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Charleston's weekend of food, wine, and socializing begins tonight, Thursday, March 5th and runs through Sunday.

If you're left scratching your head as to what this whole thing is about, then I highly recommend Charlie's intro and overview of the BB&T Charleston Food + Wine Festival.

Once you've got your feet wet, head back here and check out our Food + Wine topic page where we'll get you connected with the events and full schedule, and bring you continuing coverage of the festival as it happens.

Happy food and wining.