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Newport Wine & Food Festival

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The Newport Mansions will once again provide a spectacular backdrop for the annual Newport Wine & Food Festival held from September 20-22. The weekend features a wide array of events including a Collectible Wine Dinner, Brunch with Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, Grand Tastings on both Saturday and Sunday, the Newport After Dark After-Party at Forty 1° North, a variety of seminars from Wine 101 for the wine novice, and Wine Collectibles for the serious wine aficionado. Two southern Rhode Island restaurants will be participating in this year’s Grand Tastings: Jamestown Fish and The Ocean House.

For the second year in a row, Michael Greenlee is the beverage director for the festival. A local North Kingstown boy, Greenlee has worked as a wine buyer for Le Cirque, the Waldorf Astoria and the Four Seasons. He now owns a company, Amedeo, which “helps wineries better navigate distribution and helps them sell wine directly to the consumer.” Greenlee is excited about this year’s festival and says there’s “something for everyone who’s interested in wine and food.” The wineries represented at this year’s festival are coming from all over the word, and he says “many of them are small producers that are hard to come by.” He’s passionate about getting people to try new wines, adding new varietals, producers or new locations to their “mental Rolodex of wines.”

With approximately 3,500 people attending last year’s festival, you may want to purchase your tickets ahead of time at their website. See you there!

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