Napa, CA

A portion of every ticket supports Community Action of Napa Valley's local food bank, keeping neighbors fed through the hard times.Good food should fill everyone's table.

Naples, FL

The Naples Winter Wine Festival 2026 raised over $30 million for the Naples Children Foundation, funding programs for kids across Collier County. Chef Dustin Valette served as Chef de Cuisine for the 2026 festival. The dinner he auctioned off raised $1 million dollars.

Nashville, TN

This auction has raised over $43 million since 1980 for cancer research and patient care organizations across Middle Tennessee. Chef Dustin Valette supported with dinners Valette Wines pours, and auction lots.

Park City, UT

The National Ability Center creates adaptive outdoor recreation opportunities for people of all abilities, because the mountains belong to everyone. Chef Dustin Valette joins the event as a featured chef.

Healdsburg, CA

Held right in Healdsburg, Pigs & Pinot funds Palmer Family Education Foundation scholarships for the next generation of culinary and hospitality talent. Chef Dustin Valette is a fixture here, a Sonoma County native who takes seriously the responsibility of building the community that shaped him.

Key Largo, FL

The Ocean Reef Community Foundation has distributed over $77 million to local charities since 2008. Chef Dustin Valette cooks for the All Charities Weekend, lending his Michelin-recognized craft to a community that has built something remarkable through decades of consistent generosity.

Healdsburg, CA

This charitable partnership has a personal connection. His father Bob spent 47 years flying for California's fire service, and the carcinogen exposure firefighters carry long after the flames are out sits at the center of this work. Dustin and the Valette Wines brand remain deeply committed: Use code V10 at checkout and 10% of new customer sales goes directly to the V Foundation's Turnout for Firefighters Cancer Research Fund, with 100% of every dollar reaching research.

San Luis Obispo, CA

Proceeds from this Central Coast Rosé celebration support Woods Humane Society and Cal Poly scholarship programs. Chef Dustin Valette joins as a guest chef, pairing his wine country sensibility with a region that shares his values: great ingredients, generous community, and giving back with intention.

Healdsburg, CA

Bravissimo is the annual fundraiser for The Healdsburg School, Sonoma County's only independent K-8. Supporting the kids growing up here now is built into how we operate.

Menlo Park, CA

A private evening at one of the most storied properties in Silicon Valley, with Chef Dustin Valette at the helm of the kitchen. Great wine, exceptional food, and the kind of setting that makes a meal feel like an occasion.

Healdsburg, CA

The Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair has been a cornerstone of this community since 1950. Every May, local students from 4-H and FFA spend a weekend at Recreation Park showing the animals and agricultural projects they've worked on all year.

Oakville, CA

Festival Napa Valley's 20th Anniversary Arts for All Gala at Nickel & Nickel is one of the nation's premier fundraisers for arts education, having raised more than $33 million to date. Chef Dustin Valette is at the helm of the menu for this landmark evening, set among the vines with world-renowned trumpeter Wynton Marsalis headlining the stage.

Healdsburg, CA

Benefiting Future Farmers of America, Farm to Pantry, and the Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation, this is home turf for Chef Dustin Valette. His restaurants run on relationships with local farmers built over decades.

Healdsburg, CA

The Emeril Lagasse Foundation invests in youth culinary, nutrition, and arts education and addresses childhood hunger.

Santa Rosa, CA

Becoming Independent empowers adults with developmental disabilities through employment, independent living, and community inclusion. Chef Dustin Valette serves as event ambassador alongside 50+ local restaurants and wineries.

Napa, CA

Set at Staglin Family Vineyard in Napa Valley, the One Mind Music Festival raised a record $4.1 million in 2025 for brain health research, and has positively impacted more than 30 million lives over three decades.

Venice, Italy to Athens, Greece

Chef Valette co-hosts this epicurean Mediterranean voyage aboard the Atlas World Traveller alongside Tony Lombardi of Lombardi Wines. The itinerary winds from Venice through Sibenik, Croatia, down the Adriatic and into Greece, with stops at Hydra and Nafplion before arriving in Athens. Wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, and gourmet dining on deck the entire way.

Naples, FL

Forty couples, a rooftop above Fifth Avenue South, and a dinner worth the bid. This dinner raised $1 million for the Naples Children Foundation.

New York City, NY

The annual ESPN tribute to Jim Valvano at Madison Square Garden, where 100% of direct donations fund cancer research. As a V Foundation partner, Valette Wines is woven into the legacy Jim Valvano built: don't give up, don't ever give up. V Week at the Garden is where that motto echoes loudest.

Kona, HI

Chef Dustin Valette closes out the year at Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort. Hawaii, great wine, and a kitchen that has earned its place among the finest in the country. A fitting end to the year.