Please join us on Wednesday June 8th from 6-9pm for the Riesling Without Borders Grand Tasting featuring over 100 Rieslings from around the world served by wineries, retailers and importers to benefit Wheeling Forward. We will celebrate and explore the diversity of Riesling styles from dry to sweet. Riesling is the world’s most noble grape that truly transmits a sense of place. The goal of this Riesling Without Borders tasting is to raise funds for Wheeling Forward’s disability programs that help those with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and are wheelchair dependent.

We will have Rieslings from the following wineries(and more):

Alsace
Bott-Geyl, Trimbach, Pierre Sparr, Schoenheitz, Hugel, Valentin Zusslin, Barmes Buecher, Willm, Biecher and Schaal

Australia
Akoomi, Best's Frankland Estate, Pikes, Jim Barry, Yalumba, Kilikanon, D'Arenberg, Leeuwin, Harewood, Grosset, Mitchell's

Austria
Buchegger, Knoll, Prager, Hirsch, Nikolaihof, Nigl, Josef Fischer, Fritsch, Forstreiter, Mayer, Brandl

USA
Chateau Montelena, Solminer, Element, Hearts and Hands, Red Tail Ridge, Keuka Lake Vineyards, Randolph O'Neill, Hermann J. Wiemer, Domaine LeSurre, Hosmer, Paumanok, Poet's Leap, Pacific Rim, Forge Cellars

Germany
Clemens Busch, Schloss Lieser, St. Urbans hof, Richter, Karthauserhof, Selbach-Oster, AJ Adam, Heymann-Lowensteion, Tesch, Donnhoff, Christmann, Heinrich Spindler, Von Winning, Leitz, Kuhling-Gillot, Zilliken, Von Hovel, Robert Weil, Dr, Loosen, Von Schubert, Fritz Haag, Koehler Ruprecht, FB Schoenleber, Schlossgut Diel

New Zealand

Pegasus Bay, Neudorf, Felton Road, Babich

Canada

Cave Spring Cellars

More About Wheeling Forward

The costs of living with SCI can be considerable, and vary greatly due to the severity of injury. The following facts are according to The University of Alabama National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

● Average yearly expenses can range from $228,566 to $775,567 in the first year.
● Estimated lifetime costs due to spinal cord injury can range from $681,843 to over $3 million for a 25 year old.
● 87.9% of all spinal cord injured individuals are discharged from hospitals to private homes.

Wheeling Forward steps in to help recently disabled people with SCI who lack a support system and resources to obtain the services they need. Riesling Without Borders was created to raise funds for Wheeling Forward and follow Wine on Wheels, their signature fundraiser.