Recapping the Philly Food and Wine Festival

Lincoln Financial Field hosted this year’s Philly Food and Wine Festival on May 10th through the collaboration of Philadelphia Magazine and PA Wine & Good Spirit stores. The Festival offered over 600 wines from top winemakers and many decadent desserts from local bakeries. More than 150 wineries and a vast selection of local restaurants contributed to this year’s Festival.

Wine enthusiasts received an impeccable experience from hands-on access to exclusive winemakers and chefs. They were guided through demonstrations, educational sessions, and tastings to exclusively learn about the wines. Wine & Good Spirit held on-site stores for attendees to purchase their favorite wines featured at the Festival.

I had the pleasure of attending this year’s Festival with my sister.

I tasted a lot of wines, but my favorite red wines came from Sean Minor and Hook & Ladder Winery.

My day was filled with great wine and interesting people, including Howard Eskin from Fox 29.

I also got a chance to enjoy some wine with Sherrie Longello, from YoPhillyFoodies.com, and Steve Foreman.

At the Festival I learned about a cool new app on the market called Vivino from a fellow     wine-o.  It allows wine fanatics to remember ever type of wine they ever tried using a very simple process. You take a picture of the wine bottle and Vivino sends the image to a database that provides you with information about the wine. If you “like” the wine, the app will store the information in your library, allowing you to reference it in the future.

Along with the wine tasting, Lexus sponsored a dessert lounge that held treats from local bakeries for attendees to enjoy. Unfortunately the food lines were too long so I didn’t get to try any! Hopefully I will get to try some food dishes next year!

Throughout the evening, there was a silent auction of one-of-a-kind items donated from wineries, restaurants, and organizations to benefit the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I wish this event happened twice a year, as I was impressed with how many wineries were on hand from Napa and other places.

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