Atlanta Food & Wine Festival (AF&WF) will be a Southern epicurean showcase, set to take place in Atlanta on May 19-22, 2011. Founders Dominique Love and Elizabeth Feichter, together with a council of 60 top chefs, sommeliers and tastemakers from 13 states in the region will celebrate the rich food and drink traditions of the South, highlighting culinary personalities ranging from barbecue pit masters and bourbon distillers to local farmers and award-winning chefs such as chef John Besh from Restaurant August in New Orleans and Tim Love from The Lonesome Dove in Fort Worth, TX.

The AF&WF will feature more than 200 activities over four days, including tasting tents, seminars, chef demonstrations, theme dinners and special events featuring whole animal roasts, regional craft beer tastings, a variety of Southern barbecue, and fine wines and cocktails from some of the country’s top talents. All activities are connected to the festival’s three themes: old traditions, new traditions, and imports and inspirations.