The annual Vino in the Valley passport program introduces wine lovers to locally produced wine by encouraging them to explore all nine wineries that belong to the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail during the four weekends in March 2017.
An event that has become an annual tradition for many, it takes features wine and food pairings for passport holders at each of the wine trail’s member wineries. Passports are stamped at each winery, and after visiting at least eight wineries and collecting their stamps, the passport is turned in and entered into a raffle.
An event that has become an annual tradition for many, it takes features wine and food pairings for passport holders at each of the wine trail’s member wineries. Passports are stamped at each winery, and after visiting at least eight wineries and collecting their stamps, the passport is turned in and entered into a raffle.
New
for 2017 passport holders will be entered to win one of 10 Lehigh Valley
Getaway Packages at a local inn or bed and breakfast that includes
accommodations for two, dining, and other amenities.
How
the Vino in the Valley Passport Program works:
1.
Wine
lovers purchase a passport for $35, either at one of the wine trail’s nine
member wineries, or online. (Passport program participants must be age 21 or
older.)
2.
During
the four weekends of March (Saturdays and Sundays), participants visit the
member wineries to enjoy a food and wine pairing (tasting-sized) and have their
passport stamped in the corresponding winery box on the front.
3.
Once
stamps are obtained from at least eight of the nine wineries, they fill out their
contact information on the bottom front side of the passport before tearing it
off and turning it in at the last winery they visit in order to be entered to
win one of 10 Lehigh Valley Getaway Packages in the Grand Prize Drawing.
Passports
are now on sale for $35 each at all nine member wineries (cash or check only),
as well as online via EventBrite.com (credit card only) - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vino-in-the-valley-2017-along-the-lehigh-valley-wine-trail-tickets-29267831873. Online orders for holiday gift
giving must be placed by Friday, December 16 to ensure enough time for delivery
of the printed passports via First Class USPS. Only 1,800 passports are
printed, so wine lovers are encouraged to purchase them early since they may
sell out in advance of the event.
Visit
the wine trail’s web site to review group guidelines, tips for traveling the
trail, passport program rules, and other event details: www.VinointheValleyLVWT.com (Note: each winery sets its own
house rules, policies and procedures.)
Lehigh
Valley Wine Trail member wineries are:
- Amoré Vineyards & Winery,
Nazareth
- Big Creek Vineyard, Kresgeville
- Blue Mountain Vineyards, New
Tripoli
- Clover Hill Vineyards &
Winery, Breinigsville
- Franklin Hill Vineyards, Bangor
- Galen Glen Vineyard &
Winery, Andreas
- Pinnacle Ridge, Kutztown
- Tolino Vineyards, Bangor
- Vynecrest Winery, Breinigsville
The
Lehigh Valley Wine Trail is a non-profit organization of wineries whose mission
is to promote agri-tourism and to create a premiere wine destination and grape
growing region while promoting Pennsylvania wines from the region. For more
information, visit www.LehighValleyWineTrail.com.
