PORT ANGELES — The question of what to serve with Thanksgiving dinner could be answered during the Olympic Peninsula Wineries Harvest Wine Tour this weekend.
Ten North Olympic Peninsula artisan wineries and cideries will host the self-guided tour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Seven locations will offer wine tasting, one will have ciders and two will offer both wines and hard apple ciders.
Visitors can take photographs with their favorite of the “wine scarecrows” that greet them at each venue and enjoy an evening of music.
A ticket and glass package includes a commemorative wine glass and complimentary wine tasting at all 10 locations.
For tickets and pricing information, visit www.olympicpeninsulawineries.org.
Tickets are not required to tour individual wineries. A tasting fee will be charged at each winery for non-ticketed visitors.
Participants must be 21 or older.
All ticket sales are nonrefundable.
Lighter wine
Turkey dinners call for a lighter wine, said Molly Rivard, tasting room manager for Olympic Cellars Winery in Port Angeles.
A pinot noir is a good light red for turkey, she said. White wines such as chardonnay or pinot gris also work well with Thanksgiving dinners, Rivard added.
A number of beverages have cranberries as flavoring, but she said Olympic Cellars currently doesn’t have one.
“Anything with cranberries is good with turkey,” she said.
Ciders for Thanksgiving
Wines are a traditional accompaniment to Thanksgiving meals, but ciders are perfect for Thanksgiving, said Trudy Davis of Eaglemount Wine and Cider of Port Townsend.
Ciders pair beautifully with harvest-dinner-type foods, Davis said.
Some of the sparkling hard ciders are much like champagne, she said, adding that the winery’s new cranberry mead is a great choice to add to the dinner menu.
Wineries and cideries taking part in the tour are:
■ Alpenfire Cider, 220 Pocket Lane, Port Townsend; 360-379-8915; www.alpenfirecider.com.
■ Camaraderie Cellars, 334 Benson Road, Port Angeles; 360-417-3564; www.camaraderiecellars.com.
■ Eaglemount Wine and Cider, tasting room located at 1893 Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend; 360-732-4084; www.eaglemountwinery.com.
■ FairWinds Winery, 1984 W. Hastings Ave., Port Townsend; 360-385-6899; www.fairwindswinery.com.
■ Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 142 Barn Swallow Road, Chimacum; 360-732-4337; www.finnriver.com.
■ Harbinger Winery, 2358 W. U.S. Highway 101, Port Angeles; 360-452-4262; www.harbingerwinery.com.
■ Lullaby Winery, 274 Otto St., Suite S, Port Townsend; 509-386-1324; www.lullabywinery.com.
■ Marrowstone Vineyards, 423 Meade Road off state Highway 16 in Nordland, 360-385-5239; www.marrowstonevineyards.com.
■ Olympic Cellars Winery, 255410 U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim, 360-452-0160; www.olympiccellars.com.
■ Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St., Sequim; 360-358-5469; www.windrosecellars.com.
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arice@peninsuladailynews.com.
