Frances Killea and Heath McCarthy of Appleton check out some trees in the Portersfield Cider farm nursery in Pownal during a tour Sunday. The Maine Fare festival returned Sunday with the sold-out tasting tour at the nursery.
Portersfield Cider owner David Buchanan, left, shows one of the trees in the nursury of his Pownal farm. The Maine Fare festival offers six food-related events during June, including the Portersfield event.
Buchanan, center, gives a tour in the tree nursery Sunday. The Maine Fare festival took a year off last season so organizers could rethink the event. The two-day festival in Belfast had become so big that organizers feared their message became diluted.
Glasses of Portersfield Dry Cider are served during a tour of the Pownal farm. The Maine Fare festival ends June 25 with a dinner at the Freight Shed in Bath.
Participants at the tasting tour at Porterfield Cider.
People gather at Portersfield Cider ahead of Sunday's tour. The event was one of the "more intimate, hands-on settings" envisioned by organizers of the Maine Fare festival for this year's event.
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