Featured at THE Event this year will be National Wine Expert Mark Phillips.  Phillips will share his knowledge of wine at the Sunday Five-course wine Dinner and Monday Y’ining Women Wine Tasting.  Mark’s humorous non-snobby approach has made him one of the nation’s most popular wine speakers.  He has many of his own products on the market, has had a TV show on PBS for the past five years and has appeared in national news stories as an expert resource numerous times.

On Sunday evening, July 25, a five-course dinner with wine pairings to compliment each course will take attendees around the world, featuring a different country during each course. Phillips will present between courses and a silent and live art and wine auction will be taking place throughout the evening featuring some of Door County’s finest artisans and unique wine donated from local cellars and wine shops. Attendees will also have a chance to bid on VIP packages for the PGA Championships at Whistling Straits. Charisma will be providing music for dancing following dinner. Cocktails begin at 5 pm and dinner at 6 pm.

On Monday afternoon, July 26, a scramble format golf outing will be held on Horseshoe Bays championship course with lunch at NOON, a shotgun start at 1:00pm and a cocktail reception to follow golf.

Also on Monday afternoon, the “Y’ining Women” Wine Tasting and presentation will be taking place in the clubhouse at Horseshoe Bay. Mark Phillips will go into a more in-depth presentation at the tasting sharing his lively and fun approach to choosing the right wines for you, while discussing the local wines that will be sampled.  The tasting will take place at 3:00pm and will be followed by raffles, cocktails and Heavy Hors d’ oeurvers in the Clubhouse with the golfers,

THE Event is sponsored by Door County Memorial Hospital, DeLeers, BayCare, Horseshoe Bay Golf Club, RBC Wealth Management, Main Street Market, Sister Bay Trading Co., Door Peninsula Winery and Calastoga Cellars.

For more information on “THE Event” contact the Door County YMCA at 920.743.4949 in Sturgeon Bay or 920.868.3660 in Fish Creek. To find out more about Mark Phillips and watch clips of his PBS show visit http://www.winetasting.org/Bio.html.