Wine tasting set for downtown Morgan City

Cannata’s Food Market & Republic National Distribution Company will feature 20 wines during the Atchafalaya Culinary & Arts Festival in downtown Morgan City, November 15th. Wine tasting will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sample Louisiana Trade Show under the bridge at Front Street & Greenwood. Sample glasses are $10.00 per person.

Featured wines include five wines from the Pontchartrain Vineyards of Louisiana. Other wines include Merlots, Cabernet Sauvignons, Rieslings, and Pinot Noirs from the vineyards of Francis Coppola, Blackstone, Ghost Pines, Jacobs Creek and more, representing California, Germany and Australia.

Guests will have the opportunity to make notes and order wine for the holiday season from Cannata’s Food Market.

Morgan City Main Street is hosting the 1st ever Atchafalaya Culinary & Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The day will begin with Sample Louisiana, a Trade Show of Louisiana Food Products sponsored by Cannata’s Food Market and the La. Dept. of Agriculture & Forestry. Other events include: two cooking competitions; a team competition and a shrimp cooking contest; cooking demonstrations by students of the John Folse Culinary School at Nicholls State University; cookbook sales at The Frame Shop & Gallery Coffee; an art market sponsored by the Artist Guild Unlimited and the Double Trouble Bridge Race sponsored by the Tri City Track Club. Music by Lil Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers and Waylon Thibodaux, the rocking fiddler, will highlight the day. This event is sponsored by Morgan City Main Street, Louisiana Main Street, Office of the Lt. Governor, National Park Service, Preserve America, Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau and the St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce.

If you have questions, please contact (985) 395-4905 or (985) 385-1770 or visit www.louisianamaintomain.org.