Festival Fun
Festival Contests
The Old Garlicky Guest Book.
Paula Troyer, Lynchburg, VA 8/27/2004 This is one of the highlights of Fall.. My family makes plans about a month ahead as so we all can go. Every year we bring familys that haven't been and they are hooked by the end of the weekend.
Barrett Weiser, USA 8/26/2004 Can we order shirts from the previous festivals?
From Festival Headquarters: You can call the winery at 434.946.5168 and Katie will search the shelves and see if they have your size for what ever year you are wanting.
Kimberly White, Pamplin, VA 8/26/2004 Please mail me an informational flyer! From Festival Headquarters: A FOG (Friends of Garlic) newsletter will be on its way to you next week!
Lisa T. Gaskins, New Bern, NC 8/25/2004 Looking forward to this year's festival...coming up with some special friends and hope to make new special friends. Great website too!! Thanks.
Donna Wilson, Forest, VA 8/24/2004 it was my first time at the festival and I had a wonderful time
Catherine D. Epperly, Madison Heights, VA
8/23/2004 Please change my address in your records, so I'll receive an order form for tickets! I haven't missed a year in,,,,well, years!!!!!! This address is the new one. Thank you and see you in October!
Wendy Byrd, Elizabethton, VA 08/14/2004 This was our first opportunity to attend
a garlic festival. We LOVED it!!! We absolutely adore garlic & found everything
there delightful & sensational. We purchased t-
Betty Smith, Newport News, VA 08/05/2004 Is this handicap accessible. From
Festival Headquarters: The festival is considered Handicap Accessible. The gravel
can be a little tricky. Port-
J Morris, Charlottesville, VA 08/05/2004 can't wait
Eleanore Vellines, Reva, PA 08/01/2004 Please add me to both your mailing lists
(snail mail as well as e-
Jack Kuhn, Coatesville, PA 07/17/2004 Had a great time last year, looking forward to 04. Will Mad Maggie's Farm be back.
From Festival Headquarters: Mad Maggie's will be back!!!!
Lynn Bairden, Glasgow, UK 07/10/2004 I saw the name Pat & Monroe Bairdon, unusual name, r u related? 1.bairden@ntlworld.com
Janet Staats, Wilmington, DE 06/13/2004 Please send us information concerning the Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival. We would like to come this year, 2004. Thanks, Janet
Rene Cauldwell, Portsmouth, VA 06/10/2004 We had a Great Time visiting the Garlic and Wine Festival last year & can't wait to come back this year!!!!! Tim, Rene, Pam, David, Beth, & David
Evans Kwame Yeboah, Ghana 06/08/2004 I am international young student who want to attend your festival. Please what should I do before I can get the visa. From Festival Headquarters: Check with your local government. They should be able to help you. If you can't make it this year, check the web site for updates from the 2004 festival in 2005.
Jennifer & Jeff Sebastian, Falls Church, VA 06/01/2004 We can't wait until October! We've heard only good things about this weekend.
Kristin & Chris Baker, Springfield, VA 06/01/2004 We are looking forward to spending our first weekend at the Wine & Garlic Festival!
Marna Bales, Chesterfield, VA 01/02/2004 I am very interested in performing with
my band, Tha Marna Bales Band, at the 2004 festival. Please email back an address
& contact person so I can send you a promo package of the band for your review.
Thank you -
David & Heidi Reynolds, Rustburg, VA 11/04/2003 The festival was great. We appreciated being able to learn more about wine & tasting. The vendors were a wonderful experience & I can't wait until next year. Definitely worth the money!
Joe & Vicki Esposito, Bedford, VA 10/26/2003 Great again this year -
Bonnie D. Dickson, Roanoke, VA 10/13/2003 My first Garlic Festival-
Karen Talley, Richmond, VA 10/13/2003 Well, once again you've outdone yourselves for a weekend that just can't be missed! I'm already planning for next year. Please send the dates once confirmed. Thank you! Karen
Vicki White, White Stone, VA 10/09/2003 Always a wonderful time!
Suzi Fitzgerald, Scottsville, VA 10/07/2003 Everything about this festival comes up smelling like roses... actually, its garlic. A most enjoyable time is had by all! This year will most likely be the best ~ as the excellence and quality of the festival matures each year. Keep up the good work. Smell you soon! Suzi
Tony C., ? 10/02/2003 Hi, I am planning to attend the Garlic Festival again this
year and will be bringing my wife. This year I have an addition I'd like to bring,
my 15 month old baby daughter (Grace) will be attending her 1st Garlic Fest. My question
is this -
From Festival Headquarters: Of course not! All Garlic Babies under the age of 2 get in FREE! We guess being a couple of months old would have been a little too young for Grace to attend the 2002 festival! Doubt Mom would have felt up to it either. We're happy you are all going to get here this year.
Jean Timberlake, Mechanicsville, VA 9/26/2003 First time visitor -
Bonnie Toth, Appomattox, VA 9/23/2003 This will be our fourth year and we're counting the days! Our friends from NJ make a special trip just for the Garlic Festival, too! You keep getting better and better.
Phil Renfroe, Fincastle, VA 9/23/2003 I've only missed one festival and that was last year. It seems like years now. I'm looking forward to my return trip. Thanks for hosting a grand festival in the heart of Virginia.
Deborah Moore, Danville, VA 9/9/2003 This will be my first time coming to the festival, I have heard great things about this festival and am looking forward to being there.
Barbara Gabriele Bell, Wirtz, VA 9/8/2003 Loved the Festival in 2002 and coming back this year.
Lisa Crisman, Highland Springs, VA 9/6/2003 This is an address change. Looking forward to the 2003 Festival!
Rosie Kavras, Wheaton, MD 9/3/2003 I LOVE GARLIC AND WINE!
Dave & Pat Burton, Bronx, NY 8/31/2003 We accidentally discovered the Festival in its second year and haven't missed one since. Well worth the trip from The Bronx by way of Buckingham County.
Martha Brizendine, Nathalie, VA 8/30/2003 It's always a great time at the Garlic Festival!! It's worth the smell the next day!!
Ginger Moreno, Ranchos Palos Verdes 8/23/2003 Could you e-
Marnie McLaren, Charlottesville, VA 8/22/2003 My friends and family have been going for years and look forward to the festival every year! We LOVE to reak of the garlic festival.
Joe & Suzanne Alvarez, LakeRidge, VA 8/12/2003 Perhaps the best Virginia wine we've ever tasted, love the annual garlic festival as well.
Jerry Clancy, Midlothian, VA 8/8/2003 Hope to see you there!
Tom Kerby, Glen Allen, VA 8/4/2003 Great event! You are on our list at http://www.VABEST.com!
Linda DeRose-
Ann Kurtz, Virginia Beach, VA 7/17/2003 Will be my first....can't wait!
David Throckmorton, Halifax, VA 7/9/2003 sorry for the 2nd entry but my sister put her zip on the form instead of mine!!!!!!
David Throckmorton, Halifax, VA 7/9/2003 I LIVE 2 DOORS DOWN FROM THE 1ST GARLIC QUEEN AND MY MOTHER LIVES NEXT DOOR TO HER!!!! LAST YR WAS MY 1ST TIME AT THE FESTIVAL AND IT WAS GREAT!
Jessica Baldwin, Lynchburg, VA 6/21/2003 i love the taste of your wines. i also love going to the wine tasting at the Garlic Festival.
Michael Fleshman, Virginia Beach, VA 5/10/2003 I'm looking forward to your wine festival this year. I love wine and garlic.... What a combination.
Pat Marks, Ivor, VA 12/3/2002 I've helped a friend with his food booth at the festival for several years and love the atmosphere!
Karen Summers, Amherst County, VA. 10/13/2002 My daughter and I attended the garlic festival on Saturday, Oct. 12th. It is an amazing event, but I was shocked at the cost of $15 per person (for even her!). Also, the lines are getting way too long. I felt sorry for the people waiting to wine test. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you continue to charge the high cost to get in, you should make it worth it by being more organized inside the "gates." Thanks. From Festival Headquarters: Thanks for the input Karen. As the festival grows, we work to fine tune with each passing year.
Deb and Ron, Tampa Florida 10/12/2002 If announcements are made on Sunday ~ is it possible to send a ""hello"" to my cousin's, the Epperley's, from Rustburg, Va.? They look so forward to this celebration each year and I had hoped to join them!! Hopefully, I will see you next year. The Clarks in Tampa Florida
KEJ, Richmond 10/10/2002 looking forward to a great time
Julia Jolinski, Nelson County, Va. 10/09/2002 Hi everyone. I have been a vender at the Garlic Festival for more than 7 years. I love it so much and so does my daughter. She flies each year from Tampa Florida just to help me and taste the wines. hope to see you all. Julia Jolinski
Kathy Craft, Orange, Virginia 10/01/2002 I went to the Garlic Festival for the first time last year. My friends and I had a blast!!! So much to see, do and hear. I am hoping to make it this year. I will definitely listen to the weather first. Last year I burnt up with my long pants on!!!! Haha!
Teresa & Bob Williams, Chesapeake, VA 09/20/2002 First time we went was 2000 and LOVED it! We will be camping at Sherando Lake that weekend and our tickets arrived in the mail yesterday. We love garlic and wine and food and fun and are happily looking forward to a GREAT TIME:o) See you all there!
Wilson, Las Vegas NV 09/17/2002 Fort Defiance High School is having their 15th year Class Reunion that weekend and a Classmate of mine told me she was planning on coming to the Festival after the festivities. Well she convinced me to come to so looking forward to sampling some fine wine. Thanks to Sharon.
Katharine McDill~Wells, Huntsville, Alabama 09/07/2002 I discovered the Garlic
Festival in 1993 while attending Sweet Briar College. After graduation, my friends
and I still make it an annual event to pack up our families and drive to Virginia
every second weekend of October. When I walk through those gates, I immediately feel
at home among the vines and bulbs. Thank you for so many years; see you in a few
weeks!! From Festival Headquarters: Hey Katie, about the Woodland Stage, we don't
have your email. Next best thing we could do was posting here. Call Robin at 434-
Wayne Moyer, Norge, VA 09/07/2002 Will there be a demo on how to braid garlic? I try, and try, but my braids are disasters. Also, will you have a discussion of garlic culture? When to plant, fertilizer, diseases and insects, harvesting, curing, etc. I know we are supposed to BUY garlic but some gardeners just want to have a row of our own. See you at the festival.
From Festival Headquarters: Go to any of the growers. They love to share. Or be ready to find your seat at the Round Table, Sat & Sun.
fjclem, raleigh, nc 09/07/2002 I'm thinking of going to the festival this year with a group of about 10 people and we are looking to camp out within say 20 minutes of the festival. Any suggestions?
From Festival Headquarters: There's plenty of camping. Mt. Pleasant has 7,580 acres alone. There must be a spot within where you and your friends can roll out your bags.
Dave, Richmond 08/28/2002 I can't wait for this years Garlic Festival. I had the
best time. I hope I run into some of the same people as last year. -
Brenda/Donald, Tallahassee, FL 08/04/2002 My husband and I would like to attend
the festival. We will be on vacation in Fredericksburg with the week of Oct 7 or
Oct 14. How much out of our way would it be to either stop on the way up or on the
way home. I could not located on the Virginia map. Probably my inability to read
maps, LOL. Anyone with information please e-
Roger Dalton, Roanoke County 7/22/02 This will by our first visit to the wine & garlic festival and we are looking forward to it. We are confirmed garlic & wine lovers.
Ashton C. :) ,Rustburg, Va (best place to go to school! GO DEVILS!!!) 7/21/2002 hey! My mom and I have worked at the festival every year since it started! The festival just keeps getting better and better.. especially now that I participate in the jr. Garlic Queen contest. I always tell people about the festival so this year..more people will be coming because of me..:) any ways...to those of you readin this and are coming this year....VOTE FOR ASHTON FOR JR. GARLIC QUEEN! I already have planned what I'm doing..I'm singing for the very first year..and it's a song that everyone knows..and is very appropriate for the winery...lets just say I've heard the song through the grapevine...:) come and listen to find out more about my song! See ya there!
Wrenn, Richmond 07/03/2002 My kids, 2 and 4 attended last year and keep asking when we are going back. They especially loved the pickeled garlic and the raw garlic with cheese. I can't wait to buy all the garlic my trunk will hold. The fresh garlic is exponentially better than the grocery store.
Lynn, Newark DE 06/12/2002 My husband and I come to Amherst every fall to visit his aunt and attend the Garlic Festival. We look forward to our pilgrimage again this year.
06/09/2002 I enjoyed the festival years ago with children in tow, counting the pennies to get in. Now we have a tent. The festival was fun as a guest and is as a crafter! It's really fun now, meeting one festival guest after another at our booth. Eating the food!!!!
Diane Buerkle 10/21/2001 Ah, Garlic! ...the breath of life! I attended the first
annual and absolutely loved the whole idea! Since then I have moved from Blue Ridge
VA to Charlotte NC. I've returned to the festival several times over the years with
friends and relatives (from Upstate NY). Always get an ample dose of fresh garlic,
a good bottle of wine and, of course, the wine glass and t-
Elizabeth, Walter and Ethan, Staunton, Virginia 10/10/2001 I have heard so much about this event. We are looking forward to the event and coming home stinkin'!!
Wayne & Gayle, Charlottesville VA. 09/27/2001 The only event that 'really stinks' means a great time. Only missed one year so far.
Katharine McDill~Wells 09/26/2001 Hey! I went to Sweet Briar College and have probably
attended nine Garlic Festivals. Driving to Virginia for the festival is my favorite
part of the year. Thank you for providing people with such a peaceful, art-
Sandra Napier-
JB AB & DB, Midlothian,VA. 09/09/01 We have made the Garlic Festival in 1996, 1997 & 1999. Unfortunately, conflict of schedule didn't get us there last year. Only an Act of God will keep us away this year. Looking forward to it.
Debbie, Lew & Britt Love 09/05/01 We've gone to the fest for several years...each year we take folks with us. This will be our biggest year yet! Folks keep asking us about it! Looks like we'll carry a record number with us this year! We love the food, the music, & all the fun.
Stu & MM Gardiner-
Melody, VA 08/01/01 I came to the Garlic Festival several years ago. It was very crowded when I got there. I'll try again this year. The photos clued me in...get there early!
Natalie and Steve Foster Cornerstone Farm Reidsville N.C. 07/25/01 Wow Like your web site! My husband and I sold garlic, garlic powder and other items in 2000. We had a great time! We are already getting ready for this year.