Naples Winter Wine Festival names 2026 featured sommeliers

The Naples Winter Wine Festival announced its featured sommeliers for the 2026 event, which returns to The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón, Jan. 30–Feb. 1 with the theme Picture This. The lineup includes master sommeliers Fernando Beteta, Pablo Braida, Ian Cauble, Jonathan Eichholz, Erik Elliott, Max Kast and George Miliotes, among others. The sommeliers will guide patrons through rare wines at Friday vintner dinners and Saturday’s live auction. NWWF is the signature fundraiser of the Naples Children & Education Foundation and marks its 26th year; since 2001, it has raised more than $336 million to support local children.

2026 NWWF Featured Sommeliers

• Fernando Beteta, MS – High Road Wine & Spirits, Chicago, Illinois

• Pablo Braida, MS – Pret-a-Vin Consulting, Augusta, Georgia

• Mark Bright – Saison Hospitality, San Francisco, California

• Jacob Brown – Lazy Bear, San Francisco, California

• Ian Cauble, MS – theCaubleist.com, Napa, California

• Andy Chabot – Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee

• Marie Cheslik – Slik Wines, Chicago, Illinois

• Jonathan Eichholz, MS – Aftergold, New York, New York

• Erik Elliott, MS – Lawrence Wine Estates, St. Helena, California

• Lindsey Fern – Nemacolin, Farmington, Pennsylvania

• Sarah Foote – Castle Hot Springs, Morristown, Arizona

• Logan Griffin – Blackberry Mountain, Walland, Tennessee

• Max Kast, MS – BOND, Oakville, California

• Jon McCarthy – The Matheson, Healdsburg, California

• George Miliotes, MS – Wine Bar George, Orlando, Florida

• Cedric Nicaise – The Noortwyck, New York, New York

• Derek Stevenson – Four Seasons Napa Valley, Calistoga, California