Charlotte’s Best and Most Award-Winning Festival returns the weekend of September 24th when the 8th Annual Fall South End Wine & Hops Fest brings back endless wine, cider and brew tastings paired with live music.
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Join 12,339 Charlotte tastemakers.
Saturday, Sept 24, 2022 from 2 to 6 pm
Lenny Boy Brewing
3000 S Tryon St
There are several types of tickets available ~ VIP Table Tickets, Early Admission, General Admission and Designated Driver.
- General Admission $40 gets you UNLIMITED Tastings of the 45 wines featured (see round up below) along with beer & cider tastings from the 10 participating breweries plus a festival souvenir sampling glass.
- Early Admission $50 gets you the above, but admission one hour earlier than GA at 1 pm, so 5 hours of tasting.
- VIP Table Tickets $65 each for 10 people ($650) gets you Early Admit at 1 pm plus seats at a table in the VIP section AND 4 bottles of wine for your table, in addition to the 5 hours of unlimited tastings. THESE SELL OUT QUICKLY!
- Designated Driver $20 gets in but doesn’t get to partake 🙂
The Wines and Breweries for 2022
Rose Table (1)
- 16184 ESPIGOUETTE COTES DU RHONE ROSE
- 300518 THE PALE ROSE 2020
- 9459 CLOS LA CHANCE COLIBRI ROSE
Sparkling Table (2)
- 7466 PIPPO GOLD MOSCATO D’ASTI
- 8567 ART OF EARTH PROSECCO
- 300629 UNSHACKLED SPARKLING ROSE
Washington Wine Table (3)
- 300445 MARK RYAN LU AND OLY FLOWERHEAD ROSE
- 300444 MARK RYAN MONKEY WRENCH
- 300347 MARK RYAN THE VINCENT CHARDONNAY
Local Wines VA Table (4)
- 8617 CHATEAU MORRISETTE OUR DOG BLUE
- 9121 CHATEAU MORRISETTE APPLE WINE
- 8619 CHATEAU MORRISETTE BLACKBERRY
Italian Wine Table (5)
- 300510 DEMARIE LUIGI BIANCO PET-NAT
- 300574 SALCHETO VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO 2017
- 111899 BRANCATELLI VALLE DELLE STELLE 2017
Spainish Wines Table (6)
- 300373 LA VINYETA PIPA MONO BLANC 2020
- 300321 MATSU EL PICARO 2020
- 300217 PROYECTO FOSCA
Crisp Whites Table (7)
- 300542 RAPAURA SPRINGS SAUVIGNON BLANC 2019 6PK
- 300651 ALBERT BICHOT MACON MILLY LAMARTINE 2018
- 300233 TOUCAS VINHO VERDE
French Wines Table (8)
- 300229 MAZ CAZ BLANC
- 300230 MAZ CAZ ROSE 2020
- 300231 MAZ CAZ ROUGE
South American Wines – Chile Table (9)
- 300106 POLKURA AYLIN
- 300107 POLKURA MALBEC
- 300108 POLKURA SYRAH
Califonia Wines Table (10)
- 300152 BUTTER BLOCK CHARDONNAY
- 300162 POSEIDON PINOT NOIR 2020
- 10461 EMBANKMENT CABERNET 2019
Califonia Wine – Sonoma Table (11)
- 300173 PEDRONCELLI FRIENDS WHITE
- 300175 PEDRONCELLI PETITE SIRAH
- 300181 PEDRONCELLI ZIN BUSHNELL
German/Austrian Wines (12)
- 300240 HUMMINGBIRD RIESLING 6PK
- 300122 HOPLER GRUNER VELTLINR
- 300253 HOPLER BLAUFRANKISCH 2019
Summer Reds {Lighter Bodied} Table (13)
- 6822 MUD HOUSE CENTRAL OTAGO NZ PINOT NOIR
- 300606 VRAC BEAUJOLAIS 2020
- 300153 SMASHBERRY RED
Rose Table Table (14)
- 9207 ROSE ALL DAY WINE
- 300128 CAPITELLES ROSE
- 15879 ST ANDRIEU COTES DE PROVENCE ROSE
Big REDS Table Table (15)
- 300427 DOUBLE DIAMOND CABERNET 6PK 2018
- 8994 L’ARCO ROSSO 6PK
- 6208 PRISONER 750 RED BLEND
BREWERIES 2022
- Armored Cow Brewing
- Divine Barrel
- Lenny Boy Brewing
- Red Clay Cider
- D9 brewing
- Hopfly Brewing
- Cavendish Brewing Company
- Suffolk Punch
- Pilot Brewing
- Olde Hickory Brewery
Can’t Make Saturday? There are also Wednesday or Sunday Events.
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The South End Wine & Hops Fest has won repeated awards as the QC’s best fest:
Charlotte’s Best Festival – 2021
Charlotte’s Best Festival – 2020
Charlotte’s Best Wine Event – 2019
Charlotte’s Best Wine Event – 2018
Charlotte’s Best Wine Event – 2017
Charlotte’s Best Wine Event – 2016
