Healdsburg Museum’s ‘Instant Wine Cellar’ Raffle is Back

Some people spend years building their wine cellar, carefully selecting bottle after precious bottle. That’s a tried and true approach.

But others, like Mary Brandt of Healdsburg, have enjoyed a much more expedient path to a spectacular cellar. Last year, at the s ‘Instant Wine Cellar’ Raffle, Mary bought a book of 15 tickets and won nearly $5,500 of wine.

Her “instant” cellar included 147 bottles from 73 different premier Sonoma County producers. Dale Pitcairn of Florida also got a major head start on his wine collection.  He entered the ‘Day-of-Event’ Raffle and won 125 bottles valued at $4,500.

Now in its 18th year, the Instant Wine Cellar Raffle sponsored by the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society is poised to be bigger and better ever.

This year’s event will be hosted at at 9990 Dry Creek Road, Geyserville, on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 2 to 5 p.m.

It will include delicious food from K. King Catering paired with some fantastic local wines, an array of silent auction items, exhibits from the museum’s collection and, of course, the raffle drawings.  The museum will raffle two Instant Wine Cellars and an additional Instant Cellar for day-of-event guests – each with 100+ bottles of wine.

All tickets can be purchased at the Healdsburg Museum at 221 Matheson St., Healdsburg, online at www.healdsburgmuseum.org, or at the Saturday morning Healdsburg Farmer’s Market. Ticket package options include 15 raffle tickets with a single event ticket for $95 or 15 raffle tickets with 2 event tickets for $130.

The Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society appreciates the continued support of the local community because it is only with that support that “History Lives in Healdsburg.”

For more information, contact Lockie Gillies at (707) 696-2322 or the Healdsburg Museum (707) 431-3325.