Terry Davis, CEO of The Wayside, said the organization always looks forward to this event because it’s so much fun and it certainly helps the bottom line, “It was a great night and best part is $100,000 was raised to support our continued efforts to provide the very best services and care for the over 700 individuals we are honored to work for."
Hosting this year’s event were: ESPN 850 WKNR’s Mark “Munch” Bishop, Advance Ohio’s (Cleveland.com) Marc Bona, FOX 8’s Todd Meany, Q104's Average Joe, and WMJI's Chip Kullik.
Premiere Grand Tasting Guests enjoyed souvenir wine glass, 300 international acclaimed wine samplings, craft beer samplings, program and Chinese raffle. Musical entertainment by Ace Molar, featuring FOX 8’s Todd Meany, and the tastes from sauciest restaurants in town including: The Aurora Inn, Agostino’s, Corleone’s, Crooked River BBQ, Happy Dog, Hodge’s, Hot Sauce Williams, Melt, Strip, as well as delicious treats Pierre’s Ice Cream.
VIP Guests enjoyed access to the top floor of The Corner where they enjoyed featured wine selections from Benziger Family Winery, Kenwood Vineyards and Prophecy, as well as craft beer from Blue Moon, Cavalier Distributing, Fat Heads Brewery, Great Lakes Brewing Company, Goose Island, Leinenkugel’s, Samuel Adams and Shock Top. Special sweets from Cupcake Cravings and Catering from Agostino’s Catering and Event Center. As a special thank you VIP guests were given complimentary selfie sticks to capture all the fun from the evenings festivities. They also had access to all of the amenities of the Premiere Grand Tasting.
The evenings Media sponsors included Advance Ohio (cleveland.com) Cleveland Magazine, ESPN 850 WKNR, FOX 8, Majic 105.7, oWOW, Pepsi, Q104 and The Wine Buzz.
Thank you to everyone who helped make the night a success! All proceeds from the event benefited Our Lady of the Wayside Transportation Program.