From wine novices to advanced wine enthusiasts, The Wine Opener is a casual and fun evening for all experience levels!  Sip Great Wines poured by international and domestic wineries.  Savor Great Cuisine presented at festive tasting stations, where Bonefish Grill chefs prepare their specialties just for you. 

The event appeals to wine novices looking for a casual and fun environment to taste wines, as well as to young professionals looking for an inexpensive night on the town with friends and co-workers.  Wine connoisseurs also are encouraged to attend.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is one of the most efficient voluntary health organizations of its kind and has been recognized by such magazines as Forbes and SmartMoney for its innovative approach to curing a disease.  In 2005, only 10.5 cents on the dollar was spent on fund-raising and administrative costs. This translates into nearly 90 cents of every dollar raised being invested in cystic fibrosis (CF) research, education, and care programs.

Since 1955, the mission of the CF Foundation is to assure the development of the means to cure and control CF and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease.  The CF Foundation tirelessly pursues this mission by supporting innovative research dedicated to discovering and developing new therapies and by funding and accrediting specialized care centers to treat people with the disease.

CF is a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive systems of approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide).  One in 31 Americans (more than 10 million people) is an unknowing, symptomless carrier of the defective CF gene. 

When the CF Foundation began, few children lived to attend elementary school.  Today, thanks to the efforts of scientists and caregivers supported by the CF Foundation, the median age of survival for a person with CF is in the early thirties.  In fact, nearly 40 percent of the CF patient population is age 18 and older.  This is a remarkable improvement, but it is not good enough, as we continue to lose at least one precious life to CF every day.

By partnering with the CF Foundation, you are investing in the lives of those with CF. Working together; we can give the children and adults with CF the quality of life and the future that they deserve.