Martha's Vineyard Food & Wine Festival Returns for 7th Time

For four days the 7th Annual Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine Festival will serve up extravagant food and noble wines from around the world.

Vintner dinner events, tastings and expert food and wine seminars will make up the anticipated event. There will be a star-studded line-up of nearly 40 chefs and wine personalities. Praised as one of the 2013 “Top 10 Festivals to Taste” by Forbes Travel Guide, MVF&WF infuses homegrown flavor with the most celebrated chefs, culinary professionals and winemakers in the world.

Tickets to the Festival run from $40 for “The After Party” pass to $300 for the “Gourmet Wine Cellar” dinner event, or $325 for a Gold Pass, which gives you access to special events, plus extra perks and VIP access to the Grand Tasting.

The MVF&WF will benefit Island Grown Schools and Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society’s Farmers Program.

The featured line-up of chefs participating in this four-day celebration of food and wine includes:

Chris Fischer (The Beach Plum Restaurant and Beetlebung Farm)

Nathan Gould (Water Street at Harbor View Hotel)

Justin Melnick (The Terrace at The Charlotte Inn)

Jerry Marano (Beetlebung Oak Bluffs)

Joseph Monteiro (Atlantic Fish & Chop House)

Christian Thornton (Atria)

Bernadette Cormie (Herring Run Kitchen)

Jan Buhrman (Kitchen Porch Catering)

The featured line-up of wine personalities includes:

Nancy Cushman (o ya)

Joseph Carr 
(Joseph Carr Winery, Dylan’s Ghost Winery)

Dan Michaud (Ruby Wines)

Lisa Kaplan (Charles Smith Wines, K Vintners, Secco Italian Bubbles)

Dominick Purnomo (Yono’s Restaurant & dp An American Brasserie)

Bryan Page (Page Wine Cellars and Revolver Wine Co)

Visit the Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine Festival website for more information about tickets and hotel packages.

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