{"id":3800,"date":"2012-06-04T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T14:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2012-06-04T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T14:20:14","slug":"brandywine-food-music-festival-debuts-june-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=3800","title":{"rendered":"Brandywine Food & Music Festival debuts June 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>POCOPSON \u2013 The first annual Brandywine Food & Music Festival, presented by The Brandywine Valley Wine Trail and The Town Dish,\u00a0 will be held on\u00a0 June 9, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Myrick Conservation Center on Rt. 842.\u00a0\u00a0 The festival will celebrate all things local, from food and wine to music and crafts.<\/p>\n

Festival attendees can sample regional wines from fifteen Brandywine Valley area wineries.<\/p>\n

\u201cVintners in this region work hard to produce high quality wines.\u00a0 Many people do not realize that there are a number of wineries in this area, \u201d said Karen Cline, Administrator of the Brandywine Valley Wine Trail.\u00a0 \u201cThis festival provides a chance to taste, learn about and enjoy local wines.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Wine seminars, conducted by Victor Ykoruk, Pennsylvania\u2019s Winery and Vineyard Advocate, will focus on two varietals that excel in the Pennsylvania climate, Chardonnay and Chambourcin.\"\"<\/p>\n

In addition to local wines, many local foods will be featured.\u00a0\u00a0 Jonathan Amann, chef at Amani\u2019s BYOB restaurant and two-time winner of Best Chef in Chester County, will be conducting a local wine and cooking demonstration.<\/p>\n

Festival attendees can enjoy award-winning local Chester County artisan goat cheeses from Yellow Springs Farm.\u00a0 Chester County beekeepers will sweeten the day with various types of local honey.\u00a0 Pike Creek Coffee Roasterie will provide a caffeinated lift with\u00a0 their\u00a0 roasted coffees.\u00a0\u00a0 All natural hummus with unique flavors will be served up by local FreshaPeel Hummus.\u00a0\u00a0 Some of the other\u00a0 local food vendors will feature chocolates, wood-fired pizza, olive oils, custom spice blends, cupcakes and barbeque.<\/p>\n

Local artisans will feature a wide variety of crafts and artwork.\u00a0 Stained glass, original oil paintings, custom jewelry and handmade dog collars and hand-poured 100% soy candles are just a sampling of what attendees will find.<\/p>\n

Music will be provided throughout the day by two local bands.\u00a0 Big Package is an energetic, show-stopping 10 piece band from Wilmington, Delaware.\u00a0 They play a variety of music from covers to jazz, funk, R & B and more.\u00a0\u00a0 From Chester County, Amy Ash & the Volcanoes puts their own twist on covers, having been described as having an \u201call-star cast of musicians\u201d.<\/p>\n

There is something for everyone at the Brandywine Food & Wine Festival,\u201d Cline said.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThis festival is a great way to find out about everything local!\u00a0\u00a0 There is no better way to spend the day than in the countryside of Chester County, sampling and learning about the region\u2019s best local wines, foods, crafts and listening to live music.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the Brandywine Valley Wine Trail and The Town Dish, the main sponsors for this event are the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau, Mainline Today, Delaware Today and Baltimore Glassware Decorators.\u00a0 \u201cWe wish to thank all of our sponsors.\u00a0 Without their support, we would not be able to bring a festival of this caliber to the Brandywine Valley area,\u201d said Cline.<\/p>\n

The festival location as chosen because of its natural beauty and its support of local conservation efforts.\u00a0 The Myrick Conservation Center, home of the Brandywine Valley Association, is 318 acres of preserved land, used for trail walking and horseback riding, picnicking, bird watching and star gazing.\u00a0 The Brandywine Valley Association works to provide water protection for the 60 mile Brandywine Creek and environmental education for the public.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Brandywine Food & Wine Festival may be purchased in advance by visiting http:\/\/www.pawinefestival.com<\/a> or by visiting any Brandywine Valley Wine Trail member winery .\u00a0 The tickets include admission, ten wine tastings, access to the cooking demonstration and wine seminars,\u00a0 live music and ability to participate in live and silent auctions.\u00a0\u00a0 Pricing is $10 in advance (ages 21 and over) and $15 at the gate.\u00a0 Persons aged 10 to 20 years old are $5 in advance or at the gate.\u00a0\u00a0 The festival is a rain or shine event.\u00a0 \u00a0Ample free parking is available and bus groups are welcomed.<\/p>\n

For questions about the Brandywine Food & Wine Festival, contact in**<\/span>@*********<\/span>il.com<\/span><\/a> or (610)444-3842.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

POCOPSON \u2013 The first annual Brandywine Food & Music Festival, presented by The Brandywine Valley Wine Trail and The Town Dish,\u00a0 will be held on\u00a0 June 9, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Myrick Conservation Center on Rt. 842.\u00a0\u00a0 The festival will celebrate all things local, from food and wine to music and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,450,4],"tags":[724,725,726],"class_list":["post-3800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-events-2","category-featured","tag-brandywine-food-music-festival","tag-brandywine-valey-wine-trail","tag-myrick-conservation-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}