Good food, wine and tunes at Sanctuary Vineyards’ CrabDaddy Festival

By Brian Tress | Outer Banks Voice

Sanctuary Vineyards’ annual CrabDaddy Festival has been a coastal tradition for more than a decade, celebrating local seafood, live music, and the vineyard’s signature wines. On Saturday, a sold-out crowd of more than 1,000 people — traveling from as far as South Carolina and New York — gathered at the vineyard for a feast of 100 bushels of blue crab, 1,000 pounds of fried catfish, and 900 pounds of barbecue. For $60, festivalgoers enjoyed unlimited food and wine tastings, along with a full afternoon of live music ranging from country to funk.

“This is one of the largest events we’ve ever had,” said John Wright, general manager of Sanctuary Vineyards. “The weather is perfect, lo

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