Time & Location
Oct 23, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Venable LLP, 600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001
About The Event
Join us for the WBA Foundation's 23rd Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction on Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
Our tasting will be led by Jay Youmans, MW. Jay has been tasting wine professionally for nearly 30 years. He is the Educational Director and Owner of the Capital Wine School; and the Owner of Rock Creek Wine Merchants, a sales and marketing consultancy. Jay has served as a wine judge for numerous wine competitions and has contributed to several books and magazines on wine. Jay is an Advanced Level Sommelier (AS), a Certified Wine Educator (CWE), a French Wine Scholar (FWS), an Italian Wine Professional (IWP), a Bordeaux Wine Educator, a Burgundy Wine Educator, a Certified Specialist of Sherry, and Washington, DC’s first Master of Wine (MW).
Attendees will have a chance to bid online for dozens of unique and unbeatable auction items, some of…