Whiskers & Wine

100% of the Profits from Whiskers & Wine go to the Foothills No Kill Animal Shelter.
For a $ 25. Donation you had the opportunity to partake in light food, generous pours of wine, Beer, Live Jazz Music, A silent auction and the opportunity to find a new furry best friend in the beautiful Carefree Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion. Some pet dogs also attended.
Unlike other festivals of this nature I’ve been too this one was really well organized and the people just flowed in actually before opening time and everyone was more than ready to handle the crowd. (that is unusual and is not the norm)
They had more wine flowing than food serving. Guess that makes sense after all it’s called Whiskers & WINE not Whiskers and Food. I was surprised that Sassi Restaurant was pouring Obscure Italian Wine instead of serving food. I wasn’t the only one blind sighted about the food selection. One woman next to me asked Grimaldi’s for 5 pizza slices but they came here to pass out Mozzarella, Tomato and Basil Appetizers. The most popular food selection was Hummus Dip. Four kinds were served. The Carefree Bistro set up a mini buffet of many appetizers. Z’s Asian Bistro, Venus Café and Giordano’s also participated in donating their foods and time.
The wines they poured were HIGHER quality than another a few other festivals I attended over the past year. (The West Side Festival and the Channel 8 festival) Arizona Stronghold, Brix Wines, Cellar 13, PRP, Sassi & Foothills were the Wine Sponsors. Mudshark Brewery sponsored Beer.
The live music was good and they provided water and had nice clean bathrooms nearby. Parking was easy, close and there wasn’t a fee.