Let us count the ways we love Lodi’s Wine & Chocolate Weekend

Wine & Chocolate lovers at Klinker Brick Winery

LODI’S 17th ANNUAL WINE & CHOCOLATE WEEKEND
February 8 & 9, 2014 | 11am – 4pm

Harmony Wynelands Zinfandel

Why do we love Lodi's Wine & Chocolate Weekend? Let us count just some of the ways…

• Chocolate molé enchiladas and Bokisch Vineyards' exotic Spanish varietals at Downtown Lodi's Cellar Door…
• The gushing chocolate fountain and super-fine Italian varietals at Sorelle Winery…
• The heritage Zinfandel and chocolate chili matches at Harney Lane Winery…
• The majestic old vines (oldest Zinfandel plantings in Lodi) and barrel tastings at Jessie's Grove Winery…
• Chocolate chicken molé savored with classic ancient vine Zinfandel at m2's spanking new winery at 2900 E. Peltier Road…
• Barrel tastings if single-vineyard Zinfandel bottlings, live music and the photo booth at McCay Cellars…
• Sexy sliders (chocolate covered bacon BLTs!) at the brand new Wine Social tasting lounge on Downtown Lodi's School Strett…
• Getting "chocolate wasted" and wham-bam-thank-you-m'am live music at Van Ruiten Family Winery…
• Homemade dark chocolate brownies in "heritage chocolate drizzle" with cutting-edge "Fusion" wines at Borra Vineyards…
• Chocolate pizza (!) and sophisticated live jazz at Heritage Oak Winery, alongside a bucolic bend of the Mokelumne River
• Brie and chocolate panini's in the newly opened LangeTwins Family Winery "Press Room" (surrounded by gigantic wine presses and stacks of wine barrels)
• Endless meatballs coated in habanero Zinfandel Port reduction (and the incredible array of ancient vine Zinfandels) at Macchia Wines…
• Backbone-slippin', rockin' live music between the sky-high stacks of barrels (plus liberal pours of top-of-the-line "Lust" Zinfandel) at Michael David Winery…
• Fusions of chocolate tapas (by Alebrijes Mexican Bistro's celebrity chef, Ruben Larrazolo) at Viñedos Aurora's Pamplona Tapas in Downtown Lodi…
• Barrel tastings of decadently rich, sweet Port style wines at d'Art Wines…

… and more, oh so much more, happening the weekend of February 8 & 9. What are you waiting for? To sign up or if you really need even more reasons, please visit lodiwineandchocolate.com.

Some photographs of real, memorable moments experienced during recent Lodi Wine & Chocolate Weekends:

Zin lovers at Van Ruiten Family Winery

Good times at Harmony Wynelands

Macchia owners Lani & Tim Holdener

Wine & chocolate music at Klinker Brick Winery

Good times at d’Art Wines

Barrel tasting with McCay Cellars’ Michael McCay

Wine & Chocolate dancing at Michael David Winery

Pow wow at Harney Lane Winery

Proposal at Van Ruiten Family Winery

Habanero meatballs in chocolate drizzle… decadent single-vineyard Macchia Zinfandels… life is good!