When We Gather

*FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL*

When We Gather Food & Wine presented by Dwyane Wade & Frito-Lay

The Urban 

1000 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33136

1:00 – 4:00pm

Join Dwyane Wade and Wade Cellars for the inaugural When We Gather Food & Wine festival on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at The Urban in Miami’s historic Overtown neighborhood. This vibrant walk-around event celebrates BIPOC chefs and talent, bringing together a stellar lineup of Miami’s best. Enjoy dishes perfectly paired with wines from Wade Cellars.

Adding even more flavor to the event, Frito-Lay joins as an official partner, promising fun and tasty surprises throughout the day. It’s a celebration of community, culture, and culinary innovation—don’t miss this opportunity to experience something special!

The festival showcases both local and nationally acclaimed chefs, including Wade’s personal Chef Richard Ingraham, Akino West (Red Rooster Overtown), Chef Irie, Eileen Andrade (Amelia’s 1931 & Finka Table & Tap), Giorgio Rapicavoli (Luca Osteria, Eating House, Mayfair Grill), Andrew Gonzalez (Night Owl Cookies), Diego Ng and Alex Kuk (Temple Street Eatery), Derrick “Chef Teach” Turton (World Famous House of Mac), Fuddruckers South Florida, KYU, Louie Estrada (Louie’s at Palm House), Cesar Zapata (Phuc Yeah), Chef Roude (Grown), Chef Jorian Blair (Dukunoo Jamaican kitchen), Elisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte (Maman Bakery & Café), Stephanie Diaz (Cry Baby Creamery) and (Mike Romeu) Sweet Melody Ice Cream.

Please note: This is a 21+ event. Guests under 21 will not be admitted.

*WINE DINNER*

1010 Wine & Events with Leann & Leslie Jones
1010 N La Brea Ave,
Inglewood, CA 90302
6:00 – 9:00pm

Join Dwyane Wade and the Wade Cellars team as we kick-off the Diaspora Tour on September 19, 2022 from 6:00 – 9:00pm at 1010 Wine & Events with a wine dinner hosted by owners Leslie & Leann Jones, who have been featured on The Ellen Show and On-Air with Ryan Seacrest.

*WINE TASTING*

Nostalgia Wine & Jazz Lounge with Tammie Scott and Lauren Eylise
1432 Vine St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
6:00 – 8:00pm

On September 24, 2022 from 6:00 – 8:00pm, meet up with Wade Cellars’ George Walker III to get a taste of Wade Cellars’ Three by Wade wines paired with a soul food twist on traditional charcuterie at one of Cincinnati’s “Top Wine Bars,” Nostalgia Wine & Jazz Lounge with owner Tammie Scott. BONUS: the uber talented singer-songwriter Lauren Eylise will be performing.

*WINE DINNER*

Virtue with Chef Erick Williams
1462 E 53rd St
Chicago, IL 60615
6:30 – 8:30pm

Wade Cellars is returning to Dwyane’s hometown for a special wine dinner at Virtue in Chicago, IL on October 4, 2022 from 6:30 – 8:30pm with James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef and owner Erick Williams and our very own George Walker III.

*WINE TASTING*

Graft Wine Shop with Femi Oyediran and Chef BJ Dennis
700b King St
Charleston, SC 29403
6:00 – 9:00pm

NO RESERVATIONS NEEDED.
COME ONE, COME ALL!

George Walker III returns to Charleston, SC to “takeover” the bar at Graft Wine Shop on October 13, 2022 from 6:00 – 9:00pm with owner Femi Oyediran, Food and Wine’s Sommelier of the Year (2019) and Wine Enthusiast’s 40 Under 40 (2018). BONUS: Gullah’s cultural bearer and personal chef Benjamin “BJ” Dennis will be serving some dynamite bites paired with Wade Cellars’ wines.

*WINE DINNER*
*AFTER PARTY*

Sobre Mesa with Chef Nelson German
1618 Franklin St
Oakland, CA 94612
6:00 – 9:00pm – SOLD OUT
9:30 – 11:30pm – RSVP

RSVP – COME ONE, COME ALL!

Even though our When We Gather dinner experience with chef / owner Nelson German at Sobre Mesa in Oakland is already sold out, we invite you to join us for the afterparty! Enjoy flights of the Wade Cellars wines, music by Sobre Mesa’s house DJ, and an unforgettable evening gathering with our Bay Area community!

*WINE DINNER*

Grown with Chef Richard Ingraham
Flamingo Point
1504 Bay Rd
Miami Beach, FL 33139
7:00 – 10:00pm

Join George Walker III during Art Basel for a convergence of art wine and food celebrating a Black renaissance at Grown, Flamingo Point in Miami Beach, FL on December 2, 2022 with chef and partner Richard Ingraham, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union’s personal chef and author of Eating Well to Win. BONUS: Experience works of art by international contemporary artist Mojo.