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Visitors who step through the brand new copper barn doors at Olympic Cellars will find themselves in the midst of a German end-of-harvest celebration during the Passport Wine Tour , set to take place November 8-9 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Lemberger and Riesling varietal wines will take center stage at this lively event, paired with traditional Flammkuchen and live Bavarian-style accordion music. The tour, an annual event hosted by the Olympic Peninsula Wineries, takes on an international theme this year, highlighting some of Europe’s finest wine growing regions.

“We’re looking forward to showcasing Washington’s heritage Lemberger grape, which originated in vineyards on the lower stretches of the Danube River,” says Olympic Cellars Owner Kathy Charlton, “as well as the better-known Riesling grape, which is also indigenous to Germany. Our Dungeness Red Lemberger wine, originally made by Olympic Cellars’ founder Gene Neuharth in 1979, has been an award-winning best seller for three decades, and our Working Girl® series features a Lemberger Rosé. Riesling is one of the first grape varieties grown in Washington, and the popularity of this varietal is skyrocketing. The rest of our award-winning wines will also be available for tasting.”

The cold hardy Lemberger grape came to Washington via Canada in the 1940s and thrives in vineyards east of the Cascades. A deep red color in the glass, Lemberger wines are similar to Pinot Noir in style, medium-bodied with bright fruit and soft tannins. A name that calls to mind a stinky cheese, however, has created a lot of skeptics over the years. Fortunately, the grape has a number of champions in the industry who, like Charlton, are working hard to change its image.

Blending Charlton’s German heritage with the French heritage of winemaker Benoit Murat, Olympic Cellars will pair its Lemberger and Riesling wines with one of the most famous gastronomical specialties of the Alsace region. Known as Tarte Flambée in French and Flammkuchen in German, the dish consists of a thin bread dough covered with fresh crème fraîche , onions and bacon, and eaten warm. Joy’s Wine Bistro of Port Angeles will cater the event.

Hot mulled wine will also be served, and Charlton invites visitors sit down, sip slowly and enjoy a taste of Germany.

Optional “Passports” for the tour are available online or at any of the Olympic Peninsula Wineries for $25.00, and entitle the holder to a special commemorative wine glass and complimentary tastings at all seven venues. Tasting fees for visitors without Passports will be $5.00 per person, per winery. Visit www.olympicpeninsulawineries.org or call 800-785-5495 for further information.

Lovers of the Twilight series of books will have the chance to see the movie of the same name in the theater that series character Bella went to.

For more information contact Barbara Frederick, Executive Director Port Angeles Downtown Association 360-457-9614 or www.portangelesdowntown.com

To view the official trailer click here

 The countdown is on and we just received exciting news! 

Lincoln Theatre in Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula will start selling tickets at 5:30 PM on Thursday, November 20th for a 12:01 AM & 12:15 AM showing of Twilight on Friday, November 21st! 

The only way to purchase tickets in Port Angeles is to stand in line at the theatre.

Don’t forget about all the events the Port Angeles Downtown Assoc. is puting on for Friday and Saturday.  Look at the schedule below. Click here for more details.

Friday November 21 – starting about 4:00 p.m.
            At fountain Square
                        Have your picture taken with Bella or Edward
                        Scrapbook workshops for your Twilight memories
                        Posters available
                        Have your picture taken for the look alike contest
                        Games and Trivia contests
                        Scavenger hunt
                        Specials throughout downtown

Saturday November 22nd — All day
                        Have your picture taken with Bella or Edward
                        Scrapbook workshops for your Twilight memories
                        Have your picture taken until 4:00 for the look a like contest
                        Games and Trivia Contests
                        Scavenger hunt continues
                        Specials throughout downtown
                        4:00 p.m. Gothic Fashion Show

November 22, 2008

This exclusive tour with Ed Burks, wine and cheese connoisseur extraordinaire, will be a wonderful adventure in wine, cheese and food. As winter approaches let’s take one more day for a beautiful drive along the shores of Hood Canal to the Walter Dacon Winery in Shelton. “The Walter Dacon Winery is dedicated to Rhone and Mediterranean style wines and sources grapes from selected vineyards in the Yakima and Columbia Valleys”, as described on their website. We will do a tasting and get a private tour of their winery.

After our tour of the winery we will stop for lunch at a quaint little traditional Mexican restaurant in Shelton.

From here we will motor through forest and glade to the Estrella Family Creamery, known for their award winning exquisite goat and cows milk cheeses. Nestled in the rural Wynooche Valley, this dairy is rapidly becoming world renown for a variety of cheddar, tomme, blue cheeses and seasonal specialties. With over 18 varieties offered, this promises to be an unforgettable cheese tasting experience.

But more than that, this is an exceptional family operation. Dedicated to organically grown and grass fed animals, their products envelope the unique taste of the land. And, if their family isn’t big enough they go out and get some more, recently adopting three children from Liberia.

Their products have enlivened the tables of fine restaurants from the Salish Lodge to New York City with raving revues. Most recently they won several gold and silver medals in cheese competition in Ireland.

When we leave here we will travel back to Shelton for a scrumptious meal  at Xinhs (pronounced zins), a Vietnamese/Thai restaurant with emphasis on seafood. 

What a wonderful day of wine, cheese and culinary excellence!

Itinerary

  November 22, 2008

  8:00 a.m.   Depart Harbinger Winery

  8:10 a.m.   Short stop at the Little Oven Bakery for coffee and treats for the road.

  9:30 a.m.   Rest stop.

10:30 a.m.   Arrive Walter Dacon Winery.

11:30 a.m.   Depart for and lunch in Shelton.

12:30 p.m.   Depart for Estrella Family Creamery, Montesano.

  1:30 p.m.   Arrive, taste and tour at  creamery.

  3:30 p.m.   Depart creamery.

  4:30 p.m.   Arrive Xinhs Restaurant, Shelton, Happy Hour.

  5:00 p.m.   Dinner.

  6:30 p.m.   Depart for Port Angeles.

  9:00 p.m.   Arrive Port Angeles.

While the above itinerary appears fixed, please bring a sense of adventure and flexibility as we may take advantage of unexpected opportunities to enhance the trip as we go along. Transportation is provided in a very  comfortable mini-coach by All Points Charters & Tours.

The tour is limited to ten people. The price of $100 per person includes transportation, coffee and pastry, Harbinger wines for the road and with dinner, a souvenir wine glass, and tasting and corkage fees, but not lunch and dinner. Dress is casual, including shoes appropriate for wandering around a dairy farm.

Special arrangements for pick up in Sequim can be made, but you’ll miss the bakery stop.

All Points Charters and Tours

325 W. 14^th Street

Port Angeles, WA 98362

360-565-1139

http://www.goallpoints.com/

For more information and reservations please contact Ed Burks at 360-928-9585.   

November 15th – December 31st see the Christmas Village in SAND at the Landing Mall !!!!

Open everyday 8am – 10 pm. Admission 1 can of food per person.

Bring you camera for Pictures with Santa, Nov. 28th 6pm-9pm

The Landing Mall is located at 115 East Railroad Ave ste 209.  For more information call 360-457-4407.

Twilight will be showing at Lincoln Theater in Port Angeles.

Tickets for the midnight showing –and other nighttime screenings — will be $9.50 for adults, $7 for seniors and $6.50 for children.

Daily showings of the film will be at 4:50 pm, 5:20 pm, 7:15 pm & 7:40 pm

In addition, the film will show at 9:40 pm & 9:55 pm on Friday and Saturday, while Saturday & Sunday will also offer screenings at 12:45 pm, 1:10 pm & 3:05 pm.

We hope to see you there! For more information on the Twilight events in Port Angeles click here.

These girls have been in line since 5 am Thursday morning, in Port Angeles, WA!  They must be true fans!  If you want to catch the midnight showing of Twilight tonight, you better get in line ASAP!  Each person can purchase 2 tickets and there are only 342 seats available at Lincoln Theatre.  For more information on the Twilight events of the weekend click here. 

It’s more than a tagline.  Every year since the first year, 2003, that ULHRA has come to Port Angeles WA, the Unlimited Light championship has been decided on Port Angeles Harbor.  The event is called Strait Thunder, presented by Victoria Express Passenger Ferry, because the famous Strait of Juan de Fuca is just off the harbor, separating Washington State with Vancouver Island and picturesque Victoria, British Columbia. 

In 2003 it was Jerry Hopp clinching his first championship in Unlimited Lights after being part of the series since it began in 1995.  It was Jerry who became the first Unlimited Lights’ titlist to elect to race as UL-1 signifying the national champion. The Hopp Racing team won 4 straight titles, clinching all of them at Port Angeles including 2005 when Michael Flaherty in the UL-72 Miss Boat Electric “ran the table” by winning all 4 heats at Port Angeles, only to wind up 83 points short of the championship. 

On October 4^th and 5^th they’ll do it again.  Greg Hopp and Kayleigh Perkins enter Port Angeles separated by a mere 283 points. With up to 1640 points available and 400 points for each heat victory, this is a race that’s very close.  Adding to the points’ race complexity is a program established by the ULHRA Board of Directors this season.  Unlimited Lights teams that choose to race ULHRA events exclusively earn Participation Points at each race they attend.  If they attend them all their Participation Point totals escalate, starting with 30 points at the first race and by their 8^th consecutive race (Port Angeles) a team would earn 240 Participation Points. As a result Ms. Perkins’ team will receive 240 Participation Points added to her total if she makes a legal start bringing the Miss Boat Electric team within 43 points of the lead.  One item to be aware; don’t think a “legal start” is an automatic. Remember Greg Hopp’s flip in qualifying a year ago.  Incidentally, Participation Points apply to the National Championship but have no effect on individual race results.  The Boat Electric and Graham Trucking teams each earned 100 Bonus Points for competing at the season opener at Phoenix AZ.  There were an additional 200 Bonus Points for participating at the Pickwick Landing TN exhibition but neither team was able to attend.

John Lynch “Voice” of ULHRA Racing        Photograph credit:  Mark Sharley

Port Angeles, WA – The Clallam County Family YMCA announced today that tickets are available for the 2nd annual “A Taste of the Peninsula,” to be held Saturday, November 1st from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Elks Naval Lodge, 131 East First Street, in Port Angeles.  The event, which is sponsored by Westsound Bank, features the bounty of North Olympic Peninsula farms and food producers, local wineries and our area’s fine culinary talent.

Wineries will pour their wines for tasting and chefs will provide samplings of foods prepared with many locally harvested ingredients.  The event is a benefit for the YMCA Community Art Program and will showcase an exhibit of Y-ARTS student and instructor works.  Live jazz will be provided by the Al Harris Sextet.  Items for the silent auction can be previewed at ccfymca.org/auction_items.html.

Food participants this year include Oven Spoonful, Joy’s Wine Bistro, Michael’s Seafood & Steakhouse and Raindrop Desserts & Chocolates of Port Angeles; Cedar Creek Restaurant, Alder Wood Bistro, Yvonne’s Chocolates and Bell Street Bakery of Sequim; and Mt. Townsend Creamery and Pane d’Amore Bakery of Port Townsend.  All seven North Olympic Peninsula wineries will be present—Black Diamond, Camaraderie Cellars, Harbinger Winery and Olympic Cellars from Port Angeles; Lost Mountain Winery from Sequim; and Sorensen Cellars and FairWinds Winery from Port Townsend.  Princess Valiant Coffee of Port Angeles will provide a signature coffee roast just for the event. Participating farmers and food producers include Nash’s Organic Produce, Lazy J Tree Farm, Graysmarsh Farm, High Tide Seafood, and Sunny Farms Country Store.

Tickets, which include a 2-week YMCA fitness pass, are $45 and are available at the YMCA, 302 South Francis Street in Port Angeles, and at three Westsound Bank locations—602 East Front Street in Port Angeles, 1320 West Washington Street in Sequim, and 2500 West Sims Way in Port Townsend. 

For more information call the YMCA at 360-452-9244 or visit www.ccfymca.org.