The News-Press: About 375 guests enjoyed culinary creations poolside Saturday at Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf Club. A dozen chefs prepared gourmet bites and vintners poured glasses of their finest wines during the Southwest Florida Wine and Food Fest's Grand Tasting. Click here to download pdf
The-Banner: Scenes from the 2014 Southwest FloridaWine & Food Fest at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club in Fort Myers on Saturday, Feb. 22. The annual event raised $2.5million for SWFL Children's Charities, whose main beneficiary is the Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. Click here to download pdf
Florida Weekly: Top-flight wines and gastronomic delights. Flawless weather. Ravens cheerleaders, shaking and stirring. Add in some 375 people who opened their hearts and wallets and the result is that the 2014 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest raised a stunning $2.5 million to benefit Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. Click here to download [...]
The News-Press: The work, treatment and care done at the Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida is so important. Young lives are given hope. Young lives are saved. The generous giving from people within our community to make sure Golisano receives the money needed for a world-class facility outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment is just as [...]
Naples Daily News: Simply astounding. Or, as an event organizer put it: "Between the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders and the good wine and people who care about children, it's the perfect storm." So said Todd Gates amid the excitement of the weekend's Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest that raised more than $2.5 million in support [...]
Naples Daily News: The nature of the charities helping children and families get high quality local pediatric health care is what makes the event extra special, she said. "It's the circle of giving and the circle of life that have come together,"Fitzgerald said."The wine and the food is just to entertain ourselves,but this is all [...]
The News-Press: Raising $20,000 at a function for any charity is enough to excite a room, but raising that amount on top of last year's record of $2.5 million had the crowd at the 2014 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest Grand Tasting & Auction jumping out of their seats. Click here to download pdf
The News-Press: At one home overlooking the Caloosahatchee River, it was a balmy blue night like no other. Filmy royal blue tapestries rippling in a slight breeze lured guests in navy, azure and turquoise cocktail attire to a sumptuous supper brimming with blue cheese, blueberries and blue potatoes - accompanied by sips of fine wine while [...]
The News-Press: The movers would be here in 15 hours. They would remove the chairs upholstered in silvery satin from the entryway, and the couches and tables overlooking the infinity-edge pool that seems to pour into Little Hickory Bay behind this mangrove-lined home in Bonita Springs. They would make way for the jazz band that [...]
Naples Daily News: A dozen miles from the south Fort Myers site of the future 128-bed Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida, hundreds of supporters will gather to raise toasts, enthusiasm and money for the project. The sixth annual Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest this weekend culminates Saturday at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf [...]