Aug
17
Sat
Maison Louis Latour Grand Cru Tasting @ The Ocean House
Aug 17 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

A pour of Louis Latour 2016 Macon-Villages Chameroy.

Watch Hill’s Ocean House, along with MS Walker of Rhode Island will offer a tasting of 20 Grand Cru wines from Maison Louis Latour. Led by Latour’s Ambassador Emeritus Andy Fruzzetti, guests will have the opportunity to taste both white and red burgundies while learning about the famed family-run négociant-éleveur and its two centuries of winemaking tradition and innovation. A portion of ticket sale proceeds will be donated to the Ocean House Foundation for Charitable Giving.

 

 

 

 

Feb
16
Wed
Bocce for Bikes Fundraiser @ Jerry Longo’s Meatball and Martinis, Bally’s Twin River Lincoln
Feb 16 @ 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Bocce for Bikes Fundraiser @ Jerry Longo’s Meatball and Martinis, Bally’s Twin River Lincoln | Lincoln | Rhode Island | United States

The inaugural Bocce for Bikes event is set to benefit Project Broken Wheel Foundation at Jerry Longo’s Meatball and Martinis. The benefit event welcomes teams of two to sign up and play against another team. All teams will receive a complimentary three-course dinner and cocktails from sponsors. Overall prizes will be awarded for the highest score, lowest score, best team outfits, best AND worst bocce throw, and overall team score. Registration is $50 per team with all funds directly going towards Project Broken Wheel Foundation.

 The Project Broken Wheel Foundation refurbishes bicycles from communities across Rhode Island, with volunteers doing seat replacements, tires repaired, chains fixed, reflectors placed on tires/front and back of the bike, touch up paint and some TLC to make the bikes look close to brand new. Over the course of the 11 years the program more than 1,200 bicycles have been donated to local children’s organizations (Manville Family Literacy Center, Lincoln Adopt-A-Family, Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, Institute for the Study & Practice of Non-Violence, Martin Luther King Family Center, Children & Family Services, Saint Lucy Heart, Salve Regina University Scholarship Program and local, underprivileged families in the area.