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.

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!

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.

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. 

Friday Night Premium Wine & Single Barrel Tasting

More than 60 Premium Wines To Taste and Purchase!

For those who are wine and spirit connoisseurs, this is for you. Our selection of wines is hand-selected by experts from wineries around the world. Plus, two single-barrel spirits 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 spirits 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!

SATURDAY WINE & SPIRITS TASTING

Now in its 21st year, the Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival has grown into one of the top festivals in the region! Purchase a wine-tasting ticket, or a combo wine + spirits. We’ve made it even more fun this year! Check it out:

• Over 200 National and International Wines

• 60+ Craft spirits from award-winning distillers including tequila, vodka, bourbon, whiskey, moonshine, and more

• $15 coupon good for wine & spirits in the retail store

• 10% 12 bottles or more

• Chilled wines for sale for picnicking with food from our vendors

• Commemorative tasting glass

• Live entertainment

• Cigar bar from the Stogie Co.

• 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 single 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.

FOOD ARTISANS

Taste and purchase homemade products from local food artisans including Firefly Farms, Appalachian Honey, High Country Creamery, and more!

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.

ENTERTAINMENT

Enjoy live music from local and regional musicians throughout the afternoon!

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.