by Ron Matz

The bells of Our Lady of Pompei, the white marble steps, DiPasquale's Italian Marketplace: This is Highlandtown. "It started out as a campfire sort of thing in the courtyard of the church," said Joe DiPasquale, festival. "A few wine makers showed up. We compared our wines, and now we usually have about 1000 people, and they talk about it all year."

"When we started 11 years ago it was behind the church and we had a couple of hundred people and thought it was a super turnout. Now we have to take over more and more blocks to accommodate all the people because it's such a good event," said Domenic Petrucci, festival co-founder. Loredana McCarty is coordinating Sunday's 11th annual Highlandtown Wine Festival.

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