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On Saturday, December 13, join over a dozen local wine makers and six different Finger Lakes cheese makers at The Space @ GreenStar. Tickets will run $30 for general admission which includes a commemorative wine glass and unlimited tastings of wine and cheese. VIP tickets will be on sale for $45 and will include 30 minutes early bird entry and a food and wine pairing demonstration by Laura Winter Falk, local author of the book “The Culinary History of the Finger Lakes” and a book signing. Tasting times will run from 12pm-2pm or 3pm-5pm.

For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit www.IthacaWineFest.com. To stay up to date on the wineries and cheese makers that will be present, check out our Facebook page at www.FaceBook.com/ithacawine

This event is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Tompkins County Tourism Program and the Downtown Ithaca Alliance. All proceeds will benefit Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

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