The inaugural San Diego County Fair Commercial Wine Competition & Festival will premiere on June 9 in the Paul Ecke Jr. Flower and Garden Show, it was recently announced.
This year's SD County Fair theme is "Out of this World." (Photo by Fred Greaves/SD Fair photography)
This new Fairtime festival will celebrate one of the fastest growing and leading agricultural crops in San Diego County — viticulture.
Professional vintners in San Diego County may register by mail or online. Information and the online application can be found at www.sdfair.com/entry.
The discount entry deadline is Feb. 24 and the final entry deadline is Mar. 9. There is no limit of entries per entrant.
Judging will take place in a closed session on Mar. 31 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Additional Wine Festival information, registration and rules are also available at the Fair’s website.
(Amateur adult winemakers can compete in the Homemade Wine Competition. Entry information for that competition will be available in late February or early March.)
The summer of 2012 will take San Diego County Fair fans “Out Of This World” to the stars, planets and beyond. Every day at the Fair will be filled with discovery and mystery of the outer limits. The Fair will explore man’s history and fascination with space and space travel starting with the ancient astronomers, to the NASA program and the future of space exploration.
Is anyone out there? The Theme exhibit will delve into the unexplained and unexplored. Enter the realm of science fiction, UFOs and other evidence of life beyond earth. Universe Invited!
The 2012 San Diego County Fair will run for 24 days opening June 8 to July 4. The Fair will be closed the first three Mondays — June 11, 18 and 25.
The San Diego County Fair is the largest annual event in San Diego County and the sixth largest fair in the United States, drawing more than 1.4 million visitors annually. The 2011 Fair broke an all-time attendance record for the third year in a row with a grand total of 1,412,113 guests.
For more information about the Fair, go to the Fair website, www.sdfair.com.
For more information on the Fairgrounds, visit www.delmarfairgrounds.com.
*Contributed by San Diego County Fair
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