Tickets On Sale for the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival

Attention South Florida wine and food fans: tickets are now on sale for the 2012 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Now in its 11th year, the festival will be held February 23th through 26th and will showcase the talents of renowned winemakers, spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities. All proceeds benefit the [...]

Inside WMC: Belvedere Music Lounge

During the 2010 Winter Music Conference I hopped between parties on South Beach, danced in the sand at Nikki Beach and listened to some of the best DJs in the electronic music scene at Ultra.  Out of all these my favorite experience was hanging out at the Belvedere Vodka Music Lounge. Hosted by SIRIUS XM [...]

Snapshots from the Winter Music Conference

The Winter Music Conference is the ultimate destination for DJs and fans of electronic music. Established in 1985, WMC is the largest music industry gathering of its kind in the world.  This year clubs throughout downtown Miami and Miami Beach will host nearly two thousand DJs and artists.  The lineup is a veritable who’s who [...]

Highlights from the Grand Tasting Village

My favorite part of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is the Grand Tasting Village.  It’s an entire day (or weekend) of sipping wines, spirits and beer, sampling small bites from local restaurants, hotels and specialty food stores and interacting with famous chefs and Food Network personalities, all with a gorgeous ocean backdrop. This [...]

Beach, Bubbly and Barbecue at BubbleQ

I couldn’t imagine a Friday night event at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival topping my experience at Wine Spectator‘s Best of the Best last year, but BubbleQ went way beyond my expectations. But then again, what’s not to love?  Some of the biggest names in the local and national food scene serve up [...]

Wine Week at Smith & Wollensky

All this week enjoy 10 wines for $10 when you have lunch at Smith & Wollensky.  It’s part of the 46th National Wine Week, going on at Smith & Wollensky locations throughout the United States, including Miami Beach. Each day 10 different wines will be featured, beginning with a sparkling wine, followed by white wines [...]

FIU Students Help Make Wine & Food Festival a Success

Miami Beach is getting ready to stage its biggest annual food and wine event: the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival.  Now in its 9th year, the four-day extravaganza will star world renowned chefs and culinary celebrities like Daniel Boulud, Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay, Paula Deen, Masaharu Morimoto, Anthony Bourdain and more. Like [...]

Black Truffle Menu at the Setai

If you love anything with black truffles and have plenty of cash to spend, head over to The Grill at the Setai for the restaurant’s seven course black truffle tasting menu. The intimate 50 seat restaurant at the Miami Beach hotel reopened last month with an inviting new menu of Mediterranean-influenced small plates.  In tandem [...]

Four Seasons Offers Free Brunch to Miami Marathon Runners

What better way to celebrate completing the ING Miami Marathon than with unlimited Mimosas and free brunch at the Four Seasons? The Four Seasons Hotel on Brickell Avenue is inviting all the runners from this Sunday’s marathon a free fuel-up before the marathon and free brunch after the race.  Participants in the half marathon will [...]

Dining Out on Thanksgiving

Not planning on preparing a lavish turkey dinner for Thanksgiving this year?  Celebrate the holiday at one of the many Miami restaurants serving up a special meal. Here are restaurants that will offer a Thanksgiving menu on November 26th: 94th Aero Squadron Enjoy watching planes land and take off without all the hassle of holiday [...]