Andrew Bender tries some Cabernet Franc from Linda Livingstone at the East Shore Vineyard booth during the 2010 Vermont Wine and Harvest Festival at Mount Snow Resort. Brattleboro Reformer File Photo
A wine festival for the novice and the expert Vermont Wine and Harvest Festival has something for everyone By Sophie Gaddes
Sometimes, after a long day at work, it can be nice to put your feet up and relax on the couch with a big glass of wine, but how many of us have stopped and savored that first sip? If you feel that you haven’t been properly appreciating
your chardonnays, or even if you’re a sommelier who already can smell the difference between pinot grigios, the 11th Vermont Wine and Harvest Festival might be for you. The three-day festival, sponsored by the Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley
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Chamber of Commerce and Mount Snow Resort, is for wine experts and novices, according to Executive Director Eric Durocher. “The vintners and the distilleries coming do a really good job of catering to people who may be a little more
experienced in tasting wine, but they also do a good job of educating people,” he said. The festival kicks off Sept. 20 with the Wine and Soup Stroll in Wilmington. (Yes, you read that right: wine and soup. An unusual combination, no?) “I’m not really sure how
