Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Photos are from the 10th Annual Valentine's Wine and Chocolate Walk
A red rose, a Truffle, plenty of wine for the tasting; what a fine way to celebrate Valentine's.
Gale Caldwell prepares the Gallery and Gifts wine offering. Zinfandel from local Souza Family Winery.
Members of the Tehachapi Regulators Traveling Basketball Team sell roses as a fund raiser. The local team is made up of middle school boys and girls and as a traveling team go as far as Las Vegas to the north and Long Beach to the south.
Main Street members and volunteers Michelle Vance and Susan Wiggins unpacking nearly 700 wine tasting glass's.
"Welcome ladies" says Susan Wiggins as she pours a Riesling from Stray Leaves Winery to the first two tasters who arrived over an hour before the doors opened.
Ready for an evening of wine tasting, these friends Misty Alfrey, Joann Stout, and Heather Mathews try their first evenings taste.
Nearly 700 wine tasters arrived to sample some 24 different wines from various local and out of town winery's.
Encore music poured a Chardonnay from Talbott Kali Heart Winery. The Music store also had a drawing in process for a Ukulele along with lessons. Try it out is future Tehachapi resident Shayne Thompson and his friend Jan Davis. Both had just arrived from Wisconsin. Shayne will be working in Bakersfield but likes the "small town" feel of Tehachapi to live in.
Oak Tree Art and Antiques featured a Sand Point Winery, Merlot to the accompaniment of music by Terri Asher and Katheline Wolf.
The 11th Annual Valentine's Wine Walk and Chocolate Tasting, sponsored by Main Street Tehachapi, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. This is the perfect time to join friends and sweethearts at the most romantic time of the year for a fun evening and a stroll around Downtown Tehachapi. Twenty-three host businesses will be providing appetizers in addition to the large selection of chocolates, so attendees can really make an evening of it.
The wine selections will include a wide range of white, red, dessert and sparkling which will be perfectly paired to compliment the chocolates made by Linda's Cakes and Things. As always, the chocolates will range from sweet to semisweet and dark and will be accented with fruit, nuts and other flavorings. Linda's chocolate truffles, which have been featured at past Valentine's Wine Walks, are always a big hit .
A special feature of this year's Wine Walk will be "Champagne on Main". Six of the pouring locations on Tehachapi Blvd. will be pouring six different flavored champagnes from Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula. Rumor has it that the Depot may be pouring Sparkling Sangria.
As with the Ugly Christmas Sweater Wine Walk in November, pre-sold ticket holders can pick up their glasses and maps at the Depot. Those who purchased their tickets online can pick up their glasses and maps at the future home of Stray Leaves Tasting Room located on the corner of F and Green Streets.
When attendees pick up their maps, they will note four brand new tasting locations along the route. Across the railroad tracks behind the Depot is Darlene's Real Swell Toys and across Green St. from them is the Tehachapi's Humble Collector. Be sure not to miss them. On F St. Oak Valley Appliance has been added and don't miss Go2Girlz on Curry just up the street from the Visitor Center.
Tickets are $30 each in advance and $35 on the day of the event. Advance tickets can be purchased online at http://www.mainstreettehachapi.org. In addition, tickets are available at the following downtown locations: Tehachapi Visitor Center, Get Dressed Boutique, Dressing Room, Dahlia's, Bliss Interiors and the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce. Checks or cash are accepted at all locations. You may pay by credit card online. On the day of the event, only checks and cash can be accepted.
The Valentine's Wine Walk and Chocolate Tasting is one of Tehachapi's more popular events so it is advised to purchase tickets early. The event has sold out in the past and Main Street does not want to turn anyone away. "We are really excited about the growth of the Wine Walks," said Main Street's Linda Pettit. "It means that we will be able to put more money back into the community."
