This week is looking like the ultimate week for pleasure seekers. Fine wines, gourmet food, craft beers, big toys, and world-wide dinner trends are all on the menu for the discerning South Floridian looking for a way to celebrate the good life. Is your inner philanthropist looking for a good cause? Well, we have your back, too: with the low-down on Cheers for Charity and other benevolent events for your inner do-gooder.
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- Las Olas Eateries Present Cheers for Charity: What it's all About
Monday
Cheers For Charity- Gems Tasting at the Riverside Hotel Enjoy food? Love wine? Why not pair the two together? Benefitting Junior Achievement South Florida, the event features food and wine pairings from wineries such as Beckstoffer, Husic Vineyards, Bodega Rancho, Alexana Family Winery, Sodaro Estate Winery, Gamble Family Vineyards, St Helena Winery and Blue Rock Vineyards. Tickets go for $125. The Gems tasting starts at 5:30 and ends at 8:30pm.
Young Professional Happy Hour Network at Max's Harvest Most people are friendlier after a couple of cocktails. Max's Harvest wants to guests ease out of their social anxiety by featuring cocktails and networking. For $10 in advance (before 11 am) or $15 at the door (cash only, please) customers will get to enjoy one specialty cocktail and $5 drinks and $5 bar bites until 7:30pm. The event runs from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Tuesday
Cheers For Charity- Mixology Madness at the Riverside Hotel
Who doesn't love a cocktail? From 5:30 to 8:30 pm, for $125, patrons are invited to sip and learn about cocktail concoctions from the "mixologists". Absolut, Avion, Chivas Regal, Jamesons, and Malibu will be featured. Proceeds will be going toward Children's Diagnostic Treatment Center.
Networking to Help Children
We get it. You're busy. In order to free up extra time multitasking is a must. Cue: Networking to Help Children. The event held at Carmine's Original Ocean Grill & Sushi Bar in Palm Beach Gardens from 5:30 to 7:30pm. One hundred percent of the minimum $10 donation will be going to Genesis Assistance Dogs, Inc. Specials include half-priced drinks and complimentary appetizers and sushi.
The Nuts and Bolts of Biodynamic Wines
Appease your inner wino by joining Summer Wolff of Indie Winery and Luigi Maresca of Tuscan Wine Imports for a tasting at the Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy in West Palm Beach. The event, running from 6:00 to 7:00pm, will feature six Italian or biodynamic wines for $40.