Wine & Roses Charity Wine Tasting Features Top San Diego Eateries, Award-Winning National and International Wines

Wine & Roses Charity Wine Tasting, San Diego’s longest-running charity wine event, will feature award-winning wines from around the world and small bites from dozens of some of San Diego’s most impressive restaurants and chefs.  The ticketed event will be held on June 1, 2014 at The Grand Del Mar. Proceeds from the event benefit youth summer camp, Camp Oliver, in Descanso, Calif., and is sure to be one of the most notable food and wine events of the year!

To date, nearly 20 restaurants will be involved in Wine & Roses. Included are: The Patio, Searsucker, Venissimo, Tractor Room, Brooklyn Girl, Oceanaire, Muzita Bistro, Randy Jones, Bread & Cie, JRDN, The Meat Men, Table 926, The Shores, The Third Corner, Viva el Café, Temecula Olive Oil Company, Yummy Cupcakes and more.

In addition to the many restaurant partners for the event, the 31st annual Wine & Roses event also features award-winning wines available for tasting and for purchase at the auction, coming right off of the San Diego International Wine Competition. For wine lovers and wine aficionados, Wine & Roses allows guests to bid and purchase auctioned wines that won Platinum, Gold and Silver medals at the competition. Over 2,000 wines were entered any many of the local, national and international vinos will be available at Wine & Roses.

Platinum medal holders include:  Napa Valley’s Andrew Lane Cabernet Sauvignon, Texas High Plains’ Arche Roussane, Santa Barbara’s Biddle Ranch Vineyard Sangiovese, as well as hard-to-find selections from Italy, Germany, Russia, Greece and Australia. For a full list of the winning wines, many of which will be available at Wine & Roses, please visit: www.sdiwc.com/results_sd.html

Wine & Roses is a ticketed event, and prices begin at $100 for general admission, $150 and $250 for VIP The 2014 event will be held from 3-6:30 p.m. at the Grand Del Mar on Sunday, June 1. To purchase tickets or for VIP details and other info, please visit www.wineandroses.net.