Contact: Laura Sibilia
Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce
802-464-8092
For Immediate Release
Vermont Soup Title up for grabs at the 3rd Annual Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival
WILMINGTON -The September 24-26 weekend collaboration between the Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Life Magazine adds to its list of events a “Welcome to Vermont” celebration in historic downtown Wilmington featuring tastings of select Vermont Wines, the new festival Soup Contest, Contra Dance and Entertainment; incorporating the downtown businesses as well as historic Memorial Hall, Buzzy Towne Park and the award winning new Bank Park overlooking the Deerfield River.
The 3rd Annual Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival features a tented two day exhibition area of Vermont Wines, cheeses, specialty food and artisan crafts, chef demonstrations and entertainers as well as a variety of wine and cheese pairings, dinners and “Indigenous Vermonter Breakfasts” throughout the valley.
Friday September 24th downtown Wilmington businesses will host the soup contest and wine tastings. The festival soup contest is open to all to enter. Visitors will vote on their favorite soup. A press release naming the entry as the winner of the Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival Soup contest will be forwarded to statewide press and featured on the festival website.
The Wine and Soup Tasting will take place between 5:30 and 7:30pm. The Contra Dance with Andy Davis and friends will kick off at 7:30pm in Historic Memorial Hall in the center of Wilmington.
Soup Contest rules:
All soup must be delivered to selected venue by 4:30pm 9/24
Soup venues will be confirmed by Sept 1.
3-gallons per soup. Organizers will supply tasting cups and ladles
All recipes must be original.
Ingredients and or recipes must be posted with entry in consideration of food allergies.
The soup will be sampled in small cups without spoons.
There is no fee to participate; however, a $25 refundable deposit is due upon sign up. All deposits will be fully refunded to entrants upon delivery of soup at selected venue.
To enter the soup contest, or learn about vending at the Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival, contact Patrice Schneider at the Mount Snow Valley chamber of Commerce at 802-464-8092
Details on the festival can be found at www.thevermontfestival.com
Monday, August 9, 2010
Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival Soup Contest Announced
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