Greetings from WSU
Sigma Iota Hospitality Association of Washington State
University would like to cordially invite your winery to
join us at our 25th Annual Winefest. This year, our
popular wine-tasting event will be held on Friday
April 3, at the Schweitzer Event Center in Pullman,
Washington. Winefest will be kicking off a very
exciting Mom’s Weekend at WSU, which is
traditionally one of the biggest weekends of the year on
the Palouse.
Our names are Lindsey Hoffman, Abbie Driggs, and Nik
Enquist, and we are coordinating Winefest this year. We
are excited to work with you to make this event a
success. This year we are planning to accommodate
approximately 600 guests. Winefest 2009
will feature wine tasting from some of the finest
wineries throughout the Northwest, catering by the School
of Hospitality Business Management, an exciting silent
auction, and live music. We will be hosting two sessions:
the first session running from 5:00–7:00 p.m. and
the second session from 8:00–10:00 p.m.
We would be delighted to have your winery attend this
fund-raising event. This is a great opportunity for you
to market your wine to the WSU community with over 20,000
students, parents, and active alumni, as well as
enthusiasts from around the Northwest. We recommend that
you provide three different types of wine. We ask that
you bring enough to serve 600 one-ounce tasting pours,
and additional for wine sales if you choose to sell
wines.
We strongly encourage you to send a representative from your winery. We feel this will benefit all parties, as the representatives will be able to provide guests with the finest and most accurate information regarding your wine. This is also a great opportunity to increase your business throughout the Northwest, since many of our guests live outside the Palouse. Hospitality students will be on hand to assist in pouring the wine, to ensure your representative has ample time to answer any questions the guests may have for them.
Winefest is a student fund-raiser, and all wineries are being offered the opportunity to donate their tasting wines. If you are interested in donating but do not wish to donate wine services, items such as gift baskets, gift certificates, specialty wines, or wine-tasting tours of your location would make excellent contributions to our silent auction. Wineries that do choose to donate will be given special acknowledgement in our Winefest 2009 program and on our Web site to publicize their generosity and support for Sigma Iota.
Sigma Iota Hospitality Association is dedicated to
providing its members with opportunities that will help
them further their careers in the hospitality and
business fields. All funds generated by this event help
support our members through scholarships, industry
experience, and educational opportunities.
Thank you for your time and consideration, and please do
not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We
look forward to seeing you at Winefest 2009!
Sincerely,
Lindsey Hoffman
Winefest Coordinator
206-349-2663
Abbie Driggs
Winery Representative
509-528-8946
Nik Enquist
Winery Representative
425-330-2289
winefest2009@hotmail.com