Wet Nose Wine Sales Benefit Home for Life Animal Sanctuary
November 19th, 2009If you love dogs and wine—we at Sidewalk Dog sure do—you’re in luck, because Home for Life Animal Sanctuary recently introduced a private label wine called Wet Nose wines. Available exclusively at The Wine Market (locations in Mendota Heights and Woodbury), Wet Nose wines are reasonably priced at $12 per bottle, and 20% of Wet Nose wine sales are donated to Home for Life.
Here’s what Home for Life’s Web site says about their wines and their label dogs, HFL residents Greta and Beauty:
Wet Nose Red: From California, this wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aromas and flavors of cherry, dark berries, wild strawberries, chocolate and subtle hints of toasty vanilla spice from the oak. A full-bodied, crowd-pleasing red that will be a great accompaniment to hearty dishes.
Label Dog Greta: An intelligent, energetic Keeshond, Greta came to Home For Life through another shelter, where she had waited for nearly two years to find a new home. Greta now lives in HFL’s feline leukemia facility and dutifully performs her tasks of greeting visitors and providing security for the cats. In early 2009, Greta became certified through Therapy Dogs International and loves her job visiting patients at University of Minnesota Medical Center and University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital.
Wet Nose White: A classic California Chardonnay, this wine shows beautiful aromas of tropical fruit, baked apple and lush spice. On the palate, it has bright acidity and a creamy mouthfeel. Filled with rich flavors of baked apple pie, caramel, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Label Dog Beauty: Beauty’s name matches not just her appearance, but her loving temperament and intelligence as well. When she came to Home for Life, Beauty, a Husky-Border Collie mix, was already a guide dog to her companion Pepper, a blind cattle dog who followed the bells on Beauty’s collar to get around. Beauty and Pepper were surrendered to HFL by a rural Minnesota shelter that took them in when their family had to abandon their home due to domestic abuse. Beauty is presently working hard with volunteers to become a certified therapy dog through Therapy Dogs International.
Editor’s Note: This Sunday, November 22, dog owners will be able to walk ’til they drop (or at least until they get to the refreshments table) to support the animals that Home for Life cares for and the community outreach programs it organizes at the first annual Doggone Early Dog Walk inside the Mall of America. Registration is $25 per four-legged accompanied by up to two two-leggeds. Each additional human is $25 and kids walk for free.
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