Alexandria's Food and Wine Festival Saturday: Rain or Shine

The 4th Annual Alexandria’s Food & Wine Festival is set to return Saturday at a new waterfront location, rain or shine. This year’s event will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Old Town’s waterfront at Oronoco Bay Park (see map).

The festival is a community-based event featuring tastes of local foods and wine, as well as artisans, a Children’s Corner and live entertainment. The event will transform Oronoco Bay Park into a lively festival easily accessible by car, Metrorail or Dash Bus.

Attendees will be able to sample food and wine from a variety of local restaurants and Virginia’s wineries. Local restaurants will compete for the best appetizer, the best main course and the best dessert, judged by notable DC foodie judges. There will also be food demonstrations sponsored by Sur La Table in which they will provide demos throughout the day.

Alexandria’s Food & Wine Festival 2015 participating restaurants and wineries include:

• Wineries: Democracy Vineyard, Mattaponi Winery, Horton Winery, The Williamsburg Winery, Rogers Ford, Rebec Vineyards, James River Cellars, Desert Rose, Lake Anna Winery, and Athena Vineyards. (more to be announced)
• Restaurants/Food Vendors: Mum Mum Thai Restaurant, La Tasca, Wholefoods Market, Ben & Jerry’s, Delia’s Mediterranean Grill, Uno Pizzeria & Grill, Cupcaked Bakery, Talk of Di Town, A La Lucia, Hunting Creek, Olio Tasting Room, The Peppers, Popcorn Queens, Passanante’s Home Food Service, The Capital Candy Jar, Juicie, Robeks Fruit Smoothies, and Laconiko.

Every year the festival donates a portion of the festival proceeds to a local non-profit. This year’s charity of choice is SB Productions. SB Productions is a Virginia non-profit corporation that exists to give back to the local community through grants available for local non-profit organizations involved with but not limited to environment protection, women’s rights, children, poverty, and health.

This is a free event to attend; however tickets are needed to sample food and beverages.

Tickets are $20 (each area) on site.

For Example:

• Food Samples (only) – $20 for 8 taste tickets
• Wine Garden (only) – $20 per person. Guest receive a wine glass and a bottled water. Ticket gives access to the wine garden with tasting samples from the wineries.
• Food + Wine Tasting – Includes 8 tickets for food tasting + wine tastings from Virginia wineries

Transportation: Easily accessible via car, Metro rail and Dash Bus