The Connecticut Wine Festival, part of the Connecticut Wine Trail Passport Program, took place at the Goshen Fairgrounds on July 21-22. Approximately 4,800 visitors tasted samples from Connecticut vineyards, attended wine seminars, participated in a grape stomp and shopped local artisans during the two-day wine festival. Participating vineyards included Bishop’s Orchards Winery in Guilford, DiGrazia Vineyards in Brookfield, Holmberg Orchards & Winery in Gales Ferry, Hopkins Vineyard in Warren, Jonathan Edwards Winery in North Stonington, Jones Winery in Shelton, Sunset Meadow Vineyards in Goshen, Paradise Hills Vineyard & Winery in Wallingford, Priam Vineyards in Colchester, Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret, Taylor Brooke Winery in Woodstock and White Silo Farm & Winery in Sherman.
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- A sunny day set the stage for the Connecticut Wine Festival in Goshen on July 21-22, 2018.
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- Shelby Dumond, Addison Hummel and Jordan Slocum of Jonathan Edwards Winery.
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- Mark Langford, Business Manager, DiGrazia Vineyards pouring DiGrazia Wild Blue for a guest.
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- Kurt Vollweiler and Steve Vollweiler, Sharpe Hill Vineyard.
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- Chris Fogarty and Fred Sandri of Jones Winery in Shelton.
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- Melissa Schwab and Matt Schwab of Taylor Brooke Winery with Wine Dog 1 and Woodstock Valley Red.
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- Gina Hauspurg, Eric Gorman and Tim Allemany, White Silo Farm & Winery.
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- Judy Motel and Kristen Motel of Sunset Meadow Vineyards in Goshen.
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- Brian Geary, Wine Bar Manager, Bishop’s Orchards Winery with Bishop’s Orchards Winery Pearadise Wine.
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- Richard Ruggiero, George Bergstrom and Mary-Ann Bergstrom of Paradise Hills Vineyard & Winery.
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- Ruaan Viljoen and Lecéur Viljoen of Priam Vineyards.
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- Bill Adam and Nicole Tarbell, Land of Nod Winery.
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- Amy Holmberg and Russell Holmberg, Holmberg Orchards & Winery.
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- James Baker, Winemaker, Hopkins Vineyard.
