Article: Tastings around town

Article: Elgin puts in bid to hold state wine ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  December 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... interest in holding a major wine festival next year. City officials ... been in talks with Illinois Wine Festival organizers about holding the 2008 event at Elgin's Festival Park. The Illinois Wine Festival is a statewide event started ...

Article: Elgin Wine Festival: More than 150 wine varieties ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  May 21, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Elgin Wine Festival: More than 150 wine varieties are featured 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at Festival Park, 132 S. Grove Ave., Elgin. The event costs $20-$30, which includes a souvenir wine glass, 10 tastings, a festival program ...

Article: Elgin announces first wine festival.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  December 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... be a great day at Festival Park. Exactly how it should ... announcing the Elgin Wine Festival for May 23. "Im ... noon to 8 p.m. at Festival Park, 132 S. Grove Ave ... put a big tent over Festival Park," said Scott Janess ...

Article: Fairs and festivals.(Your Time)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  May 22, 2009 ;     698 words ... ... Lindenhurst. Admission is $3; free for children ages 3 and younger (847) 968-3400 or lcfpd.org. * Elgin Wine Festival, Festival Park, 132 S. Grove Ave., Elgin: Featuring wine tasting, food sampling and live music, 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday ...

Article: PATRONS SAY ELGIN'S FIRST WINE FEST A HIT
Courier News (Elgin, IL);  May 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... who gathered at Festival Park. He poured a tiny ... the first Elgin Wine Festival. The festival drew ... to see beer at a wine festival. But, it was a ... Saturday at the Elgin Wine Festival at Festival Park downtown. The event ...

Article: Elgin uncorks new fest even as it cuts '09 events season
Courier News (Elgin, IL);  May 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Saturday with the first Elgin Wine Festival, in Festival Park. Because of budget-tightening ... Chicago; and the Naperville Wine Festival, which it has produced for ... the 22 vendors at the Elgin Wine Festival. Last summer, Bates represented ...

Article: Visions of vino.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... executive director, on her blog. The Canfields also hope to capture some of the spirit from the cityAEs first wine festival at Festival Park on May 23. "Just having the foot traffic is great and is one of the reasons weAEre here," Doris said ...