SLIDE SHOW: RailPark hosts 7th annual BG Wine Fest
Published 2:56 pm Saturday, July 12, 2025
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Visitors sample local wines during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Visitors chat as they sample local wines during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Bluegrass Vineyards owner Jessica Rogers’ wine glass earrings swing back and forth as she pours a glass of wine for a customer during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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A glass of Ghost Fox Winery wine is poured for a customer during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Deserea Huff, one of the owners of Traveler’s Cellar Winery, pours a glass of wine for a customer during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Visitors sample the wines at the 1922 House Vineyards and Winery booth during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Customers smell and taste samples of Waters Edge Winery wines during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Jacob Riggan, head winemaker and co-owner of J&H Farm and Winery with his wife Heather, hands a customer a sample of one of his wines during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Customers sample wines under a party tent as they listen to live music during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Customers sample wines and shop at vendors’ booths during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Customers sample Purple Toad Distillery Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, as well as wine, during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Jacob Riggan, head winemaker and co-owner of J&H Farm and Winery with his wife Heather, pours a glass of wine for a customer to sample during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Customers sample wines from the Bluegrass Vineyards booth during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Samples of wine are poured for customers at the Waters Edge Winery booth during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Customers receive samples of wines at the Chenault Vineyards booth during the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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Over 100 visitors attended the seventh annual BG Wine Fest at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum on Saturday, July 12, 2025, to sample wines from dozens of area vineyards, wineries and distilleries. The festival, which is a joint fundraiser to support the RailPark and the Kentucky Wineries Association, featured wine sampling, live music, food trucks and vendors.
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