The Middletown Women’s Wine & Chocolate Walk is a lot cooler than you think. Blocks of downtown Middletown are reserved for local ladies to shop, sip and snack while a DJ plays hits that will take you (and your mom) back to slumber parties past. One ticket gets you a swag bag, tasting map and wine glass – which you’ll need as your companion for the 10 different wine stops and chocolate stops throughout downtown Middletown. Along the way, shop for everything your home and wardrobe needs (or doesn’t, but still wants) while you run into friends old and new. If wine isn’t your cup of tea, a handful of restaurants will offer to-go drink specials that will make you dance in the street and sing into your cup like it’s a hairbrush. If you thought the Women’s Wine Walk was just for your mom’s friends from high school, note that I found myself dancing in Central Pastry bakery with total strangers in broad daylight like it was the club. In that moment, it was. downtownmiddletown.org.
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