Harvest Wine Festival

Story & Photography by Jeff Watson

Better Together Beverage

This years 6th Annual Harvest Wine & Food Festival welcomed a sold out crowd. Held at Watercolor’s Cerulean Park, the event was blessed with beautiful, crisp fall weather on this Saturday in late October. The event began on Thursday with celebrity chef and winemaker dinners along 30A and continued throughout the weekend followed by the Grand Tasting on Saturday. Sunday wrapped up these festivities with the Agave Road Trip Brunch.

The organization behind this wonderful event is the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation which donates to many Northwest Florida charities. Founded in 2005, this organization which has been recognized by Wine Spectator Magazine, has donated more than $25 million helping children in need throughout our area. This is possible through the exceptional wine and culinary events that have become a favorite not only among locals, but regionally as well!

Hillaree Durso & Nicole Malley

Dave & Jan Markle Laura Murphy & Kenton Kruger

Ashton Burks, Zoe Mathews, Meg Castleberry, Lindsy Wood, Kelly Cash & Crissie Sensing Patrick Leonpacher, Paula Martin, Dana & Robert Hahn

Kate Witt & Shanna Armit Cindy & Jeff Garrard Megan Harrison & Emilee Prater

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June 3, 2019 Hank Chappell & Southern Grace Restoration 13123 E. Emerald Coast Pkwy, Ste B264 Rosemary Beach, FL 32461 Dear Hank, Hank, my family and I want to thank you, your brother Chris who oversaw the project, and your team for an incredible paint job on our 3-story Seagrove Beach home at 2780 E County Hwy 30-A. I cannot begin to tell you how we all felt as we drove down Hwy 395 a couple weeks ago and saw our newly painted home at the intersection of 395 & 30-A. Wow!!!! My wife, 27 and 22-year-old children, and I were blown away. It was like someone had built us a new home. Thank you...thank you...thank you! When we first met on March 8 at our beach home to discuss our project, I was really impressed with your friendliness, professionalism, and clear interest in helping us refresh our beautiful home. I particularly appreciated your willingness to “cut to the chase” and not waste my wife’s and my time. You helped us understand a couple of tricky issues as it related to repainting our home and our stucco walls. You pointed out some areas of our house and walls that might end up being issues, but gave me confidence that you would determine the best and most economical way to address them. Which you ultimately did! As you know, we met with and got bids from, two other reputable painters in the area. While they both gave me reasonable quotes, I clearly did not come away with the confidence in them that I had in you. My wife particularly appreciated your advice on our paint colors and whether or not to retain our shutters and screens. As you know, she, and all of us, are ecstatic with our joint decisions. I appreciated your calls and pictures when you ran into some issues with the deterioration of our stucco walls. More importantly, you limited the costs of addressing those issues. I will always remember and appreciate your response when I asked when you expected to start and complete our project. It was Saturday afternoon. You asked when we were leaving, to which I said Sunday afternoon. Your response: “We will be here Monday and there will be more ladders and men on your home by Wednesday than you can imagine.” You continued on to say, “We will complete the job as quickly as possible, depending only on the weather.” By Wednesday, you were sending me pictures and giving me text updates. Net, net, you completed the job quicker than we had expected and at the costs you had quoted. The final touch was when you suggested I withhold a portion of my payment until my wife and I were able to come look at the house in person. Obviously, when we arrived several weeks later, the job was perfect! I should add that several people who have driven by, several we have seen on the beach and at the Surfing Deer, across the street, have commented on our beautiful new paint job. Casey Beathard Nashville, TN To Whom It May Concern, Southern Grace Restoration, Hank & Bull Chappell were hands down, our favorite restoration company we've ever used. We have been building houses, remodeling & doing projects for over 25 years as a family and have never had a company be so efficient with time and a budget. Hank’s patience, knowledge, honor and professionalism never wavered even as we made changes and obstacles presented themselves. Especially working long distance, he went above and beyond to meet and defeat every challenge. He made promises that he kept and did exactly what he said he would do. These are great people first, great contractors second. They deal with subs and a crew that were just as responsible, kind and gifted in craftsmanship. We are grateful for The Chappell's and “Southern Grace” and our new relationship. We are more than satisfied with every aspect of the well-done job. We will absolutely use them every chance we can. Casey & Susan Beathard

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