Boutique Napa & Sonoma Winery Tasting
at Petit Philippe’s Flagship Store | April 17, 2024

Charlotte Wine + Food Week presented by Truist hosted a casual walk-around tasting featuring three outstanding boutique producers from Napa and Sonoma - Ackerman Family Vineyards, Rewa Vineyards, and Smith Story Wine Cellars. Guests met the founders and leaders from these wineries at Petit Philippe’s brand-new flagship store in Myers Park. The ever-gregarious Chef Will Williams of Seasoned Provisions crafted light bites and cheese and charcuterie to pair with the wines as guests mixed, mingled, and sipped with our special guests, Lauren Ackerman - Owner, Ackerman Family Vineyards, Joe Hinde - Director of Sales & Hospitality, Ackerman Family Vineyards, Alison Smith-Story - Co-founder, Smith Story Wine Cellars, and Anthony Washington - Estate Director, Rewa Vineyards.

Featured wines included a selection of wines from the wineries’ portfolios.

ACKERMAN FAMILY VINEYARDS
2018 Ackerman Cabernet Sauvignon, Coombsville
2018 Ackerman Memoire, Coombsville

SMITH STORY WINE CELLARS
2021 Smith Story Olivet Lane Chardonnay, Russian River
2021 Smith Story The Boonies Pinot Noir,  Anderson Valley
2019 Smith Story Pickberry Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Mountain
2019 Smith Story Cabernet Franc, Sonoma

REWA VINEYARDS
2022 Rewa Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc, Coombsville
2021 Rewa Vineyards “Khanda” Red Wine, Coombsville

All proceeds benefited A Child’s Place, Augustine Literacy Project, GenOne, and The Learning Collaborative.

Photo Credits: Poprock Photography