Enjoy Red Wine, White Wine, and the Blue Ridge Mountains! “Wine down” and celebrate America with the backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains for our “Fun on the (3rd and) Fourth” Party! Enjoy wine, music, picnics and fun at Wintergreen Winery on Friday, July 3rd from 2pm until 7pm and Saturday, July 4th from 12pm until 7pm. Sip wine, listen to live music, shop, enjoy a picnic by the river, soak in the scenery and relax in a setting perfect for kicking back. Plan to stay a while and take in the scenery with a picnic outdoors and enjoy live music from 12pm until 7pm. ADMISSION FEE: $5 (FRI) and $7 (SAT) or $10 (FRI & SAT) admission per adult…18 and under free! The admission fee includes the wine tasting, live music, a souvenir wine glass, use of the winery grounds and riverside picnic areas plus wine and gift shop specials. The event will be held rain or shine. Light picnic fare will be available for purchase to enjoy at the scenic picnic area on the banks of the Rockfish River. Picnic tables first come, first serve. NOTE: NO ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED ON OUR WINERY GROUNDS EXCEPT WINTERGREEN WINERY WINES!
Winery Tasting Room Open from 10am – 11:30am for regular business.

FRIDAY’S MUSICAL GUESTS: THE ROGAN BROTHERS “Rock Roll Soul” from 3pm until 7pm

SATURDAY’S MUSICAL GUESTS: 12-2pm HoboNojac (Hojo without Jacob) “folk/rock/country”, 2:15-4:15pm THE MISSISSIPPI LEG HOUND “foot stompin’ bluegrass”, 4:30-7pm THE MOON RATS “hip blue-country-rock-grass”

Event Date: Friday 3rd of July 2009 02:00 PM

Location/Address: 462 Winery Lane (off Route 664 – Beech Grove Road)

Contact Telephone Please call 434.361.2519 for more information

This post was submitted by Wintergreen Winery.

Photo By Ann Strober : ©2009 NCL Magazine : Afternoon thunderstorms off in the distance near Nellysford, Virginia

Nelson County, Virginia
After some pretty potent thunderstorms with impressive downpours Wednesday evening, the next couple of days look pretty good with minimal chances for thunderstorms late in the day. By the 4th of July Saturday, chances for widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are in the forecast, but most areas will remain dry.

Temperatures over the upcoming holiday weekend will generally be in the mid to upper 80’s valley with temps around the 80 degree mark on the mountains. Each afternoon has roughly a 30% chance for a scattered afternoon storm, but overall the weekend looks very nice!

Complete details over in Tommy’s Audio Weather along with another really neat weather photo from Roseland!

©2007-2009 NCL Magazine : A youngster and his mom enjoy the annual 4th of July Parade from a previous year.

Lovingston
Nelson County, Virginia
As the Independence Day weekend rolls around, preparations are underway for the annual 4th of July Parade in Lovingston, this Saturday at 11:00 AM. This year’s theme is The Declaration of Independence. The 2009 Parade Grand Marshall is Ray Uttaro, Emergency Services Coordinator for Nelson County.

Many different entires will be included in this year's parade that kicks of at 11AM on Saturday.

The parade committee has a website setup for this year’s event. You can get more detailed information by going over to: http://nelsonparade.blogspot.com/

Looks like right now the weather should cooperate, with only a chance for afternoon thunderstorms late in the day!

See you there!

Join us at the winery for our annual Independence Day Celebration, featuring the release of new wines and musical intertainment by Paper Mountain from 1-4pm. www.myspace.com/papermountainmusic

Event Date: Saturday 4th of July 2009 10:00 AM

Location/Address: 234 Vineyard Lane Afton VA 22920

Contact Telephone Please call 5404568667 for more information

This post was submitted by Brian Goff.