The year on
the calendar.
The 2026 Rhinory Foundation Gala anchors the calendar, Saturday, October 17, with the inaugural Catalyst for Conservation Award. Between then and now: Beyond the Horn member tastings, Member Bashes, the Sweet Treat Flight in October, and partner events with the field-conservation organizations our giving supports.
The 2026 Rhinory Foundation Gala.
Raise a glass to the future.
6:30 PM · Rhinory
Black tie · 21+
The Catalyst for Conservation Award.
2026 marks the first year of the Catalyst for Conservation Award, a new annual honor presented by the Rhinory Foundation to a person whose work has materially advanced the cause of rhino conservation.
“Our 2026 Rhinory Foundation Gala is set for Saturday, October 17. This year, we proudly introduce the Catalyst for Conservation Award, honoring our inaugural recipient, Mital Patel. Join us as we raise our glasses to the future.”From the Foundation customer letter · 2026-05-15
The year on the calendar,
chronological.
Member tastings, partner events, the seasonal tasting-room flights, and the next dated public event. Member-only sessions are marked with a gold pip; partner events with a clay pip.
June Wine Dinner. The summer flight.
A seated four-course dinner in the tasting room, paired bottle-by-bottle. Texas summer fruit, South African red, and a Wijde toast to close. Detail to be confirmed, a stand-in placeholder for the next dated public event.
Recurring · since May ’26
Beyond the Horn. Five wines. Five species.
A keeper-led flight built around the five surviving rhino species, each pour paired to one species’ story and to the conservation work it funds. First held Saturday, May 4, 2026, hosted by Rhino Keeper Kristen; now a recurring Conservation Circle member session. Members only.
Member Bash. The summer release.
The canonical Conservation Circle release party. Member Bashes replace the earlier “release parties” label. Live music, the new release tasted first, the keeper team on the floor. Inner Circle members + plus-one.
An evening with the field. Partner-led briefing.
The deployed pattern from Operation Black Rhino, an evening with visiting officials from one of our field-conservation partners. Plate, drink, and Q&A. Specific partner detail confirmed closer to date; Foundation-beneficiary tie-in standard. [partner to be confirmed]
The Sweet Treat Flight. October in the tasting room.
An all-October tasting-room flight running through October 31, Halloween-coded sweet-leaning bottles, a Conservation Chocolate pairing add-on, and a “It’s our state’s holiday” framing for Texas Wine Month. Walk-ins welcome; reserved seats fill up.
2026 Rhinory Foundation Gala. The Catalyst Award.
The marquee. Inaugural Catalyst for Conservation Award · honoring Mital Patel · three named beneficiaries (Care for Wild · IRF · Ol Pejeta). Full detail above; ticket purchase at the Foundation site.
Some doors only open
for the Inner Circle.
Beyond the Horn keeper-led tastings, Member Bashes (the canonical release-party label), seasonal patio sessions, and first call on a handful of Foundation-side experiences. First reference is always “Conservation Circle”; “Inner Circle” lives in the warm headlines, a poetic device, not a structural label.
- Beyond the Horn
- Member Bashes
- Patio Sessions
- First-call seats
- Conservation Counter
The archive. The pattern.
A rolling, verified record of what the calendar has produced, named years, named partners, named outcomes. The four Galas anchor the ledger; the wider archive sits below.
The Gala, year by year.
Each fall, one named evening. The name is the record; the proceeds are the receipt.
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2024
2nd annual
Horns of Hope
The conservation-anchor evening that helped seed the 2025 partner ledger. Care for Wild and the International Rhino Foundation on the program.
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2025
3rd annual
Illuminated Conservation: A Sensory Journey for Rhinos
Featured artist Russell Ronat, five original illuminated works, one per surviving rhino species. The full night’s net beneficiary: the International Rhino Foundation.
$100,000+raised in one night · net to IRF -
2026
4th annual · this year
Inaugural Catalyst for Conservation Award · honoring Mital Patel
Saturday, October 17, 2026. Beneficiaries: Care for Wild · International Rhino Foundation · Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
See the 2026 detail above
Illuminated Conservation: A Sensory Journey for Rhinos
The 3rd annual Rhinory Gala. Featured artist Russell Ronat‘s “Five Species of Rhinos” anchored the room. Net of the evening: $100,000+ to the International Rhino Foundation.
Horns of Hope
The 2nd annual Rhinory Gala. The conservation-anchor evening that helped seed the 2025 partner ledger, Care for Wild and the International Rhino Foundation on the program.
Bastille Day at Rhinory
A French-coded summer tasting, Rhône varietals from the Texas Hill Country alongside South African Pinotage. The Mourvèdre debut.
Eclipse Event 2024
Total solar eclipse over the Hill Country. Closed-property tasting, keeper-led Blake encounter at totality, and an eclipse-paired Wijde toast.
Operation Black Rhino
An evening with visiting officials from a field-conservation partner, $100 ticket, partner-event format, proceeds routed to anti-poaching work. The first of an annual partner-event pattern.
Sweet Treat Flight 2024
The first run of what’s now a recurring October tasting-room flight. Sweet-leaning bottles, a chocolate add-on, and a Halloween-coded room.
Super Bowl Super Pack
Three-send urgency curve template, pre, day-of, last-call, for time-bound bundle drops. Now a reference cadence for any time-bound Shop release.
Dinner Date Pack · Valentine’s
The Valentine’s deployment of the curated 2-bottle pack, still on the Gifts page as a deployed gift-pack precedent.
The calendar feeds the ledger.
The ledger lives on the Foundation site.
Gala proceeds, sponsor revenue, partner-event tickets, all flow through the Rhinory Foundation 501(c)(3). The deep “where it goes” page lives there: 2025 partner ledger, named-calf agency (Liora and Hercules), and the open RFP cycle.
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