I've got Georgia on my mind. You see, the road leads back to, er, it. And by Georgia I mean the sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It's this region people dressed as Indiana Jones believe humans made the first wine 7,000 years ago. Archaeological evidence points to the ancients serving their fermented grape juice in special vessels, and consuming it with a similar sense of ritual as we have today. Wine is, to be sure, a special thing, reflective of both the people who made it and the earthly conditions of time, geography, and climate. The good stuff tells a story with each taste, one that changes the farther you get into it. This weekend, you'll need to find a designated driver to get farther into wine as the annual South Sound Wine Trail Fall Passport event runs noon to 6 p.m. You can purchase your passport online or in advance at any of the six participating wineries: Madsen Family Cellars, Northwest Mountain Winery, Walter Dacon, Scatter Creek Winery, Medicine Creek Winery and Stottle Winery. Your passport gets you a tasting at each winery. The passport is valid all three days, once per winery. Bonus: Get your passport stamped at all the wineries and be entered for a chance to win a Thurston County getaway for two.

SOUTH SOUND WINE TRAIL FALL PASSPORT, noon to 6 p.m., Lacey, Olympia, Shelton, Tenino, $25 in advance, $30 day of, southsoundwinetrail.com