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This Week at Monmouth Park: The 2018 Wine & Chocolate Festival

Wine & Chocolate Festival

Saturday, June 23 & Sunday, June 24

It’s the sweetest weekend all summer.Gather your friends and enjoy a weekend filled with wine and chocolate…do we need to say more?!

New Jersey’s finest wineries are back for another weekend of elegant wine tasting as are some of the area’s best chocolatiers and dessert vendors.

Wine & Chocolate Festival at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Photo By Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO

New for 2018, the indoor “Chocolate Lounge” and dessert area will expand throughout the Grandstand to allow for easier navigation.

So gather up your friends and family, sample from dozens of delicious New Jersey wines and finish it all off with the smooth taste of chocolate. Lots of chocolate!

 

Pick up a bottle of wine and picnic for the day or buy a $10 wristband for unlimited wine sampling. Chocolate sampling is $7. Or buy a combination ticket for $16. Wristband sales are cash only and ticket sales end at 4pm each day of the Festival.

Enjoy two days of live music and on Sunday enjoy FREE Family Fun Dayfeaturing clowns, face painters, pony rides and a bounce house.

You definitely don’t want to miss the most decadent two days of the year! 

  •  Participating NJ wineries include:
  • Laurita Winery
  • Monroeville Winery
  • Wagonhouse Winery
  • DiMatteo Vineyards
  • Plagido’s Winery
  • Villari Vineyards
  • Valenzano Winery

Wine & Chocolate Festival at Monmouth Park

Enjoy some sweets from 2 Chicks with Chocolate, Chocolate Sage, Caramella Moo, Lily’s Chocolate Paradise, The Chocolate Art Gallery, The Cocoa Exchange, JD Gourmet, Sweetly Chique, Gourmet Creations and more! Newspaper Media Group is a proud sponsor of the Chocolate Lounge.

Grandstand Admission is just $5
General Parking is just $5
Children 12 and under always FREE
Gates open 7:30am, First Race 12:50pm

Wine & Chocolate Weekend at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Photo By Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO

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