February is Full of Romance, Chocolate and Sparkling Wine

In Finger Lakes Wine Country February is a month of romance and celebration. From Valentine’s Day Weekend to the feeling that spring is just around the corner, February is the perfect time to enjoy a glass of Finger Lakes wine perhaps even paired with a few decadent chocolate truffles.

Enjoy wine and food pairing events along the wine trails and at individual wineries all Valentine’s Day Weekend. Along the Seneca Lake Wine Trail February 12-14 enjoy the popular “Chocolate and Wine” event featuring, of course, chocolate and wine pairings at each winery. Tickets are $30 per person. The Keuka Lake Wine Trail February 13-14 is hosting “Truffles and Tastes” featuring decadent truffles at each winery. Tickets are $25 per person. The Cayuga Lake Wine Trail February 13-14 is hosting “Mardi Gras 2010” with fun, beads, and food pairings at each winery. Tickets are $25 per person.

The beautiful Fox Run Vineyards is hosting in its barrel room a special five-course Valentine’s Winemaker Dinner featuring winemaker, Peter Bell and winery chef, Heather Tompkins. Seating is very limited and tickets are available for $75 per person, plus tax and gratuity.

Want to give a Valentine's gift that he or she will have and remember always? How about making a glass heart paper weight at The Corning Museum of Glass. This hands-on glass making experience is available through February 14th. Make your reservations now online to gurantee your space.

To get us all in the mood we are celebrating Finger Lakes sparkling wines all month. We will be featuring a different sparkling wine each day on our wine blog and the celebration culminates on Saturday, February 20th from 6-9PM at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel with Bubbly! the Finger Sparkling Wine Party. Tickets are available for $40 per person or $75 per couple and can be purchased online or by calling our office at 800-813-2958.

If you want to enjoy a selection of these sparkling wines in your home with your friends and loved ones you can order the FLX Bubbly Box from BacchusWineOnline featuring: the 2002 Blanc de Blancs from Chateau Frank, the Pinot Noir Brut Rosé, the 2002 Brut from Glenora Wine Cellars, and the NV Extra Dry Cayuga White from Lucas Vineyards. You can order starting on Monday, February 1st , each wine individually or as the four wine box with shipping for under $100.

On Twitter too?  Join us in Twitter Land on Wednesday, February 17th at 8PM as we taste and tweet about the FLX Bubbly Box wines.  To join in on the conversation just hop on Twitter and use #flxwine and #TTL in your tweets.  So easy!

Best of all?  Twenty-seven accommodations are participating in Winter Wine Weekends and offering "stay two nights, get the third night free".  In addition, each reservation receives a free bottle of Finger Lakes wine and an exclusive PALATE passport with tons of additinal free items like free museum visits and wine tastings.