Biltmore Estate Winery

Biltmore Estate Winery hosts Summer Holiday Weekends

Biltmore Estate's Summer Holiday Weekends: Celebrating with Style will highlight the best of outdoor summer entertaining with demonstrations from Food TV Network and Southern Living chefs, food/wine seminars, wine tastings, and live jazz in the courtyard.

Food and home editors from Southern Living magazine will share gourmet cooking techniques and tablescaping ideas on Memorial Day weekend. Food TV Network chefs Jack McDavid and David Rosengarten will also showcase their talents preparing summer fare with demonstrations. On July fourth weekend, McDavid with Grillin' and Chillin' will highlight his grilling secrets, followed with an appearance by Rosengarten from Taste and In Food Today on Labor Day weekend.

Biltmore Estate Winery staff will host a variety of food and wine seminars including tips for food and win pairing, expert advice on tasting wine, and ideas for creative picnics. Biltmore Estate wines by the glass will be available for purchase to those enjoying live jazz performances in the Winery courtyard. Regional bands such as The Incontinentals and the Afro-Rican Ensemble will be featured.

Children may also participate in a grape juice tasting, complete with animal crackers to "cleanse" their palates. And in the spirit of traditional wine-making methods, they may join their parents in removing shoes and socks for the annual Grape Stomp.

The schedule of events is as follows: Memorial Day Weekend, May 29-30 Events are scheduled periodically 1-6 p.m.

Cooking demonstrations and tablescaping ideas with Southern Living food and home editors, Cynthia Briscoe, Jan Moon and Sarah Jernigan

Food and Wine Seminars: Barrel Tasting, Easy Entertaining: The Art of the Picnic, Food and wine Pairing, Component Tasting. A barrel tasting will be held with Biltmore Estate winemaker Bernard Delille at 4 p.m. on Saturday only. Each seminar is about 30 minutes long.

Live Jazz in the Courtyard with The Incontinentals.

Grape juice tasting for children

Grape Stomp

July Fourth Weekend, July 2-4

Events are scheduled periodically 1-6 p.m.

Cooking demonstrations with former Food TV Network host and proprietor of three renowned Philadelphia restaurants, Jack McDavid

Food and Wine Seminars: Barrel Tasting, Easy Entertaining: The Art of the Picnic, Food and wine Pairing, Component Tasting. Each seminar is about 30 minutes long.

Live Jazz in the Courtyard with Elliot and the Untouchables

Grape juice tasting for children

Grape Stomp

Scrap Exchange, creative craft activity for children

Southern Mountain Fire Cloggers at Deerpark Restaurant

Labor Day Weekend, September 4-5

Events are scheduled periodically 1-6 p.m.

Cooking demonstrations with former Food TV Network host and respected food/wine writer, David Rosengarten

Food and Wine Seminars: Barrel Tasting, Easy Entertaining: The Art of the Picnic, Food and Wine Pairing, Component Tasting. Each seminar is about 30 minutes long.

Live Jazz in the Courtyard with the Afro-Rican Ensemble

Grape juice tasting for children

Grape Stomp

All guests with a general admission ticket to Biltmore Estate are invited to attend.

For more information, call (800)543-2961.