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Grape-crushing festival Saturday
Visitors may squish wine grapes with their feet
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Visitors stomp wine grapes in a barrel during the 2012 Crush Fest at Yonah Mountain Vineyards in Cleveland.
The fourth annual Crush Fest will begin Labor Day weekend with the harvest celebration from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at Yonah Mountain Vineyards near Cleveland. As part of Yonah Mountain Vineyards’ fourth grape harvest, the vineyard’s entire 13 acres will be picked. Grapes to be harvested include chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, sauvignon blanc, merlot, malbec and petit verdot.