Mark your calendars. The 2008 Holiday Wine Weekends on the Chautauqua Lake Erie Wine Trail will be held Nov. 1-2 and Nov. 8-9.

There are now 21 commercial and estate wineries located along the 40-mile Chautauqua Lake Erie Wine Trail, which extends from Silver Creek, N.Y., to North East, Pa. Tastings and food will be available along the trails.

Trail organizers have maps available with events listed along the routes. Tickets are $26 per person for Saturday only or $31 for Saturday and Sunday. You can order tickets at www.chautauquawinetrail.org or by calling 1-800-374-6569.

The U.S. State Department has begun producing the passport card, Travel Weekly reports.

This a wallet-sized document that will contain an electronic chip with photos and personal information. The card will be used for re-entry into the United States at land border crossings and sea ports of entry when arriving from Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda.

This will be a cheaper alternative to the passport, government officials say. It will cost $45 for adults and $35 for applicants under age 16.

As part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, travelers will be required to present a single document denoting both citizenship and identity when entering the United States through land or sea borders. This requirement will go into effect on June 1, 2009.

State Department officials believe the electronic information on the card will expedite legitimate cross-border travel.

More information on the passport card is available at the State Department's Web site at www.state.gov.

Frommer's travel guides are becoming available for download to iPhones and the iPod Touch.

Digital editions of Frommer's 2008 guides to New York, San Francisco, London and Paris are $9.99 from Apple.com via the new Apple App Store and from iTunes.

More Frommer's guides will be out later this year for downloading.

Once the books are loaded, users can browse ad-free content without an Internet connection. The format also offers interactive maps, Web and phone links through the touchscreen interface.

To view a demo of the application, visit www.frommers.com/go/mobile.

The applications were developed by Modality, which specializes in transforming content for handheld devices.

A new food festival that offers a variety of active and outdoor programs in addition to the usual tastings is scheduled to take place Sept. 18-21 in the Poconos.

The Delaware River Food & Wine Festival includes a "Brew Master for a Day" program, mushroom-foraging, guided pheasant hunting, and a bike ride with stops for farm tours. A 35-course tasting menu is scheduled for Sept. 20 at the Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort. Tickets are $85. Details at www.delawareriver foodandwine.com.

Other fall events in the Poconos include the opening of a new $19 million indoor waterpark at Split Rock Resort & Golf Club, a four-season resort on Lake Harmony in the western Poconos, some time in September.

Local traditions include the foliage festival in the historic town of Jim Thorpe, Oct. 18-19, and Harvest & Heritage Days in Honesdale, Oct. 11-12.

Details: www.800poconos.com.