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Grapes Of Gratitude - A Competitive Wine Tasting Event

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    Sat, April 20, 2024 (4:30 PM - 7:00 PM)

5550 Tech Center Dr
5550 Tech Center Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
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Will your team bring the best wine? If so, you take home the stash of unopened wine!

Competitive Wine Tasting Event – Fun, Casual, Drink Wine, & Maybe Win Wine.

Support the UC Health Memorial Foundation Circle of Hope

Grab your friends, family, and co-workers and join us for this fun competitive wine tasting event.

So how does a competitive wine tasting event work exactly?

The goal is to bring the best tasting wine! Each team of 1-3 players brings 3 identical bottles of wine – same vintage, same year. Every team brings the same varietal. For this event, it’s PINOT GRIGIO.

On arrival, each team turns in their bottles of wine. We’ll open, number, and disguise two, and place them out for tasting. The third bottle is set aside for prize distribution at the end of the evening. Over the course of the evening, you’ll enjoy tasting several different versions of the same varietal of wine while munching on light hors d’oeuvres and critiquing the wines with your friends. At the end of the night, you’ll vote for your most and least favorite wines.


And here’s the best part. If your team brought the wine with the most votes, you get to take the bottles we set aside home! Except the one LEAST liked – the team that brought that has to take it back with them. If it is a large event, the top 1-3 teams may split the wine.


So that’s it. Here’s a great opportunity to have some fun with your friends, taste some great wines, and raise some funds for charity.


Must be 21 years old to attend

Agenda for the evening:

4:30pm - 4:55pm Team & Wine Check-in

5 :00pm - 6:20pm Taste & Critique the Wines / Snack on Hors D' Oeuvres

6 :20pm Ballots Handed Out

6:30pm - 6:45pm Turn in Best/Worst Wine Vote

6:55pm Winning / Losing Team(s) Announced

Leave in time to make your dinner reservations at 7:15pm downtown!!


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