Vine on the Waterfront Set for Saturday

IMAGE of Vine on the Waterfront logo courtesy of organizers

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ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The Alexandria Food and Wine Festival, aka Vine on the Waterfront, is set for Saturday, June 25 at Oronoco Bay Park (see map below) in Alexandria. The food and wine festival will take place from 12 noon to 6 p.m.

The festival is a community-based event featuring tastes of local foods and regional wine, as well as artisans, a children’s corner and live entertainment. Children's activities will include a moon bounce and arts and crafts. Live entertainment will include Scott Ramminger and the Crawstikers and Gina DeSimone & The Moaners.

Food-tasting tickets (8 "tasting tickets) are $15; wine-tasting tickets are $15. See more information here about tickets.

Participating restaurants, wineries and food vendors include (for more information about them, click on the Vine on the Waterfront link at the top of the story):

Local restaurants will compete for Best Appetizer, Best Main Course and Best Dessert.

Restaurants

• Alexandria Cupcake
• La Tasca
• Mason Social
• Mum Mum
• Pizzeria Uno
• Talk-of-Di-Town II
• Union Street
• Whole Foods

Wineries

• Democracy Vineyards
• Horton Vineyards
• James River Cellars
• Lake Anna Winery
• Mattaponi Winery
• Rebec Vineyards
• Rogers Ford Farm Winery
• The Williamsburg Winery

Food vendors

• Popcorn Queens
• Passanante's Home Food Services
• Laconiko
• Ornua