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Cincy wine festival to be held March 8-10
CINCINNATI — The 22nd Annual Cincinnati International Wine Festival’s grand tastings will be held March 8-10 in the Duke Energy Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati.
There are three grand tastings, which will feature more than 600 domestic and international selections from over 100 wineries: Friday, March 9, 6:30 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, March 10, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, March 10, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tickets for these events range from $60 to $70 in advance, $65-$75 at the door (the shorter Saturday afternoon event is the least expensive). A special reserve tasting starts one hour before the grand-tasting opening times and costs an additional $40.
The festival also includes some special wine dinners on Thursday, March 8 at more than a dozen Cincy-area restaurants. And a Charity Auction & Luncheon will be held Saturday morning, March 10, at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hall of Mirrors, with the reception and silent auction starting at 9:30 a.m., and the live auction starting at 11 a.m. The luncheon follows the live auction. Tickets for this event are $125.
The wine festival is a local non-profit organization founded in 1991, and it benefits 30 Cincinnati-area and Northern Kentucky charities. The festival distributed $275,000 to those charities in 2011, and Since its inception, more than $3 million has been raised and donated to charities, organizers said.
The convention center that will host the Friday night and Saturday grand tastings is located at 525 Elm Street. Click here to purchase tickets for the grand tastings online. For more information about any of the festival’s events, call 513-723-9463.
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