Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wine Festival Scheduled
KENTUCKY...
Wine enthusiasts later this year will be able to return to the spot where Henry Clay is said to have kept a large wine collection and to have grown white grapes, at his Lexington estate known as Ashland. Officials Monday announced a new wine festival, "Vintage Kentucky: A Toast to Henry Clay," set for Sept. 4 at the estate. Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry says the event will showcase 15 to 20 Kentucky vineyards and will feature the Evening at Ashland Jazz Concert. Newberry's office says besides Clay's wine collection and grape-growing, he was also a stockholder in Kentucky's first vineyard, located in Jessamine County.
Wine enthusiasts later this year will be able to return to the spot where Henry Clay is said to have kept a large wine collection and to have grown white grapes, at his Lexington estate known as Ashland. Officials Monday announced a new wine festival, "Vintage Kentucky: A Toast to Henry Clay," set for Sept. 4 at the estate. Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry says the event will showcase 15 to 20 Kentucky vineyards and will feature the Evening at Ashland Jazz Concert. Newberry's office says besides Clay's wine collection and grape-growing, he was also a stockholder in Kentucky's first vineyard, located in Jessamine County.
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