Blacksburg Fork And Cork Festival

Blacksburg Fork And Cork Festival is a great way to relax. enjoy great wine sampling and mingle with fellow students and local vendors. Besides stall most of the Virginia wineries and food stall local restaurants & bakeries other local craft vendors also participate to display their craft including but not limited to china, bags, jewelries, paintings etc.
Both times I attended the fest, I volunteered for second shift which allowed me to attend the fest during first shift completely free of cost with unlimited wine tastings. The volunteer had to attend a meeting prior to the festival to know more about their duties. We got a packet containing T shirt, festival layout, managers info and free tasting glass. Tickets for the festival is usually 20 $ for tasting
On the day of the event, we showed up for first half, got out tasting bands and ready to roll. the atmosphere was very lively with giant steel man walking around, the belly dancing performance in the main arena, live band playing on the stage where you can do hula hoops, they even had cooking demonstrations every hour and you can taste the dish which was pretty neat and unique to this fest.
I loved most of the fruity wines and Chardonnay. Overall good selection of wineries and you can definitely find the one that you will love. I also had fennel cake from the stall and it was yummy-​liocious. there was chocolate store next to the fennel cake truck and we all know how perfect wine and chocolate pairing is. nibbling on chocolate covered strawberries while sipping the sangria was dreamy. I also bought a miniature barrel which was super cute and perfect art piece for rustic look that I am going for in interiors. They even had petting zoo which was neat addition for tension relief.
I had immense fun and then we did second shift in assisting wineries with tasting and it was blast as I love interacting with people.
All in all, its a must try to get the feel of culture, have fun while trying wines from all over the Virginia region.