Vintage Virginia Wine + Food Festival Coming Up at Bull Run

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA --Vintage Virginia®, the Virginia Wineries Association’s festival, will return to Bull Run Regional Park Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, the group has announced.

“We are very excited to be able to bring back Virginia’s favorite wine festival VINTAGE VIRGINIA® to Bull Run in early June,” said Laurie Aldrich, executive director of the Virginia Wineries Association. “This year we have partnered with the largest producer of wine and beer festivals, The Trigger Agency from Baltimore, Maryland to take the event to the next level and keep it going for years to come.”

More than just a wine tasting, the festival will bring together award-winning celebrity chefs, artisanal craftsmen, culinary pioneers, music, as well as wine from the top Virginia wine producers. Guests will be able to sample all of the varieties as well as purchase them by the glass and the bottle, on-site at special event-only low prices, organizers said.

The weekend will be filled with wine selections as well as some of the area’s best chefs. Here's some of the lineup:

Saturday: On Saturday at 1:15 p.m. Chef Victor Albisu of Taco Bamba and Del Campo will kick off the day followed by Chef Todd Gray of Equinox at 3:00 p.m. and Chef Bart Vandaele of Belga Café, B Too and Betsy.

Sunday: On Sunday the fun starts at 1:15 p.m. with Chef Scott Drewno of The Source by Wolfgang Puck followed by Chef Marjorie Meeks-Bradley of Ripple and finishes with Chef Rock Harper.

There will be many Virginia wines to be tasted throughout the event and three special tastings led by Neil Williamson, chairman of the Virginia Wine Tasting Panel, each day. He will present Life is Sweet, focusing on sweeter varietals, Summer Loving, focusing on white varietals and Red, Red Wine, focusing on Virginia red varietals.

Tickets include a VIP Admission One-Day Pass for Saturday for $69 or Sunday for $59 and a General Admission One Day Pass for $30 in advance/$40 onsite. Designated driver tickets are also available in advance.

To purchase tickets and view the entire schedule, visit www.vintagevirginia.com or call (800)-830-3976. Vintage Virginia will be at Bull Run Regional Park, 7700 Bull Run Drive, Centreville, VA, 20121. For directions, visit www.nvrpa.org/park/bull-run.

Participating wineries include: Am Rhein's Wine Cellars, Barboursville Vineyards, Barren Ridge Vineyards, Belle Mount Vineyards, Cardinal Point Vineyard & Winery, Chateau Morrisette, Cooper Vineyards, CrossKeys Vineyards, Davis Valley Winery & Vineyard, DelFosse Vineyards & Winery, Democracy Vineyards, Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery, Horton Vineyards, James River Cellars, Jefferson Vineyards, Lake Anna Winery, Lazy Days Winery, Mattaponi Winery, Narmada Winery, North Mountain Vineyards, Oak Crest Vineyard & Winery, Peaks of Otter Winery, Potomac Point Vineyard & Winery, Prince Michel Vineyard & Winery, Rockbridge Vineyard, Rosemont Vineyards, Stanburn WInery, Stone Mountain Vineyards, Trump Winery, Williamsburg Winery.

PHOTO: Logo of Vintage Virginia courtesy of organizers