This April brings the annual Montessori school auction, this year featuring a wine tasting given a special touch by Chimo and Autumn Ryan Boehm.
“Wine lovers on Orcas know that any wine tasting involving [the Boehms] is not to be missed,” say organizers, citing the popular party they hosted in June 2009 to raise money for a resident who was battling cancer.
Autumn and Chimo have selected ten delicious premium wines from California for a special wine tasting experience. A big hit from the 2009 party, the 2006 Zinfandelic Amador Old Vine Zinfandel, will be making a command performance.
“Amador County yields a bold Old Vine Zinfandel with rich, bright raspberry and black cherry fruit complemented by hints of earth and spice that add to its complexity,” says the winemaker of the wine.
The wine tasting and auction will be held April 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish Hall. Partygoers will enjoy music from local musicians, and finger food from Orcas restaurants. A silent auction, and a live auction by Joe Gaydos will provide opportunities to bid on services donated by the school families. Childcare will be available onsite by prearrangement. Tickets are available at the Montessori school, at Darvill’s Bookstore, or online at OrcasMontessori.org, for $35 each, or $20 without the wine tasting.
Chimo and Autumn are both 1993 Orcas High School graduates. Chimo has worked for 12 years in the wine industry, and is currently Director of Fine Wine and Sales for the nation’s top internet wine retailer, Wine.com. The two have four daughters: Payton, 10; Olivia, 7; and three-year-old twins Myra and Ryan, who attend Orcas Montessori School.
The school is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides a dynamic three-year educational program for 2 ½ to 6-year-olds, founded in 1988 and dedicated to helping children develop self-motivation and independent thinking skills.
For more information, contact the school’s board secretary Alyson Stephens at alysonclarkstephens@gmail.com or 376-5868; or executive director Teresa Chocano at teresa@orcasmontessori.org or 376-5350.
