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Red Wine, Cider & Chocolate Tour starts this weekend

Published 1:30 am Friday, February 9, 2018

By Peninsula Daily News

EDITOR’S NOTE: This corrects the list of wineries on the tour.

Book-ending Valentine’s Day will be two weekends of the Red Wine, Cider & Chocolate Tour.

The self-guided tour will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. this weekend — Saturday and Sunday — and the following weekend Feb. 17-19 at nine Olympic Peninsula wineries and cideries.

Culinary favorites such as Camaraderie Cellars’ Cocoa Spiced Pulled Pork and FairWinds Winery’s chocolate fountain will be back by popular demand, and locally-made treats from We Do Fudge, Elevated Candies, Port Townsend Chocolates, Yvonne’s Chocolates and Crust Pies will inspire new flavor combinations as tour-goers travel from one venue to the next, organizers said.

Tickets are $40 online, $45 at the door (or $10 tasting fee per winery). Participants must be 21 or older.

Ticket and glass package entitles attendees to a commemorative wine glass, complimentary wine tasting and chocolate samples.

Participants who have their ticket stamped at all nine wineries will be entered into a drawing for a wine-themed gift basket.

The gift basket winner, along with a second- and third-place winner, will receive two tickets to the Northwest Wine and Cheese Tour in April.

Wineries, cideries

Here are wineries and cideries on the tour:

• Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road in Chimacum; 360-732-4337; www.finnriver.com.

• Marrowstone Vineyards, 423 Meade Road off state Highway 16 in Nordland; 360-385-5239; www.marrow stonevineyards.com.

• FairWinds Winery, 1984 W. Hastings Ave., Port Townsend; 360-385-6899; www.fairwindswinery.com.

• Eaglemount Wine and Cider, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend; 360-732-4084; www.eaglemountwinery.com.

• Port Townsend Vineyards, 2640 W. Sims Way; 360-344-8155; https://www.porttownsendvineyards.com/.

• Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St., Sequim; 360-358-5469; www.windrosecellars.com. Live music is planned from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights both tour weekends.

• Olympic Cellars Winery, 255410 U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim; 360-452-0160; www.olympiccellars.com.

• Camaraderie Cellars, 334 Benson Road, Port Angeles; 360-417-3564; www.camaraderiecellars.com.

• Harbinger Winery, 2358 W. U.S. Highway 101, Port Angeles; 360-452-4262; www.harbingerwinery.com.

For more information about the tour, visit www.olympicpeninsulawineries.org.

Venues include Harbinger Winery, Camaraderie Cellars and Olympic Cellars in Port Angeles, Wind Rose Cellars in Sequim, and Port Townsend/Jefferson County venues Fairwinds Winery, Port Townsend Vineyards, Eaglemount Winery & Cidery, Marrowstone Vineyards and Finnriver Farm & Cidery.

See www.olympicpeninsulawineries.org/redwinechocolate.php for more information or to purchase tickets.

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