CASHMERE, WA – The Washington Wine Industry Foundation (WWIF) tees up its 12th Annual Wine Cup® Monday, July 9 at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland. The shotgun golf scramble begins at 1:00pm. Wine industry supporters, golf fanatics, wine connoisseurs, and anyone who just wants to have fun are invited to get their foursome together for one of the Foundation’s strongest annual fundraisers.
“Besides the golf, this tournament provides two substantial benefits to participants,” says Board Chair, Roger Gamache of Gamache Vineyards in Mesa, WA. “When you get involved in activities with the Foundation you support a resource for your company’s sustainability; essentially, you invest in your own sustainability. The networking, with both industry and non-industry people—from all over the state—has its own value, too.”
The Wine Industry Foundation is a nonprofit that provides resources to meet the needs of the Washington wine industry through scholarships, education and research grants, funding industry needs, and offering a home to memorials.
Golfers get 18 holes of golf at the premier golf and country club in Washington, an evening wine reception, awards dinner, goody bag, and prizes—including getaways to top Northwest golf destinations—all for $125 registration.
This year, the Foundation has added events for non-golfers. Spend the afternoon wine tasting or cycling, and then join your colleagues for the awards dinner. “Bike tour options include a leisurely 20-mile ride on the Sacajawea Trail that goes from Richland to south of Pasco along the river with a good pub at the half-way point,” says this year’s volunteer organizer of the non-golf activities, Bill Mundy of Mundy Farms, Cle Elum, WA. A wine tour to Prosser’s Vintners Village is also available. The bike tour is $75 and the wine tour is $85 and both include lunch and dinner.
Sponsorships are available and those signed up include: Champoux Vineyards, Lafitte Cork & Capsule, Chandler Reach Vineyards, Coventry Vale Winery, Stoel Rives, and Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers.
To register a team, sponsor or donate prizes please contact info@washingtonwinefoundation.org or call 509-782-1108.