Savor Sustain Salude!

Thursday, November 4, 2010 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | Semple Mansion Doors open at 6 PM

Savor

Our annual wine promises you and your palette something to remember. Mpls.St. Paul Magazine wine writer Bill Coy will return this year to take us on a tour of some of the best wines from around the world. Enjoy and compare five unique wines with a professional's advice on the nuisances to look for in each sip.

Sustain

Whether it's out at camp or in one of our neighborhood club programs, we teach young people the importance of protecting our environment. This year, those values inform our annual wine tasting. Each wine was hand selected by our host, Bill Coy, from one of the world's best sustainable vineyards. These wines were all raised by growers who enhance the environmental quality of the land as they farm it.

Salude!

Camp Fire USA turns 100 years-old this year and we will raise our glasses to the thousands of young people who have come through our camps and programs to become brilliant and tenacious leaders throughout their lives.

We will also have live entertainment, a unique silent auction and delicious appetizers throughout the evening.

It is only with the support of people like you that we can continue to make these life-changing programs available to young Minnesotans for the next 100 years.

The Location: Semple Mansion

100 West Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis 55404

Restored to its original 16th century Italian Renaissance style and opulence, Semple Mansion exudes class. Wine tasters will enter through ornate, ironwork doors to the commanding Grand Foyer, with its hand-carved stone and marble fireplace. New this year, the event will be held in the Grand Palladium Ballroom, as well as the Grand Foyer of Semple Mansion.

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Semple Mansion is located near downtown Minneapolis at the corner of Franklin and LaSalle Avenues. Parking for the Semple Mansion is located directly across the street in a spacious 200-car lot.

Wine Guide: Bill Coy

Bill Coy is the Wine Line columnist at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. Bill trained in New York City at Windows on the World and was the cellar master and wine steward at the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center. His sociable approach to wine tasting ensures that everyone, from the novice to the aficionado, has fun learning to appreciate wine a little more.

See some of Bill's recent pieces in Mpls.St. Paul Magazine.

Dress Note

Please feel free to wear business casual attire or simple evening wear.