Washingtonian Whiskey, Wine & Fine Spirits Festival at Dock5 in Washington, DC on November 7th.On Thursday, November 7th Washingtonian welcomed over 400 guests to Dock5 for our 12th annual Whiskey, Wine & Fine Spirits Festival! This event featured unlimited sips from top regional and national distilleries, spirit brands, and local wineries, as well as delicious bites from Get Plated. Upon arrival, attendees were gifted with an exclusive Washingtonian tote bag and a rocks glass, which could be engraved onsite by Meant to Be Calligraphy.  Throughout the night, guests enjoyed pumpkin painting, playing Connect Four and Jenga, and browsing our mini fall market of local artisans. Decor and lounge furniture from Something Vintage helped to transform the space into a warm, vintage cocktail bar aesthetic.  Thank you to our amazing event sponsor, MGM National Harbor, for making the night possible and for featuring a specialty Barrel Aged Old Fashion from Voltaggio Brothers Steakhouse. We also want to thank Schneider’s of Capitol Hill for being our retail partner at this event and Dan Goldman Events, Dock5, Get Plated, Lee’s Flower Shop, Meant to be Calligraphy, Mixing Maryland, Please Bring Chips, Something Vintage, and Winks Photo Booth. This year’s festival would not have been such a success without our drink and fall market participants: Alchy Cocktails Anteel Tequila Arthur Wheeler Spirits Company Barrel Oak Winery & Farm Best Life Organics Beautiful Amore Skincare Bhakta Spirits Blossom Beverages BlueRidge Spirits & Wine Brown Forman Bouquette Beauty Capitoline Vermouth & Aperitivi Catoctin Creek Cotton & Reed Diageo iconsDC Just Ice Tea Latitude Beverage Maison Ferrand Meinelschmidt Distillery Michter’s Distillery Negus Winery Republic Restoratives Savvy Scents by Sherrie Schneider’s of Capitol Hill Uncle Nearest Virago Spirits Virginia Distillery Co. Voltaggio Brothers Steakhouse Photos by: Sophie Macaluso of Sophie Mac Photo Attendees enjoyed unlimited sips of delicious spirits, whiskeys, and wines Maria Prymak sampling wine Beau Wheeler and Sophie Wheeler from Arthur Wheeler Spirits Company Diana Fontana, Laura Fontana, and Jamie Lewis Event sponsor MGM National Harbor created a gorgeous table display featuring ornate cocktail glasses and whiskey bottles MGM National Harbor served their special barrel aged old fashioned from Voltaggio Brothers Steakhouse Vyron Joohnson, Obi Ekweonu, and additional attendees taste Catoctin Creek whiskey Alexa Alexander and Marquesha Moore Kyle Hildebrand and Sarah Hildebrand Joan Green & Karen Edwards Kat Hamidi from Capitoline Vermouth & Aperitivi pouring a sample for an attendee Attendees enjoyed the pumpkin painting station Attendees dressed in theme for this year’s event There were many delicious whiskeys to taste throughout the evening Beautiful Amore Skincare captivated guests with their skincare products at our fall market Nichole Noel purchased a unique candle from Sherrie Brown of Savvy Scents by Sherrie Guests loved playing life sized Connect Four games Darleata Tyler-Osborne and James McDonald Winks Photo Booth provided fun and festive photo opps Desserts from Get Plated Get Plated’s vegan ceviche Krista David and Tera Eilers Meant to Be Calligraphy provided custom engraving of rocks glasses onsite Guests loved the exclusive tote bag for VIPs Andy Meyrowitz from Schneider’s of Capitol Hill Republic Restoratives served samples of their popular “Madam” whiskey featuring Vice President Kamala Harris on the bottle Hermela Negus and Gize Negus of Negus Winery Dock5 was the perfect atmosphere for the tasting event Laura Henmueller, Michael Schindler, Cece Finan, Maureen Macfadden, and Adam Schindler Mixing Maryland’s music brought attendees to the dance floor Each drink vendor curated a beautiful display at their serving station Kelly-Lynne Russell laughing with friends as she samples drinks from Greg Etienne of Alchy CocktailsThe post Photos from Washingtonian’s Whiskey, Wine & Fine Spirits Festival first appeared on Washingtonian.