The sixth annual GREENWICH WINE+FOOD FESTIVAL, presented by Serendipity magazine (www.serendipitysocial.com) benefitting Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Wholesome Wave and The Greenwich Department of Parks and Recreation, has announced the 200+ food and beverage participants that will be taking part in the centerpiece of the entire festival, the Culinary Village, on Saturday, September 24 from 12:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich. REMINDER: The event will be held rain or shine, and anyone under 21, including infants and those with strollers, will not be admitted. Animals are also not permitted.
Participants in this year’s Grand Tasting will offer samples from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and include:
Angelini Wine, Ltd.
Bakery On Main
BGOOD Greenwich
Blue Tulip Chocolates
Brotherhood, America’s Oldest Winery
Brown Dog Fancy Mustards
Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Calcutta Kitchens
Chelsea Piers
Churncraft
Cielo e Terr Winery – Murphy Distributors
Citarella
Colby Davis of Boston
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Connecticut Cookie Company
Cutco Cutlery
Dan Rooney’s Restaurant
Darien Social
DeCicco and Sons
Delamar
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits
Don Julio
Don Sebastiani & Sons – Murphy Distributors
Drunken Fruit LLC
Dubrovnik Restaurant
Entrée Nous
Fishers Island Lemonade
Fjord Fish Market
Flinders Lane
Fourth Creek Foods
Frank Family Vineyards – Murphy Distributors
Full Moonshine
Gates Restaurant
Geronimo Tequila Bar & Southwest Grill
Ggachi Bakery
Gifft Wines
Greenwich Cheese Company
Hilton Club New York
KAS Spirits
Latitude Beverage
Le Pain Quotidien
Little Mexican Café
Little Pub
Malai
Maple Craft Foods
Martin Miller’s Gin
Meatball and Co.
Mt. Kisco Smokehouse of Greenwich
MW Coastal Goods
New Canaan Olive Oil
NoMa Social
Nonno’s Trattoria
O.N.E Coconut Water
Pepsi
Pinot’s Palette
Polpettina
Punzone Italian Vodka – Murphy Distributors
Pure Leaf
Rosemary and Vine
Rudy’s Executive Transportation
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Rutini Winery – Murphy Distributors
Rye House
Saltaire Oyster Bar
Sap on Tap Maple Water
Schweppes Seltzer
Sea Bags
Shearwater Organic Coffee Roasters
Simply Delicious Catering
Sonora Restaurant
Spiked Seltzer
Stella Artois
Stubborn Soda
Sweet Lisa’s Exquisite Cakes
Teff Stamford
Thaithentic
The Ginger Man
The Granola Bar of Greenwich
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
The Olive Oil Factory
The Pine Leaf
The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood
The Rye Roadhouse
The Two Oh Three
Tomatillo Taco Joint
Tourism Authority of Thailand
Uber
Val’s Putnam Wines and Liquors and Val’s Fine Wines and Liquors of Glenville
Veal Made Easy funded by the Beef Checkoff
Waterbands
Wave Hill Breads
Whole Foods
Wholesome Wave
Winam Wines
Wine Wise
Wooster Street Meats
WUJI
WÜSTHOF
Zesty Z
Bud and Burgers Tent will feature the following restaurants sampling their artisan burgers for guests to taste and vote on their Foodies’ Choice Award from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.:
Anhueser-Busch
b Restaurants
Bareburger CT
Brown Dog Fancy Mustards
Cask Republic
Dan Rooney’s Restaurant
Flipside Burgers and Bar
The Blind Rhino
Westchester Burger Company
Grill Master Tent will feature the following restaurants sampling everything from grilled meat to pizzas from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.:
10 Barrel Joe IPA & Golden Road Wolf Pup
Amore Cucina & Bar
Baked and Sauced
Benjamin Steakhouse
Brother Jimmy’s BBQ
Elysian Spacedust IPA & Elysian NightOwl
Festivities
Gentry Bourbon
Greatest Blaze & Co.
Hoodoo Brown BBQ
Mike’s Organic Delivery
Pizza Luca
Shock Top & Shock Top Pretzel
Skinny Pines Mobile Wood Fired Catering
The Pizza Truck Company
The Ultimate Sandwich Tent will be serving unique and innovative sandwich creations from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with participants including:
Black Hog Brewing Co.
Blue Point Toasted Lager & Blue Point Oktoberfest
Corbo’s Corner Deli
Garden Catering
Goose Island IPA & Goose Island Sofie
Judy’s Bar + Kitchen
Pearl at Longshore Restaurant & Bar
Tabouli Grill
The Pine Leaf
The South of the Border Tent, presented by Don Julio, will offer samples of Mexican dishes and festive cocktails using Don Julio tequila from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and include:
Bodega Taco Bar
Don Julio
Halstead Ave Taqueria
Hapa Food Truck
Sonora Restaurant
Tomatillo Taco Joint
Val’s Putnam Wines
Please note that all participants are subject to change. The Grand Tasting Tent, Bud and Burgers area, Ultimate Sandwich Tent and South of the Border Tent are open to all Saturday ticket holders, in addition to the Demonstration Tents, Celebrity Green Room, presented by Serendipity, viewing of the 5th annual Burger Battle, hosted by Adam Richman, the 3rd annual Top Bartender Showdown in the Empire City Casino tent, the 1st annual Ultimate Sandwich Take-Down, Diane’s Books (celebrity bookstore), presented by Barbara Zaccagnini and co-headliner musical performances by Ziggy Marley and Old Crow Medicine Show on the Main Festival Stage, presented by Pepsi.
Tickets for Saturday’s events are available starting at $150.00, with VIP tickets available for $375 (this includes access to the Festival VIP Tent, which is equipped with a private lounge and restrooms, full bar, secluded seating areas, private restrooms and parking, private concert viewing area and a special VIP Sustainable Dinner, hosted by Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy and Michel Nischan, featuring more than a dozen Ambassador Chefs serving an incredible feast sourcing all proteins, seafood and produce locally and sustainably to ensure the highest quality and minimal impact on the environment) and VIP tickets with the addition of an Intimate Dinner with Marcus Samuelsson and Red Rooster Harlem beginning at $450. For all ticketing options, visit the Festival’s website: http://serendipitysocial.com/greenwich-wine-food/tickets/.
The multi-day event will also include Friday’s Master Chef Dinner, hosted by Adam Richman, with food, wine and cocktails from this year’s class of Most Innovative Chefs and Ambassador Chefs from Connecticut and New York, and a live concert by The Bacon Brothers (tickets start at $325 per person).
Tickets can be purchased online, or by calling 203.588.1363.
