Charleston Food and Wine Festival a Gastronomically Good Time


Charleston, SC (PRWeb) February 9, 2026 -- The second annual Charleston Food + Wine Festival will showcase the unique flavors of Lowcountry fare from March 1-4. Some of the nation's best chefs, authors and wine professionals will join in this year's festivities. Tom Colicchio of Grammercy Tavern in New York City and television's Top Chef reality series, as well as many other top-tier food personalities will make appearances. Guests can sample food, taste wine and groove to jazz and blues music. Activities will include cooking classes, wine seminars, lessons on churning butter, creating art with food, the underrated "art" of grocery shopping and a Gospel Brunch. BBQ, Blues and Brew will be the event finale. Log on to CharlestonFoodandWine.com for event information and to purchase tickets.


ResortQuest is offering pre-designed lodging packages with attractive value-added benefits on Kiawah Island , Seabrook Island , Isle of Palms and Wild Dunes, all just a few miles from Historic Charleston, SC. Guests enjoy packages with names like Walk on the Wild Side, Historic Charleston, Golf Getaway and Romantic Rendezvous, while staying in fully-equipped private homes, villas and cottages at the beach. Enjoy miles of pristine beach, championship golf, tennis, biking, nature tours, shopping, dining and more. For more information on visiting Charleston's Islands, guests can visit ResortQuest.com or call toll free 1-866-253-3633.

About ResortQuest
ResortQuest, one of the nation's leading vacation rental and resort real estate companies, provides a one-stop resource in North America's premier resort destinations, ResortQuest.com. ResortQuest is the largest marketer and management company of vacation condominiums and vacation rentals in the U.S. and Canada, based on a portfolio of nearly 17,000 properties, from Outer Banks vacation rentals to Destin condos, with a combined real estate value estimated at approximately $7 billion. ResortQuest Real Estate is one of the nation's leading real estate companies focusing exclusively on resort properties, offering superior brokerage services in the country's premier beach, ski and golf destinations. ResortQuest employs more than 4,000 people and is owned and operated by Gaylord Entertainment Co. (NYSE: GET), one of the largest and fastest growing companies in the hospitality and entertainment industries, based in Nashville, Tenn., that also owns and operates Gaylord Hotels and the Grand Ole Opry. For more information, visit ResortQuest.com or GaylordEntertainment.com.

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