February 13 & 14, 2010
8th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration
It’s Mardi Gras with a special Valentine twist on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail! Guests will enjoy a wine and food pairing at each winery in addition to strings of Valentine and Mardi Gras beads. Participants will also recieve a wine glass and is eligible to win one of our Grand Prizes from the Barrister’s Bed and Breakfast, Finger Lakes Winery Tours, Taverni Banfi at the Statler Hotel and a wine refrigerator stocked with a sampler case of wine.

Costumed guests who visit the wineries on the Saturday of Mardi Gras weekend will be eligible to be chosen as King and Queen of Mardi Gras. At 5:30pm on Saturday, February 13, at Americana Vineyard a panel of judges will pick the “2009 Royal Mardi Gras Couple”. They will receive free tickets to our other Cayuga Wine Trail events, tickets to the Finger Lakes Wine Festival in Watkins Glen, NY plus an overnight stay in a King Suite at the Latourelle Resort & Spa.

Location: various locations along the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail
Admission: $25 per person; $20 for designated drivers
For more information, visit the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail's website

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