New wines at Festival of Trees this year…
Posted November 30, 2009 at 12:01 am by Ian Byington
Butch & Jerry...
Jan from the Community Theatre says there’s one more reason to come to FOT this year:
An award-winning Washington winery is playing a new starring role in the CATS’ 20th Annual Festival of Trees extravaganza at San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, December 5.
Eastern Washington’s Milbrandt Vineyards will not only provide the featured wines for the auction and entertainment event as it celebrates “20 Magical Years,” but one of its founders will be on hand to share samples of the vineyards’ rare Estates & Legacy wines. In addition, the company will be offering a live auction item for a special winery tour at Milbrandt’s newly-opened tasting room in Prosser (between Yakima and the Tri-Cities) featuring a harvest lunch for six and a chance to participate in hand-harvesting the grapes.
Roche Harbor Executive Chef Bill Shaw, who coordinates the wine and gourmet appetizers for Festival of Trees, says the addition of Milbrandt Vineyards is very exciting for the island. “We usually don’t get wine tastings for more than 50 people here…300 people will have the chance to sample this great wine together at the Festival of Trees.”
Butch Milbrandt will lead the special tastings of the wines at the Festival. After growing up in a farming family in the region, he and his brother, Jerry, planted their first vines in the Columbia Valley in 1997. Today, they farm 13 distinct estate vineyard sites and have been producing their own award-winning wines for four years. Their 2007 Estates Late Harvest Reisling won the Double Gold award in the 2009 San Francisco International Wine Competition.
Festival of Trees begins at 5:00 p.m. with the wine and appetizers and a silent auction. Guests will move to the Whittier Theatre for entertainment produced by Ted Soares and a lively auction led by professional auctioneer April Brown of Seattle. All proceeds from the event benefit the San Juan Community Theatre.
Tickets are $75 per person. Contact CATS at 378-3211, ext. 32 for reservations.
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