Great food, friends,and art and wine! It's the 7th annualArt & Wine Festival at Caledon StateParkon Saturday November 3, 2012 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Taste a variety of regional wines,meetartists while they work, finda unique holiday gift,feast oncatered food in a garden, take a hay wagon ridethroughthe colorfultrailsto overlooks of the Potomac River…sound intriguing? It is.That's why this is the 7th one!
The food will be catered and available to everyone attending the festival
Thanksto the NARFE Credit Union) all theproceedswill benefit educational programming andprojects within the park.
Ah, yes…the memories of being a kid again, hay wagon rides in the fall!
We want to be sure all our visitors (from the youngest little tikes to the eldest)enjoy the park and all thatnature has to offer.That's why it's important for us to raise funds forimproving the grounds, like the playground, and work on a memorialgarden area outside the Visitor Center.
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A flute player demonstrates as visitors mingle and sample wines
Artist John Shaw displays his immaculate collection of nature and wildlife drawings
A commemorative wine glass is a gift for you if you choose to partake in the wine tasting. This year’s wine glass art work will be another John Shaw. His brother, James, has kindly allowed us to use some of John’s earlier work for the glass.We will also continue to sell the other three John Shaw originals- the eagle, the great blue heron and the great horned owl.The art work for these glasses was donated to Caledon which is the only place it can be found!
Bring the family for a ride through the woods, enjoy the colors of Caledon
The parking fee for this special event is $5/vehicle. Participation in the wine tasting is $10/person, which includes a commemorative wineglass.Be sure to have your ID with you, there will be a check to prove your age.
For more information about this event click hereor call the park at(540) 663-3861.
Directions:
Caledon is located in King George County between Fairview Beach and Owens, 23 miles east of Fredericksburg on Route 218. From Fredericksburg, take 218 East for 23 miles, or take Rt. 3 east 18 miles to a left onto Rt. 206. Follow the signs to Caledon. From U.S. 301 (MD), turn right onto Rt. 206 for four miles to Rt. 218, then west about one mile.
Drive Time: Northern Virginia, 1 hour 45 minutes; Richmond, 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tidewater/Norfolk/Virginia Beach, 3 hours, 30 minutes