River Bend Farm
Explore the "field" aspect of this festival, learning how plants and animals are raised, used, and developed into food. You'll also learn the story behind Biltmore's historical and ongoing legacy of sustainable agriculture.

Farm life demonstrations: cheese making, butter churning, home canning and preserving, sorghum making, and home brewing.
- Old time/bluegrass music
- Talks, presentations, and visual displays by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP)
- Meet the farmer booth, featuring local farms and farmers, hosted by ASAP
- Beekeeping and the honeybee project
- Guided tours of the Kitchen Garden

Winery
Visit the Biltmore Winery to explore the "table" part of the festival. See how produce from the farm is prepared, transformed, and enjoyed. Enjoy cooking demonstrations with Biltmore chefs, artisans, children's grape stomps, red wine and chocolate seminars, a 30-minute sommelier class, and cookbook signings.

Learn about food, cooking, and wine from passionate foodies about the joys of homemade biscuits, North Carolina wines, and other regional legacies. Speakers include notables from the Southern Foodways Alliance, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, and celebrated community figures. Here's just a sampling of what you'll enjoy at the festival:
- Bacon Cotton Candy and Other Kitchen Magic–Chef Sean Brock and John T. Edge
- I Eat My Peas with Honey–Roy Blount, Jr.
- Pairing Wine and Pot Likker–John T. Edge, Bernard Delille, Sharon Fenchak, and Chef Angela Guiffrida
- Understanding Appalachia by Way of the Southern Table–Mark Sohn, Allan Benton, Chef John Fleer, William R. Ferris

Biltmore's Field to Table Program provides estate restaurants with fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, and meat from Biltmore's farm. They also collaborate with local growers that supplement with seasonal produce, homemade cheese, fresh pork, and more.

October Fall Colors
Fall brings inspiring colors to Biltmore with lush foliage, gardens filled with bright chrysanthemums and other seasonal blooms, and the property’s trees and shrubs draped in brilliant oranges and reds. Usually, peak color at Biltmore is the last two weeks of October. Their world-famous gardens, dense forests, rolling fields, and surrounding mountains burst with vibrant colors and offer an unrivaled autumn experience.