Vermont Life Wine and Harvest Festival

Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 3
21 West Main Street
Wilmington, VT 05363
Phone (802) 464-8092
Fax (802) 464-0287

Press Release
Contact: Jim Follett
Phone: (802) 464-8092

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Life Magazine are pleased to announce that they are working together to create and promote a premiere annual wine and harvest festival on September 26, 27 and 28th. This new outdoor event officially entitled the "Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival", will take place in the Mount Snow Valley in the Southern Vermont town of Wilmington with additional events occurring in the nearby towns of Dover and Whitingham. The festival will celebrate the best of wine, food and the good life and highlight the rich uniqueness, quality and ingenuity of Vermont producers and artisans.

Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce Director Laura Sibilia and Vermont Life Publisher Tom Kelly have expressed a shared goal to build and grow this event into a premiere destination event.
“We’re obviously thrilled to see our shared vision for this premiere annual event become reality with Vermont Life. We want to showcase Vermont’s burgeoning wineries, high quality food producers, and well know artisans,” Laura Sibilia explained.
"For us, the Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival is a natural. A recent survey revealed Vermont Life readers are self described foodies” noted Tom Kelly. “We immediately saw the mutual benefits of working together with the good folks at the Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce. Vermont Life magazine has credibility and media reach in Vermont and the region. Culinary topics and enjoying the good life are a major interest of Vermont Life readers. Our readership is passionate about Vermont so we feel we can add a lot to the event."

The Weekend Schedule is as follows:
Friday September 26th:"Welcome to Vermont Square Dance and Blue Grass Party" at the Matterhorn Inn West Dover Hours 7-11pm
Saturday September 27th: Day 1 "Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival" at juncture of Routes 9 East and 100 South in Wilmington (former location of the Garlic Festival) Food, Wine, Crafts, Entertainment and Demonstrations - Hours 10-5
Saturday September 27th: Evening wine pairing dinners at variety of Mount Snow Valley Inns and Restaurants.
Sunday September 28th: "The Indigenous Vermonter Breakfast" in Whitingham - Hours 8-11 am
Sunday September 28th: Day 2 "Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival" at juncture of Routes 9 East and 100 South in Wilmington (former location of the Garlic Festival) Food, Wine, Crafts, Entertainment and Demonstrations - Hours 10-3
There are a variety of ways wine and food producers and crafters will be able to participate, including actual sales, as well as sampling and demonstrations, at the Wilmington site, Co-op advertising (at special rates) in Vermont Life's Autumn 2008 issue, a limited number of wine pairing dinner hosting opportunities, early promotion of block reservation vendor lodging, and weekend long promotional packages for visitors. Vendor registration information can be found at http://www.thevermontfestival.com/ or by calling the chamber at 1-802-464-8092.


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For more information or photographs please contact Jim Follett at 802-464-8092 or by e-mail at jim@visitvermont.com

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