10th Annual Killington Wine Festival this weekend.

10th Annual Killington Wine Festival this weekend.

All the planning work is done. The tent is up. The wine is being delivered tomorrow....lots of wine....cases and cases of wine....Chef Frizzie is putting the finishing touches on our wine tasting menu for our Wine Dinner with Boyden Valley Winery on Saturday night. (See our menu online for full details.) And Mother Nature looks like she is going to cooperate with warm temperatures, bright sunshine, and brilliant views of the mountains that make up Killington.

For the last few years I have lead the planning efforts at the Killington Chamber of Commerce to produce the Killington Wine Festival. We are now in our 10th year. (It's really hard to believe...10 years!) This year we have 42 different wineries and wine importers visiting Killington over the weekend to sample their wares.

While there are a lot of tasks that make up an event which hundreds of people attend, today was a milestone that had to be completed without a hitch....the raising of a huge tent (actually a series of tents) which will house the event at the base of Killington by the K1 Base Lodge. Here are a few pictures of the tent after it was raised:

The tent at the K1 Base Lodge to house this years Killington Wine Festival Click image to stop rotation. Click again to resume rotation.

The tent itself is actually 5 tents married together to cover 9600 square feet of space. When it is totally outfitted, it will hold 72 tables ranging from the obvious (wine from the various suppliers) to the sublime (water for hundreds of people).

If you are interested in attending the Wine Festival, tickets are still available through the Killington Chamber of Commerce either online or by calling 800-337-1928. At the inn, we still have a couple of rooms left which are available with our Killington Wine Festival Package which includes festival tickets and seats at the wine dinner at Birch Ridge on Saturday night. You can visit our reservation page, or call us at 800-435-8566 to make reservations.

We hope to see you this weekend in Killington. Where every you may be...stay cool, don't forget your sunscreen, and "In Vino Veritas!"