Intimate dinner with the winemaker (Stuart Spencer, third from left) in the St. Amant Winery barrel room on the first night of Lodi’s Wine and Chocolate weekend.
Neither rain (luckily, minimal!) nor blustery winds seemed to deter thousands of Lodi wine lovers enjoying the region’s 27th annual Wine and Chocolate weekend, this past February 2-4, 2024.
Friday the 2nd started with intimate dinners or special tasting events Heritage Oak, Housley’s Century Oak, Oak Farm, Peltier, Rippey Family, St. Amant and The Dancing Fox wineries.
Wine and chocolate lovers enjoying a Winery Tours stop at Barsetti Vineyards in Galt, at the north end of Lodi.
For the Saturday self-guided Winery Tours, wine and chocolate lovers could pick and choose to visit 35 participating wineries.
And on Sunday the 4th, it was the festive grand finale, a select group of Lodi’s finest wineries showing off their whites, rosés and sparklers at a the Winemakers Toast, held at the Lodi Wine Visitor Center.
The proof is in the pudding; or rather, the images of wine lovers enjoying this special weekend. A few of our favorite photo-memories…
Wine and chocolate lovers at Klinker Brick Winery.
Christy Nakada—widely followed wine influencer (@christyonthevine) and blogger (christyonthevine.com)—enjoying the Sunday Winemakers Toast with her partner Sean.
Three power women of Lodi: Elvira Gutierrez (Bokisch Vineyards Digital & Strategic Coordinator), Christina Lopez (Acquiesce Winery Winemaker) and Susana Rodriguez Vasquez (LangeTwins Family Director of Winemaking)—at the Sunday Winemakers Toast.
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