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Westport Winery will host the annual Crush Me, Squeeze Me, Make Me Wine at the Beach Festival on Sunday, October 6 from 11 a.m. to 4.p.m. with fun activities throughout the day.

The winery will provide bins of grapes for guests of all ages to stomp into purple-footed bliss. “Crush” T-shirts will be available to purchase for those who want to immortalize their experience with footprints on their shirt. There is no cost to attend this fun-filled event featuring live music from classical guitarist Scott Lindenmuth along with complimentary chicken and wild rice soup.

At noon, the winery will open its new Off-Leash Dog Park. The winery will unveil their latest sculpture garden commission by North River artist Sherryl Jackson at 1 p.m. in their English Cottage garden. A new sculpture in the winery’s Japanese Zen garden by Elma artist Frank Ratte will be unveiled at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m. the winery will judge the annual Lucy and Ethyl Look-Alike Contest open to men, women, children, and dogs. Throughout the festival, Johnny and Darlene Camp from Opal Art Glass will be offering their incredible glass pumpkins for sale as a fundraiser for Cosmopolis Elementary School Technology.

This is a perfect opportunity to navigate the winery’s enormous grape maze, play the musical fence and tour the winery’s botanical gardens.

Westport Winery, the 2013 Best in the Northwest Destination Winery, is located on the corner of Highway 105 and South Arbor Road halfway between Westport and Aberdeen. This destination winery includes a restaurant, bakery, gift shop, nursery, botanical garden and arboretum. For more information or dinner reservations call Westport Winery at 360-648-2224.