Winter Wine Affair at Stambaugh Ballroom

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Winter Wine Affair – featuring Ohio wines, live music and artful vendors – will take place Jan. 26 in the ballroom at Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave.

Thirteen wineries will pour samples, and bottles will be available to purchase to take home. The event will have two sessions to choose from: 1 to 3 p.m., and 6 to 8 p.m.. VIP ticket holders can enter one hour early for extra wine sampling and will also receive a wine tote and a cheese plate.

Tickets are $25 ($35 for VIP, and must be purchased in advance at ohiowines.org or by phone at 440-466-4417).

The participating wineries are:

Barrel Run Crossing, Rootstown; Country Porch, Cortland; Deer’s Leap, Geneva; Emerine Estates, Jefferson; Firelands Winery, Sandusky; Greene Eagle, Cortland; It’s Your Winery, Medina; Lincoln Way Vineyards, Wooster; Mastropietro Winery, Lake Milton; Maize Valley Winery, Hartville; Old Firehouse Winery, Geneva-on-the-Lake; Sand Hollow Speakeasy and Winery, Heath; and The Vineyards at Pine Lake, Columbiana.