There is much work taking place in wineries now and throughout harvest season. While you won’t taste this year’s northern hemisphere  2010 vintage, many wineries have released their 2009  and older vintages. (An exception is Beaujolais which is released the same year it is produced.) Travel to festivals where many of the released wines can be enjoyed. For the weekend of October 9-10, 2010, there are festivals in California, Florida, New York and Virginia. Dates, locations and links are below. If you can’t visit one of these festivals visit a winery in your backyard for a great experience!

Cheers! Kathy

California

October 9, 2010
Yuba City, California
California Beer & Wine Festival

October 8-11, 2010
Santa Maria Valley -California
Celebration of Harvest

October 9, 2010
5^th Annual Sierra Madre Wine & Jazz Walk
(Benefits City of Hope, Cancer Research & Treatment)
Sierra Madre, California

October 9, 2010
San Francisco Magazine’s FALLFEST
San Francisco, California

Florida

October 8-10, 2010
Panama City Beach, Florida
Seafood, Wine & Music Festival

October 10, 2010
Boca Raton, Florida
1st Annual Boca Raton Wine & Food Festival

New York

October 7-10, 2010
New York, NY
New York City Wine & Food Festival

Virginia

October 9-10, 2010
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg Area Wine Festival

October 9-10, 2010
Williamsburg, Virginia
Ciao Italian Festival

October 10, 2010
Culpeper, Virginia
Taste of Culpeper