While I remain a devoted fan and patron of the Boston Harbor Hotel’s Wine & Food Festival (which kicks off January 12 and runs through March), I am also looking forward to the return of the area’s largest weekend wine event – the Boston Wine Expo – which is scheduled to return to the Boston Park Plaza Hotel March 25 and 26.
This year’s events at the Boston Harbor Hotel include dinners featuring Chef David Daniels’s fabulous food paired with wines form such remarkable regions as Bordeaux, the Napa and Rhone River valleys, and South Africa, as well as legendary lees-leavers like like Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Les Domaines Barons de Rothschild, Frog’s Leap, Opus One, and our own Ruby Wines. There will also be master classes and meet-the-winemaker events that will engage and entertain everyone from simple sippers to international oenophiles.
While the Harbor Hotel’s event has featured hundreds of wineries over the course of a record-breaking 33 years, the Expo gathers over 100 over the course of two days, making it the largest wine consumer event in the nation!
In addition to being able to try so many wines at once, guests of the Expo will also be able to attend Grand Tastings each day from 1-3 PM and those who participate in the VIP program (which costs about an extra $50) will also be invited to an exclusive tasting at which they can meet the winemakers and retailers in a more intimate and personal setting. These extra-important guests will also receive gift bags filled with special offers from food and wine purveyors in and around Boston.
As the event has been away for a bit, organizers are strongly suggesting that fans pick up their tickets and VIP passes soon as a sell-out is expected.
Whether you enjoy luxurious hotels, great food or an abundance of amazing wine, you cannot go wrong with either the 34rd edition of the Food & Wine Festival or the triumphant return of the Boston Wine Expo…or both!
L’chaim!