SEASIDE Seeing Red Wine & Food Festival

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Seeing Red Wine Festival®, the highly anticipated SEASIDE® wine experience, returns for its 30th anniversary this weekend in its iconic location along Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A.  This year’s event will feature wine makers, chefs, live music and more with the picture perfect New Urbanist town as its backdrop.

Thursday, November 10th –  Seeing Red Wine Festival ® kicks off from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM with an intimate vintner's dinner hosted by Bud & Alley’s. This limited-ticket experience includes delicious wines expertly paired with a curated menu to mark the start of the event’s 30th anniversary. 

Friday, November 11th –  The Al Fresco Reserve Wine Tasting takes place under a beautiful tent on the Lyceum Lawn from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM, with select wine, food by The Great Southern Café, and live music by The David Spencer Quartet. This experience will include a custom Seeing Red Wine Festival ® glass. The Lyceum is located off of Quincy Avenue.

Saturday, November 12th –  The Grand Tasting in Central Square 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Sip with fellow wine consumers while listening to live music by Roman Street.  Access is also available in the Friday/Saturday General Admission Package and the Friday/Saturday VIP package. VIP ticket holders will have access to the VIP tent starting at 12:30 PM. VIP & Media Check-in will be located at the Lyceum, while the General Admission check-in will be located at the east entrance to Central Square.  

Sunday, November 11th – 10:00 AM to 1:00PM, concludes the Seeing Red Wine Festival® with the Celebration of Bubbles in Lyceum Lawn. This event wraps up the end of Seeing Red with champagne paired with brunch and will take place under the tent on the Lyceum Lawn. Reservations to this event are sold separately as an individual ticket and are not included in the Friday/Saturday General and VIP packages. 

CELEBRATING 30 YEARS

Seeing Red Wine Festival®

Join us in Seaside, Florida this November for a wine experience that celebrates the makers behind the bottle. As one of the most highly anticipated wine festivals for wine connoisseurs and novices alike, will you be there?

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Tastings & Dinners

Grand and reserve tastings, live music, local cuisines, champagne brunch, vintners dinner, and more! Seeing Red offers a weekend filled with fun, whether you choose to experience every event or just one. Customize your weekend experience by purchasing curated packages or individual tickets and reservations. 

INTRODUCING THE WINEMAKERS AND CHEFS 

Vendors

We couldn’t be more honored to welcome the best winemakers from around the country to Seaside, Florida. Plus, Seaside’s talented chefs are proud to present delicious bites to pair perfectly with the wine being poured.

Seeing Red Wine Festival® Celebrates 30 Years

Date: November 9, 2022

Seeing Red Wine Festival®, the highly anticipated SEASIDE® wine experience, returns for its 30th anniversary this weekend in its iconic location along Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A.  This year’s event will feature wine makers, chefs, live music and more with the picture perfect New Urbanist town as its backdrop. Thursday, November 10th –  Seeing Red Wine Festival ® kicks off from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM with an intimate vintner's dinner hosted by Bud & Alley’s. This limited-ticket experience includes delicious wines expertly paired with a curated menu to mark the start of the event’s 30th anniversary.  Friday, November 11th –  The Al Fresco Reserve Wine Tasting takes place under a beautiful tent on the Lyceum Lawn from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM, with select wine, food by The Great Southern Café, and live music by The David Spencer Quartet. This experience will include a custom Seeing Red Wine Festival ® glass. The Lyceum is located off of Quincy Avenue. Saturday, November 12th –  The Grand Tasting in Central Square 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Sip with fellow wine consumers while listening to live music by Roman Street.  Access is also available in the Friday/Saturday General Admission Package and the Friday/Saturday VIP package. VIP ticket holders will have access to the VIP tent starting at 12:30 PM. VIP & Media Check-in will be located at the Lyceum, while the General Admission check-in will be located at the east entrance to Central Square.   Sunday, November 11th – 10:00 AM to 1:00PM, concludes the Seeing Red Wine Festival® with the Celebration of Bubbles in Lyceum Lawn. This event wraps up the end of Seeing Red with champagne paired with brunch and will take place under the tent on the Lyceum Lawn. Reservations to this event are sold separately as an individual ticket and are not included in the Friday/Saturday General and VIP packages. Seeing Red Wine Festival ® is offering complimentary parking to all guests who are attending the event. You may park in the paid parking areas around Smolian Circle, simply present your event ticket to the attendant after parking and you can then travel to the event venue. Parking in Seaside is limited, if available spaces cannot be located, there will be complimentary shuttles in operation from 6 a.m. to midnight, daily. The off-site pickup and drop off location for the shuttles, throughout the weekend, will be at the lower portion of the parking lot located at 1505 County Road 283 S in Santa Rosa Beach. From there you can enjoy a quick and relaxing ride down 30A into Seaside. The on-site pickup and drop off location for Friday will be at the archway of the Lyceum Gateway Building and Saturday, the location will be at the east entrance of Central Square.

Boos, Brews & Bingo

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The Spooky Spirit — Rosemary Beach Boos, Brews & Bingo

Just in time for Halloween, much merriment was had at the annual Boos, Brews & Bingo event in Rosemary Beach on October 27. The spooky spirit was certainly felt as revelers dressed as ghouls; pirates; little red riding hood and the big bad wolf; castaways from Gilligan’s Island; the squid squad; Elvis; Greek gods and goddesses; and singin’ in the rain characters, among others, as they gathered in the Town Hall to play 10 games of old-fashioned bingo. Small bites were provided by Amici’s / Amigo 30A, brews by Odd Pelican Beer, and wines by Wine World.

 Presented by Rosemary Beach Foundation, the event benefited the Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center and their provision of critical intervention services to end child abuse in our community. 

Prizes were awarded for best costumes for group and individual and most original. Raffle tickets and a cash jackpot also added to the excitement, along with gift prizes from individual game sponsors including Rosemary Beach, Disco, Regions Bank, The Pearl RB, Coastal South Walton-Miriam Dillon, Realtor, Seacrest Sundries, The Rosemary Beach Inn, and Silver Sands Premium Outlets.

Rosemary Beach Foundation offers and supports community, educational, and charitable activities in Rosemary Beach and Walton County, Florida. Since 2006, over $1 million dollars has been donated to local organizations, schools, COVID relief and hurricane recovery efforts.

Baytowne Wharf Beer Fest

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The Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin presented the 14th Annual Baytowne Wharf Beer Fest on October 7th & 8th with American specialty beers from around the nation available for participants to sample and savor. The crowd at this sold out event was blessed with the typical beautiful weather October is known for on the gulf coast. 

The main event on Saturday featured more than 200 domestic and international craft beers available for sampling. Brewery representatives were onsite at the event, offering an opportunity to learn about the different types of lagers and ales from a variety of styles. Live music was also featured throughout the festival as everyone made their way from booth to booth enjoying this long running tradition at Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin Golf and Beach 

Alys Beach Crafted

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Alys Beach Crafted presented a weekend of events in Alys Beach, which included a gathering of renowned craftspeople from around the country sharing the process, the inspiration, and the product of their craft.  Crafted sprung from 2019’s successful debut of Firkin Fête, with the goal to tell the stories of crafted beverages, culinary experiences, artistry, and workmanship.

Friday night featured the original Firkin Fête, a unique tasting experience as firkins of beer created by local and regional breweries were on tap. The firkins, each an 11-gallon keg, are unique in that no one, including the brewers themselves, can know what the final product will taste like until the firkins are tapped for the event. Altered Five Blues Band entertained the crowd this elegant evening on the lawn. Saturday followed with Spirited Soirée, featuring craft cocktails created by top mixologists from all over the country, partnered with craft distilleries and complimented with bites from the best culinary teams in the Southeast!

Rosemary Beach UnCorked

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Set in an idyllic beach locale, complete with picturesque cobblestone streets and exquisite wines ready for the pour, Rosemary Beach Uncorked celebrated its 11th year with the 2022 event that took place Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 1-4 PM. Tastings of the very best of food and wine Rosemary Beach has to offer with featured restaurants, attendees enjoyed countless bottles ready for the pour and live music that entertained and delighted.
General ticket prices included festival access with eight artisanal food and wine tasting stations from the Merchants of Rosemary Beach®, entertainment throughout the festival, a complimentary swag bag and etched Rosemary Beach Uncorked™ wine glass. Featured Restaurants included Amavida Coffee, CK’s Feed & Supply, Cowgirl Kitchen, Edward’s Fine Food & Wine, Gallion’s, Havana Beach Bar & Grill, La Crema Tapas, and Restaurant Paradis.
This year’s beneficiary was Habitat for Humanity of Walton County. The mission of Habitat for Humanity is to bring people together to build homes, communities, and hope. 

Bloody Mary Festival

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The Market Shops hosted its Seventh Annual Bloody Mary Festival on Saturday, October 22. The signature event, sponsored by Step One Automotive Group, raised a record-breaking $50,000 for Habitat for Humanity of Walton County.  The sold out event was unlimited tastes of their most creative and innovative bloody.

The shopping center was transformed into a bustling festival ground to host and welcome over 1,000 attendees. Upon check-in, guests received a token to vote for the coveted People’s Choice Awards for the “Best Bloody Mary in South Walton.” At the end of the event, votes were counted by Hill Coleman, CPA and the following local restaurants were chosen as the winners:

1st Place People’s Choice Award – The Beach House

3rd Place People’s Choice Award – Chiringo

A panel of select food critics and regional media also judged each Bloody Mary and selected the following winner as the most delicious and most creative. New this year, they also picked the winner of the “Best Accoutrement”:

Judge’s Choice Award – Chiringo

Best Accoutrement – Camille’s at Crystal Beach

Lola's Christmas Open House

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Lola’s on 30A, a coastal lifestyle boutique that specializes in home furnishings and gifts, recently held their Christmas Open House which brought out quite the crowd on this Saturday in early November. The store was stocked with beautiful decor and festive ornaments, perfect for holiday decorating ideas. Daniel Pratt and Chris Alvarado provided live music while quest enjoyed locally made sweets and a refreshing sip of jingle juice putting everyone in the holiday spirit.