GRAPE STOMPING
FREE all weekend at the Italian Lights Festival
Grape Stomping at the Italian Lights Festival! Your chance to experience a part of the winemaking process used in Italy for hundreds of years. Several of our grape stomping events have categories for children – they can participate too! See what it’s like to make grape juice or wine! Of course, no one drinks the products made from these events – but the process we use is the same one vineyards do. A fun way to learn how wine was made before mechanization and how the time honored tradition became an important annual ritual for wine lovers worldwide.
Grape stomping is FREE all weekend at the festival – or enter our Grape Stomping Competition and show off your skills for a prize!
All participants must complete a simple waiver before stomping. To save time, you can print the waiver at home and fill it out in advance. Download the Grape Stomping Waiver here (PDF).
FREE GRAPE STOMPING
FRIDAY
ALL DAY FROM 3PM TO 7PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
ALL DAY FROM 10AM TO 7PM
MONDAY
ALL DAY FROM 11AM TO 4PM
Annual GRAPE STOMPING COMPETITIONS:
KIDS “Little Stompers” (Age 12 & Under)
$12 per Team
ADULTS “Big Stompers” (Age 13 & Up)
$20 per Team
FRIDAY COMPETITIONS:
Kids – 4pm
Adults – 6pm
SATURDAY COMPETITIONS:
Kids – 12pm and 4pm
Adults – 2pm and 6pm
SUNDAY COMPETITIONS:
Kids – 12pm and 4pm
Adults – 2pm and 6pm
MONDAY COMPETITIONS:
Kids – 12pm
Adults – 4pm
PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS!
ADULT COMPETITIONS – $100 PRIZE
KIDS COMPETITIONS – $25 PRIZE
STOMPING PROCESS:
Register team at registration table or register online (click here)
Please arrive 10 minutes before scheduled time
Sign & complete simple Waiver prior to competition. Download and print the Grape Stomping Waiver here.
Grape Stomping footprint T-shirt will be prepared
Stomping of grapes and removal of juice
Footprints will be applied to T-shirt
Stomping (Footprint) T-shirt can be claimed at Merchandise Booth
COMPETITION RULES & PRIZES
Two members per team (one stomper and one helper to collect the juice)
20 lbs of grapes per team – 2 minutes to stomp, additional 1 min to remove juice
Any style of stomping is acceptable
FREE Grape Stomping T-shirt for one team member after competition
Cash Prizes for winners in each competition for most juice stomped & collected ($100 for Adult team, $25 for Kids team)
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