Wines in the Wild 2012 a Huge Success!
Buffalo, NY – The Buffalo Zoo, the Pro Zoo Board and the Women’s
Board are proud to announce that this year’s Wines in the Wild event, held on
Wednesday, July 25, was a huge success…and the biggest ever! More than $100,000
was raised for the Zoo’s Adopt an Animal program, which helps to feed the Zoo’s
1,000 animal residents.
The Buffalo Zoo would like to extend special thanks
to this year’s event sponsors,
Bank of America, 2Find York
Home and Volkswagen of Orchard Park, as well as media sponsors, 97 Rock,
Classic Hits 104.1, Fox 29, MyTV and Buffalo Spree.
More than 2,500 guests
sampled food, beer and wine selections, as well as specialty services, from more
than 50 of the area’s finest establishments. Other highlights of the evening included
a basket auction, silent auction and animal visits.
Celebrity judges voted for
their favorite food and beverage selections falling under eight different
categories:
Winners
AWARD VENDOR
Best Beer Pyramid
Best
Entrée Buffalo
Roadhouse Grill
Best
Dessert Fairy Cakes
Most
Unusual Fare Brodo
Best Presentation Dessert Deli
Best Wine Global Group
Specialty Vendor Buffalo
Spree
Rookie of the Year Buffalo Roadhouse Grill
Specialty Beverage McKenzies
Hard Cider
The following is a list of generous
participants:
Vendors
Beastro
at the Zoo May Jen
Bravo!
Cucina Italiana McKenzie’s Hard Cider
Brick Oven Bistro and Deli Merchant du Vin
Brodo Merrit Estate Winery
Brooklyn Brewery Niagara Landing Wine Cellars
Buffalo Brew Pub Nickel City Market Cafe
Buffalo Roadhouse Grill Oogie Games
Buffalo Spree Panera
Bread
Bully Hill Passport Wine & Liquor
Chateau
Buffalo Pearl Street Grill and Brewery
Coca-Cola
Bottling Company Pizza
Plant Italian Pub
Cole’s,
Blue Monk, Libery Hound Premier
Liquor
D’Avolio
Olive Oils Pyramid
Dessert Deli Rich’s Red Brick Market
Fairy
Cakes Cupcakery Risa’s Restaurant & Catering
Flying Bison Brewery Rohrbach
Brewing Company
Francesca’s
Ristorante Italiano Saranac & Lake Placid
Fulkerson
Winery Seagram’s Escapes
Gates Circle Wine & Liquor Spot Coffee
Global
Group Wines and Spirits The Melting Pot
Great
Lakes Brewery The Tonawanda
Castle
Harpoon Brewery Vetter
Vinyards
Jack
Astor’s Bar & Grill Vitaminwater
Johnson Estate Winery Volkswagen
of Orchard Park
Lebro’s Restaurant Willow Creek Winery
MacTarnahan’s
Brewing Co Yancey’s Fancy
Magic
Hat Zootique
Celebrity Judges
Joe Arena, WIVB-TV/Channel 4
Julia
Burke, Buffalo
Spree
Russ
Burton, Buffalo
Bills Radio Network
Elizabeth
Carey, Business First
Anthony
Congi, WIVB/WNLO-TV
Aga
Dembinska, WIVB/WNLO-TV
Jim
Fink, Business First
Andrew
Z. Galarneau, Buffalo News
Melissa
Holmes, WGRZ-TV/Channel 2
Chris
Klein, WGRF-FM/97 Rock
Jane
Kwiatkowski, Buffalo
News
Heather
Ly, WGRZ-TV/Channel 2
Andy
Parker, WGRZ-TV/Channel 2
Ron
Plants, WGRZ-TV/Channel 2
Nalina
Shapiro, WIVB-TV/Channel 4
The Buffalo Zoo would like to
thank the vendors, judges, event volunteers and attendees for their support!
