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Epicurience 2015 Draws Another Record Crowd
A FREE patriotic live show! Bu s in e s s
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Loudoun Supervisor Geary Higgins (R-Catoctin) and Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) get their wine glasses filled by The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards Operations Manager Susan Pratt during Saturday’s Epicurience festival.
ennifer Shailor, co-winemaker at Bluemont Vineyard, won the wine-blending contest for the second year in a row during Saturday’s Epicurience festival at Morven Park. Rob Robinson was the amateur winemaker who worked with Shailor on the winning wine, which was a combination of Zephaniah’s cabernet franc, Maggie Malick Wine Caves’ merlot and 868 Estate Vineyards’ Furnace Mountain. Visit Loudoun Media Relations Manager
Jennifer Sigal said attendance for the weekend events went up by 30 percent compared with last year, with a record 2,724 people attending the festivities. Forty wine and food vendors gave attendees plenty of good eats and tasty wines Saturday, showcasing what Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) said is “one of the best features and economic drivers” of Loudoun County. Sterling resident Jennifer Pawlowski said the event is “one of the best kept secrets in the county.” “There’s no lines, it’s charming and beautiful, and it’s everything that’s great about Virginia wine country.”n
DC Armory, Washington, D.C.
EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, Va Formerly Patriot Center
September 10-12
September 18-19
Request your FREE tickets here: www.spiritofamerica.mdw.army.mil 1-866-239-9425 #SOA2015
Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center, Haymarket, VA 16198 Silver Lake Rd, Haymarket, VA 20169
September 18, 7 pm Doors open 6:30 pm
Tickets $35
Sponsorship opportunities also available.
Email inquiries to rainbow@rainbowriding.org or call 703-754-6159
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Ennis Electric Company, Inc. presents the 5th Annual Rainbow Center Benefit Concert
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