November 5-8 2009

Seeing Red Wine Festival
www.SeasideFL.com
The Annual Seeing Red Wine Festival will be held during one of the prettiest seasons on the Emerald Coast, and will feature more than 250 wines from around the world.

Taste of THE Beach
www.tasteofthebeachfla.com
The newest of the Northwest Florida food festivals, Taste of THE Beach is like a progressive dinner, stretching through three gulf coast counties over a four day period. Southern Wine & Spirits is the exclusive distributor for Taste of THE Beach. They and their suppliers provide the wine for this culinary and cultural charity fundraiser which offers wine dinners and walk-about food events in various locations. It all starts on Thursday, November 5th with Taste of THE Destin Harbor, located at the Emerald Grande overlooking the East Pass and the harbor in Destin. From there progress to Taste of THE Bay at Pier Park in Panama City Beach, Seeing Red Wine Festival in Seaside, and Taste of THE Beach and Charity Auction at the Hilton Sandestin in Miramar Beach. Also included is the Telluride MountainFilm on Tour festival at Watercolor. Ticket prices vary by event and proceeds benefit regional children's advocacy and medical foundations.

November 6-8 2009

22nd Annual Thunderbird Intertribal Powwow
(850) 863-5311 
www.thunderbirdpowwow.org
The first day of the event features Children’s Day from 9am to 2pm. All area school children are invited to participate with hands-on demonstrations by the Indian Temple Mound, Eglin Archeological, Valparaiso Heritage Museum, just to name a few. The entire event will feature Native American dancers, drummers, and craft demonstration. In the past, over 10,000 people attended this 3-day powwow. This is a wonderful event aimed at educating the local community about Native Americans and their role in the past and in modern day.