The Naples Winter Wine Festival is one of the most prominent, sought after, and highly anticipated festivals for wine and food for the rich-type folksy of the true-blooded American. It is a festival that displays the elegance and gallantry of what fine dining and good wine is all about.

The NWWF ranks top in classification according to the Luxury Institute, an organization that rates festivals according to prestige, quality and of course, exclusivity. This food festivals gathers and brings together the finest of wine craftsmen, vintners, gastronomists and chefs around the country and the world, for a festival that celebrates their craft, and what they are good at.

The festival is also not for naught. It’s a good thing, in lay man’s terms. All proceeds from the said festival will benefit and help the Naples Children and Education Foundation, whose goal is to better the lives, condition and the education of children that are the beneficiaries of the foundation. Since the founding of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, it has donated more than seventy four million dollars to the organization and to children in need.

The scheduled events are also worth it. For those who are planning to go see it, be prepared for an overall budget of at least not less than fifty thousand bucks. (Hey, I told you it’s very, very exclusive.) Tickets that are for the event will cover the entire festival, not just for one event.

But there are tons of events indeed. For one, you get to meet the children that are on the receiving end of the beneficiaries, which hails from the Ritz-Carlton Golf course. There are the Vintner Dinners, which fames itself on the finest wines and the most exclusive of cuisines. There are more cuisine events in the next few days, so it’s a rather enjoyable feed, a once in a lifetime opportunity.