The 2013 Charity Wine Tasting

Join Us for an Evening of Wine from Around the World!

The Catholic Social Service Charity Wine Tasting Event is scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Club at Stone Ridge in Great Bend KS. For $35, you can sample wines from all over the world while enjoying hors d-oeuvres, the live entertainment of Classical Guitarist, Richard J Falcon Jr, an enticing array of live and silent auction items, and many other fun games and prizes. A block of rooms will be reserved for out-of-town guests to stay overnight at the Best Western Angus Inn.

Tickets: Tickets for the Wine Tasting Event are available now ($35 per person, $250 for a table of eight, or $375 for a table of twelve), but don't wait until the last minute! Tickets have sold out prior to the event for the last two years.

Sponsors: We invite individuals, organizations and businesses to sponsor the 2013 Charity Wine Tasting Event so that more of the money raised goes directly to the people and programs who need it most. Click here for a list of 2013 Sponsors, and for information about how you can become a sponsor, too.

Auction: The 2013 Annual Charity Wine Tasting Event will include a live and silent auction with our Master of Ceremonies for the evening, Scott Donovan, and our auctioneer, T.R. Esfeld. Click here to view items that have been donated so far for the 2013 Charity Wine Tasting Event! The 2013 list of auction donors, and information about how to donate an auction item for the 2013 Charity Wine Tasting Event are available here.

Over Night Accommodations: Out-of-town guests are invited to contact the Best Western Angus Inn by April 12th to reserve a non-smoking room for two for the night of April 26th! Be sure to mention that you are attending the Catholic Social Service Wine Tasting Event to receive a special discount price. Your room will be fully equipped with high-speed Internet access, cable satellite television, microwave, refrigerator, coffee/tea maker and iron/ironing board. There's also an indoor swimming pool, sauna, exercise room, game room, and two onsite dining options for breakfast the next morning.

Of Wine and Cheese: The pairing of fine artisan wines and cheeses is worthy of the highest appreciation. Click here to see why! The open air and spacious skies of the Midwestern Plains has nurtured more than two dozen Kansas vineyards and wineries, and our very own Alma Creamery, Home of the Famous Alma Cheese, in Alma KS. Click here for more information about three of the Kansas wineries who will be participating in the 2013 event. We will have three different 2.5 lb logs of Alma Cheese (five each) for auction: Pepper Jack, Colby and Cheddar, and a log of each for guests to sample.

Wine Tasting 101:

Need a little brush up on your wine tasting skills? Watch this video for a refresher, and then make plans to come try out your skills at our Charity Wine Tasting Event!

Our Programs: We invite you to learn more about Catholic Charities, and Catholic Social Service. You play a critical role in helping us to provide much needed programs in our southwest Kansas communities including adoption services, support for teen mothers, pregnancy counseling, marriage and healthy relationship classes, addiction and recovery counseling, economic assistance, and disaster relief, such as we provided after the Greensburg tornado. Thank you for supporting Catholic Social Service!