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The Naples Grape Festival is an annual
festival
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in
Naples
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,
New York
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, United States, dedicated to
grape
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The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years ago, ...
s. The town of Naples is in the center of
Finger Lakes American Viticultural Area (AVA), a region known for grape-growing and wine making in the
Finger Lakes
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area of
Upstate New York
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. Around 80,000 people attend the festival each year.
The festival, which has been held since 1961, includes arts and crafts vendors, a
wine-tasting
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tent, food, live music,
and a
grape pie contest. One festival casualty was in 2020, when the
COVID-19 pandemic
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caused it to be cancelled.
Other grape festivals
Grape festivals elsewhere include the
Turpan Silk Road Grape Festival in
Turpan
Turpan (also known as Turfan or Tulufan, , ug, تۇرپان) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an area of and a population of 632,000 (2015).
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The original name of the cit ...
,
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
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,
China
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and the
Lodi Grape Festival and Harvest Fair in
Lodi, California
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.
See also
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Boston wine festival
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Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival
The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival is an annual five-day event in Miami Beach, Lincoln Road, typically in mid-February. The event showcases wine, spirits, chefs, and culinary personalities. The five-day event consi ...
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Tallahassee Wine and Food Festival
The Tallahassee Wine and Food Festival is an annual two-day Charitable cause, charitable event held in November in Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, United States which began in 1995.
Non-profit affiliations
The TWFF benefits the March ...
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San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival
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Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival
The Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival is held annually, the first weekend of June at Lake Skinner Recreation Area in the Temecula Valley AVA of Southern California. The event features morning balloon launches, evening balloon glows, win ...
References
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Festivals in New York (state)
Food and drink festivals in the United States
Tourist attractions in Ontario County, New York
Fruit festivals
Wine festivals in the United States
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