The Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience is rolling back into Sonoma County next week, uncorking four days of chef-driven dinners, walk-around tastings, and a marquee Grand Tasting on the downtown plaza. From May 14 to 17, restaurants, hotel ballrooms and vineyard lawns will be packed with visitors. Locals should brace for busier streets, longer lines and slim pickings on hotel rooms all weekend.
Festival at a glance
According to Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience, the fifth annual edition runs May 14 to 17 and features seminars, chef demonstrations, walk-around tastings, and ticketed dinners spread across Healdsburg and the surrounding wine country. Organizers say the program is built to spotlight local farmers, ranchers and winemakers alongside globally recognized wines, turning the town into a temporary tasting room for the world.
Opening night and headline chefs
The weekend kicks off with a Welcome Celebration at Appellation Healdsburg, with a festival press release listing chefs Maneet Chauhan and Duskie Estes among the contributors to…..