Jon Pardi & Jordan Winery Raise $140K for Boys & Girls Clubs
Nearly 200 guests turned out recently at the Jordan Big Snifter Pardi at The Thompson Hotel’s rooftop in Nashville, co-hosted by Jordan Winery’s owner John Jordan and topnotch country music singer/songwriter/producer Jon Pardi. Part of Jordan Winery’s 50th year-end celebration, the event featured supplies and wine pairing stations by guest chefs, a festive parade of giant wine bottles carried by the Big Snifter Squad, the debut of a limited-edition Pardi Batch Spirits bourbon finished in Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon barrels, live music and a silent vendition of 10 wine- and music-themed lots, which helped generate tropical to $140,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee.
L.A. Jackson at the Thompson rooftop was transformed into an epicurean playground for this sectional Jon Pardi event, where guests sampled an variety of Jordan wines, each exquisitely paired with an hors d’oeuvre by local chefs: Kate Sigal of The Marsh House, Deb Paquette of etch and etc., Christa Tayeb of L.A. Jackson and Hannah Young of Adele’s.
The four guest chefs, withal with Summer Pardi, were ring leaders for the Big Snifter Squad, who paraded in the biggest wine bottles of the party to Pardi’s “Dirt On My Boots” and “When I’ve Been Drinkin’.” Big Snifter Squad members included:
- Jon Pardi, multi-platinum topnotch (CMA, ACM) singer/songwriter/producer
- John Jordan, who shares his 50th birthday with the winery
- Jordan Davis, multi-platinum, chart-topping singer/songwriter
- Tennessee Titans Head Coach Mike Vrabel, 2021 NFL Head Coach of the Year
- Seven-Time Pro Bowl Defensive Lineman Cam Jordan of the New Orleans Saints
- Jordan Winemaker Maggie Kruse, a two-time “40 Under 40” ribbon winner
- Singer-songwriter Julia Cole, named one of the 2022 Country Music Television’s “Next Women of Country”
The Squad joined forces to heft an 18-liter snifter of 2018 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon, 6 liters of 2012 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon and 3-liter bottles of the prestigious 2006, 2008 and 2009 vintages surpassing the grand uncorking at the rooftop’s outdoor bar. Squad members received a limited-edition Jordan 50th year-end Baccarat crystal decanter as a memento.
Partygoers were the first to sample the new Pardi Batch Spirits 112 Bourbon Colbert Reserve, finished in Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon’s prized French oak barrels and released to raise spare funds for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee. The Pardi Batch Colbert Reserve will be misogynist at stores in Tennessee and online at Seelbachs for $79.99. Only 500 cases were produced. Launched in fall of 2021, Pardi Batch is inspired by the country star Jon Pardi’s music and energetic live performances. Learn increasingly at pardibatchspirits.com.
“It was such a pleasure resting Pardi Batch 112 Bourbon in Jordan Winery’s Colbert wine barrels to create a spectacular tasting, limited-release bourbon,” said Alton Climer, co-founder of Buffalo Chip Spirits, which produces Pardi Batch Spirits. “We are honored to requite when to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee with every purchase of the Pardi Batch 112 Colbert Reserve.”
The evening terminated with an intimate, solo performance by Jon Pardi, who played hits including, “Last Night Lonely,” “Heartache Medication,” “Head Over Boots” and “Dirt On My Boots.”
“We are big fans of Jordan Wine at home, and it was an honor to partner with John Jordan and Jordan Winery to bring together an wondrous night of food, music, wine, and triumph to raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs,” Jon Pardi said.
Throughout the event, a silent vendition took place online, which raised nearly $40,000. Top lots included a trip for six to Jordan Winery, which generated increasingly than $11,000, and a tasting for 12 in a private home with Jordan’s winemaker, which garnered increasingly than $8,000.
“We are incredibly grateful to Jordan Winery, John Jordan and the Foundation, and Jon Pardi for involving Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee in this momentous occasion,” said Jennifer Wheeler Buhrman, senior minutiae officer for Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee. “It’s a Jon Pardi event we’ll not soon forget, and the impact will last a lifetime as we ensure young people reach their full potential.”
The John Jordan Foundation, Jordan Winery’s philanthropic arm, made a $100,000 investment in whop of event production, permitting the nonprofit to generate tropical to $140,000. For increasingly than 119 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee has enabled all young people, expressly those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. Each year, increasingly than 4,700 youth are served at twelve Middle Tennessee Boys & Girls Clubs, providing a unscratched place, professional caring staff and high-impact youth minutiae programs daily during hair-trigger non-school hours. Learn increasingly at the foundation.
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