Nelson's Neighborhood

Celebrating a decade of purple feet, Lucy look-a-likes and a stomping good time, Irvin~House Vineyards invites the public to join in the yearly harvest and stomping of the grapes at the 10th Annual Grape Stomping Festival on Saturday, August 24 from 12:00 p.m. until 5 p.m. Admission is only $10.00 per car. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Frierson Elementary School and Lowcountry Local First .  Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or a blanket to picnic on the expansive lawn, but no coolers please .  Along with live music from Bret Mosley and Guilt Ridden Troubadour, local craft vendors and food trucks will be on site. Kids will be entertained with a jump castle, face painting, and hula hoops for the little stompers. Food vendors include Farm on Fire, Home Team BBQ, Lowcountry Creole, Stono Cafe, Tomato Shed Cafe, Dulce Desserts and King of Pops.  Tastings in the Firefly Vodka distillery and Irvin~House Vineyard winery ar...

This Saturday, people from around the Lowcounty will descend upon Charleston's Only Winery and Vineyard, Irvin House Vineyards for the 9th Annual Grape Stomping Festival. I will be emceeing this annual party and this year have asked my old co-host and Ohio State Buckeye Alumnus, Meteorologist Dave WIlliams to join me. He's never emceed this event before - so I will make sure he's up there having a blast. Me (Left) with Tre Vaughn Dais, Craig Diehl of Cypress & my former co-host Dave Williams  Never been to the Grape Stomp? You better come to this one! The weather is supposed to be around 86 with a 10% chance of rain. We couldn't ask for better weather. Also a portion of the proceeds benefit one of my favorite nonprofits that I am a member of, Lowcountry Local First. Here's all the details: Time to get down and dirty with native muscadine grapes at the Irvin~House Vineyards’ Ninth Annual Grape Stomping Festival on Saturday, August 25, 201...