By John Rieping
MaderaTribuneRedLine.com

The Wine and Chocolate Weekend, Feb. 9th and 10th, will soon be here again to offer romantic lovers — as well as lovers of chocolate, live music, fine food or wine — a tasty time between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Less than a dozen wineries appear to be participating this year with some offering appropriately fine lunches to go with the surely equally fine wine, as well as other treats.

For information on the upcoming Madera Wine Trail event, visit MaderaVintners.com, call the Madera Vintner’s Association at 800-613-0709 or simply read your favorite hometown newspaper with “Madera” as its middle name (umm… that would be us).

The following well-crafted video, posted on YouTube this summer, presents a glimpse of the wonderful world of the Madera Wine Trail… or so it seems and I admit the Wine Trail looks pretty impressive on film.

Have you walked this gilded path? Is the Madera Wine Trail another one of the many sheltered treasures of the San Joaquin Valley? Does chocolate add far greater enjoyment to the experience or do all the events throughout the year pamper the senses equally well? How accurately does this promotional video reflect your experiences of the attractions of Madera County?

Perhaps even more importantly, what is your ideal for a sweet St. Valentine’s Day event?

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