Charleston Wine + Food

Charleston Wine + Food turns central Charleston into a multi-stop eating and drinking circuit over March 4 to 8, 2026, with activity split between a festival culinary village or main tasting site and participating restaurants and bars across Charleston. The shape of the trip is not one fixed venue day after day; it is a mix of tastings, chef events, specialty dishes, and restaurant reservations that pulls people through the downtown dining core and out to satellite programming.

Mornings start with check-ins, lighter programming, or a move toward the main tasting area, while afternoons bring the densest tasting windows and more movement between the central hub and off-site events. On the opening days, restaurant demand and first tastings build quickly; around the peak period near March 6, the social energy is strongest and the downtown core feels busier between scheduled pours, demos, and meals. Evening shifts the festival into dinners, bars, and drink-focused events across Charleston, and the closing stretch on March 8 tends to feel looser, with final tastings followed by slower meals and more time away from the busiest festival pulse.

What makes Charleston Wine + Food special is how easily it turns eating and drinking into the structure of the trip itself.

This festival sits right in the middle of Charleston's dining rhythm, so the food side is not separate from the city around it: expect pours at official events, seafood and oyster stops between sessions, and a real split between tasting-site bites and full restaurant meals in the historic core. Must Try:

• Lowcountry seafood
• oysters
• regional barbecue
• wine tastings
• craft beer