WINEucopia featuring Soul Asylum in Reno

WINEucopia featuring Soul Asylum

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For the last eight years, Rock 'n Roll Wine has produced some of the most energetic and groundbreaking wine events in the country.  Their unique wine tasting/concert concept has highlighted over 250 wineries and featured over 60 bands and musicians including Train, Third Eye Blind, The Script, Lifehouse, JET, Better Than Ezra and many more. NBC LA says Rock ‘n Roll Wine is "the perfect pairing of wine and live music" and the Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown proclaims that "Rock 'n Roll Wine is out to destroy wine's stodgy reputation."

Now Rock 'n Roll Wine is bringing the legendary wine tasting experience to Reno. On Saturday, August 4, inside the Reno Ballroom, Rock 'n Roll Wine will debut their signature WINEucopia event - a bountiful evening of indulgence for wine and music enthusiasts alike. Doors will open at 7 pm with the wine tasting lasting from 7-10 pm.

Guests of WINEucopia will enjoy a delicious lineup of more than 70 headlining wines from 35+ wineries, while enjoying live performances from Grammy Award winning alternative rock band Soul Asylum, Tony Beliveau of alternative rock stalwarts Crash Kings, and more to be announced. Soul Asylum garnered critical acclaim and chart success with their singles "Somebody to Share", "Misery" and "Runaway Train" which won a Grammy Award for best rock song in 1994. The Crash Kings single "Mountain Man" soared to #1 on the Alternative Rock charts in the spring of 2010.

Rock 'n Roll Wine Founders Chris Hammond and Sonny Barton operate by the philosophy that the wine experience is just as important as what is in the glass. By combining delicious wine and fantastic live music with the right people in an electric atmosphere, they've created an unforgettable wine experience.

A limited number of VIP tickets will be available for $65 (including taxes.) The VIP ticket gains access to a separate VIP area with catered hors d'oeuvres and an assortment of VIP wines. Fans must be 21 years of age or older to attend and the ticket price includes all wine tasting and live entertainment.  General admission tickets do not include food; however vendors will be on site selling small bites.

Tickets are available online at www.rocknrollwine.com, in-person at the Silver Legacy Box office or by calling Rock 'n Roll Wine at 702-240-3066.

ABOUT SOUL ASYLUM

Soul Asylum is living proof of the ‘do-it-yourself’ ethic that has always meant life or death to rock bands in the American heartland. With five successful records to their credit they released Grave Dancers Union in October 1992. This album was destined to change the band’s career – forever. The first single, “Somebody To Shove” charted immediately at Modern Rock, where it hit #1. The album’s second single, “Black Gold” charted overnight at Modern Rock, hitting #6. The band released the third single, “Runaway Train” a month before the band’s historic performance on MTV Unplugged. The success of “Runaway Train” at Album Rock (#3) and Modern Rock (#13) was eclipsed by the single’s acceptance at Top 40, as the song climbed to #5 on the Hot 100, was certified gold, and was even used as a Public Service Announcement to locate teen runaways, aired frequently on MTV. “Runaway Train” won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1994. The album, which hit #1 on the Heatseekers chart, eventually rose to #11 on the Billboard 200, where it spent 76 weeks and was certified double-platinum.

Renewed and revitalized, Soul Asylum returns to rock’s front line with The Silver Lining, their first new studio release since 1998. The Silver Lining, Soul Asylum’s ninth full-length album is every bit as quirky and off-centered cut-to-the-bone rock as their hardcore fans have come to expect, an indication that the Minneapolis-bred band has lost none of its edge.

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