40-plus wineries will take part at Alpen wine Festival

More than 40 renowned wineries will be present Sunday at the 21st annual Alpen Wine Festival, hosted by The Village at Squaw Valley USA and Uncorked Wine Bar. Wine aficionados will imbibe to help raise money for The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis.
 
For a $40 donation to the Heuga Center, wine connoisseurs can toast each other with vintages served in a Spiegalau crystal souvenir wine glass from 2 to 5 p.m., tickets will be available starting at 1 p.m. on Sunday in The Village. Event attendees can enjoy a variety of flavors from wineries like Tudor, Venge Vineyards, Saddleback Cellars, Canihan Family Cellars, Four Vines, Justin Vineyards and Pine Ridge. The majority of wines served at the event also can be purchased at Uncorked.

While savoring the wine and the spectacular alpine scenery, guests can appreciate live entertainment. Stacie Eakes and the Superfreakes will add soulful sounds to the event with their blues, rock and funk styles on the main stage. Hawaiian-native James Patrick Regan will entertain guests on the second stage with his peaceful, acoustic slack key guitar, which he gives his own personal twist, dubbed "Urban Slack."

The Alpen Wine Festival also will feature a silent auction room and raffle, which will provide additional support for The Heuga Center. Festival attendees can bid on more than 50 items, including artwork, dinners at restaurants, magnums signed by winemakers and mixed cases of wine.

Jimmie Heuga founded The Heuga Center in 1984 to teach people with multiple sclerosis how to use exercise to help manage their life with this chronic disease. He wanted to share the principles that transformed his life from one of despair to one of health and well-being.

For more information on the Alpen Wine Festival visit www.thevillageatsquaw.com or call 530-584-6266.