COST: $20 Festival Ticket ($25 Gate Price)

EVENT DETAILS:

2008 Urban Wine Festival

May 17th, 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.

A unique Omaha wine celebration!

Set against the city skyline, wineries from around the world are gathering in the Old Market in downtown Omaha, Nebraska creating the first annual Urban Wine Festival.

This unprecedented style of wine festival is specifically designed to a have a casual and local feel catering less to formality, and more to the good life enthusiast. Events throughout the day include live music, wine and food education, arts and wares vendors and a play area for adults.

$20 FESTIVAL Ticket ($25 Gate Price) - advance purchase recommended - includes limited wine tasting on Saturday, May 17th, (11-6 p.m.) in the designated tasting area and a commemorative Riedel glass.

Tickets available for purchase at

Urban Wine Company

1037 Jones Street

(402)934-0005

or email

shawn@urbanwinecompany.com

or

The Reader

2312 M Street

(402)341-7323

WINE SAMPLING - Here's how it works: During the festival, bring your ticket to the gate, and you will receive a wine glass and twelve sampling tickets. Each ticket equals one wine taste of any wine from any of our participating wineries - a $20 value in addition to festival admission! Tickets can also be used for full glasses (5 tickets). Once your tickets are used, your general admission during the day of your visit for music, seminars and activities. Additional tastings, wines by the glass and wines by the bottle are available for additional ticket purchases.

Additional tastes are $1 and wines by the glass will vary in price. Cash and Credit Cards are accepted for tasting and wine by the glass: several ATMs will be available in the area.

The wine glass will need to be brought back on any subsequent visits or replacement glasses may be purchased at the gate.

Wines will be available for retail purchase.

WEBSITE: www.urbanwinecompany.com...