Hundreds of Wine & Cheese Purveyors Come Together for Annual Tasting Event

PHILADELPHIA - March 31, 2015 - PRLog -- Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia (BGCP) are proud to announce its third annual Philly Showcase of Wine & Cheese will be held on Friday, April 10, 2015 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This year’s upscale tasting event will feature Andrea Bocelli’s famous Bocelli Family Wines as its Presenting Winemaker as well as BelGioioso Cheese as the Presenting Cheesemaker. Guests will also enjoy decadent tastings by hundreds of wine, liquor and specialty food purveyors, including: Cappuccio’s Meats, Conshohocken Italian Bakery, Passanante’s Home Food Services, Posh Pop Bakeshop, Procacci Brothers, Sweet Pea Ice Cream, Tubby Olive, Vesper Brothers, an assortment of Reading Terminal Market favorites and so much more. Live entertainment by Anthony Piranio, also known as “Little Bocelli,” will set the mood for this delicious Italian evening with the classic sounds of Andrea Bocelli, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and many more.

“Our Showcase has gotten bigger and better each year,” exclaimed Lisabeth Marziello, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia. “We are looking forward to hosting 3,000 guests for a fun, upscale evening with the best wine and food purveyors from the Philadelphia area. There is no other event in our region where guests can sample so many delicacies in one night!”

Tickets for The Philly Showcase of Wine & Cheese are $50 in advance ($55 at the door), and can be purchased online from the BGCP website (www.bgcphila.org/pswc) or by phone 215-735-8818.

All proceeds benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia; enabling all young people, especially those who need it most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. For more than 127 years BGCP have been serving youth in some of Philadelphia’s most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. BGCP has 15 Club locations throughout the city, providing a safe place for thousands of Philadelphia’s youth to learn and grow each day.

This special evening is made possible by the generous support of lead sponsors, including: BelGioioso Cheese, Bocelli Family Wines, Chapman Auto Group, Sunoco Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Wells Fargo, Medgenics, NewDay USA, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, PECO, Pepper Hamilton, The Tustin Group, The Union League, City paper, Clear Channel Outdoor, Comcast, iHeart Media, Metro Media, The Philadelphia Inquirer and many other gracious supporters.

About Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia

For more than 127 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia has been dedicated to ensuring that Philadelphia’s youth have a safe, positive alternative to the negative influences that plague our local neighborhoods. As Philadelphia’s premier youth guidance and development agency, Boys & Girls Clubs provide fun and engaging educational programs for thousands of kids annually, ages 6 to 19 years, at 12 of Philadelphia’s most neglected and impoverished neighborhoods. Staff direct life-enhancing programs for youth in five core areas: Character & Leadership Development, Education & Career Development, Health & Life Skills, Arts & Culture, and Sports, Fitness & Recreation. Learn more at www.BGCPhila.org.