Sample New World Wine & Food at San Antonio’s Premier Culinary Festival

Celebrate San Antonio as the culinary and cultural gateway to Latin America at the New World Wine & Food Festival (November 5-9). The festival offers over 40 events featuring 60 talented chefs and restaurants from San Antonio as well as guest chefs from all over the world. Plus, nearly 300 wineries are expected to participate. From vintner cruises along the River Walk to a black-tie affair, each day features a full slate of food and wine festivities. Now in its eighth year, the festival continues to showcase San Antonio as a premier food and wine destination.

Whether your style is casual or formal, the New World Wine & Food Festival has an event to suit your taste and budget. Savor this sampling of festival events:

Vintner cruises along the San Antonio River Walk will kick things off Wednesday, November 5. Voyages begin at the Hotel Valencia with hors d’oeuvres provided by some of San Antonio’s best restaurants.

The hip, downtown bar Metro will be the site of the Cultural Cocktail on Thursday, November. 6, where mixologists will shake, muddle and pour their way through a spectacular evening using local ingredients. Then, select one of San Antonio’s most acclaimed restaurants for the Winemaker Dinners. This multi-course format is designed to display the variety of each vintner’s wines.

Friday, November 7’s Black Tie gala, will feature a multiple course dinner highlighting the best of San Antonio for an evening of food, wine and entertainment.

Saturday November 8, head to the festival’s pinnacle event, the New World Grand Tasting, in the Grotto of the stunning Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, beneath the 750-foot-tall Tower of the Americas and aside works of art by local and international artists. Dine with celebrity chefs and mingle with winemakers galore! You’ll want to arrive early and leave late as chefs and winemakers prepare the grandest of fares.

The New World Wine & Food Festival’s finale on Sunday, November 9, welcomes culinary connoisseurs of all ages to Rio Cibolo Ranch for the family-friendly, Totally Tejas event. This culturally-infused fiesta, combines wine and food with hands-on demonstrations, crafts, hayrides, river barge rides and story telling. All other events are for adults 21 and over.