The Taste of Reno Tahoe, presented by the Rotary Club of Reno Centennial Sunset, is designed for the most discriminating palates, featuring original gourmet creations by creative chefs from the region's finest restaurants, expertly paired with rare, premium wines of selected varietals from many of the most highly regarded boutique wineries in California and Nevada.

When: Sunday, May 19, 2013

Where: Atlantis Casino Resort & Spa

The Taste of Reno Tahoe is a unique, exquisite culinary experience where every guest feels pampered throughout the evening. The Taste of Reno Tahoe delivers intimate introductions to master wine makers and master chefs who reveal the sensual secrets about how flavors of certain gourmet foods come alive with just the right wines. Attendance is limited. To purchase tickets, CLICK HERE.

You have to experience it for yourself to truly appreciate how exceptionally good the fare is, and you'll feel great that you did. Why?

The Taste of Reno Tahoe Gives Back to the Community

At Taste of Reno Tahoe, we're "pairing good wine & food with great works.^TM" Since our first wine pairing event, the Rotary Club of Reno Centennial Sunset has donated nearly 3,000 hours of volunteer time and $85,000 to worthy causes. All proceeds fund local and international service projects for RCS Rotary Foundation, Inc. Every year, the generous donations you provide - big and small - go to key projects like these and more...

For youth, we're pairing...

• Local high school children with scholarships (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) leadership training $13,000)
• High school kids with knowledge about good choices (500 volunteer hours and $6,000 to the Choices program giving Damonte High School freshmen knowledge about long term impact of the choices they make today)
• Kids with Halloween Candy (donation to annual Auto Museum event)
• Needy kids with presents (yearly Toys for Tots donation)
• Big Brother Big Sisters with software ($2,000)

Locally, we're pairing....

• Families with homes ( 875 hours for Habitat for Humanity)
• Money with the magic of volunteers (over $10,000 each year is earmarked for "great works" projects)
• People with food (128 hours to the Food Bank of Northern Nevada)
• People with handbells (900 hours for Salvation Army and a $500 donation)
• Children with stories ($500 worth of books and reading volunteers to Bailey Charter School and Mariposa Academy in Reno as well as holiday gifts)
• Vets with respectful gifts (paid mortgage for $800 for a Veterans House guest and made a direct donation of $500)
• The Reno Rodeo with helping hands (volunteer hours for Polio Plus)
• Rotarians with a focus (700 volunteer hours donated to the world-wide Rotary annual event in April during which all local members focus on a single local project)

Internationally, we're pairing...

• A dream to cure polio with reality (volunteer hours and $6,000 donations to "Light up Reno to End Polio" and "Polio Plus" awareness campaigns)
• Schools with furniture (furnish girls' school dormitory in Monterrey, Mexico with volunteers for hands on construction of furniture worth $6,000)
• Orphans with the comforts of home and experiences away (refurbished bathrooms and hot water heaters at orphanage in Chile and hosted children on an outdoor experience for $15,000)
• The Kellerman Foundation in Uganda with donations ($2,000 donation for the Batwa pygmies who are one of the most impoverished groups on earth)

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It is the vine that connects us together as a community, and produces fruit in the form of great works. We invite you to become part of the essence of the Taste of Reno Tahoe, an essential ingredient in our "VINE OF GIVING" efforts. You have the opportunity to be our guest for the evening, and sponsorship levels are available for any sized corporate consciousness budget. For more information, please CLICK HERE or call Cindy Welch, Sponsorship Chair, at 775-853-5433 or email Cindy.Welch@appliedstaffing.com.