Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival 2026

A multi-event festival at Rosecliff

Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival 2026 is a wine and culinary festival in Newport with Rosecliff named as the featured venue. The program spans seated dinners, tastings, brunches, soirées, and a seminar series, with Newport Mansions listed as organizer.

Dinners, brunches, and tastings

The named experiences include the Vintner Dinner, the Connoisseurs’ Dinner, Sips & Sounds: Saturday Buffet Brunch, and Soirée du Vin: Tastings and Small Plates. The broader festival description includes wines and spirits from around the world, food from chefs, culinary vendors, and local restaurants, plus an outdoor tasting tent on Rosecliff’s front lawn.

The Connoisseurs’ Dinner is described as a multi-course wine-pairing dinner in the Rosecliff Dining Room. The Vintner Dinner is a chef collaboration hosted by Maneet Chauhan in the Rosecliff Ballroom, with each course paired with selected wines.

Seminars and named participants

The seminar series names RIEDEL, Pommery, Joseph Phelps, Bordeaux, Santa Margherita, and Rhum Clément among its featured subjects. Educational beverage and culinary seminars are listed as starting from $150, and the published experience range is $150–$750 in USD.

Named participants include Will Gilbert as guest emcee, Kevin Des Chenes as festival culinary director, Matthew MacCartney as festival wine director, Adam Greenberg as a collaborating chef, Adam Young as a collaborating pastry chef, Tim Mondavi as a winemaker and presenter, and Lois Vaughan as a musician and pianist.