{"id":1979,"date":"2010-02-25T11:36:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2010-02-25T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:39:46","slug":"winery-events-for-february-27-or-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/25\/winery-events-for-february-27-or-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Winery Events for February 27 or 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, plan a trip to your neighborhood winery and discover a new wine or new release. Ask questions about how the wine was made, where the grapes were sourced from, about pruning and bud break. Enjoy tasting wines and perhaps purchase a bottle to take home with you to enjoy with dinner during the week.<\/p>\n<p>Messina Hof Winery &amp; Resort, Bryan, Texas is offering a Wine Appreciation class, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.messinahof.com\/events_wineclasses.php\">\u201cWines and Chocolates\u201d<\/a> on February 28 at 3pm. Reservations are necessary and the cost is $19.95 per person. Classes last an hour &amp; a half and include light cheeses. \u00a0Most classes have five to eight wines so Messina Hof suggests lunch at the Vintage House. Make reservations for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>On February 28, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threefoxvineyards.com\/events.htm\">Three Fox Vineyards<\/a> in Virginia is having a Three Fox Piano Lounge and Burger BBQ between 2 and 5 pm. Music and grilled burgers are a great combination.\u00a0 Burger plus potato chips are $5 and with the purchase of wine, half-price.<\/p>\n<p>Want to enjoy wine and dinner, then go to Foti\u2019s Restaurant in Culpeper, Virginia. On February 28, Chris Pearmund of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearmundcellars.com\/tastings.shtml\">Pearmund Cellars<\/a>, Winery at La Grange and Vint Hill Craft Winery will be hosting the dinner at 6pm. Cost is $85 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Call 540-829-8400 for reservations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barreloak.com\/events\/index\/event_calendar\">Barrel Oak Winery<\/a> offers a variety of events almost every week. Check out their events for February 27 and 28<sup>th<\/sup>. This weekend\u2019s events include A Paws For The Cause: Charitable Chili Over A Dog At Bow, Haitian Relief on Saturday (10% of every bottle sold goes to Haiti relief). Other activities at the winery include a watercolor exhibit, music and the opportunity to purchase jewelry. Be sure to check the days and times.<\/p>\n<p>Check with wineries for details of their events. Enjoy a relaxing visit to a winery this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Winery Events for February 27 or 28\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=1979\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, plan a trip to your neighborhood winery and discover a new wine or new release. Ask questions about how the wine was made, where the grapes were sourced from, about pruning and bud break. Enjoy tasting wines and perhaps purchase a bottle to take home with you to enjoy with dinner during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[351,350,782,61,1097,732,98,157,1098],"class_list":["post-1979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wineryevents","tag-barrel-oak","tag-events","tag-messina-hof","tag-pearmund-cellars","tag-three-fox-vineyards","tag-vint-hill-craft-winery","tag-wine","tag-wineriestasting-rooms","tag-winery-at-lagrange"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1982,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions\/1982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}