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About 2000 people turned out to the Ascension vineyard last night despite the drizzling rain and congested peak hour traffic to watch Midnight Youth, Op Shop and Brooke Fraser perform. Families, fold out chairs, blankets, wine, and a little bit of down home with a sign on the fridge in the wine tent reading, "No staff in this fridge, there is temporarily 1/4 of a bull in here," made for a warm and welcoming family atmosphere. Unfortunately traffic meant we missed Midnight Youth but arrived at the beginning of OpShop's set with Jason Kerrison already holding the doting crowd in the palm of his hand with his Kiwi charm, offering to see them all afterwards for a beer. Despite some more unusual addresses like asking the "humans" in the audience to wave their hands in the air, people really do seem to think Kerrison is the man. NORTH EAST -- The Wine & Chocolate Weekend continues today with tastings at 21 area wineries. On the menu: chocolate hazelnut soup, chocolate whiskey ribs and Peanut Lovers' Dream Bars. Tickets are available at Penn Shore Vineyards, Sparkling Ponds Winery and Liberty Vineyards. They cost $35, or $20 for designated drivers. The event continues from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., with the same hours on Sunday. For more information, go to www.lakeeriewinecountry.org . CLEARFIELD – The largest indoor wine festival is coming back to Clearfield. The Groundhog Wine Trail Festival will be held Saturday at the Clearfield County Fair Grounds. The festival will be host to Deer Creek Winery, Elk Mountain Winery, Allegheny Cellars Winery, Evergreen Valley Vineyards, Flickerwood Wine Cellars, Foxburg Wine Cellars, Laurel Mountain Winery, Oak Spring Winery, Starr Hill Vineyard and Winery, Windgate Vineyards and Winery and the Winery at Wilcox. Two sessions will be held from 1:00- 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Expo 1 building. (LEXINGTON, Okla. – January 31, 2011) Many Oklahoma wineries andvineyards have joined together creating the Oklahoma Grape IndustryCouncil (OGIC). The OGIC is centered around statewide local groups, which haveexisted for years and focus primarily on viticulture – the growingof quality wine grapes. Gene Clifton of Canadian River Vineyards and Winery, who has beeninvolved in the industry since the mid-70s, will be the interimhead of the organization as it is formed. Virginia wineries could see some tax relief when they plant new vines or add barrels under a proposal making its way through the House of Delegates. Earlier this week, the full Senate passed a bill that would grant a 25-percent tax credit on any new capital investment to start or expand a winery or vineyard. The tax credit would be capped at $250,000. The House bill mirrors the Senate version and will go to the full House for consideration in the next few days.
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