{"id":242647,"date":"2026-04-23T01:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:38:32","slug":"berns-winefest-is-one-of-tampas-best-events-and-you-dont-want-to-miss-it-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242647\/","title":{"rendered":"Bern’s Winefest is one of Tampa’s best events, and you don’t want to miss it next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In its nearly three-decade existence, Bern\u2019s Winefest has established itself as one of Tampa\u2019s most anticipated annual food and wine events. Running April 12-19, the 29th annual lineup presented by the Laxer Family Foundation featured a champagne brunch, seminars, wine dinners, and culminated with a Grand Tasting Experience. This year\u2019s finale felt extra significant as it marks the last time the event will take place at Haven before its upcoming closure, and we\u2019re already looking forward to next year\u2019s return.<\/p>\n

The entire Bern\u2019s team \u2013 from Bern\u2019s Steak House, Haven, Bern\u2019s Fine Wines and Spirits, the Harry Waugh Dessert Room, and more \u2013 takes pride in showcasing their skills at this extravaganza of food, wine, and hospitality.\u00a0Guests range from longtime patrons of Bern\u2019s to serious wine enthusiasts and hospitality insiders, to people just out having the ultimate Sunday Funday in South Tampa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Everywhere you look, there are wine stations featuring close to 300 world-class wines hand-selected by the Bern\u2019s Wine & Spirits team. At each station, you will find designated pourers sharing the knowledge and history of the accompanying wines. At a certain point, you have no choice but to give in to the abundance, or to get strategic about the wines you\u2019re trying.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Servers circulate the rooms continuously, offering some of the most spectacular bites in town alongside unprompted-but-welcome pairing suggestions. It was fun to see some familiar faces from Bern\u2019s behind the trays, reminding you that this is a family business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The food alone would be enough to keep you coming back year after year: oysters topped with caviar and mignonette, wagyu tartare, fried chicken finished with hot honey, salmon sashimi with roe, the list goes on\u2026 and we haven\u2019t even mentioned the iconic Haven cheese display.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Food and wine for a cause<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme was Spring in Italy, and the decor as well as the guests looked the part. There was a live band, dance floor, plenty of seating, and even a Spritz Bar and staff hand-piping fresh cannoli. Plus, Chill Bros. was on-site serving up Olive Oil ice cream and their latest flavor, Holy Cannoli.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bern\u2019s is a Tampa institution that goes above and beyond to give back to the community. Funds raised during Bern\u2019s Winefest benefit the Make-A-Wish foundation and the Vinny LeCavalier Foundation for Pediatric Cancer. The silent auction also funds culinary and hospitality scholarships for students based in Florida through the James Beard Foundation gifting 33 scholarships so far.<\/p>\n

Every moment of the Grand Tasting Experience was special from the photo ops to the Perrier-Jou\u00ebt Champagne Veranda to the pop-up Bern\u2019s Fine Wine Shop, the iconic Haven cheese display, and of course, the tasting garden. Next year is sure to be bigger and better, as it always is.\u00a0Tickets always go fast, so keep an eye out next year for the return of Bern\u2019s Winefest.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In its nearly three-decade existence, Bern\u2019s Winefest has established itself as one of Tampa\u2019s most anticipated annual food…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-242647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242647","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=242647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}