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2nd Saturday in September----"Grape Stomp Festival" ----3pm-7pm

This is probably our best time at Meinhardt Vineyards, because the fruit is here and now the rush is on to get it from the vineyard to the tanks. So many people are interested in how we get the juice from the grapes, but the truth is it's all done by machinery these days. However, there was a time when it had to be done by hiring hundreds of women to, literally, stomp the juice from the grapes with their bare feet. I t is thought the reason women were preferred was largely due to the condition of their feet. Since most men during this period worked some type of labor intensive job that their feet wouldn't be as clean nor as soft, therefore taking more "care" of the process. All of that is said to say that we want to give everyone the chance to experience some tradition so we will have plenty of fresh grapes for adults and kids alike to get in and stomp around. After your stomp you will place your feet on your very own mat to take your purple foot impression so you'll never forget the day you stomped grapes for the first time. In addition to your souvenir mat you can return to the winery to purchase wine made from the days celebration.