Mother Nature had her own plans for the Olympic Peninsula Wineries’ 2019 Red Wine, Cider & Chocolate Tour.

Originally scheduled for the weekends of Feb. 9-10 and Feb. 16-18, significant snowfall and chilly temperatures made travel to the tour’s nine wineries located between Chimacum and Port Angeles too risky for visitors and employees, and forced the wineries to cancel the first weekend’s event.

With temperatures climbing and the snow starting to melt, however, tour organizers have extended the tour for an additional weekend, Feb. 23-24.

“This has been such an unusual February,” Olympic Peninsula Wineries President Lisa Martin said. “We’ve dealt with less than perfect weather during a couple past February tours – the occasional deluge – but never a severe snow storm. We want to make good for all the folks who had purchased tour tickets and planned to come out on Feb. 9-10. We hope that adding an extra weekend will help. Tour tickets are good for both Presidents’ Day Weekend and the following weekend.”

The tour includes new wine and hard cider releases paired with sweet and savory chocolate treats, live music and fun, tour organizers say.

The self-guided tour takes place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 16-18 and Feb. 23-24.

Tour tickets are $40 online and include wine, cider and chocolate pairings at all nine venues, plus a commemorative wine glass. Tickets purchased at the door of participating venues are $45.

Independently, each winery/cidery charges a $10 per person tasting fee.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit www.olympicpeninsulawineries.org.

Participating venues include: Wind Rose Cellars of Sequim; Harbinger Winery, Camaraderie Cellars and Olympic Cellars of Port Angeles; Port Townsend Vineyards, Eaglemount Wine & Cider and FairWinds Winery of Port Townsend; Marrowstone Vineyards in Nordland, and Finnriver Farm & Cidery in Chimacum.