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Oct
2
Mon
Latitude Beverage Portfolio Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ Barcelona Wine Bar
Oct 2 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Latitude Beverage Portfolio Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ Barcelona Wine Bar | Norwalk | Connecticut | United States

Latitude Beverage will host three fall trade tastings in October, featuring more than a dozen award-winning wine and spirits brands, including: 90+ Cellars, Iron Side, Mija Sangria, Magic Door, Wheel Horse Whiskey, Northcross Irish Whiskey, Tequila Zarpado, and more. Please contact your sales representative. Trade only.

Brescome Barton Fall Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ Brewport
Oct 2 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Brescome Barton Fall Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ Brewport | Bridgeport | Connecticut | United States

Join Brescome Barton for its first fall trade tasting. Accounts and trade professional will enjoy a range of wine, spirits, beer, mixers, RTDs and more, with food and parking provided.Please ask your sale representative for more information. Members of the trade should RSVP through education@brescomebarton.com. Trade only.

 

Oct
3
Tue
Latitude Beverage Portfolio Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ Barcelona Wine Bar
Oct 3 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Latitude Beverage Portfolio Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ Barcelona Wine Bar | West Hartford | Connecticut | United States

Latitude Beverage will host three fall trade tastings in October, featuring more than a dozen award-winning wine and spirits brands, including: 90+ Cellars, Iron Side, Mija Sangria, Magic Door, Wheel Horse Whiskey, Northcross Irish Whiskey, Tequila Zarpado, and more. Please contact your sales representative. Trade only.

Oct
4
Wed
Latitude Beverage Portfolio Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ Barcelona Wine Bar
Oct 4 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Latitude Beverage Portfolio Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ Barcelona Wine Bar | New Haven | Connecticut | United States

Latitude Beverage will host three fall trade tastings in October, featuring more than a dozen award-winning wine and spirits brands, including: 90+ Cellars, Iron Side, Mija Sangria, Magic Door, Wheel Horse Whiskey, Northcross Irish Whiskey, Tequila Zarpado, and more. Please contact your sales representative. Trade only.

Oct
7
Sat
10th Annual WeHa Whiskey & Spirits Festival @ The Hartford Golf Club
Oct 7 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
10th Annual WeHa Whiskey & Spirits Festival @ The Hartford Golf Club | West Hartford | Connecticut | United States

The 10th annual WeHa Whiskey & Spirits Festival is back and adding premium spirits to its extensive line up of whiskey brands. Presented by Maximum Beverage and hosted outdoors under tents on the picturesque grounds of the Hartford Golf Club, the event will feature more than 250 different kinds of whiskey, bourbon, single malt Scotch and, now rum, tequila, gin and more. The food buffets are catered by The Hartford Golf Club and there will be live entertainment. This year’s proceeds benefit Friends of Feeney, helping children and families who need assistance after heartbreak and tragedy.

See last year’s highlights here.

 

Oct
11
Wed
Worldwide Wines Fall Tasting (Trade Only) @ Winvian Farm
Oct 11 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Worldwide Wines will host a fall portfolio tasting at Winvian Farm in Morris on Oct. 11. Guests will have the opportunity to taste domestic and imported wine from Worldwide Wines’ latest portfolio and discuss selections with visiting suppliers and the Worldwide Wines team. This is a trade only event. Please ask your sales representative for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct
14
Sat
Change in the Air Festival 2023 @ Bear's BBQ
Oct 14 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Change in the Air Festival 2023 @ Bear's BBQ | New Haven | Connecticut | United States
The third annual Change in the Air Festival is set for October 14, 2023. What started as a beer collaboration between New England Brewing and Dockside Brewery as a fundraiser for the Connecticut Brewers Guild African American Scholarship, has evolved into a festival with the same goals: creating a more inclusive beer industry while uplifting and highlighting Black and Brown owned food vendors, music and art. This inclusive event will provide the BIPOC community the opportunity to discuss social issues, learn more about careers in the Connecticut and surrounding region craft beer industry, and the educational programs available through Sacred Heart University. Daym Drops, host of Netflix’s “Fresh, Fried & Crispy”, will be event emcee, and guests will enjoy more than 22 breweries from Connecticut and the surrounding region, including Black and Brown owned breweries: New England Brewing Co.; Two Roads Brewing Co.; Black Hog Brewing; Dockside Brewery; Great Falls Brewing Company; Allagash Brewing Company; Armada Brewing; Hog River Brewing Company; Counterwieght Brewing; Tribus Beer Co.; Rhythm Brewing Co.; Best Friends Lunch; Twelve Percent Beer Project; Alvarium Beer Co.; Labyrinth Brewing Company; Fox Farm Brewery; Athletic Brewing Company; Outer Light Brewing Company; Kent Falls Brewing Co.; Little House Brewing Company; Lawsons Finest Liquids; Brooklyn Brewery. Live DJ and performances from Timmy Maia and the Paul Bryant Hudson Band and food available for purchase from Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ and also from some of the best Black and Brown owned restaurants around including: Jazzy’s Soul Kitchen; Madeline’s Empanaderia; JTM Cupcakes; Perfect Poundcakes ;Ovelle Coffee; The Drunk Alpaca and more. Change In The Air Festival is a philanthropic fundraising effort to build our scholarship, while simultaneously providing safe, inclusive spaces for all craft beer enthusiasts. See last year’s highlights here.

 

Oct
18
Wed
Opici Family Distributing of CT Fall Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ New Haven Lawn Club
Oct 18 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Opici Family Distributing of CT Fall Trade Tasting (Trade Only) @ New Haven Lawn Club | New Haven | Connecticut | United States

Trade professionals will learn about the company’s luxury wine and top-shelf spirits portfolios in a fall trade tasting event. Contact your Opici Family Distributing sales representative for more details and RSVP to ctmanagers@opici.comTrade-only event

Monsieur Touton Fall Tasting (Trade Only) @ Sparrow Pizza Bar
Oct 18 @ 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Monsieur Touton Fall Tasting (Trade Only) @ Sparrow Pizza Bar | West Hartford | Connecticut | United States

Monsieur Touton Selection, Ltd. will host a fall portfolio tasting for accounts and trade professionals at Sparrow Pizza Bar in West Hartford on Oct. 18. This event is for trade and accounts only. Contact your sales representative for more information.

Oct
20
Fri
Mohegan Sun Seltzer Social @ Mohegan Sun
Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Mohegan Sun Seltzer Social @ Mohegan Sun | Montville | Connecticut | United States

Mohegan Sun’s 10th annual Sun BrewFest weekend kicks it up another notch with a newly added Seltzer Social event on Friday, Oct. 20, prior to the Sun BrewFest on Oct. 21.  Taking place on the casino’s Sun Patio, guests will mingle and enjoy fall inspired spirits, local bites, and some of the most popular hard seltzers on the market. There will be live entertainment on hand as well to keep the energy going. See more information and purchase tickets here.

 

 

Oct
2
Mon
34th Annual RIHA Golf Classic @ The Quidnessett Country Club
Oct 2 all-day
34th Annual RIHA Golf Classic @ The Quidnessett Country Club | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | United States

Spend a day on the course at the 34th Annual RIHA Golf Classic with restaurants, hotels, industry partners and friends of the hospitality industry. Sponsorships are still available. Please Note: The foursomes for the 2023 Golf Classic are sold out. To be added to the wait list for next year, please contact Katie Kleyla at katie@rihospitality.org. The event benefits RIHA and the RI Hospitality Education Foundation. See last year’s highlight’s here.

Visit RIHA’s event website for more information.

 

Wine Wizards Fall Portfolio Tasting (Trade Only) @ Wine Wizards warehouse
Oct 2 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Wine Wizards Fall Portfolio Tasting (Trade Only) @ Wine Wizards warehouse | East Providence | Rhode Island | United States

Wine Wizards will host its annual fall Portfolio Tasting at its warehouse in Rumford on Oct. 2, 2023. Guests will have the opportunity to taste imported wine and spirits from Wine Wizards’ latest portfolio and discuss selections with visiting suppliers and the Wine Wizards team. This is a trade only event. Please contact your sales representative for more details.

See last year’s highlights here.

Oct
14
Sat
Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival @ Bowen's Wharf
Oct 14 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival @ Bowen's Wharf | Newport | Rhode Island | United States

 

Historic Bowen’s Wharf in downtown Newport will host the 32nd annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, on Oct. 14-15, 2023. During the two-day event, guests will enjoy fresh seafood straight from local fishers and neighborhood restaurants and vendors, along with dishes from local restaurants, craft beer and signature cocktails, with the backdrop of an eclectic mix of music from local bands. Billed as one of the “10 Fabulous Fall Festivals on the Coast” by Coastal Living magazine, proceeds from festival bars benefited Oliver Hazard Perry, Rhode Island’s 200-foot official sailing education vessel.

Oct
15
Sun
Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival @ Bowen's Wharf
Oct 15 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival @ Bowen's Wharf | Newport | Rhode Island | United States

 

Historic Bowen’s Wharf in downtown Newport will host the 32nd annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, on Oct. 14-15, 2023. During the two-day event, guests will enjoy fresh seafood straight from local fishers and neighborhood restaurants and vendors, along with dishes from local restaurants, craft beer and signature cocktails, with the backdrop of an eclectic mix of music from local bands. Billed as one of the “10 Fabulous Fall Festivals on the Coast” by Coastal Living magazine, proceeds from festival bars benefited Oliver Hazard Perry, Rhode Island’s 200-foot official sailing education vessel.

Oct
24
Tue
November 2023 Beverage Journal Mails
Oct 24 @ 12:00 pm – 12:15 pm
Johnson Bros. Fall Portfolio Tasting (Trade Only) @ Johnson Bros. of Rhode Island
Oct 24 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Johnson Bros. Fall Portfolio Tasting (Trade Only) @ Johnson Bros. of Rhode Island | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | United States

Johnson Brothers of Rhode Island will host its annual fall portfolio tasting at its headquarters on Oct. 24. Guests will have the opportunity to taste imported wine and spirits from Johnson Bros.’ latest portfolio and discuss selections with visiting suppliers and the Johnson Bros. team. This is a trade only event. Please contact your sales representative for more details.

 

 

Oct
28
Sat
Newport Vineyards Harvest Fest 2023 @ Newport Vineyards
Oct 28 @ 11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Newport Vineyards Harvest Fest 2023 @ Newport Vineyards | Middletown | Rhode Island | United States

 

Newport Vineyards will host its sixth-annual Harvest Festival at its vineyard in Middletown on Oct. 28-29, 2023. Guests are invited to celebrate the seasons’ crush during the weekend, with tastings of Newport Vineyards’ local wines and fresh Taproot beer, paired with fresh, seasonal cuisine prepared from scratch by Newport Vineyards’ culinary team. Celebrants will enjoy live music, the event’s famous grape stomp competition, a pie-eating contest and a costume contest with prizes, in celebration of Halloween.

Saturday Oct. 28, 2023 (live music from Straight Outta Rehab)
– Session 1: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
– Session 2: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Sunday Oct. 29, 2023 (live music from the Cold Wayne Trio)
– Session 1: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
– Session 2: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM

 

Oct
29
Sun
Newport Vineyards Harvest Fest 2023 @ Newport Vineyards
Oct 29 @ 11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Newport Vineyards Harvest Fest 2023 @ Newport Vineyards | Middletown | Rhode Island | United States

 

Newport Vineyards will host its sixth-annual Harvest Festival at its vineyard in Middletown on Oct. 28-29, 2023. Guests are invited to celebrate the seasons’ crush during the weekend, with tastings of Newport Vineyards’ local wines and fresh Taproot beer, paired with fresh, seasonal cuisine prepared from scratch by Newport Vineyards’ culinary team. Celebrants will enjoy live music, the event’s famous grape stomp competition, a pie-eating contest and a costume contest with prizes, in celebration of Halloween.

Saturday Oct. 28, 2023 (live music from Straight Outta Rehab)
– Session 1: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
– Session 2: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Sunday Oct. 29, 2023 (live music from the Cold Wayne Trio)
– Session 1: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
– Session 2: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM

 

Nov
22
Wed
December 2023 Beverage Journal Mails
Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm – 12:15 pm
Dec
6
Wed
RIHA Stars of the Industry Awards Gala @ Providence Performing Arts Center
Dec 6 @ 4:00 pm
RIHA Stars of the Industry Awards Gala @ Providence Performing Arts Center | Providence | Rhode Island | United States

Created more than 31 years ago and hosted by the RI Hospitality Association and RI Hospitality Education Foundation annually to recognize those in the restaurant and hospitality industries, the Stars of the Industry awards and annual meeting event celebrates the best in the hospitality community on Dec. 6, 2023 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. There are more than 20 categories, with 2-3 nominations per category. Recipients are nominated by their bosses, co-workers and even their customers. Categories include Restaurant Employee of the Year, Tourism Employee of the Year, Bartender of the Year Emerging Leader of the Year and more, Winners are voted on by the public and elected officials of the board and receive a trophy to take home. Learn more about the event and sponsorship opportunities by contacting Katie Kleyla, Manager, Marketing & Events, katie@rihospitality.org. See last year’s highlights here.