KING FERRY - The King Ferry Winery celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Cayuga Wine Trail with a festival of art and music on Saturday.
The Fall Art Festival drew artisans and spectators from throughout the Finger Lakes region to enjoy a quiet day of music, art, barbecue and, of course, wine.
“We wanted to do something to celebrate another part of the area that makes it so great: the local artists,” Chris Couch, the winery's operations manager, said.
“It's a nice change of pace,” Lauren Kornowa, of Cayuta, said. “It's something different to do and we get to see some parts of the country that we haven't seen in a while.”
Bonnie DeHollander and her husband Duane decided to stop by after drinking some wine from the King Ferry Winery at lunch. “We were thinking of going since we heard about the festival. I had a glass of their Riesling at lunch and that pretty much decided it,” Bonnie DeHollander, of Webster, said.
The couple has traveled California's wine regions, but has spent little time in the Finger Lake wineries.
“We're trying to become more familiar with New York state wineries and this was a perfect way to start,” Bonnie said.
It was more than just wine drawing people on this overcast Saturday afternoon.
The Bottom Feeders, a small folk band, provided live music while attendees browsed tents full of pottery, quilts and jewelry.
“We enjoy meeting people and being able to see our friends,” said Anne Mendenhall who was showing her pottery at the festival. Mendenhall and some of the other vendors come from a group called Ladies of the Lake, a group of five or six artisans who live along the shore of Cayuga Lake and work together to stimulate community interest in “nice things,” Mendenhall said.
Other artisans traveled from Skaneateles to attend the day's festivities. Skaneateles Artisans has eight people at the festival out of its 31 members, said Steven Fland, who organized the group's participation.
“I think it's a good consistent crowd. I'd definitely come back again as an exhibitor,” Fland said.
While this event is the first of its kind at King Ferry Winery, they plan to have it again next year, Couch said.
“Hopefully we can make it even bigger.”
“We wanted to do something to celebrate another part of the area that makes it so great: the local artists,” Chris Couch, the winery's operations manager, said.
“It's a nice change of pace,” Lauren Kornowa, of Cayuta, said. “It's something different to do and we get to see some parts of the country that we haven't seen in a while.”
Bonnie DeHollander and her husband Duane decided to stop by after drinking some wine from the King Ferry Winery at lunch. “We were thinking of going since we heard about the festival. I had a glass of their Riesling at lunch and that pretty much decided it,” Bonnie DeHollander, of Webster, said.
The couple has traveled California's wine regions, but has spent little time in the Finger Lake wineries.
“We're trying to become more familiar with New York state wineries and this was a perfect way to start,” Bonnie said.
It was more than just wine drawing people on this overcast Saturday afternoon.
The Bottom Feeders, a small folk band, provided live music while attendees browsed tents full of pottery, quilts and jewelry.
“We enjoy meeting people and being able to see our friends,” said Anne Mendenhall who was showing her pottery at the festival. Mendenhall and some of the other vendors come from a group called Ladies of the Lake, a group of five or six artisans who live along the shore of Cayuga Lake and work together to stimulate community interest in “nice things,” Mendenhall said.
Other artisans traveled from Skaneateles to attend the day's festivities. Skaneateles Artisans has eight people at the festival out of its 31 members, said Steven Fland, who organized the group's participation.
“I think it's a good consistent crowd. I'd definitely come back again as an exhibitor,” Fland said.
While this event is the first of its kind at King Ferry Winery, they plan to have it again next year, Couch said.
“Hopefully we can make it even bigger.”
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