Wine, cheese tour this weekend

Six North Olympic Peninsula wineries and artisan cheeses from five creameries will be featured during the Northwest Wine & Cheese Tour on the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday and Sunday.

Each of the wineries in Port Townsend and Port Angeles will host a different cheese maker and pair local artisan cheeses with selected local wines both days from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Olympic Cellars will be open until 6 p.m. both days, it said.

Participating cheese makers include Wild Harvest Creamery of Chimacum, Port Townsend’s Mount Townsend Creamery, Mystery Bay Farm of Marrowstone Island and Gothberg Farms and Golden Glen Creamery of Bow.

Participating wineries are:

• Olympic Cellars, 255410 Highway 101, Port Angeles; 360-452-0160, www.olympiccellars.com.

• Black Diamond Winery, 2976 Black Diamond Road, Port Angeles; 360-457-0748, www.black diamondwinery.com.

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

• FairWinds Winery, 1984 Hastings Ave., west Port Townsend; 360-385-6899, www.fairwinds winery.com.

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

• Sorensen Cellars, 274 Otto St., Port Townsend; 360-379-6416, www.sorensencellars.com.

Advance “reserve tickets” for the self-guided tour are available for $25 on the Olympic Peninsula Wineries Web site at http://tinyurl.com/y5ae3gu.

Visitors who choose not to purchase the optional ticket package will be charged a $5 tasting fee at each winery.

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