"In the year 1798,
a Frenchman from
Switzerland by the name of
John James Dufour, came to Jessamine County to
start
the first commercial
wine vineyard
in
the
United States."
From the Grape Growers Barbeque on Thursday to the Kentucky Wine Country Tours on Friday and the Kentucky Wine Tent and the International & Domestics Wine Tent and the “Cooking with Wine” demonstrations by renowned local chefs during the exciting day long festivities on Saturday, the 2008 Kentucky Wine & Vine Fest offers an exciting and fun “taste of the good life” like no other!
