| The Cincinnati International Wine Festival is now selling tickets for the 2008 events that include the Winery Dinners on March 27, the Charity Auction & Luncheon on March 29 and the Grand Tastings on March 28-29. The Midwest’s premier wine festival will bring 135 wineries together with over 600 wines for sampling. This prestigious event benefits local Cincinnati charities.
The festival is honored to have Stephanie Gallo serve as Honorary Chair for the Grand Tastings. Stephanie is the Senior Director of Marketing for the E.&J. Gallo Winery which is now the largest family-owned winery in the world. She was named 2007 Young Entrepreneur of the Year by California State University Stanislaus and is a truly dynamic representative of the California wine industry.
For more information and a complete description of our events, go to our website at www.winefestival.com.
Grand Tastings
Duke Energy Center, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Friday, March 28, 6:30-9:00 p.m. – Tickets $65 in advance; $70 at the door
Saturday, March 29, 2:30-4:30 p.m. – Tickets $55 in advance; $60 at the door
Saturday, March 29, 6:30-9:00 p.m. – Tickets $65 in advance; $70 at the door
Special Tasting Room
Duke Energy Center, Junior Ballroom, 3rd floor
Friday, March 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 29, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 29, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $35 with purchase of a Grand Tasting ticket
Winery Dinners
At Cincinnati’s Finest Restaurants
Thursday, March 27, 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $125
Restaurants include: Carlo and Johnny, Daveed’s at 934, Embers, Honey, Hugo, Jags, Jean-Robert at Pigall’s, Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse, Morton’s-The Steakhouse, and Orchids at Palm Court.
Charity Auction & Luncheon
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Hall of Mirrors
Saturday, March 29
10:00 a.m. Reception and Auction Lot Preview
11:00 a.m. Live Auction
Tickets: $125 per person
Winery Luncheon immediately following
The Cincinnati International Wine Festival is a charitable, non-profit, fundraising organization established to raise funds and distribute grants in the Greater Cincinnati area for programs in the arts, education, and health and human services. Since 1991, more than $2.5 million has been raised and donated to local charities. Charities includes Catholic Inner-City Schools Education FUND (CISE), FreeStore/FoodBank, Dress for Success, Dan Beard Council, Boy Scouts of America, Ronald McDonald House, AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Sudden Infant Death Network of Ohio, Emanuel Community Center, Cancer Family Care, and Hamilton County Special Olympics, among others.
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