Naples Winter Wine Festival

About the Wine Festival

The Naples Winter Wine Festival is set for Jan. 25-27, 2013 in Naples. The theme for the 2013 festival is When Stars Align.

How wine helps children

The festival has raised $107 million for underprivileged and at-risk children since 2001. Naples Winter Wine Festival proceeds have helped 150,000 children over 12 years through grants to children's charities and collaborative funding of major projects including a pediatric dental center and early learning center.

Children's mental health a focus in 2013

As sponsors of the annual Naples Winter Wine Festival, the Collier County by the Naples Children & Education Foundation has dramatically changed philanthropy in Collier County, raising more than $107 million since the event debuted in 2001. Read story »

Charities: Boys & Girls Club of Collier Country and NCEF Pediatric Dental Center

There are 24 charities, including the Boys & Girls Club of Collier Country and the NCEF Pediatric Dental Center, that get financial support from the Naples Children & Education Foundation. Read story »

Charity: H.U.G.S.

Health Under Guided Systems is a mental health program for Collier County children started in 2010 by a Winter Wine Festival grant. Three years after the program began, organizers have screened more than 2,500 kids in the county for mental illness. Read story »

Charity: Operation Strides

The Naples Equestrian Challenge has launched Operation Strides. The mission: To help veterans from the Afghanistan, Iraq and Gulf wars dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and amputation. The strategy: To help them heal with horses. Read story »

Charity: STAR

STAR (Specialized Therapeutic & Analysis Resources) is funded entirely by the Naples Children & Education Foundation. The program is provided through ABLE Academy, a local nonprofit that offers applied behavior analysis, speech therapy and schooling for children with developmental disabilities and behavior disorders, as well as other services. Read story »

2013 Auction



A walk on the red carpet to attend the 2013 Emmy Awards. Tickets to the Masters at Augusta National, then golfing the next day on the very course where the pros competed for the Green Jacket. Those are among the nonwine packages that highlight the 65 total lots to be auctioned Jan. 26, 2013 to invited guests at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort. Read story »

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