Grapes of Gratitude COS

525 North Cascade Avenue,Colorado Springs CO 80903

26 March, 2022

Description

Competetive Wine Tasting Event - Fun, Casual, Drink Wine and Make Some New Friends! Do you want to help raise funds for your favorite charity or non-profit? Grab your friends, family, and co-workers and join us for this fun competitive wine tasting event. This is the first time this event’s been held in the Colorado Springs area. Events by KelleyNCo has always donated their event management & planning services to run these events. All proceeds go to the charity or non-profit. We don’t have a specific recipient in mind for this inaugural event, so you’ll get to choose where you'd like to see the proceeds go. We’ll draw a winner at the end of the evening. So how does a competitive wine tasting event work exactly? Teams can consist of 1 to 3 participants. Thus, a group of 4 participants, for example, will be considered 2 teams and must bring 6 bottles of the featured varietal to enter the event.. The goal is to bring the best tasting wine! Each team brings 3 identical bottles of wine – same vintage, same year. Every team brings the same varietal. For this first event, that’s CABERNET SAUVIGNON 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 nobody 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: 7:00pm - 7:30pm Team & Wine Check-in 7:30pm - 8:45pm Turn in Best/Worst Wine Vote 9:00pm Winning / Losing Team(s) Announced / Non-profit Selected