Join us for a unique series of wine-paired dinners to support Tulsa Ballet.  With each multi-course meal, you will reunite with old friends and meet new ones, all in support of Tulsa Ballet.

Our donors enable us to keep our education programs accessible and affordable, offer unique programming in the Tulsa community; and support the development of new works. We invite you to join our vibrant family of contributors.

Seating is limited. So, secure your place at the table below

Bella Cucina Dinners

October 29: Hosted by Kathy Taylor; Featuring vintner Tony Lombardi of Lombardi Wines; CIA trained chefs specializing in sustainable farm-to-table cuisine Chef Bill Harris and Chef Mikael Harp

November 16: Hosted by Ali and Gant Hinkle; Featuring vintner Hugo Del Pozzo from Pinea Wines, Chef Tim Fitzgerald

January 17: Hosted by Juniper Restaurant; Featuring Christopher Paul from Hirsch Vineyards

January 24: Hosted by Mary Barnes and Diana Kever, Featuring vintner Raj Patel from PATEL Napa Valley, Chef Rafael Johns from Ava June

January 31: Hosted by Allison and John Greene; Featuring Bill Smart from Martinelli Winery, Chef Teri Firmo from Bohemia, LLC

Check back as additional dates will be added once confirmed.

Thursday, October 29, 2026

AFTER THE CURTAIN
Swan Lake, Tulsa and Building a World Class Ballet Company!
An Evening in Four Acts

A private Bella Cucina wine-paired dinner benefiting Tulsa Ballet

Hosted by Kathy Taylor; Featuring vintner Tony Lombardi of Lombardi Wines; CIA trained chefs specializing in sustainable farm-to-table cuisine Chef Bill Harris and Chef Mikael Harp

Founded in 2013, Christine and Tony Lombardi began a passion project that honors a rich family history of wine, food, and tradition. Together, with Winemaker Cabell Coursey, they craft small lots of cool-climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from some of the finest vineyards in Sonoma County. The Pinot Noir is crafted with care from a family of growers in the Petaluma Gap, where the Lombardi Family has been since 1947.

Monday, November 16, 2026

Enjoy a wine-paired dinner at the home of Ali and Gant Hinkle.

Hosts: Ali and Gant Hinkle

Winery: Pinea Wines with Hugo Del Pozzo

Chef: Chef Tim Fitzgerald

The PINEA story is really a love story. Love of wine and love of the northern Ribera del Duero, where the character of the Tempranillo grape is brought out like nowhere else in the world. Vicente Pliego and Hugo Del Pozzo, two childhood friends, turned their passion for wine culture into their life, with the firm intention of making a definitive wine. A wine called to be on a par with the greatest in the world and capable of reflecting the most authentic and elegant expression of Ribera del Duero; the land they dared to dream of thousands of kilometres away.

Because the history of PINEA is also an epic tale.

Sunday, January 17, 2027

Enjoy a beautiful, multi-course, wine-paired dinner with Hirsch Vineyards at Juniper Restaurant to raise money for Tulsa Ballet.

Winery: Christopher Paul from Hirsch Vineyards

Restaurant: Juniper Restaurant

Perched on a ridge overlooking the Pacific at Fort Ross, Hirsch Vineyards is the birth ground of great Pinot Noir on the extreme Sonoma Coast. Their wines are estate-grown and vinified in the midst of the wilderness, on the edge of the sea and deep in the redwood forest. In the wines of Hirsch Vineyards one finds the harmonious resolution of opposites. Climate, elevation, and soils produce wines of unusual acidity and balance with a vintage-specific concentration of fruit. Enjoy them now, or lay them down for future consumption.

Sunday, January 24, 2027

Join us for an unforgettable evening of exceptional food, fine wine, and great company.

Hosts: Mary Barnes and Diana Kever

Vintner: Raj Patel, PATEL Napa Valley

Chef: Rafael Johns from Ava June

PATEL Napa Valley believes that great wine is made in the vineyard. Sourced from some of the finest vineyards in Coombsville, Rutherford, Crystal Springs, and Napa Valley, each PATEL wine is passionately crafted to express the uniqueness of its terroir and exhibit a distinct individual personality.

Since their inception in 2007, their growth has always been determined by their ability to source fruit from sites whose singular mix of location, soils, microclimate, farming practices, clone, and rootstock offer a true expression of the vineyard and varietal in the finished wine. As such, they typically produce no more than a few dozen to a few hundred cases of any one wine.

Thank you to our Bella Cucina hotel sponsor, Brut Hotel.