Chocolate and Wine Tour/ Night Market

Chocolate & Wine Tour November 1st First Friday 5-8PM

Chocolate & Wine Tour November 1st First Friday 5-8PM The Chocolate & Wine Tour is a favorite for all. Tour the downtown (See Map) area wineries, Meadery, and local area schools participate in providing chocolate delicacies. Start your night at the Buchtel House and sample Local Wineries and Meadery Wine and the local Student Culinary Arts will also provide Chocolate samples. The Auburn Rotary will be having a Chili Cook Off event at McIntyre Place. Many businesses will have chocolate, drawings, and other goodies on the tour. Come to Historic Downtown Auburn and Enjoy Music, Shopping, and the Night Market. Don’t forget dinner and dessert! We hope you will join us!

Activities:

Start at the Buchtel House: Wine and Chocolate Trail Starting spot! Live Music by Jensen Snyder.

The Eastside Culinary, Dekalb High School Culinary, and the Impact Institute Culinary students will have Chocolate Samples available.

Wine Samples provided by Byler Lane Winery, Acres Away Winery, Cupka’s Bee Good Meadery at the Buchtel House.

Sponsors: Nucor Building Systems, State Farm Kelli Southern, Betz Nursing Home

Stores open late throughout downtown

Live musicians at: GEM @ 9th Street Brew

Jensen Snyder at the Buchtel House Artist Gallery

Silent Auction at the Auburn Atrium Marketplace

The Community Table Food Truck will be downtown on Nov 1st during the Chocolate and Wine Trail First Friday.

Rotary Chili Cook Off at McIntyre Place

Special Milkshakes at 9th Street Brew and a stop to win the AMS Wine and Chocolate Giveaway.

Auburn Brewing Company will be making a special one-off beer with thier beloved Sparkplug for the Chocolate Trail- White Chocolate Sparkplug {hazelnut coffee, chocolate, sweet white chocolate}

Special Honey Wine (Mead) slushies at Cupka’s Bee Good Meadery

The Olive Twist-Door prize and selling house made Colombian Hot Chocolate using a traditional wooden Mexican molinillo whisk.

Forget Me Not will continue the First Friday Flight with 10% off 1 item, 20% off 2 items, 30% off 3 or more items. Drawing for a DeBrands Chocolate/Caramel Apple

Carbaugh Jewelers will have specials throughout the store but offering 20% off remaining stock of Bentelli Sterling Silver & Diamond Jewelry. Refreshments served throughout the evening! and drop your entry to win the AMS Wine and Chocolate Giveaway.

Little Sprouts-Sample Chocolates

Beacon CU: pass out chocolate milk to our nondrinkers/kids at the Atrium

Paper Gourmet-Door prize and chocolates

Lyn-Marie’s Boutique-Chocolate Charcuterie Board

Birch and Bell-Chocolates

Country Lane General Store-Chocolate samples

Nature’s Mercantile-Chocolate Martini Shots

Heavenly Creations-Chocolate dessert

Cranberry Cottage-Cranberry Wine and selling Genius Irish Brownies

B. Refined Interior Designer-Free 1 hour interior design consultation

Expressions by Nina (at the Atrium)-Chocolates and Silent Auction for Retrospective Art by Lina Zerkle Artists at the Atrium-Drawing for Debrand Chocolates

Crickets-Special on Chocolate Martinis Sprinkling Can- Drawing for DeBrands Boxed Chocolates

Pizza Forum- special on wine

Classic City Creamery- special on ice cream

All about You Boutique- chocolate samples and a FREE wine bottle lip tint w/ a $25 purchase

A big thank you to our 2024 Sponsors: Legacy Sponsor: The City of Auburn; Event Partner Sponsors: The Hicksville Bank, Beacon Credit Union, Credent Wealth Management, Oak Partners Inc., Steel Dynamics Inc., Tempus Technologies Inc., Team Quality Inc., Downtown Auburn Business Association, Carbaugh Jewelers, The Deli @ 6th & Main, Scheumann Dental Associates, Rieke Packaging Corporation, Crickets 7th Street Bar and Grille, Smith Law Office. Supporter Sponsors: 9th St Brew Coffee House, C&A Tool Engineering Inc., Auburn Moose Family Center, Dekalb Chamber Partnership,, FCI Construction, Wal-Mart Distribution Center, Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, Blue Moon, Dekalb High School, Wild Honey Spa.