Here is this month’s list of wine festivals and events. We are expanding the geography to include as many across North America as we can find. If you are hosting a wine festival or event, please let us know and we can include it in our list. Cheers!
September 7-10
Soufriere, St. Lucia — Spices of the Caribbean Food Festival
September 8-9
Santa Rosa, CA — 16th Annual Kendall-Jackson Heirloom Tomato Festival on Saturday September 8th
Mountain View, CA — Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
September 11-16
Bardstown, KY — 2012 Kentucky Bourbon Festival
September 13-16
Grapevine, TX — 26th Annual GrapeFest
September 14-16
Abbotsford, BC, Canada — EAT! Fraser Valley Food + Cooking Festival
Los Angeles, CA — Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival
September 15-16
Westminster, MD — Maryland Wine Festival
September 22-30
The Niagara Wine Festival, Niagara Falls ON Canada
www.niagaragrapeandwinefestival.com
September 26-30
Santa Fe, NM — Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta
September 27-30
Central Coast, CA — Sunset SAVOR The Central Coast
The Okanagan Wine Festival Society, Okanogan Valley, BC Canada
www.thewinefestivals.com/events
September 28-November 11
Lake Buena Vista, FL — Epcot International Food and Wine Festival
Note: Many of these events were sourced through : www.gayot.com
Photo credit: tony wahid (Flickr)
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