Another new addition to the festival is home tours of the historic Boydville estate. A limited number of tours will be available in the afternoon both days of the event for $5.
Tours are scheduled at 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. and are available on a first-come, first-served basis, Sherwood says.
Festival goers will be able to meander the 13 acres of grounds surrounding the south-Martinsburg property. Artisans will be set up on the lawn and art demonstrations also are planned, Sherwood says.
Microbrew or "craft brew" beers return to the festival.
Several West Virginia vintners will be pouring samples of their wines. A wine glass and wine samples are included in the price of admission.
"You come in and you get a nice wine glass. You take your glass around to the different vintners and they give you a taste," Sherwood explains. "You take your bottle and a wine glass and you go to a grassy area out under a group of trees and share your bottle with a group of friends while listening to music. Life just doesn't get any better."
Proceeds benefit The Arts Centre and its programs.
Schedule of performances
Saturday, May 27
11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. - David Reid LaFleur, roots acoustic singer-songwriter.
12:30 and 3:30 p.m. - South Mountain String Band and The Rock Candy Cloggers, old-time fiddle and banjo tunes.
1:30 and 4:30 p.m. - Singin' the Bones performs styles including Appalachian folk, jazz standards, Delta blues and Scottish ballads.
5:30 p.m. - Don Oehser and The Vibrators, blues
Sunday, May 28
1:30 p.m. - Ed and Eldred, bluegrass
3 p.m. - The Outpatients, newgrass and rhythm-and-blues
5 p.m. - Treehouse, blend of rock, folk and pop
If you go ...
WHAT: West Virginia Wine and Arts Festival 2006
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 27 and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 28
WHERE: Lawns of the Boydville Inn, 601 S. Queen St., Martinsburg, W.Va.
COST: $15 for one day, $25 for two days for adults 21 years and older; $10, ages 13 to 20 for one or two days; free, 12 and younger. Tickets available at the gate.
DIRECTIONS: From Hagerstown, take Interstate 81 south, crossing into West Virginia. Take exit 13 (King Street). Turn left off the exit and stay straight. Continue to follow King Street for about one mile. Turn right onto South Queen Street. In three blocks the festival and parking will be on the right.
MORE: For more information go to www.wineandarts.com.
