Hunterdon County is holding its first-ever wine festival. Here's how to attend
And now, it's getting its first wine festival.
The UNCORK Summer wine festival will offer wine tastings from 10 Garden State wineries from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8, outdoors at the Red Mill Museum Village in Clinton, rain or shine.
The Hunterdon County wineries in attendance will be Angelico Winery in Lambertville, Federal Twist Vineyard in Stockton, and Old York Cellars in Ringoes.
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Festivalgoers will be able to sample wine, buy wine by the bottle and meet winemakers.
The event will also include two food trucks, nearly a dozen vendors and live music.
G'Day Gourmet, which serves Aussie-style meat pies, and Meat Wagon BBQ, which serves barbecued meats, will be the onsite food trucks.
Vendors will include The Kind Vine, which makes wine-related gifts like coasters and wine charms; hot sauce maker Tia B's; Sweet Stuff Bakery; and Odd Jobs Salvage, which makes home decor items using live edge wood.
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Tickets are $25 in advance at bit.ly/4m4LIwi, $30 at the door (cash only). Non-drinkers over 18 can purchase $10 tickets, only available at the door in cash. Non-drinking tickets for those under 18 are free.
The event is held by GPS, INC., an event production company that has held over 250 wine and beer tasting events over the last 20 years, in collaboration with Explore Hunterdon, the official tourism initiative of Hunterdon County.
"The Red Mill is a great backdrop for an event for like this," said Marc Saluk, economic development and tourism director of Hunterdon County. "Not only can people enjoy local wine, they can stay and shop Clinton's main street and dine there that evening."
Go: noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8, at the Red Mill Museum Village in Clinton, $25 advance, $30 at the door; purchase tickets at bit.ly/4m4LIwi.
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