{"id":3993,"date":"2011-04-26T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T05:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=3993"},"modified":"2011-04-25T20:18:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T01:18:35","slug":"celebrate-mothers-day-by-attending-a-wine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/26\/celebrate-mothers-day-by-attending-a-wine-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Mother&#8217;s Day by Attending a Wine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 7 and 8 is Mother\u2019s Day weekend. If your mother, grandmother or stepmother enjoys wine and food, consider inviting her to one of these events. Most of the wine festivals below are on May 7. Attending a festival with someone special in your life can be a memorable event for everyone involved. Take time to plan a special Mother\u2019s Day weekend soon!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<p>May 7<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weinandsaengerfest.com\/\">8<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Wein &amp; Saengerfest<br \/>\n<\/a>New Braunfels, Texas<\/p>\n<p><em>This event includes wine and beer tastings, live music, art, wine seminars, grape stomp, and children\u2019s activities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>May 7<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownnorthwilkesboro.com\/shinetowine\/\">7<\/a><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownnorthwilkesboro.com\/shinetowine\/\">th<\/a><\/sup><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownnorthwilkesboro.com\/shinetowine\/\"> Annual Shine to Wine, a Wine &amp; Art Festival<\/a><br \/>\nDowntown North Wilkesboro, North Carolina<\/p>\n<p><em>This year\u2019s event includes the 4<\/em><sup><em>th<\/em><\/sup><em> Annual Culinary Chef Challenge. Attendees will discover art, wine, food and live entertainment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>May 7<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.festevents.org\/mini-site\/spring-town-point-virginia-wine-festival\"> 5<\/a><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/www.festevents.org\/mini-site\/spring-town-point-virginia-wine-festival\">th<\/a><\/sup><a href=\"http:\/\/www.festevents.org\/mini-site\/spring-town-point-virginia-wine-festival\"> Annual AT&amp;T Spring Town Point Virginia Wine Festival<\/a><br \/>\nNorfolk, Virginia<\/p>\n<p><em>Enjoy tasting wines from 25 Virginia wineries. Visitors can look forward to gourmet foods and specialty merchandise. Mike Proffitt will provide a live musical performance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>May 7<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.welcometocatskill.com\/\">Rip Van Winkle Wine &amp; Cheese Festival<\/a><br \/>\nCatskill, New York<\/p>\n<p><em>Visitors to this festival will discover wineries, breweries and more vendors. In addition this day will include raffles, door prizes and raffles. All proceeds will benefit the Village of Catskill Parks<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>May 7-May 8<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wampp.cookappeal.com\/\">Wine Art Music Poetry Project<\/a><br \/>\nTBD in New Jersey<\/p>\n<p><em>Visitors will find musicians, poetry readings and an artist alley where artwork will be available. Food and beverages including wine will also be available.\u00a0This event is a Not-for-Profit event that supports wine connoisseurs, artists, musicians and writers. In addition, donations for congenital heart failure research will be raised.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>May 8-May 15<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coastaluncorked.com\/events\/\">2<sup>nd<\/sup> Annual Coastal Uncorked Food &amp; Wine Festival<\/a><br \/>\nMyrtle Beach, South Carolina<\/p>\n<p><em>This 2<\/em><sup><em>nd<\/em><\/sup><em> Annual Festival includes wine and beer dinners, special happy hour pricing, golf tournament, untapped beer tasting event, wine tasting tent and gourmet village, a Paula Deen demonstration, a brunch with cookbook authors and the Food Challenge and Tasting Finale event.<\/em><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Celebrate Mother's Day by Attending a Wine Festival\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=3993\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7 and 8 is Mother\u2019s Day weekend. If your mother, grandmother or stepmother enjoys wine and food, consider inviting her to one of these events. Most of the wine festivals below are on May 7. Attending a festival with someone special in your life can be a memorable event for everyone involved. 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