Mike & Pan Vanness

Lucretia Hooper & Danny Baillie

Mary & Kurt Woltersdorf

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owntown Government Street 
was fi lled with wine and food 
enthusiasts for the 8th Annual 
Seville Quarter Wine and Food 

Festival, held on Sunday, November 18. 
Seville Quarter hosted the event, in which 
attendees enjoyed over 200 handpicked wines 
from around the world served throughout the 
beautiful and historic complex. The culinary 
artists providing the food tastings included 
Crabs on the Beach, Flounder’s Chowder 
House, Frank and Lola Love Pensacola Café 
at Margaritaville, George Artisan Bakery 
and Bistro, Mike D’s Culinary Productions, 
Seville Quarter, The Wine Bar on Palafox, 
and The Butcher Shoppe. A special feature to 
the festival was the Champagne and Oyster 
Bar.

To round out the festival there was 

be a Small Batch Bourbon Room and a 
Tap Handle Takeover with handcrafted 
microbrew beers. Top-notch entertainment 
was provided from musicians from the Frank 
Brown International Songwriters Festival. 
All wines featured during the tasting were 
available to purchase at special festival pricing 
and admission included a $5 coupon towards 
any purchase of wine.

Seville Quarter’s Bill Carson said, “If 

you’re into drinking great wine from around 
the world paired with local food, this is your 
festival. This is the eighth year of Seville’s 
Wine and Food Festival, and it is continually 
growing. Our beautiful complex and 
courtyards are the perfect setting.”

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Kristina Wright 

Karen & Bobby Emmons

   VIP Pensacola at Seville Quarter

Grant Hofberger & Angela D’ Alessandro

Antonella Garcia & Alexander Sanchez

Maricarmen Josephs, Carol Knight & Lacey Mann

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