Get your grape on
This weekend's Grape Harvest Festival is marking its 70th year with grapes, wine, beer, jazz and cars. Admission is $1; free for children under 12. It all takes place in the parking lot near JCPenney.
Fri: Business leaders start getting buzzed at 5 p.m. during a chamber mixer. Regular folks can come 7 p.m. to midnight for the wine tent, which will be opened all three days. Total Wine, Filippi, Galleano and Wine Tailor wineries will be pouring. Beer lovers can enjoy Budweiser and BJ's Restaurant and Brewery beers. The traditional grape stomp takes place every hour throughout the weekend.
Sat: In addition to the wine tent, there will be food and arts and crafts vendors. Festivities are 10 a.m. to midnight.
Sun: In addition to the wine tent and vendors, there will be a car show, a first for the festival. The hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thank You, Wendy, for the additional publicity for this wonderful event. There will also be an assortment of "kid friendly" activities and Bass Pro Shop will have a couple of boats, atv's and a fly fishing pond there.
Bob, thanks for the "kid friendly" side of the event. We may now try and get by there on Friday.
Side note - RIP Tacone at VG!
Your welcome, Scott in R.C. Just a footnote, Tacone & Wetzel's Pretzels are owned by the same person. Wetzel's rocks, especially their pretzel dogs and there pepperoni pretzel.