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This article first appeared in News-Press.com on February 25, 2017. Midway through the Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest’s Grand Tasting & Auction on Saturday, somewhere around the $2.2 million mark, emcee Kellie Burns stopped. She quieted the crowd of generous attendees, a c

Don’t miss the auction lot from AC/DC’s bassist — it rocks! By Gina Birch Fort Myers Local Expert     FEBRUARY 2, 2016 Since the inaugural event in Fort Myers seven years ago, the Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest has grown to be one of the top rated wine auctions in

This article was first written by Evan Williams and published in the Fort Myers Florida Weekly on April 22, 2015. It takes Aubrey Bailey about 15 seconds to sell a calf at the Okeechobee Livestock Market, his easy tumbling cadence or what auctioneer’s call “the chant” rolling from his

This article was written by Tammy Ayer and originally published at News-Press.com on March 18, 2015 at 8:25 p.m. EDT. With its two wine auctions again making Wine Spectator magazine’s list of top U.S. charity wine auctions in 2014, Southwest Florida philanthropists have reason t

Scott Robertson was asked to conduct the 2015 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Festival to benefit SWFL Children's Charities, Inc. The festival raised a record breaking $3.353 million. The Wine Fest has raised more than $14 million over the last seven years, making it the most successful

This article was originally written by Karen Rosenberg and published on Feb 22, 2014 at NaplesNews.com. When all was said and done, the Southwest Florida Food & Wine Festival raised more than $2.5 million in support of the SWFL Children’s Charities, inc. whose primary beneficiary

This article was originally written by Yvonne Ayala McClellan and published on Feb 22, 2014 at News-Press.com. Raising $20,000 at a function for any charity is enough to excite a room, but raising that amount on top of last year’s record of $2.5 million had the crowd at the 2014 South