The Durham Fair will be hosting the Connecticut Wine Festival on the town green during three days of the Durham Fair, September 27-29, 2013. Fair goers of legal age will be able to sample wines featuring Connecticut grown grapes from seven of our Connecticut wineries. The participating wineries are Bishop’s Orchards Winery, Gouveia Vineyards, Hopkins Vineyard, Jonathan Edwards Winery, Jones Winery, Priam Vineyards, Sunset Meadow Vineyards. The wineries attending are among the best in the state as evidenced by Connecticut Magazine article naming Jones Winery and Sunset Meadow Vineyards as “Best of CT.”
The Wine Festival will be open on Friday and Saturday from 12pm to 8pm and on Sunday from 12pm to 6pm. There is an additional charge for this sampling festival. On Friday, the cost is $12 and on Saturday and Sunday, the cost is $15. Guests will have an opportunity to sample 28 different wines, offering a variety of wine styles. There will also be wine education classes conducted by the Wine Institute of New England on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. In addition, there will be a wine store where the local wines can be purchased, to be picked up once the guest leaves the Fairgrounds.
To complement the Wine Festival, we will have entertainment from our Green Stage and Cabot Cheese sampling. According to Daniel Miramant, President of the Durham Fair Association, “This festival is consistent with our focus on education in agriculture this year and we are proud to be hosting one of two State sponsored Wine Festivals at our Fair this year.”
