Wine Tasting in Support of Caregivers

Shooting Star: $775 – Includes two tickets, listing in the printed program and two bottles of wine*

Rock Star: $520 – Includes an individual ticket, listing in the printed program and one bottle of wine*

Super Star: $360 – Includes an individual ticket, listing in the printed program

Rising Star: $180 – Includes an individual ticket

* Wine will be distributed at the event for guests to take home

Greenhough, Sauvignon Blanc (2025)
Type: Wine – Still – White
Producer Greenhough
Region: Nelson, New Zealand
Grape Sauvignon Blanc

A small portion of high-solids fermentation with indigenous yeasts has ‘tamed’ the most overt of varietal Sauvignon characters and contributed subtle palate texture and complexity. Aromatically there’s an intriguing mix of citrus blossom, tangelo and passionfruit together with fresh, greener nettle notes. This is echoed in the character and range of flavors throughout the palate. At first fresh and vibrant, the wine opens with a little time to reveal a softer, generous core of melon, tangelo and variously ripe citrus.

Domaine Desloges, Touraine Sauvignon (2025)
Type Wine – Still – White
Producer Domaine Desloges
Region: Loire Valley, France
Grape Sauvignon Blanc
Appellation Touraine

Winemaking: Mechanical harvest; Skin maceration on 40% of the grapes; Pneumatic pressing; 15 days fermentation at a constant temperature of 16°C; 2 months aging on lees with regular stirring of the lees.

Tasting: This wine has a rather intense straw yellow color. The nose reveals aromas of passion fruit, and then, when you swirl the wine in your glass, you will discover a great aromatic complexity dominated by citrus aromas. In the mouth, it is a very round and aromatic wine, in which you find exotic fruit flavors.

High Hook, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir (2024)

Type: Wine – Still – Red
Producer High Hook
Region: Oregon, United States
Grape Pinot Noir
Appellation Willamette Valley

100% Pinot Noir, single vineyard, estate-bottled. The nose offers notes of red raspberry, red and black cherries and a hint of spice. The mouthfeel is smooth and elegant with the same red and black cherry fruit flavors. Refreshing acidity on the finish makes this wine a wonderful accompaniment to many foods and flavors.

Vignerons De Mancey, Bourgogne Pinot Noir Les Classiques (2024)
Type Wine – Still – Red
Producer: Vignerons De Mancey
Region: Burgundy, France
Grape Pinot Noir
Appellation Bourgogne

Pale, light ruby color. On the nose, the wine is very expressive and open, releasing aromas of red fruit, such as red currants, cherries, and griotte cherries macerated in alcohol. It is supple on the palate, with nice cherry- stone-like fruit. It is a simple, delicate wine, at a very early stage of its development. Lovely, extremely fresh finish. This is a very easy-to-drink wine.

Greenhough, Pinot Noir Hope Vineyard (2023)
Type Wine – Still – Red
Producer Greenhough
Region: Nelson, New Zealand
Grape Pinot Noir

This single-vineyard Pinot is made only in the best vintages from selected clonal parcels of fruit across the home blocks in Hope, which has been certified organic since 2011. It’s exact composition varies from year to year though our oldest vines (UCD5 and AM 10/5) planted in 1993, are the basis of the blend. More recently, a portion of 100% whole-bunch fermented fruit has become an integral part of the wine style, imparting floral aromatic lift and lithe tannins that are present and precise.

All fruit was hand-harvested and chilled overnight. Sixty percent was de-stemmed into small open fermenters, while the remaining 100% was whole-bunch fermented. Total time on skins ranged from 13 to 20 days, with gentle hand-plunging of the cap during alcoholic fermentation. Pressed, briefly settled and run to French oak barriques 15% new, where it remained for 10 months, naturally completing malolactic fermentation during the following spring. The selected batches were blended and allowed to rest in tank before bottling unfined and only lightly filtered. Bright, floral and light spice notes with a hint of youthful reduction on the nose. The palate is full and richly fruited, showing dark cherry and red plum. Notable structure is nicely embedded from start to end. There’s a generous, joyous character and energy to the wine, with balance between grip, freshness and bright, lush fruit.