Save This Page + Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival, BottleRock Napa Valley, Virginia Wine Summit and Vintage Ohio also winners 10Best enlisted the help of a panel of wine and travel experts to help select 20 of America's best wine-centric festivals, then we turned it over to you – our readers – to vote your favorites to the top. After four weeks of voting, the results are in! Each February lovers of America's grape head to San Francisco for the Zinfandel Experience, one of the largest single-varietal tastings of its kind. The three-day event includes tastings from established and emerging producers, meet-the-maker roundtables, a live auction and other events.Photo courtesy of Zinfandel Experience Paso Robles Wine Festival Over the course of a weekend each May, wine enthusiasts converge on Paso Robles for winemaker dinners, seminars and a Grant Tasting featuring more than 70 wineries. Live music sets the scene, and attendees can pre-order a packed picnic lunch to enjoy between tastings.

Photo courtesy of Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance Sonoma Wine Country Weekend It should come as no surprise that one of America's greatest wine regions hosts one of America's greatest wine festivals, Sonoma Wine Country Weekend. This Labor Day Weekend event connects wine enthusiasts to growers and producers through poolside parties, tastings, winemaker dinners and a wine auction.Photo courtesy of Sonoma Wine Country Weekend Charleston Wine + Food The Charleston Wine + Food Festival celebrates Charleston’s reputation for culinary excellence every March. Visitors can attend seminars, workshops or parties, sit down for expertly crafted, intimate meals or browse the big Culinary Village in the historic Marion Square. Wine is front and center – in 2016, 68,360 glasses of wine were served at the event!Photo courtesy of Adam Chandler courtesy of Charleston Wine + Food Summer in Nantucket kicks off with the Nantucket Wine Festival – five days of world-class wines and award-winning foods served on one of the nation's most beautiful islands.

Signature events include a harbor gala, grand tasting and wine dinner, with loads of wine-centric seminars and tastings.Photo courtesy of Thinkstock Each August, over a dozen Ohio wineries join forced during Vintage Ohio. Two stages host live music, while attendees sip wine, browse the assortment of craft and gourmet food vendors and participate in wine-centered cooking classes and demonstrations.Photo courtesy of Vintage Ohio / Facebook The Virginia Wine Summit in April celebrates the great wine and food culture in the state of Virginia by bringing together winemakers, writers and beverage professionals from around the country. Intimate tastings and seminars explore the world of Virginia wines. What's better than awesome California wine? Awesome California wine served to the sound of live rock 'n' roll. Each May BottleRock Napa Valley features music, food and wine from some of the best producers in California and the world. You know you're in Napa when a music festival has a staff of sommeliers!

Photo courtesy of Steve Jennings/WireImagetop red wine price in india Hawai'i Food & Wine Festivalbest kindle wine books Created by the 50th State’s two most famous culinary personalities, Chefs Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong, this festival is unusual in its breadth and scope. best wine shops paris franceThe festival spans three weekends and multiple islands, with a calendar full of wine tastings, culinary experiences and unique excursions around the state.Photo courtesy of Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival Finger Lakes Wine Festival For three days each July, some of the best Finger Lakes wineries come together in Watkins Glen for a weekend of summer fun, live music, culinary classes and the largest showcase of wines from New York state.

More than 80 wineries attend the event at Watkins Glen International.Photo courtesy of Finger Lakes Wine Country / Bill Bauman The top 10 winners in the category Best Wine Festival are as follows: Finger Lakes Wine Festival - Watkins Glen, N.Y. Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival - Statewide BottleRock Napa Valley - Napa, Calif. Virginia Wine Summit - Middleburg, Va. Vintage Ohio - Kirtland, Ohio Nantucket Wine Festival - Nantucket, Mass. Charleston Wine + Food - Charleston, S.C. Sonoma Wine Country Weekend - Sonoma, Calif. Paso Robles Wine Festival - Paso Robles, Calif. Zinfandel Experience - San Francisco A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to picked the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote. Experts Jill Barth (L’occasion), Jil Child (Wine Tours of the World), Alice Feiring (The Feiring Line) and Logan Lee (Wine Awesomeness) were chosen based on their extensive knowledge of U.S. wineries and wine travel.

Additional nominees in this category included Austin Food + Wine Festival, Big Sur Food & Wine Festival, FOOD & WINE Classic, International Pinot Noir Celebration, New York City Wine & Food Festival, Pebble Beach Food & Wine, Pinknic, South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Taste Washington and Vegas Uncork'd. Congratulations to all our winning wine festivals. Jill Barth is an internationally published wine...   Jill Barth is an internationally published wine writer and journalist. She is the author and founder of L’occasion which is awarded the Best Overall Wine Blog of 2016 by the Wine Blog Awards. Jill is a Provence Wine Master candidate and published fiction author. Jil earned a B.A. in Economics, with an emphasis...   Jil earned a B.A. in Economics, with an emphasis in business wine, from Sonoma State University and is a certified Sommelier. She is a partner and co-owner of Wine Tours of the World, a full service global wine tour company specializing in custom wine vacations.

She has worked with and consulted with wineries and is an expert in many different positions including sales, distribution, education, events and private wine tasting tours. She teaches Tasting Room Management at Sonoma State University and is a professional wine judge for various wine competitions throughout the U.S. Alice Feiring is the author of For the Love of...   Alice Feiring is the author of For the Love of Wine and creator of The Feiring Line, the world's only independent natural wine newsletter. Several years ago, Logan noticed that there was no...   Several years ago, Logan noticed that there was no Wine Awesomeness in the world, and he didn’t like that one bit. After founding the company Trans-Personnel, Logan’s entrepreneurial spirit convinced him to do more founding... this time with a healthy dose of wine, music, food and the good life. Now, Logan ensures that the levels of wine and awesomeness in the atmosphere remain high as ever by fearlessly leading WA’s troops into the vinogalaxy.