Early Access Fontainebleau Miami Beach & Fontainebleau Las Vegas Present Wine Spectator’s Best of the Best Sponsored by Crystal

Photography by , on February 23rd, 2024 in South Beach Wine & Food Festival® Weekend 2024

Miami Beach, FL – February 23, 2024 – Elegance meets heavenly haute cuisine at this Festival mainstay, where over 60 of the nation’s most acclaimed chefs are paired with more than 65 first-rate wineries from around the globe.  Presented by Fontainebleau Miami Beach and Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the newest chapter in the 70-year history of the iconic Fontainebleau brand, this très chic walkaround tasting event showcased an exceptional lineup of James Beard Award winners, Food & Wine Best New Chefs, and Michelin-starred restaurants, alongside some of the world’s most renowned winemakers.

Philip Goldfarb

Howard & Philip Goldfarb

Philip Goldfarb & Michael Cheng

Ricardo Restrepo & Lee Brian Schrager

Lyndsey Cooper, Chad Fabrikant, & Kelly Richie

Mel & Bobbi DIck, Arlene & Wayne Chaplin

Bobbi & Mel Dick

Laurent Fraticelli & Cassandra Boateng

Israel Aretxiga, Alex Moredia, & Danny Lledo

Israel Aretxiga

Michael Paley

Patrick Munster

Manuel Garcia

Kate Farrell & James Wright

Kenny Gilbert

Juan Alfonso Urrutia

Alex Moredia & Israel Aretxiga

Benjamin Six

Daniel Serfer, Diego Oka, & Sandro Ambrosia

Diego Oka

Diego Oka

Douglas Santi

Cedric Vongerichten

Cassandra Boateng, Douglas Santi, Madeline, & Georgia Zaryckyj

Roosevelt Muriel, Carolina Bernal, & Herberto Eljach

John Noble Masi, Lindsay Autry, Giorgio Rapicavoli, Matthew Brodermann, & Jake

Laurent Fraticelli, Roosevelt Muriel, Carolina Bernal, Herberto Eljach, & Rafael Velasquez

CJ Jacobson

Jorge Mejia

CJ Jacobson

Bruce & Ellie Taub

Philip & Gina Goldfarb

Philip Goldfarb