Killington Wine Festival
Wine Tasting at Killington Peak

Killington Wine Festival
Wine Tasting at Killington Peak

I had the good fortune of taking the K1 gondola to the top of Killington today for an afternoon of wine tasting. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it!

The Killington Wine Festival kicked off this afternoon with a private wine tasting at the Killington peak restaurant for the "trade", better know as retailers, restaurant, and bar owners. The 4 primary wine distributors in Killington collectively brought almost 200 wines from around the world to be tasted in the afternoon event.

The purpose of today was twofold. First and foremost to the distributors, they had a chance to showcase their wares to people responsible for buying and presenting wine to the general public. In addition to that, it was also a chance to dry run the Killington venue before the open public tasting of the same wines on Saturday afternoon.

If you have a chance to go to the tasting on Saturday, check out some of my favorites from this afternoons tasting: Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Pinot d'Alsace from France and K Syrah from Australia at the G. Housen tables; Sincerely Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz from Sourh Africa, and Cadonini Pinot Grigio from Italy at the Baker tables; White Oak Chardonnay from the Russian River Valley at the Vermont Wine Merchants tables, and Liberty School Shiraz from Paso Robles and Hayman and Hill Pinot Noir from the Santa Lucia Highlands at the Farrell Distributors tables.