biodynamic® certified vineyard in North America.

Location: New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans

Price: $75

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11:15 am - 12:15 pm: Knights Valley: Terroir and the Sequence of Intentional Winemaking

Join Knights Bridge Winemaker Derek Baljeu for a discussion on the defining characteristics of Knights Valley, one of Sonoma County’s first five AVAs. Baljeu will also share how Knights Valley terroir and winemaking with intent drive decisions in the vineyard and winery, from grape to bottle.

Situated at the foot of Mount St. Helena, just north of Calistoga, beautiful Knights Valley holds a special fascination. Located in a narrow valley bordering the Mayacamas mountain range that divides Sonoma and Napa Counties, this easternmost Sonoma County appellation, known for its warm days and cool nights, is the warmest viticultural region in the county. This special place continues to enshrine the rough beauty and ambition of the West, but contains within it a classic finesse and style that makes this one of the most unique wine-growing regions in the world.

Location: New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans

Price: $75

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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Vino, Vida, Vici

Take a tasting tour of Italy with Veteran Sommelier Marika Vida. Learn about their iconic wine producing regions (Piedmont, Tuscany, Puglia oh my!) and discover some a bit lesser known along the way. Currently, 334 DOCs and 74 DOCGs produce wine across the country, from the cool northern reaches of Piedmont and Alto Adige to the sunbaked southern regions of Puglia, Calabria, and Sicily. The range of diversity in Italian wine is broader than ever, as winemakers work to revive, preserve, and share Italy’s indigenous grapes with the world. It's La Dolce Vita in The Big Easy!

Location: New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans

Price: $85

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1:45 pm - 2:45 pm: Riedel: How The Glass Affects Wine
Featuring wines from Rombauer Vineyards

Join us to participate in a unique sensory experience of a comparative Riedel Wine Glass tasting. Riedel will guide you through an enjoyable and educational event, which will show the effect the shape and size of a glass has on our perception and enjoyment of wine. You will also be introduced to our new Riedel Veloce collection, made by machine but with the look and feel of a handmade glass! Wine pairings by Rombauer Vineyards.

Participants will each take home a set of four Riedel glasses.

Location: New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans

Price: $120

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June 8, 2024:

10:00 am - 11:00 am: Masterclass: Winemaker for a Day Blending Lab with Marietta Cellars

Our wine blending lab, led by Brian Lynch of Marietta Cellars lets you become the winemaker and become a participant in the winemaking process. During this hands-on lab, we will break down the components of barrel samples while discussing the origins of the wine, review the varieties of grapes, and take a step-by-step look at the delicate blending process. Next, with a blending kit in hand and four different varietal samples from the winery, we will work independently with an opportunity to blend your very own California Rhone style wine. Finally taste our Marietta Christo and compare to your final blend. Become more adventurous and knowledgeable about the art of blending, understand why soils and climate change tastes and aromas, and leave with a greater understanding of what's in your glass at home.

Location: New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans

Price: $100

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11:15 am - 12:15 pm: Pet Nat - The Laid Back Libation

Pétillant Naturel wines (aka pét-nats) popped onto the wine scene within the last decade along with other natural, organic and orange wines. But to some degree, they’ve become a part of the everyday wine world; you can find a pét-nat at your local wine store just as easily as you can at a shop focusing solely on esoteric natural vintners. Pét-nats are sparkling wines made in a manner that predates the “traditional method” used in Champagne (and for other sparkling wines). Rather than induce a second fermentation in the bottle to create the bubbles, as Champagne producers do, makers of pét-nat simply bottle the wine before the initial fermentation has ended. The result is softly fizzy, sometimes lightly sweet from residual grape sugars, sometimes hazy with unfiltered yeast particles.

According to Food & Wine Magazine, pét-nats are casual. “They’re easy going. They didn’t brush their hair when they got up, and they threw on yesterday’s jeans. Some pét-nats are downright funky. On the other hand, some are as clean and precise as can be.”

Come as you are – casual and natural are “de rigueur” to taste through selected Pét Nats and other natural wines paired with organic snacks.

Location: New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans

Price: $75

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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Drink French Fluently

Enjoy French wine but would like to know more? French wines serve as the foundation for most people trying to understand the wines of the world. After all, the French created the first nationwide appellation system that has since become the model for the European Union. Join Veteran Sommelier Marika Vida on a wine-tasting tour through some of France’s most famous wine regions: Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Loire and Alsace.

Swirl, smell and sip like a Somm at this Tour de France!

Location: New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans

Price: $85

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Experiences:

June 7, 2024:

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Coffee Roasting Experience

Join us at Current Crop Roasting Shop– we will welcome you with a specialty Coffee Cocktail, then settle in to learn about the general roast levels of coffee and how to achieve those roast levels with a Fresh Roast air roaster. Each guest will try a light roast, medium roast, and dark roast from three different regions of the world and will take home all the coffee you roast in the class and a swag bag.

By the end of this class, you will:

Know the differences in roast levels & common terms
Be able to achieve your favored roast level
Understand the basics of using an air roaster

Location: Current Crop Roasting Shop, 3931 Magazine Street, New Orleans

Price: $75

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2:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Back by Popular Demand: Old-Fashioned Cocktail Masterclass with Picnic Provisions & Whiskey

This hands-on demo will teach attendees how to make a Classic Old-Fashioned and a Black Old-Fashioned including details regarding whiskey, bitters and syrups. A Family-Style Picnic to pair with the cocktails will follow featuring Picnic’s Craveable Crawfish Boil Fried Chicken and other tasty treats like Campfire S'mores with guest speakers to give insight into the inspiration of the dishes on the menu.

Location: Picnic Provisions & Whiskey, 741 State Street, New Orleans

Price: $175

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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Tempranillo & Tapas
Featuring wines from Enriquez Estate Winery

In Spain, during the evening hours, locals stroll the cobblestone streets, gathering in tapas bars and bodegas to eat and drink, flirt and debate, reveling in simple pleasures.  An evening eating tapas is like a courtship should be: long, leisurely, tantalizing. The cadence of culinary life in Spain is slow-paced, and like the food — the wine, especially Tempranillo — tastes rich and lusty. Tempranillo is food friendly and plays nicely with big flavors, so it is perfect to pair with tapas.

Join Owner/Winemaker Cecilia Enriquez of Enriquez Estate Winery for a leisurely afternoon tasting of her limited production Tempranillo accompanied by an array of tapas crafted by Executive Chef/Owner Farrell Harrison at Plates. Qué delicioso!

Location: Plates Restaurant & Bar, 1051 Annunciation Street, New Orleans

Price: $150

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June 8, 2024:

11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Gouter at Galatoire's - A Sampling of Quintessential New Orleans Dishes with Wine Pairings

Let us introduce you to the cultural tradition of le goûter - the noun of the verb “to taste,” and a cultural afternoon tradition in France dating back into the 19th century, perhaps even as far back as the Renaissance.

Executive Chef Philip Lopez will serve a tasting menu of Galatoire’s favorites that have won the hearts of New Orleanians for over a century to include:

Soufflé Potatoes with Béarnaise
Turtle Soup
Crab Maison
Shrimp Rémoulade
Oysters en Brochette
Oysters Rockefeller
Canapé Lorenzo
Crêpe de Canard

Location: Galatoire’s, 209 Bourbon St, New Orleans

Price: $215

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1:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Back by Popular Demand: Italian Fare with New Orleans Flair: Interactive Pizza Making Class & Wine Pairings at Reginelli’s Pizzeria

Try your hand at tossing freshly made dough, craft your own pizza then take a seat and enjoy a trio of Reginelli’s signature appetizers as you await your masterpiece from the pizza oven. Your meal will be paired with Murphy-Goode wines and capped off with tiramisu. Mangia!

Location: Reginelli’s Pizzeria, 930 Poydras Street, New Orleans

Price: $150

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2:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Cupping Class with Pastry Pairing

In this class, we will taste various coffees from around the world in order to evaluate the nuances of coffee flavor, aroma, fragrance, acidity, aftertaste, and body. A coffee cupping (also known as a coffee tasting) is the globally standardized method for evaluating coffee quality and flavor profiles. Whether you’re a first-time coffee drinker or a seasoned connoisseur, this class is perfect for those interested in learning more about the wide world of coffee production and flavor. Current Crop Roasting Shop will go through three completely different coffees set by set, talk about what you smell and taste, and help you get more specific about what tasting notes you experience in each coffee. Enjoy a delicious pastry selected to pair with each coffee cupping.

Location: Current Crop Roasting Shop, 3931 Magazine Street, New Orleans

Price: $75

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6:30 pm - 9:30 pm: La Fiesta Sud Americana at Bacchanal

Join us for a Bacchanal of an evening filled with South American cuisine prepared by los mejores cocineros Joaquin Rodas from Bacchanal, Alfredo Nogueira from Cane and Table, and Wilfredo Avelar from Mawi Nola. Wine pairings will be poured by Flambeaux Wine-a winery with deep connections to New Orleans that crafts limited production artisan wine celebrating the rich diversity of Sonoma County, California terroirs.

Location: Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits, 600 Poland Ave, New Orleans

Price: $215

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Dates: June 5 - 9, 2024

Location:

Various Venues,
New Orleans, LA 70178.

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