LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Tickets are on sale for the Lake County Wine Alliance’s 23rd annual Wine Auction, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21.

The event will take place from 4:30 to 10 p.m. at the Shannon Family of Wines Mercantile in Lakeport.

Tickets are $175 each and include a gourmet dinner, wines and appetizers presented by local chefs, caterers and wineries.

To date the Wine Alliance has awarded almost $3 million to local groups who give back to their community.

Special focus has been placed on organizations centered in the arts, children, health and wellness.

The auction is the Wine Alliance’s only fundraiser, raising $226,000 last year for over 40 beneficiaries, including an array of local nonprofits as well as all of the county’s five high school arts, FFA and culinary programs.

This year’s Tastings on the Lawn will be offered by Aromas Café, Barbecue by Biasotti, Ferrigno’s Italian Baked Goods, Grillagan’s Island, On the Waterfront, Red’s at the Airport, Ripe Choice Catering, Santana’s and Saw Shop Public House.

Salad will be prepared by Chef Robert Riell of the Lower Lake High School Culinary Club.

A family-style dinner will be prepared by Chef Victor Castellon of the Saw Shop Public House, and dessert will be presented by Ann-Marie Pleskaczeqski of Woodland Community College with the Culinary Club at Clear Lake High School.

For more information and tickets, visit the Wine Alliance website.