Chambourcin, the Lehigh Valley's wine grape may be lesser known among the more popular varieties, but it grows so well in the climate and soil of this region it has become the only wine grape grown by all nine wineries of the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail.

Local wine lovers can become familiar with it during the wine trail's Chambourcin Weekend event Oct. 15-16. Each winery will feature its own activities such as tastings, entertainment, tours, or food and wine pairings. Event hours are Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The event is free, however some wineries charge for tastings, tours, and/or entertainment.Chambourcin Weekend winery highlights• Amore will pair its Chambourcin with beef stroganoff.• Big Creek will pair Millie's 5 Star Chili with their hearty red wines.• Blue Mountain will have a mulled Chambourcin to sample and to purchase by the mug and complimentary samples of baked ziti. Shepherd's pie and baked ziti, both made with Chambourcin, will be available for purchase. There will be live music Saturday and Sunday. Crafts for kids along with guided tours with the winemaker will be offered from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. (Reservations preferred; $5 admission, includes tasting).• Clover Hill will partner with American Café to present cooking demonstrations featuring foods prepared and paired with Chambourcin and Turtle Rock Red (made with 100 percent Chambourcin grapes with a hint of sweetness). Cooking demonstrations will take place both days.• At Franklin Hill warm up with Chambourcin infused chili, hot mulled wines and creative fall cocktails featuring Social Still's newly released Vanilla Maple Bourbon. Winery tours will be offered at noon and 2 p.m. both days and tastings will be available all day.• At Galen Glen enjoy a pairing of their 2016 Chili Cook Off Winner, Tripti Stashefski's Sausage and Beef Chili with a taste of Chambourcin or Cellar Red. Request an application to throw your chef's cap into the ring of fire in January 2017.• Pinnacle Ridge will feature cavatelli pasta in a light garlic and butter sauce with a harvest vegetable medley paired with the customer's choice of either the 2013 Chambourcin Reserve - a rich and spicy medium-bodied dry red; or 2015 Chambourcin Rosé - a crisp, light-bodied rosé, featuring aromas of strawberry and a light tannic finish.• Tolino will pair its dry red Chambourcin with a sample of beef brisket on a baguette with barbecue sauce infused with Chambourcin from the Bob-B-Q food truck, which will offer food for sale all day Saturday. Enjoy live music on Saturday and Sunday.• Vynecrest will offer complementary tastings of the 2014 Chambourcin with bite-sized homemade pizza squares by Domenico Buonsante, or as most people know him, Nico. Nico has been a mainstay at various wine festivals as well as Christkindlmarkt for years, and this will be the first time his brand-new food truck will be debuting along the wine trail.For more information on the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail visit

www.LehighValleyWineTrail.com.