Windstar partners with university alum for charity cruise

Windstar Cruises is partnering with Washington State University‘s (WSU) alumni and friends to offer a private Mediterranean cruise with Celebrity Chef John Sarich and wines provided by Chateau Ste. Michelle, Gordon Brothers Family Vineyards and DeLille Cellars.

“Our cruises offer guests a unique ambience that is casual yet upscale,” says Fine Food and Wine Cruise Co-founder Jonathan Baltuch. “For this particular cruise, we are turning the Wind Surf ship into a WSU at sea, complete with a fun and festive environment.”

The Windstar Wind Surf will be reserved exclusively for WSU alumni and friends who will enjoy five nights of great wines and amazing food during special winemaker tasting dinners. The cruise also features the opportunity to meet and speak with world-renowned WSU Viticulture and Enology Director Thomas Henick-Klingy, faculty from the Viticulture and Enology program, members of the Alumni Association and Wine-by-Cougars Wine Club winery owners. Proceeds from the cruise will benefit the WSU Viticulture and Enology program.

“The Fine Food and Wine Cruise is the ideal setting for Cougars to reunite and form new connections,” says Henick-Klingy. “I’m looking forward to sampling and discussing the wines we’ll be having from wineries owned by WSU alumni and friends.”

The full itinerary for the cruise includes visits to Nice, Portofino, Cinque Terre, Livorno, Portoferraio and Rome. Guests fly into Nice, France, and fly out of Rome, Italy. Each Mediterranean port features an eclectic mix of historic, romantic and adventure-based shore excursions.