Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival 2024
Dates:
Friday, September 6, 5-8 PM: Premium Wine & Single-Barrel Bourbon Tasting
Saturday, September 7, Noon – 6 PM: Art, Wine & Spirits Festival
Location:
Garrett County Fairgrounds
270 Mosser Road, McHenry, MD 21541
Website: https://www.deepcreekwinefest.com/
Email: info@deepcreekwinefest.com
Tickets: https://www.deepcreekwinefest.com/tickets
Vendors: https://www.deepcreekwinefest.com/contact
Purpose of Festival:
The Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival is a benefit for HART for Animals. To learn more about HART, please click on the logo to visit our website. https://hartforanimals.org/
The perfect autumn weekend getaway in the mountains of Western Maryland in beautiful Deep Creek Lake, MD! The 20th annual Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival features beautifully handcrafted works by local and regional artisans, 200 regional, national, and international wines to taste, craft bourbon, whiskey, tequila, and more, our popular Football lounge to watch college football games and purchase beer on tap, a cigar bar, live entertainment, food, wine & spirits store, lodging packages and more, all set in the beautiful mountains of western Maryland. All proceeds benefit HART for Animals.
Friday Premium Wine & Private Label Bourbon Tasting: For those who are wine and bourbon connoisseurs, this is for you. Our selection of wines is hand-selected by experts from wineries around the world. Plus, two single-barrel bourbons created by distillers exclusively for the festival, with the bottles hand-signed by the distiller! Read more here!
Saturday Art, Wine & Spirits Festival: Now in its 20th year, the Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival has grown into one of the top festivals in the region! NEW! We’ve added spirits to the mix! Purchase a wine-tasting ticket, or a combo wine + spirits. Either way, you get the same experience you’ve always enjoyed – commemorative tasting glass, live entertainment, local and regional artisans, cigar bar, food, our ever-popular football lounge, and pure fun! Lots more to read here!
NEW! All adult tasting tickets include a coupon redeemable in the Wine & Spirits store! Plus specials each hour on selected wines and spirits!
Save when you buy your tickets in advance! Save more when you buy advance combo tickets for Friday and Saturday!
Pet Policy: Pets are not permitted at the Festival. We all love our pets and want them to be happy and relaxed. Remember, many rental homes through our lodging partners and Wisp Resort love dogs and are happy to accommodate them! PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PET IN YOUR VEHICLE! It’s not only dangerous, it’s against the law in Maryland!
Professional artists and craftsmen will display and sell their art, from handcrafted jewelry and wood carvings to oil paintings, and hand-painted furniture and accessories. Click here for a list of participating artists.
Artists
Professional artists and craftsmen will display and sell their art, from handcrafted jewelry and wood carvings to oil paintings, and hand-painted furniture and accessories. Click here for a list of participating artists.
Friday Night Premium Wine & Private Label Bourbon Tasting
More than 60 Premium Wines To Taste and Purchase!
For those who are wine and bourbon connoisseurs, this is for you. Our selection of wines is hand-selected by experts from wineries around the world. Plus, two single-barrel bourbons created by distillers exclusively for the festival, with the bottles hand-signed with your purchase by the distiller!
Many of the wines may not be available for sale in your area and you won’t find these private-label special-blend bourbons anywhere else BUT you can purchase them all in our on-premise store! Plus live entertainment by Heart 2 Heart and light hors d’ouerves provided by Firefly Farms. Your ticket includes a $25 coupon toward your store purchase!
Click here for Friday’s Premium Wine & Bourbon Listing
SATURDAY WINE & SPIRITS TASTING
39 Tables from over 40 Wineries! 60+ Craft Spirits!
Now in its 20th year, the Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival has grown into one of the top festivals in the region! NEW! We’ve added spirits to the mix! Purchase a wine-tasting ticket, or a combo wine + spirits. We’ve made it even more fun this year! Check it out:
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Over 200 National and International Wines
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60+ Craft spirits from award-winning distillers including tequila, vodka, bourbon, whiskey, moonshine, and more
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$15 coupon good for wine & spirits in the retail store
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10% 12 bottles or more PLUS hourly specials on selected wines and spirits
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Chilled wines for sale for picnicking with food from our vendors
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Commemorative tasting glass
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Live entertainment
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Ping Pong tables from Bon Jovi’s Hampton Water Rose Winery
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Cigar bar from the Stogie Co.
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Football lounge with beer on tap for sale from Mountain State Brewery
The unlimited wine-tasting ticket or the wine + spirits combo ticket (unlimited wine tasting/ 12 spirit-tasting tickets) includes a $15 coupon toward your store purchase!
Purchase the Friday Premium and Saturday ticket together and get $10 off the combo! You can purchase the Friday night ticket separately or with the Saturday event.
Wine & Spirits Store: Guests may purchase the Premium wines and private label barrel bourbon on Friday night and all wines and spirits at the festival’s retail store on Saturday (open until 7 PM), with net proceeds supporting HART.
Click here for Saturday’s Spirits listing
Click here for Saturday’s Wine listing
FOOD ARTISANS
Taste and purchase homemade products from local food artisans including Firefly Farms, Appalachian Honey, High Country Creamery, and more!
GUEST WINE & SPIRITS POURERS
Visitors who frequent the Deep Creek Lake area will have the opportunity to chat with locals who are elevated to a new status for the afternoon as they become the festival’s guest pourers. Want to be a guest pourer or volunteer for other positions? Please visit our volunteer page for more information!
FOOD
Delicious sandwiches, fries, cheeses, ice cream, salads and more will be available for sale throughout the day from the Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus, Cindy’s Fund, Lakeside Creamery, and more.
WINE & SPIRITS STORE
Guests may purchase the wines and spirits at the festival’s retail store (open until 7 PM), with net proceeds supporting HART.
ENTERTAINMENT
Enjoy live music from local and regional musicians throughout the afternoon!
FOOTBALL LOUNGE
Don’t miss the college game of the week in our football lounge! Enjoy a cold beer on tap for sale from Mountain State Brewing Company.
CIGAR BAR
The Stogie Co., a boutique line of cigars produced in Esteli, Nicaragua, is one of the few remaining factories making cigars with traditional Cuban triple caps. Enjoy these unique blends at the mobile cigar lounge, where you can purchase, sit and relax with a nice stogie.