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Food, wine festival needs
volunteers
By Russ Brickey
Staff
Writer
Believe it or not, Purdue University is part of
wine country. And now the wine industry is looking for Purdue volunteers
to help it grow.
Sally Linton, the marketing director of the Indiana
Wine and Grape Council located at Purdue, is looking for 200 student
volunteers to work the booths at the upcoming "Vintage Indiana Wine
and Food Festival" to be held in downtown Indianapolis on June 9.
The festival will include Indiana wineries, entertainment
and food booths.
Volunteers are needed for the "Educational tent,"
showcasing food and wine tasting; the childcare center "Kids zone,"
complete with clowns and "bounce houses," and "The Entertainment Stage."
Volunteers working for the stage will get the chance to work with local
bands "Dog Talk," "Push Down In Turn," and singer Jenny Devoe.
Those volunteers over age 21 can help in individual
wine tasting or work with wineries organizing their booths.
Last year's festival attracted 5,000 people, which
was double the anticipated amount, and garnered Linton a VISTA award
for her development of the event.
"I was shocked," said Linton, who did not know
she had been given the award until she attended an association luncheon.
The award, presented by the Indiana Department
of Commerce's Tourism and Film Development Division, is given annually
to professionals who have made an outstanding impact on the state's
tourism industry.
"We are definitely an up-and-coming wine state,"
Linton said, "(Indiana) has a really long history of wine making, but
during the prohibition (the wine industry) died off. Since the founding
of the (Indiana Wine Council) we've gone from nine to 24 wineries."
Indiana was once a major wine producing state.
In fact, the nation's first successful commercial vineyard was planted
in southeastern Indiana in 1802.
Linton is a member of a team of Purdue researchers
and wine experts who develop new techniques for wine production and
promote wine commerce within the state. The laboratory, located in the
Food Sciences Building, is a state of the art facility that instructs
local wineries in up-to-date wine making techniques. This year the laboratory
produced 80 different prototype wines.
"I see myself as representing the industry as a
whole," said Linton of her jobs as Marketing Director and festival organizer,
"whether they're super huge or small."
Anyone interested in working at the festival should
e-mail Linton at lintons@foodsci.purdue.edu. Tickets for the event can
be purchased at Marsh Supermarkets and participating Indiana Wineries
for $12 in advance or $8 for "designated driver" tickets.
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