What is Corks for Kids?

A two-day dinner and wine-tasting event featuring nineteen Australian winemakers to raise money for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital located in Chapel Hill. Last year, the event raised over $50,000 for the Hospital. Not bad for our second year, but we will do better this time!

 

Why is this important?

Her name is Lily Mae - my beautiful redheaded daughter. She and her Mom are alive today thanks to the N.C. Children's Hospital. And since my wife works there, I have gotten to hear about the other amazing things they do and the lives they touch. Kids come from all over the state to receive the best health care around - regardless of their ability to pay or the complexity of the care that is needed. But if it is the state’s Children’s Hospital, why do they need our help? Can’t they just go to the state for more money? If only it were that simple.

Certainly, the state provides a portion of the hospital’s budget. But that goes to cover the bare minimum – the basics that keep the lights on and the place running. What the state doesn’t do is provide the funds needed to attract world-class physicians and staff or to initiate innovative research and care programs. The challenge is to find a way that allows the Hospital to be innovative and develop programs beyond what's afforded from patients' limited insurance and uncompensated care to children statewide.

Simply stated, much of the additional personnel and equipment they need to develop new and innovative programs are not available from the financial resources they have. That’s where Corks for Kids comes in.

 

THREE DAYS OF WINE TASTING EVENTS TO BENEFIT
NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Thursday, September 11th
Pazzo Winemaker Dinner

7:00 pm. $100 per person (plus tax and gratuity)

PAZZO

Each table will have its own winemaker to discuss the wines with guests. You can peek at the menu by clicking here

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19 winemakers from Australia and New Zealand.

Tables of 6-10 people will be seated with a winemaker for an intimate evening of discussion and fun.

A five-course meal with each course paired with one or two wines.

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Friday, September 12th
ACME, BIN Fifty-Four & Four Square
Winemaker Dinners

6:30 pm. $150 per person (plus tax and gratuity)

ACME Food & Beverage	Bin 54
Four Square

 

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Saturday, September 13th
Wine Tasting & Auction

The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

7:00-10:00 pm. • $65 per person

Over 80 wines • 19 winemakers • Silent and live auctions

All wines for sale, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Children's Hospital. Over 30 wines rated 90 pts or higher.

Average retail of tasted wines over $35.

Hors D'ouevres will be served

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Wines served include:

First Drop The Cream (95 pts Wine Advocate)
Hentley Beast Shiraz (93 pts Wine Advocate)
Piombo Shiraz (94 pts Wine Advocate)