Ready For The Taste?

We certainly are! This morning's count was 46 restaurants, 5 nonalcoholic beverages, 7 breweries and distributors, and 18 wineries and distributors pouring more than 30 great wines!

Before they are sold out -- don't miss this opportunity to upgrade general admission tickets to VIP status for just $20 more per ticket. The perks are terrific: 11 AM entry into a special VIP waiting area where you can sip champagne from Barefoot Bubbly while enjoying cheese and crackers and listening to the music of our live entertainment, the Sportin' Woodies.

You will also receive a free 10th anniversary Taste of HB T-shirt, our traditional souvenir wine glass, and a special VIP champagne flute pictured on the right.

And thanks to Brett Barnes & Duke's for donating a fantastic Hawaiian getaway vacation available to all who purchase a ticket. As a special reward, VIP status gives you a second ticket for this vacation that includes airfare, accommodations, and some meals.

And we're saving the best for last - all VIPs get early entry into the Taste tent (you will be inside at least 10 minutes before the main gates open)! Don't miss out on this incredible deal -- we are limiting VIPs to 200 lucky people, so get your upgrade before they are gone.

Please go to our website www.TasteHB.com NOW!

See you at the Taste --

Donations to the Silent Auction that Benefits the HB Children's Library

Here are just a few of the businesses that are donating goods and services to our silent auction. Please support our HB Children's Library by bidding on these items:

Personal Care and Services: Sharp Sparkle Housecleaning, Sandi and Mary at Shear Wonders Hair Salon, Body and Sol Tanning, Doggietown USA, Daniel & Co. Hair Salon, Bradford Renaissance Portraits, and Rowley Portraiture

Museums and Zoos: Aquarium of the Pacific, Bowers Museum, LA Zoo, The Reagan and The Nixon Presidential Libraries, Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana Zoo, Museum of Tolerance, and OC Museum of Art.

Retail Stores: Beef Palace, Harry's Fine Jewelry, Jonathon's Coastal Living, Jack's Surfboards, and Shopakemi.com

Sports Teams: LA Dodgers, LA Sparks, and Angels Baseball

More Wineries Coming to the Taste!

We've added even more of your favorite wineries to the Taste for your sampling enjoyment:

From Heck Estates Distributors - Kenwood, Valley of the Moon Winery, and Lake Sonoma Winery

From Wine Warehouse – Raymond, J.Lohr, Pendroncelli, Marin Ray, Angeline, Ecco Comani, and Louis M. Martini

We've also arranged to have these restaurants join us for the very first time: Sandy’s at the Beach (formerly Chimayos), Whole Foods Market, and The Corner Gourmet - SEE YOU AT THE TASTE!