Great Grapes was a good time. Nice venue with lots of parking and right next to South Park so if you needed to sober up, you could walk around the mall and go drunk shopping! I love that it was all local wineries however I found many to be sweet wines and seeing that I am a dry wine kind of girl, didn't find many that impressed me. They had a great line up of musical acts and other vendors among food, jewelry, dog adoption and more. And they had fair food--who doesn't love fair food??
You could bring your own chairs (and coolers), find a spot to relax in, buy a bottle of wine and take in the atmosphere. I visited most of the wineries and they were very friendly, informative about the taste of their wines, how its made and what the taste was like. You go could to each tent and get a sample but most places had $5 for a full glass and pretty sweet bottle specials. One of the tents had $5 wine slushies so I had to try it out and it didn't disappoint. I think the idea of Great Grapes is rockin and if I was into the sweet wines, would definitely go again but don't think I will be going next year.