An annual affair

Toast of the Town

Please note that Toast of the Town is a 21+ event.

We’re back for our Sixteenth year on March 6, 2026 at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center! World-class wines, fine foods, hand-crafted beers, and Southern spirits all await you at the Grand Tasting.

Mark your calendars and join us in meeting the chefs, vintners, distillers and brewmasters who will be on hand to share their toasts and tastes with you. Celebrate with our wine walls and a silent auction filled with a variety of wines, trips and unique treasures!

BENEFITTING

Columbus Symphony
Orchestra 

Founded in 1855, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) became the second orchestra formed in the United States and first orchestra in Georgia. Representing at least 54 localities in the Southeast, the CSO is a blend of local and regional musicians. The CSO performs at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts and produces a variety of concerts each year, including classical masterworks, contemporary pop favorites, chamber orchestra selections, and a series of educational and outreach concerts for local children and families. In addition to their artistic programming, the CSO reaches out to over 6,000 local students and children through in-school and after-school educational outreach programming.

Participating

Vendors 

We could not be more honored to host some of the most interesting and creative brands and vendors to come out of the American Southeast. We pride ourselves on bringing these amazing vendors to Toast of the Town. Together, we will celebrate an amazing array of brilliant culinary, beer, wine, spirit and specialty food providers in our area.  

Interested in participating in the Toast of the Town Grand Tasting in 2026?

As a participating Vendor, you have the opportunity to showcase and promote your products uniquely to around 1,600 event guests in one night. In addition, your participation enriches the community by supporting the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. There is no booth rental fee for vendors. Toast of the Town will promote all participating vendors before and after the event through social media and other forms of advertising.

Below is the current list of participating vendors at the 2026 Grand Tasting. Check back regularly for updates to this list.

Culinary

1. 11th and bay southern table

2. ac hotel columbus downtown

3. b.merrell’s

4. bernard’s sports bar

5. cafe 405 & bakery

6. bonefish grill

7. Chef e’s catering

8. classic fare catering

9. chicken salad chick

10. columbus georgia convention & trade center

11. clean eatz

12. country’s bbq

13. country club of columbus

14. DawgHouse sports bar & Grill

15. denim & oak riverfront restaurant

16. eighteen85 rooftop bar + kitchen

17. it’s tamale time

18. green island country club

19. la’s to go catering

20. Lou Lou’s Bistro + Foster’s Bar

21. Marshall’s Smokehouse

22. mcculler’s restaurant

23. my boulange & tower pizza

24. new york butcher shoppe & wine bar

25. usa cajun station

26. parker’s pantry

27. Vego Taco

28. warehouse 9

29. West georgia farms cooperative

30. whitewater bistro

Catering

1. chef e’s catering llc

2. classic fare catering

3. columbus georgia convention & trade center

4. country’s bbq

5. LA’s to go & catering

Distributors

1. Atlanta beverage company

2. chattabrewchee’s southern brewhouse

3. eagle rock distributing, co.

4. empire distributing, inc

5. Georgia Crown

6. prime wine and spirts

7. savanah distributing

8. triangle beverage

9. winebow fine wine and spirts

Beer

1. bell’s brewery

2. Blue Moon Non-Alcoholic

3. chattabrewchee audacious “b” american blonde ale

4. chattabrewchee good chute pilsner

5. chattabrewchee kentucky mud milk stout

6. chattabrewchee southern brewhouse

7. Coors Banquet

8. good people ipa

9. hazy snake ipa

10. Kirin Brewery

11. Line Creek Brewing

12. Modelo Oro

13. muchacho lager

14. new belgium

15. snake handler

16. Tampa Bay Brewing Co.

Private Clubs

1. country club of columbus

2. green island country club

Specialty

1. the buzz board

2. the cookie co.

3. custom cake studio

4. dani’s cheesecakes

5. Derby mule

6. essence craft beverages

7. fountain city coffee

8. german food, gifts, and more

9. graze craze

10. how sweet it is cake studio

11. native nut co.

12. the peach cobbler factory

13. sarah’s sweet sensations

14. star spangled tea & coffee co.

15. sweet charlotte’s kettle corn

16. zamm’s cocktail sauce

Spirits

1. 229 apple vodka

2. 229 peach vodka

3. 229 gin

4. 229 pineapple vodka

5. 229 vodka

6. ac hotel columbus downtown

7. amburana rye

8. barely legal bourbon

9. bonefish grill cocktail

10. Brovo Curacao

11. Brovo Uncharted Rhapsody

12. c4 cask strength bourbon

13. c4 single barrel bourbon

14. c4 smoked bourbon

15. Carbliss Cocktails

16. Captain Morgan Sliced

17. Casa D’Aristi Huana

18. Casa D’Aristi Kalani

19. Casa D’Aristi Narano

20. cutwater spirits

21. dancing panda bourbon

22. dawghouse sports bar & grill

23. doc reid’s reposado

24. El Buho Mezcal

25. el magico tequilla

26. french oak finished bourbon

27. frey ranch distillery

28. frey ranch farm strength bourbon

29. frey ranch rye

30. john emerald distilling company

31. lasso motel whiskey

32. limited time offerings

33. Lit Hard Seltzer

34. Longleaf Distillery

35. ma fannie vodka

36. Mike’s Chillin’ and Grillin’

37. nutrl

38. pa pa joe’s single malt whiskey

39. pour decisions sports bar

40. rm rose distillery

41. Smirnoff Ice Icy Island

42. stirrup troule

43. surfside blueberry lemonade + vodka

44. surfside half & half lemonade + vodka

45. surfside strawberry lemonade + vodka

46. the bottle shop spirits

47. wimbery 116 bourbon

Wine

1. Acentuado rose

2. aveleda solos de granito branco

3. barnard griffin columbia valley cabernet sauvignon

4. brassfield estates eruption red blend

5. brassfield estates napa valley cabernet sauvignon

6. brassfield estates pinot noir

7. brassfield estates sauvigon blanc

8. broadbent north coast chardonnay

9. do epic shit brut

10. do epic shit red blend

11. do epic shit sauvignon

12. elk cove willamette valley pinot noir

13. famiglia revetti nebbiolo

14. farmhouse 21 blackberry wine

15. farmhouse 21 peach wine

16. farmhouse apple shine

17. farmhouse watermelon shine

18. fidelity zinfandel

19. Frank family carneros chardonnay

20. gran naranja orange liqueur

21. intercept cabernet sauvignon

22. intercept chardonnay

23. intercept pinot noir

24. knudsen pinot noir

25. les glories sauvignon blanc

26. lunaria winery

27. maddalena chardonnay

28. markham napa valley merlot

29. marzal albarino

30. nomine renard brut champagne

31. opaque darkness

32. post & beam cabernet sauvignon

33. quady electra black

34. quady electra red

35. quady electra rose

36. quady electra white

37. rabble red blend

38. rabble rose

39. rabble sauvignon blanc

40. renegade lemonade wine sparkling

41. still pond notchary red

42. san simeon cabernet sauvignon

43. singing tree chardonnay

44. still pound notchary white

45. the bottle shop wines

46. trenza family red

47. wolffer provance rose

Preferred Package Store

1. the bottle shop

See below for our available sponsorship packages. Click Here to request information on customizing a sponsorship package.

Mezzanine Package

Sponsorship Investment: $6,000

• Logo and listing on the Toast of the Town website 

• Inclusion in the Toast of the Town mobile web site marketing campaign 

• Logo inclusion in the Toast of the Town event program 

• Logo on sponsor signs displayed night of event 

• Logo displayed in the Symphony e-newsletter (distributed to 3,500+ monthly) 

• Complimentary full page, full color ad in the cso’s digital program

• Four (4) Tickets to the Bay & barrel dinner presented by the bottle shop 

• Twenty (20) tickets to the Grand Tasting Event   

• Thirty-six (36) Tickets to CSO concert events

Balcony Package

Sponsorship Investment: $2,000

• Logo and listing on the Toast of the Town website 

• Logo inclusion in the Toast of the Town event program 

• Logo on sponsor signs displayed night of event 

• complimentary quarter page, full color ad in the CSO’s digital program

• Logo displayed in the Symphony e-newsletter. (distributed to 3,500+ monthly) 

• Ten (10) tickets to the Grand Tasting Event  

• Twelve (12) Tickets to CSO concert events 

Connoisseur Club

Mezzanine Sponsors

Orchestra Sponsors

Balcony Sponsors

Preferred Package Store and Wine Wall Sponsor

Box Office sponsors

Insurance Office of America ~ Albrights, Inc. ~ Automated Business Machines

Media Sponsors

The Bottle Shop Wine Walls

Featuring two wine walls presented by The Bottle Shop!

Live at 7:00pm & 8:30pm

sold at the event

$25 per ticket plus sales tax and fees

Each ticket corresponds to a bottle on the wine wall. See below for the breakdown of values of the bottles you could win!

32 bottles with a value of at least $25

15 bottles with a value of at least $50

5 bottles with a value of at least $100

Silent Auction

Volunteer

BE A VOLUNTEER AT TOAST OF THE TOWN! As a Volunteer, you will be given a Volunteer Badge which provides you with free entry to the Grand Tasting. Work your shift, then enjoy the event! Volunteer opportunities include:

• Ticket taking & check-in

• Wine glass distribution

• Silent auction

Contact Us

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