Hallowen fun abounds at Running Brook Vineyard
Two attendees at Running Brook Vineyard's harvest festival take a ride in a tractor on Sunday, Oct. 26. Photo by Abby Van Selous
Steve, Melissa, Madison and Viridian dress as characters from Aladdin.
Heading out on a hay ride around the vineyard.
Painted pumpkins.
Two attendees at Running Brook Vineyard's harvest festival take a ride in a tractor on Sunday, Oct. 26. Photo by Abby Van Selous
Steve, Melissa, Madison and Viridian dress as characters from Aladdin.
Heading out on a hay ride around the vineyard.
Painted pumpkins.
The fields of Running Brook Vineyard were filled of fall and Halloween fun over the Oct. 25 and 26 weekend.
Seth Viveiros, owner of Running Brook Vineyard, said “I’m trying to create an atmosphere where it’s very family oriented, family friendly. It is a winery, but it feels like a backyard barbecue.”
Vendors sold 3D printed gifts, paperwrapped books for a “blind date with a book,” crocheted gifts, baked goods and more. Attendees could make sand art, paint a pumpkin, stomp grapes and sample the vineyard’s wine, all while dressed in costume.
“We did the harvest fest last month, so we figured, ‘let’s do another harvest fest,’ just because they’re still harvesting all the grapes,” Viveiros said.
He said that since it’s Halloween season the vineyard decided to incorporate some Halloween fun into the festival, including a costume contest and trunk-or-treating.
“The parents can dress up, the kids, the dogs, everybody can dress up,” Viveiros said.
In September Running Brook Vineyard hosted a harvest festival, but with some grapes still in harvest, Viveiros figured he could squeeze one more festival in before the season ended.
“Especially this time of the year, families are starting to look for things to do with the kids,” he said.
Besides celebrating the harvest season and Halloween the event also served as an opportunity for small business owners and hobbyists to sell their products.
Vikkie Viveiros was selling baked bakery items and dry goods during the harvest festival on Sunday, Oct. 26.
“If it’s a kids event, I go more cookies and things like that, depending on what type of event will depend on what I bake,” she said. “Besides that, everything is custom ordered for each customer.”
“I keep downgrading, and many of them have sold out,” Vikkie said.
“We offer home baked bakery items along with dry goods, and today we had two types of muffins, several cookies that have sold out,” said Vikkie, who started her business in February of this year.
“[The festival] is also helping support small businesses so they can help them grow if it’s something that they are trying to accomplish as a business,” Viveiros said.
He said, “We’re definitely going to do it again next year.”
