LIVE FROM NAPLES: It’s the Winter Wine Festival

The pandemic posed challenges for charities, particularly those whose events depend on human interaction in a live auction setting. The Naples Winter Wine Festival, the world’s most successful wine charity event, took place in a virtual format last year to safeguard the health of all donors, patrons, and staff. That festival raised $7.2 million—approximately one-third of the just over $20 million total in 2020, but still an impressive outcome under the circumstances. This year’s festival, the twenty-second, will be live once again. Held at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, January 28–30, it will feature an impressive cast of world-class winemakers, celebrity chefs, and Master Sommeliers uniting under the theme of “Rise Up: Twenty Twenty Twogether.” Presented by the Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF), the festivities begin on Friday morning…

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Naples Illustrated (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2022

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