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Taste For Change
06.23.10
David McKinley’s affair with wine began when he was growing up in Canada’s greatest wine growing region, the Okanogan Valley. He first sunk his feet into a barrel of grapes at the young age of six.
When he turned 21, he immediately began work within the wine industry. However, in comparison to his new nonprofit, Taste for Change, wine seems largely unimportant to David. Around the same time that he was harvesting the sloped Okanogan vineyards, David lost his younger brother, Daniel, due to complications from Down syndrome.
“He was just the most beautiful child,” McKinley said. “I begged my parents every day for a little brother, and when I finally got one, I was consumed. I was totally engrossed in Danny, his differences, he was amazing.
He died, but I definitely haven’t lost him, he taught me everything know, and everything I do to this day is for him.”
David created Taste for Change in his brother’s memory, an event that pairs wine and tapas for a new charity each month.
For the inaugural Taste for Change’s event 2 p.m. Sunday at Sebastiani’s Italian Bistro and Wine Bar in Huntington Beach, Best Buddies, an organization educating communities on mental disabilities, will benefit from the proceeds.
David’s parents also adopted two wonderful children with Down syndrome, and ride 300 miles each year in support of Best Buddies.
So you can join Taste for Change, a chance to enjoy wine and do great things for people. Tickets cost $25. A dozen wines will be poured, including several desert wines, with proceeds from tickets/bottle purchases going to Best Buddies. For more information please email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Or contact David McKinley directly: 714.519.5455
Sebastiani’s Italian Bistro at 6078 Warner Ave. in Huntington Beach. 714.841.3619
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06.21.10
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