This weekend, Saturday, December 16 & Sunday, December 17, the final weekend of the 2nd annual Anderson Valley Holiday Passport Wine Weekends will see 20 passport stops accepting new unwrapped toy donations for the AV Fire Department to distribute to local children in need of additional holiday cheer.
Passport participants include (eastward from the deep end) Lula Cellars, Handley Cellars, Roederer Estate, Husch Vineyards, Greenwood Ridge Vineyards, Navarro Vineyards, Brutocao Cellars, The Pot Shop (pottery), Toulouse Vineyards, Scharffenberger Cellars, Witching Stick, Balo Vineyards, Domaine Anderson, Lichen Estate, Seebass Family Winery, Philo Ridge Vineyards, Foursight Wines, Pennyroyal Farm, Meyer Family Cellars, and Artevino/Maple Creek Winery.
$15 tickets are available through Thursday, December 14 at www.avwines.com, or at each participating passport host for $20 at the door, and include a passport, commemorative event logo glass, and wristband. Each stop will offer tastings and holiday food bites. Collect six passport stamps and be entered into a drawing for two tickets to the Anderson Valley Aromatic White wine Festival's grand Tasting in February of 2018.
In addition to partnering with the Anderson Valley Fire Department on toy collection efforts, the Anderson Valley Winegrowers Association (AVWA) raised over $6,500 for the Anderson Valley Housing Association, over $18,000 for the Anderson Valley Health Clinic, over $2,000 for the Anderson Valley Education Foundation, and over $4,000 for the fire relief efforts in Mendocino, Sonoma, and Napa counties. AVWA also represented 15 winery members at the ChefsGiving fire relief benefit in San Francisco that raised over $750,000, and was instrumental in the formation of #CAWineStrong which helped raise millions of dollars for fire relief and recovery efforts.
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