Hundreds of guests braved the heat for some good food and drinks during Forks and Corks food and wine festival's returning Grand Tasting event at the Ringling Museum of Art on April 23.Â
The event, put on by Sarasota-Manatee Originals and celebrating its 16th anniversary, showcased wines and delectable dishes from local Sarasota establishments. Guests picked up champagne and browsed various wines before heading into the museum itself for the main event.Â
Attendees mixed and mingled across the courtyard space while picking up wine from around 100 wineries. This year's event celebrated 20 years of Sarasota-Manatee Originals.Â
More than 1,000 guests fill the Ringling Museum.
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Sarasota Manatee Originals board members
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Michael Klauber, co-proprietor of Michael's on East, was named 2023 Voice of Sarasota on May 8 by the tourism group Visit Sarasota County.
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Guests pick up champagne at entry.
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Guests pick up champagne at entry.
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Debbie Anlauf pours champagne for guests.
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Bianca Manos and Justin Senior
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Liz Davis and Executive Director Kim Davis
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Ashley and Ryan McIntyre with Mike and Cassie Boyle
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Kim and Karla Standish with Leanne Wrench
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Mike Tuchman with Nikki Logan Curran and David Curran
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Guests picked up bites from dozens of vendors.
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Ben Gamesi, Tesla Weighill and Raymond Alexander
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Grace Frederico, Annette Guile, Bethany Lynch and Maria Jawarowicz
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Melanie and Chris Roemer
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Shayla Twit and Katie Waters
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Kim and Patrick Seidensticker
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Erica and Kendall Davis
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Mark Trapasso with Buddy Foy Jr. and Jennifer Foy
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Jason Klamson and Jeffrey Karasawa
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Guests bought all sorts of wine before entering the museum.
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Isabelle Finley, Alex Robinson, JB and Ali Leeming with Kelly Dowd
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Guests fill into the Ringling Museum.
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Guests picked up all sorts of wine at the entrance.
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Guests picked up all sorts of wine at the entrance.
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Liz Davis
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Mark Zolner and Rochelle Nigri
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Kathy Gilkey, Cindy Miller, Gana Gilkey and Diana Napoliello
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Kevin Miller and Karolina Lira
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Executive Director Kim Davis and Jamie Jalwan
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Lipstick Lex paints in the VIP area.
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Lera Juno, Debra Ratzlaff and Cassandra Ratzlaff
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Allison Lerner and Kurt Lucas with Renee Phinney and Glen Reith
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Kathy and Lindsey Jones with Maddie Demme and Taylor and Jeannie Jones
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Renee Thomas-Freeman and Angel Wynn
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Carina Walen, Taylor Korry and Cassie Kay
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Laura Colkitt and Sarah Wertheimer
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Madison, David and Donna Koffman
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Madison Koffman
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Jeannette and Kevin Leon
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Vendors displayed their drinks and food.
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Allexa Iaderosa, Kareem Suwaity and Michael Grimes
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Guests filled the Ringling Museum.
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Charles and Meghan Croke with Brick's.
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Jeni Fox
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Megan Greenberg
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Tad and Megan Kitchner
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Kim Deme-Fulcher, Jill McMullen, Serena Connolly and Martina Raisky
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Marley Hanzel
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Noreen and Raymond Darbenzio
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Kim and Grant Weldin with Melissa and Kevin Snyder
