The 5th Annual Cork and Pork Festival will be held on July 13th beginning at noon. There will be eight different wineries to choose your favorite wines from along with a wide array of pork products provided by JBS and cooked by Hartrich Meats in Ste. Marie and the Jasper County Pork Producers. There will also be live music at the event until 11:30 pm.
New to the event this year is the Cork and Pork Jeep Run sponsored by McClane Motors in Newton in memory of John Lybarger. A recent press release about the event states, “John had served on the Cork & Pork committee since the beginning and has been sorely missed since his passing on November 7, 2018. He was always willing to help whenever and wherever he was needed. Registration for the Jeep Run will begin at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 13th at Picquet Park in Sainte Marie by the water tower and the Jeep Run will leave promptly at 11:00 am. All people who are riding together in a jeep, please register together if possible. Cost will be $10 per person with the profits going to Cork & Pork. The stops will include MVP Happy Holler, Irene’s Vineyard, The Hill and Hi Benders; who also helped sponsor the shirts and prizes. The jeep run will end up back at the Cork & Pork Festival. Others contributing prizes for the jeep run are Farley Insurance, Weiss Renovations, Circle K, Marathon One Stop Shoppe, Kramer Trucking and the Cork & Pork Festival. Prizes will be given out for the jeep run between 4:00-5:00 pm in the beer garden at the Cork & Pork Festival and you must be present to win. The Pork Food Stand will have a limited amount of pork burgers available for sale for the “jeepers” to take along on the ride. It will be available on a first come first served.”
Musical Lineup:
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm – DJ Music
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm – Jake Martin
3:00 pm to 7:00 pm – The Smoke Rings
7:30 pm to 11:30 pm – Superbad
Note: Immediately after Superbad, the Cork & Pork Festival will shut down, the beer garden will be closed and people will be asked to leave, to keep within the boundaries of the liquor license and liquor liability insurance.
Wineries:
Lasata Wines
Vahling Vineyards
Homestead Vineyards
Kite Hill Vineyards
Fox Creek Vineyards
Castle Finn Vineyards & Winery
Irene’s Vineyard
Lincoln Heritage Winery * New Winery*
For a $10 or more donation patrons (over 21) will receive a Cork and Pork Festival wine glass and limited tastings offered by the wineries.
Wine will be available for purchase by the glass, bottle, or case to enjoy at the event or take home.
The tastings are an opportunity to try before you buy allowing you to find the perfect bottle before purchasing.
Tasting hours are from noon to 7 pm and while some wineries may stay later it is not required. The earlier you arrive at the event, the better your odds are of a winery having bottles of your favorite wine for purchase.
ID is required for both wine tastings and the beer garden and age verification will be checked for everyone attending the event. The wine tasting band will grant access into the beer garden, however, if one does not get a wine tasting band, they will be required to show ID at the beer garden.
“Starting at noon the Cork & Pork Food Stand will begin serving mouthwatering pulled pork with a choice of Squatter’s Knob BBQ Sauce or Doug McCain’s Gourmet Bar-B-Q Sauce, the official BBQ sauces of the Cork & Pork Festival. The Porkcicle (America’s Cut loin chop on a stick); Pork Burgers; DaBurger sandwiches and Pulled Pork Nachos will be available as well. As stated before, the pork food stand will have a limited amount of pork burgers available for sale for the “jeepers” to take along on the ride. To keep people hydrated, bottled water will be offered for sale as well in the food stand thanks to Tractor Supply Company in Newton. There will be a beer garden featuring both Gray’s Wholesale and Koerner Distributing products; so, a variety of beverages will be available, also starting at noon.
The Cork & Pork Festival, which came about as a fund raiser for the Sainte Marie Foundation with the help of the Jasper County Pork Producers and Hartrich Meats, has grown to help many other organizations in Jasper County. The Cork & Pork Festival Committee was able to distribute $27,000.00 after the 2018 event and to date (over four years) has donated over $86,000.00 back to the community.
The Cork & Pork Festival is manned by over 200 volunteers working 2-hour shifts the day of the event. They also rely on volunteers for set-up, which will be on Friday, July 12th at 5:00 pm and for clean-up on Sunday, July 14th starting at 10:30 am. If you would like to help with set-up and clean-up…just show up at those times and your help will be greatly appreciated. Community volunteers working together can accomplish much! So…dress cool; bring your lawn chairs and we’ll see you at the Sainte Marie Cork & Pork Festival on Saturday, July 13th starting at noon or 10 am for you “jeepers”! For more information about the festival, please check out their Facebook page. Thanks for supporting the Cork & Pork Festival in Sainte Marie!”
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