Wine Spectator: Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival Grows Even Bigger And Better
December 27, 2024When guests arrived at the 17th annual Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival’s Grand Tasting on Dec. 15, they found an even bigger and better event than last year. The culmination of a four-day culinary extravaganza, the food and wine tasting, hosted at the Palm Beach County Convention Center and presented by Wine Spectator, offered a night of perfect food and wine combinations and amazing chefs and vintners.
An annual highlight of the festival, this year’s Grand Tasting attracted more than 2,500 revelers ready to indulge in dishes, both savory and sweet, from 60 of South Florida’s finest restaurants while tasting selections from 115 wineries, each pouring a wine rated 90 points or higher by Wine Spectator editors in blind tastings. Several wineries poured wines scoring 96 points or higher.
A portion of ticket sales for the Grand Tasting goes to benefit the designated charity for the event—the Els for Autism Foundation—co-founded by Marvin R. Shanken, editor and publisher of Wine Spectator, Ernie Els and Liezl Els in 2009. The foundation operates the Els Center of Excellence, a world-class, 26-acre campus and learning center in Jupiter, Fla., for people with autism. Wine Spectator has a full recap.
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