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Members of the SUNY Adirondack culinary program, led by Chef Matt Bolton, served up foods samples at the festival. They also conducted cooking demonstrations.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The first Adirondack Wine & Food Festival
\nin Lake George attracted about 2,500 people on
\nJune 27 and 28, despite poor summer weather
\nconditions, organizers said.<\/p>\n

“We are very pleased with the outcome,”
\nsaid Sasha Pardy, co-owner and president of
\nAdirondack Winery in Lake George and developer
\nof the festival.
\nThe event is already being planned for next
\nyear.<\/p>\n

When the event was announced in April, officials
\nsaid they hoped to attract 3,000 people.
\nThe festival celebrated craft beverages
\nand locally made foods that the Lake George\/
\nAdirondack region has to offer, at Charles R.
\nWood Park.
\nMost attendees came on Saturday, which had
\nlittle rain. Sunday there was rain aplenty, Pardy
\nsaid.
\n“On Sunday, the ground was wet, but it was
\njust misting rain from 12-3, so we had many folks
\nwilling to come out and they enjoyed no lines at
\nthe vendor booths,” she said, noting that only a
\nsmall percentage of people who were issued pre-sale
\ntickets did not show up.<\/p>\n

“The reports from vendors has been more
\nthan we could have hoped for,” Pardy said. “Our
\nfeedback from vendors has been that many sold
\nmore product than they have at many festivals
\nthey’ve attended across New York and that our
\nattendees were very engaged in learning about
\nthe craft beverages, many were foodies, and they really wanted to purchase their favorite products
\nto take home with them.”<\/p>\n

A purchase drop-off\/pick-up tent made it easy
\nfor people to buy products and have their bags
\nand boxes held until they were ready to leave
\nthe festival.<\/p>\n

“It’s great to see that our attendees supported
\nthe small family businesses our local craft beverage
\nand food makers run by not only tasting their
\nproducts, but buying them to take home,” she said.
\n“Vendors told us that they loved the space and
\nwere happy with the logistics. I am also proud to
\nsay that many vendors told us that they thought
\nthis was one of the best organized festivals they
\nhave ever been a part of.”<\/p>\n

She praised festival coordinator Stephanie
\nOttino for doing outstanding work.
\nPardy said she also got good feedback about
\nthe SUNY Adirondack culinary tent. Chef Matt
\nBolton and his students performed cooking
\ndemonstrations and sold food samples.
\nShe said the festival will donate a portion of
\nthe ticket sales proceeds to the SUNY Adirondack
\nFoundation.<\/p>\n

Pardy said learning from this year, next year’s
\neffort will include more staffing and inventory for
\nvendor booths.
\n“We think that if we had a good weather
\nforecast two days in a row, we would have had no
\nproblem drawing 4,000 attendees,” said Pardy.
\n“We’re pretty proud of that, whether it’s a first
\nyear festival or not.”<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy Adirondack Wine and Food Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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