Triangle Uncorked, a fundraiser for the North Raleigh Rotary Club and The Frankie Lemmon Foundation, will be Sept. 25 at Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheater.
From 2 to 6 p.m., you can taste hundreds of wines from around the world. Advance tickets cost $25. If you wait until the day of the event, it costs $35.
If you want access to the VIP tent, high-end wine tastings and free appetizers, those tickets will cost $75 in advance and $85 the day of the event.
For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.triangleuncorked.com.
Tea store celebrates
1-year anniversary
TeaGschwendner Raleigh is celebrating its first anniversary with a Chinese black tea tasting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Customers can taste such teas as China keemun, China golden yunnan, China pu-erh tuocha and China Hunan golden needle. All featured teas will be available for 10 percent off. To celebrate, all guests at the tasting will enjoy a treat from The Cupcake Bar in Cary. The class costs $10 per person.
The store is in Cameron Village at 419-B Daniels St. Call 834-9000 to reserve your spot. An encore of the class will happen 8:30 a.m. Sept. 18.
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