Bring your own bottle and celebrate with us! The fun and festive party allows local and visiting wine enthusiasts to sample some outstanding wines and gourmet treats. We officially kick-off the Festival judging weekend. This event is a wonderful opportunity to rub elbows with the International Wine Judges and very knowledgeable wine educators and distributors.

This event scheduled for Friday, January 27, 2012 at 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Bomboras Grille and is fashioned after another popular wine activity called Open That Bottle Night.  “Most of us have a special bottle of wine, champagne or spirits tucked away in a closet or in the back of the refrigerator. The bottle is special because of who gave it to us, or why they gave it to us, or why we bought it. The originators of Open That Bottle Night realized that we all have such bottles, but we never find just the right occasion to open them up and enjoy the contents,” says Jeff Gerber of Bomboras Grille and HHI Wine & Food Festival Executive Committee member. To kick off the 2012 event the organizers of the Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival are inviting members of the public to reserve a space at this exclusive, limited seating event and to bring their special bottle(s) of wine to taste with their friends and other attendees. In addition, the winning poster in the student poster competition will be unveiled. Tickets are $35 per person and available online December 1, 2011.