National Harbor Food and Wine Festival 2012

National Harbor celebrates the spring season with a waterfront food and wine festival emphasizing food and wine pairing, artisanal and organic products, and boutique wines. The event includes tastings, cooking demonstrations and educational seminars on culinary and wine trends, sustainability issues, and supporting local farmers and resources. The Food and Wine Festival at National Harbor will present more than 150 International wines, spirits and beers featured along with local and regional favorites. Guests will be able to sample all of the varieties as well as purchase them by the glass and the bottle. Other highlights include a Cinco De Mayo Pavilion featuring Hornitos tequila, Special craft beer tasting Bier Garten experience, Whiskey and Bourbon Tasting Experience in a relaxed setting - paired with hand rolled cigars, three stages of live music and smooth jazz.

Dates and Times
May 5-6, 2012
12-6 p.m.


Location
National Harbor is located in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Potomac River, just minutes from Washington, DC. The site is accessible from I-95/I-495, I-295, the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and by water taxi from Washington, DC, Old Town Alexandria, Mount Vernon, and Georgetown. See a map and directions to National Harbor

Tickets
General Admission $37 - Advance
VIP $85 - Advance
Two Day General $75 - Advance
All Access $185 - Advance
Ages 12 and under are free
Purchase tickets online.

Participating Chefs

Saturday:

• Sticky Fingers Doron Petersen of Food Networks’ Cupcake Wars
  
• Food Network Sara Moulton
  
• The Wine Coach Laurie Forster
  
• The Beef Association’s Dave Zino

Sunday:

• Marta Ines Quintan of Havana Road Cuban Café
  
• Natalie Dupree making her famous Southern biscuits
  
• Food Network Sara Moulton
  
• Jim Baker of the Washington Wine Academy and Cooking with Salt and Pepper

Additional Event
Tickets are sold separately. May 5 at 7:00 p.m. - Vintner Wine dinner at Old Hickory at Gaylord National Resort featuring Turtle Creek Vineyards

Official Website www.wineandfoodnh.com

About National Harbor
National Harbor is a 300-acre waterfront destination in the Washington, DC area that opened in the spring of 2008. Set along a prime spot along the Potomac River, National Harbor, a $2.1 billion mixed-use community built by the Peterson Companies, includes hotels, restaurants, retail stores, condominiums, a full-service marina, a convention center, and commercial office space. Read more about National Harbor