{"id":220773,"date":"2026-04-06T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220773\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:04:09","slug":"berns-winefest-returns-with-nine-event-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220773\/","title":{"rendered":"Bern\u2019s Winefest returns with nine-event lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2026\/02\/12\/berns-replace-haven-seafood-2027\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bern\u2019s Steak House<\/a> will host the 29th annual Bern\u2019s Winefest from April 12 through April 19, with nine events across its Tampa properties.<\/p>\n<p>The festival, presented by the Laxer Family Foundation, spans <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2026\/02\/11\/berns-70-years-la-segunda-collaboration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bern\u2019s Steak House<\/a>, Haven and the Epicurean Hotel. Tickets go on sale March 7 at 10 a.m. through Eventbrite, with limited seating across most events.<\/p>\n<p>Event pricing ranges from $300 for the blending seminar and picnic to $1,500 per person for the Legacy Dinner, held inside Bern\u2019s wine cellar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE LOCAL NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winefest opens April 12 with a Pol Roger Champagne brunch at the Epicurean Hotel and continues with wine dinners featuring V\u00e9rit\u00e9 Estate, Ch\u00e2teau Quintus and Domaine Tollot-Beaut. Haven will host several midweek events, including a Brunello-focused dinner with Altesino.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-2-99-1000x563.jpeg\" alt=\"Man pours red wine for guest during Bern\u2019s Winefest tasting in Tampa\" class=\"wp-image-90366\"  \/>A guest receives a wine pour during Bern\u2019s Winefest, which features tastings, dinners and seminars across Tampa venues.<\/p>\n<p>The April 19 Grand Tasting will close the festival with a tasting event featuring wines curated by <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2025\/11\/20\/opentable-top-100-tampa-restaurant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bern\u2019s Fine Wines &amp; Spirits<\/a>, paired with food from the three culinary teams and live music.<\/p>\n<p>Winefest serves as the primary fundraiser for the Bern Laxer Memorial Scholarship, which supports students in culinary <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/arts-and-culture\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"13\" title=\"arts &amp; culture\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arts<\/a>, hospitality management and viticulture through the C-CAP program. Since 1997, the event has funded scholarships tied to Florida\u2019s hospitality workforce.<\/p>\n<p>To accommodate the event schedule, Haven will close to regular service from April 16 through April 21.<\/p>\n<p>Ticketed guests can book rooms at the Epicurean Hotel at a nightly rate of $289 through March 13.<\/p>\n<p>  Stay Informed<\/p>\n<p>\n    Stay up to date on <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/tampa-bay-business\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"18\" title=\"Tampa Bay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/business-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"16\" title=\"business\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/breaking-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"15\" title=\"breaking news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news<\/a>, executive profiles and the companies shaping the region.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPost navigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bern\u2019s Steak House will host the 29th annual Bern\u2019s Winefest from April 12 through April 19, with nine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[44453,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-220773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-right","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}