August 17, 2023 • 5 mins
Kristen laise, the Executive Director of Historic Belle Grove in Middletown VA talks with us about the exciting things coming to the manor house for their annual Wine Fest!
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(00:00):
Our friend Kristen lazes on the phonewith us, and you know what happens
when Kristen lays galls. There's aparty going on. Something funds happening.
Kristen is with Bell Grove and sotell us what's going on, Kristen.
Oh, we are so excited.We've got Winefest coming up on Saturday,
August twenty sixth, and we've gota great lineup of stuff for you guys.
Well, I tell you, Kristen, everybody who's ever been to Winefest
(00:21):
at Bell Grove knows how much funit is. An incredible afternoon of fun
with your friends. But you know, there are a lot of folks who
are new to Shenandoah Country, eitherthey've just moved in or their new listeners
have never been before. Can youtell us a little bit about it,
what it's like, and then we'lltalk about what's new this year? Sure.
So. Bell Grove is a historicsite in Middletown, Virginia, just
(00:42):
sauts of Winchester and Stephens City oneighty one, easy to get to and
we have a huge property, beautifulview the mass Nut Mountain historic home that
dates to seventeen ninety seven and anonprofit organization. We have to do fundraisers
to keep the doors open the lightson, but why not have a lot
of fun at the same time.So this is one of our most important
(01:03):
fundraisers of the year and we reallyuse it to highlight local businesses and agriculture.
I like this about you guys.When you have a fundraiser, you're
a fun fundraiser. So wine Festhas been going on for years. This
one again just to remind every one, Saturday, August twenty six, from
eleven till six. What is newthis year? Yeah, so we have
(01:23):
a lot of great things to taste. It's great to go out to a
winery in a weekend, but maybeyou want to just get a handle on
who you like and who you mightwant to spend more time with. We've
got eight great wineries from around theregion this year. A new thing is
we have actually three providers of mead, which is honey wine, and so
new folks to the area that havenever been to our event before got Ciderizo
(01:48):
is fun. So we've got twocideries. Winchester Brewerks is going to be
here just be you know, servingsome beer. You want to give a
taste They've got really interesting stuff ontap, always something creative, So if
you've got a beard drinker in yourgroup, they'll like it. And then
Copper Fox Distillery and Sperryville, whomakes Bell Grove seventeen ninety seven whiskey,
will also be there. I lovethis because you know how it is,
(02:08):
you got a group of people youwant to go, Well, Tammy doesn't
drink wine or whatever it is,right, so I can't imagine there's a
Tammy who doesn't drink wine, butthere might be. And so you've got
all the other things there. Soreally, no matter what it is you
like to enjoy, it's going tobe there at Bell Grove Winefest. So
tell us about how to get tickets. Sure, so they're on sale now
(02:30):
and you just can go to ourwebsite Belle Grove dot org, b E
L L E g R O veedot org. You can stop by Belle
Grove and purchase some of the museumshop if you prefer. You can pop
into the Winchester County Visitor Center upon the edge of the Shenandoah University campus.
They only take castion checks, butthey've got tickets to sell as well,
(02:51):
so it's gonna be thirty dollars ifyou go ahead and get your ticket
before the day of the event,and that'll include your souvenir glass tastings from
all those places I mentioned, andan ability if you want to buy a
glass of something, a bottle ofsomething, even if you want to stock
up on a case. It'll giveyou all that access. We've got two
great bands, Mojo Mothership and Sonsof Liberty, both of awesome rock bands.
(03:15):
So much energy, a little bitof a bluesy funk going on with
both of them. You're going tolove it. It's bring your chair,
case, some relax in the shade, listen to some great music, and
we've got some great food trucks comingto and I love that. This is
Bellgrove Winefest, Saturday, August twentysix, starts at eleven am, goes
till six pm. Anything else we'veforgot to mention. Yeah, we've got
(03:36):
another fun thing going on during thewinefest. We also do chef demonstrations and
this year we're making a special emphasison historic recipes and food ways. And
this is part of a new eventthat they're having in Winchester, Frederick County
and Clark County called Hungry for History. It starts on August twenty six and
it goes through September fourth, Andwe've got a whole bunch of different oral
(04:00):
organizations, breweries, restaurants, allwith this focus on culinary history. So
our four chef demonstrations in the afternoonat Wine Festival all feature historic food.
Well, when you see historic food, like where in history are we talking?
Well, Bell Grove. We haveinformation from the Hype family about a
cookbook that they had, So wehave a wonderful volunteer who takes those recipes
(04:23):
brings them up to modern day andshe'll talk about that process. So we've
got a rice batter bread that she'sgoing to be producing. We've got someone
from the Wayside coming over and they'regoing to talk about what they do at
the Wayside in and how they tieinto history. And they're going to make
a Thomas Jefferson's bread pudding. Yeah, Chef Rachel Wood going to make a
classic recipe from an amazing African Americanchef Abbey Fisher. It's an eighteen eighty
(04:47):
one chicken gumbo. And then ChefBill Anderson from the Chef's Corner is going
to make he calls it Shendo achicken salad, and he's going to talk
about how in the eighteen hundreds thiswould have been how you would make food
like that, what would have beenavailable to you then, So step back
in history, we're in about food. That sounds really cool. I don't
think I've seen that anywhere before,and I really that's a very exciting.
(05:09):
All right, gang, you gottaget your tickets. It's the wine Fest
at Bell Grove Saturday, August twentysix, eleven till six pm. Thank
you so much. I'm so excitedabout this, Kristen. Can't wait to
get there and have some fun withyou. Yeah, thank you so much,
Chris, and everybody. Just checkout bell Grove dot org or find
us on Facebook. We've got allthe details here and it's fun for the
(05:29):
whole family. Well, I knowI'm gonna be there, and I hope
you will be. To get yourtickets right now again, Belle Grove Winefest,
Saturday, August twenty six, fromeleven till six. Tell your friends,
make your plans, and we'll seeyou out there. Thank you, Kristen,
Our friend Kristen lazes on the phonewith us, and you know what happens
when Kristen lays galls. There's aparty going on. Something funds happening.
Kristen is with Bell Grove and sotell us what's going on, Kristen.
Oh, we are so excited.We've got Winefest coming up on Saturday,
August twenty sixth, and we've gota great lineup of stuff for you guys.
Well, I tell you, Kristen, everybody who's ever been to Winefest
(00:21):
at Bell Grove knows how much funit is. An incredible afternoon of fun
with your friends. But you know, there are a lot of folks who
are new to Shenandoah Country, eitherthey've just moved in or their new listeners
have never been before. Can youtell us a little bit about it,
what it's like, and then we'lltalk about what's new this year? Sure.
So. Bell Grove is a historicsite in Middletown, Virginia, just
(00:42):
sauts of Winchester and Stephens City oneighty one, easy to get to and
we have a huge property, beautifulview the mass Nut Mountain historic home that
dates to seventeen ninety seven and anonprofit organization. We have to do fundraisers
to keep the doors open the lightson, but why not have a lot
of fun at the same time.So this is one of our most important
(01:03):
fundraisers of the year and we reallyuse it to highlight local businesses and agriculture.
I like this about you guys.When you have a fundraiser, you're
a fun fundraiser. So wine Festhas been going on for years. This
one again just to remind every one, Saturday, August twenty six, from
eleven till six. What is newthis year? Yeah, so we have
(01:23):
a lot of great things to taste. It's great to go out to a
winery in a weekend, but maybeyou want to just get a handle on
who you like and who you mightwant to spend more time with. We've
got eight great wineries from around theregion this year. A new thing is
we have actually three providers of mead, which is honey wine, and so
new folks to the area that havenever been to our event before got Ciderizo
(01:48):
is fun. So we've got twocideries. Winchester Brewerks is going to be
here just be you know, servingsome beer. You want to give a
taste They've got really interesting stuff ontap, always something creative, So if
you've got a beard drinker in yourgroup, they'll like it. And then
Copper Fox Distillery and Sperryville, whomakes Bell Grove seventeen ninety seven whiskey,
will also be there. I lovethis because you know how it is,
(02:08):
you got a group of people youwant to go, Well, Tammy doesn't
drink wine or whatever it is,right, so I can't imagine there's a
Tammy who doesn't drink wine, butthere might be. And so you've got
all the other things there. Soreally, no matter what it is you
like to enjoy, it's going tobe there at Bell Grove Winefest. So
tell us about how to get tickets. Sure, so they're on sale now
(02:30):
and you just can go to ourwebsite Belle Grove dot org, b E
L L E g R O veedot org. You can stop by Belle
Grove and purchase some of the museumshop if you prefer. You can pop
into the Winchester County Visitor Center upon the edge of the Shenandoah University campus.
They only take castion checks, butthey've got tickets to sell as well,
(02:51):
so it's gonna be thirty dollars ifyou go ahead and get your ticket
before the day of the event,and that'll include your souvenir glass tastings from
all those places I mentioned, andan ability if you want to buy a
glass of something, a bottle ofsomething, even if you want to stock
up on a case. It'll giveyou all that access. We've got two
great bands, Mojo Mothership and Sonsof Liberty, both of awesome rock bands.
(03:15):
So much energy, a little bitof a bluesy funk going on with
both of them. You're going tolove it. It's bring your chair,
case, some relax in the shade, listen to some great music, and
we've got some great food trucks comingto and I love that. This is
Bellgrove Winefest, Saturday, August twentysix, starts at eleven am, goes
till six pm. Anything else we'veforgot to mention. Yeah, we've got
(03:36):
another fun thing going on during thewinefest. We also do chef demonstrations and
this year we're making a special emphasison historic recipes and food ways. And
this is part of a new eventthat they're having in Winchester, Frederick County
and Clark County called Hungry for History. It starts on August twenty six and
it goes through September fourth, Andwe've got a whole bunch of different oral
(04:00):
organizations, breweries, restaurants, allwith this focus on culinary history. So
our four chef demonstrations in the afternoonat Wine Festival all feature historic food.
Well, when you see historic food, like where in history are we talking?
Well, Bell Grove. We haveinformation from the Hype family about a
cookbook that they had, So wehave a wonderful volunteer who takes those recipes
(04:23):
brings them up to modern day andshe'll talk about that process. So we've
got a rice batter bread that she'sgoing to be producing. We've got someone
from the Wayside coming over and they'regoing to talk about what they do at
the Wayside in and how they tieinto history. And they're going to make
a Thomas Jefferson's bread pudding. Yeah, Chef Rachel Wood going to make a
classic recipe from an amazing African Americanchef Abbey Fisher. It's an eighteen eighty
(04:47):
one chicken gumbo. And then ChefBill Anderson from the Chef's Corner is going
to make he calls it Shendo achicken salad, and he's going to talk
about how in the eighteen hundreds thiswould have been how you would make food
like that, what would have beenavailable to you then, So step back
in history, we're in about food. That sounds really cool. I don't
think I've seen that anywhere before,and I really that's a very exciting.
(05:09):
All right, gang, you gottaget your tickets. It's the wine Fest
at Bell Grove Saturday, August twentysix, eleven till six pm. Thank
you so much. I'm so excitedabout this, Kristen. Can't wait to
get there and have some fun withyou. Yeah, thank you so much,
Chris, and everybody. Just checkout bell Grove dot org or find
us on Facebook. We've got allthe details here and it's fun for the
(05:29):
whole family. Well, I knowI'm gonna be there, and I hope
you will be. To get yourtickets right now again, Belle Grove Winefest,
Saturday, August twenty six, fromeleven till six. Tell your friends,
make your plans, and we'll seeyou out there. Thank you, Kristen,
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