The festival culminates in an elevated walk-around tasting experience through Naro at Rockefeller Center that unites the most exciting AAPI culinary and wine talent from both coasts.

The East Meets West Tastemaker Tour brings celebrated west coast chefs from Portland to New York - including Han Oak, Langbaan, JinJu Patisserie with Naro and Boro Brine - alongside a lineup of acclaimed AAPI winemakers and heritage-driven producers from the Willamette Valley.

Guests will experience an immersive tasting experience hosted be Naro led by the AAPI winemakers and sommeliers shaping the next era of American wine. Designed as a guided, interactive walk-through, each station brings together a winemaker and a sommelier, inviting attendees into deeper conversations about terroir, technique, culture, and the Asian American experience in wine. Guests will move at their own pace using conversational prompts to spark meaningful exchanges with each tastemaker.

Across all sessions, attendees will meet producers from Alexana Winery, CHO Wines, Evening Land Vineyards, Hundred Suns, alongside leading AAPI sommeliers Anna-Christina Cabrales (Tasting Director, Wine Enthusiast), Kyungmoon Kim MS (Court of Master Sommeliers), Jhonel Faelnar (Beverage Director, Atomix), and more.

This event spans three sessions:

• Session 1 welcomes industry professionals and media for focused dialogue, trade insights, and press-centered storytelling. Invite only. Please email info@aapifoodandwine.com for more information.

• Sessions 2 and 3 are consumer-focused, offering the public a rare, direct connection with the AAPI voices driving American wine forward.

East Meets West Tastemaker Tour is an intentional exchange with the winemakers, sommeliers, and culinary artists redefining the future of food and wine.