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Tickets Are on Sale Now

$50 General Admission
$120 Connoisseurs Area
(317)715-2009
You can also buy your tickets at these locations:
Kahn's Fine Wine & Spirits
2342 W 86th St. 5341 N Keystone Ave. 25 N Pennsylvania St.
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Wine Facts
- The origins of Indiana wine can be traced to John Dufour, who came to America in 1796.
- Wine is fat free and contains no cholesterol. A 4-ounce glass of table wine has about 80-100 calories.
- Indiana has 35 wineries attracting a combined 900,000 visitors each year.
- Thomas Jefferson helped stock the wine cellars of the first five U.S. presidents.
- Rose bushes are often planted at the end of a row of grape vines to act as an early warning signal for infestation by diseases and insects like aphids.
- Wine contains considerable amounts of vitamins a, b & c.
- The Mesopotamians were credited with producing the first wines in 6000 B.C.
- A bottle of champagne has approximately 50 million bubbles.
- Putting ice and kosher salt in a bucket will chill white wine & champagne faster.
- Wine is fat free and contains no cholesterol. A bottle of wine contains approximately 500 calories.
- It takes about 2 1/2 pounds of grapes to make a bottle of wine.
- There is no known human pathogen (germ that produces disease) that can live in wine.
- Wine contains all 13 essential minerals – Ca, P, Mg, Na, K, Cl, S, Fe, Mn, Zn, I, Co, Cu.
About
Join WFYI Public Media at the Ice Miller Indy Wine Fest for a memorable evening of fine wine tasting, stimulating conversation and entertaining festivities at one of Indianapolis’ premier historic destinations – the Indiana Roof Ballroom. This year’s festival will showcase a prestigious selection of international, national and Indiana vintages. General admission tickets are $50 per person. The festival also boasts an exclusive Connoisseurs Area, where for $120 per ticket, wine enthusiasts will have additional balcony access to enjoy specialty wines and foods only available in the Connoisseurs Area.
Proceeds from the event will benefit WFYI Public Media’s programs and lifelong learning services.
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For Wine Fest sponsorship information, contact Jennifer Jones at (317) 614-0423, or jjones@wfyi.org.
The following wineries and distributors are pouring at this year’s Ice Miller Indy Wine Fest, hosted by WFYI. Additional participants are still being added, so check back often for updates.
- Butler Winery
- Chateau Thomas
- Crossroad Vintners
- Easley Winery
- Free Market Wine Group
- Graybull Organic Wines
- Huber's Orchard & Winery
- InVie Wine Group
- Manolo's Wines
- Monarch Beverage
- Olinger Distributing Company
- Oliver Winery
- St. James Winery
- Turtle Run Winery
- Vinture Wine Group
- Republic National Distributing Company
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