Tickets are now available for “2008 Vino Classico: Eden Prairie Uncorked,” a wine tasting and silent auction fund-raiser being held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Eden Prairie Community Center, 16700 Valley View Road in Eden Prairie.
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The Eden Prairie (A.M.) Rotary Club is organizing the event to raise $20,000 for its many programs, including student scholarships, missions to Honduras, the well-known Golden Eagle Award, and an annual recognition banquet for Eden Prairie High School behind-the-scenes achievers called Above & Beyond Awards.

Vino Classico will feature more than 100 wines and several varieties of beer and soda, and attendees will be able to order bottles of the beverages through Eden Prairie Liquor. In addition, enjoy food samples from local restaurants and grocery stores.

Major sponsors of the event, which is held annually in October, include Eden Prairie Liquor, New Wave Components, Flagship Bank, and C.H. Robinson Worldwide.

This year’s Vino Classico also features prize drawings and a silent auction with several wine-related items available for bidding.

Tickets to the fund-raiser cost $35 in advance and $45 at the door. They are available at the Eden Prairie city-owned liquor stores – located at the Prairie Village Mall and near Rainbow Foods and Cub Foods grocery stores – and also from members of the Eden Prairie (A.M.) Rotary Club.

For more information, contact the ticket hotline at (952) 345-6486.

(Rotary Rooter focuses on the activities of the Eden Prairie A.M. Rotary Club, which meets at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Biaggi's restaurant at Eden Prairie Shopping Center. Guests are welcome. You can learn more about the club by visiting www.epamrotary.org.)