Eat like royalty as you sample products from Sauces to Wine. Close to 100 vendors from around the state will be on hand to offer tastings. In addition, many of the products being presented for tasting will also be on sale to take home.
A variety of passes and packages are being offered for access to the weekends events. The Weekend Pass going for $50 includes: 1 Sunday Tasting and 1 tasting Saturday, lunch is not included. You can recieve the Weekend Pass with lunch included for $100. For $375 you can receive the Weekend Celebration with Gala pass, which includes: Two Saturday tastings, Two Sunday tasting tickets, and two tickets to the Uncorked New York Gala! The final package offered is the Weekend Celebration with Gala (with Sat & Sun Lunches) at $425.
A slew of tickets to individual events such as the tastings and gala will also be offered ranging from $30 a ticket to $75. As part of your ticket purchase, you receive also Free Admission to one Seminar of your choice.
The weekends tastings include: Wine & Chocolate: The Heart-Smart Marriage, Return of the Native with the Times Union's own Fred LeBrun, and Wine & Fish, Sarah Fish: The Hungry Fish Cafe.
Harvest Fest will run both Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Desmond Hotel located at 660 Albany Shaker Rd. Tickets can be purchased for all events online at the Pride of New York: Harvest Fest website.
