This week’s special wine and winery events are from Wine Trail Traveler’s  featured winery partners.If you will be in the area of one of these wineries, check out these events for this weekend.

Thornton Winery
Temecula, California
July 25th; 5:00 pm

Brian Culbertson with Special Guest
General Admission
$65.00; Gourmet Supper Package 3 Course Meal $130.00

Chateau Chantal
Traverse City, Michigan
Tapas Tours 12:30 to 2:30 – everyday

Winemaker’s Dinner
July 24, Saturday from 6-9
Time: Optional Winery Tour at 6:00pm; Dinner Seating at 6:30pm Cost: $50 per person, plus tax and gratuity Reservations are required at least one day in advance.

Ferrante Winery & Ristorante
Geneva, Ohio
Entertainment schedule:

07-23-10 Friday Legacy
07-24-10 Saturday Afternoon Mile Woytila
07-24-10 Saturday Evening Uncharted Course
07-25-10 Sunday 4-Kings

Messina Hof Winery & Resort

July 23rd – Murder of the Mateys Murder Mystery Dinner at 6:30pm
July 24th – Harvest Texas Luau Dinner at 6:00pm
July 24th – 25th – Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail – Harvest Trail
July 24th – 25th – Harvest Weekend #2 at 8:00am
July 25th – Wine Appreciation Class at 3:00pm

Pearmund Cellars
Broad Run, Virginia
July 23rd; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Relax and Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF) – Thank Goodness its Friday! Relax on the patio and enjoy the sunset, fireflies and a great glass of wine. Pearmund Cellars will be open until 8PM. Bring your own picnic, enjoy our snacks, or ask us about catering — 24 hours notice for catering please.

Barrel Oak Winery
Delaplane, Virginia
July 23rd; 11:00 am
Tour’ga Franc/Tour de France weekend extravaganza! We Will Be Releasing Our Signature 2008 Tour’ga Franc For The Last Saturday And Sunday Of The Tour De France! This Will Be The Only Weekend For You To Taste And Purchase The Awaited TgF. After Sunday It Will Be Returned To The Caves To Await Wineter Release. For This Weekend Only, 20% Of Every TGF Bottle Sold Will Go To The Lance Armstrong Livestrong Cancer Research Foundation.

DelFossse Vineyards and Winery
Faber, Virginia
July 25; 1:00 pm
Wine and Food Pairing Come join us for an elegantly prepared Wine and Food Pairing prepared by Chef Genevieve. The menu includes 4 elegantly prepared dishes, paired with 4 generous samplings of our award winning wines. Reservations are required. Cost: $35 Reservation

Tarara Winery
Leesburg, Virginia
July 24th
Toast to the Tunes Summer Concert Series: Marcus Johnson

Winery at LaGrange
Haymarket, Virginia

July 25th; 11:00 am
In Vino Veritas Spiritus The translation to this new spin on the well known oenological phrase is: “in wine is spiritual truth”. Now in its third season, In Vino Veritas Spiritus is a somewhat outside the box of Christian ministry set in the splendor of the Virginia Wine Country. On Sunday mornings at 11AM throughout the growing season, itinerant vineyard preachers Kim J. Ciftci (formerly of McLean Bible Church) delivers a scriptual message at one of several local wineries, the sermons from the vineyards. The message all draw their truth from the many biblical references to wine, grapes, the vineyard, or the processes involved in winemaking. For information or comment on In Vino Veritas Spiritus, you can contact Kim direct at: kciftci@hotmail.com

Enjoy! Kathy