Flights of Passion
Redefining Wine, Building Community
We are a wine company that pours with purpose: community. It’s a human centered approach to service that sets Wines for Humanity apart.
It starts with curating a cellar of the world’s best handcrafted wines that bring people together to relax and build community at Wine Tastings that give back to their communities. A portion of the sale of every bottle sold directly benefits families, either by funding our Wines for Humanity mission to prevent homelessness or a donation to the Host’s charity of choice.
We believe in reinvesting in our Wine Advisors, too. A portion of the company’s overall profit goes to serve those enterprising Leaders who demonstrate significant growth, as well as provide ongoing training and development, so they can mentor others and build our mission.
In partnership with award-winning vineyards and enterprising Wine Advisors and their customers, we are redefining what it means to enjoy the boundless fruits of extraordinary wine. It’s an experience that deepens the appreciation of what it means to gather, celebrate and, above all, serve. Whether you’re curious or a wine connoisseur, interesting in hosting a Wine Tasting or starting a Wines for Humanity business, we invite you to our table.
Meet Our Founder
Even as a young man, Founder Anton Steinhart was driven by a desire to serve others. Like a beacon of positivity, his passion for giving back led him to dream of becoming a missionary in Africa. While life had other plans and that path didn’t come to full fruition, the seed for service had been planted.
Ever inspired by opportunity, Anton instead leapt at the chance to take a mission trip to Bolivia. Despite not having the medical qualifications the sponsoring organization needed, he dared to reach out to Solidarity Bridge and offer his help. As it turned out, they found a place for Anton and he soon found himself helping some of the poorest women of Bolivia learn to use sewing machines and ship their products to sell in the United States.
Yet upon his return to America, Anton longed to do more. His life experiences and memories were fermenting in his mind: images of homelessness on the streets of New York City, stories of young families living out of their cars who needed just one month’s rent to get back on their feet, the deaths of people close to him. Anton felt a stirring to make a greater impact, one that leveraged his expertise in the wine industry and his love of people––specifically those without homes and hope.
Anton knew it was time to once again leap. He threw himself into his work, studying why people find themselves homeless. Loss of income, natural disaster, injury, illness––their stories tugged at Anton’s heart and affirmed his belief in his mission to make change. An ounce of prevention is indeed worth a pound of cure, and all his research pointed to helping families before they become homeless. In fact, studies show that taking action while a family still has their home costs two-to-three times less.
And so the idea was born to offer private Wine Tastings to Hosts and their guests, with a portion of the wine sales supporting the greater good. Anton knew that wine brings people together and that serving others would only add to their enjoyment of the experience.
Anton was spot on. Since that first Wine Tasting in 2007, Wines for Humanity has given back more than $9 million to family focused charities across the country. And together with our growing family of Wine Advisors, this important work continues to fulfill our mission to Change the World, One Glass at a Time.
“Like a fruitful vine, our story is boundless. I invite you to join our journey to discovering how great wine can serve the greater good. There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the Wines for Humanity family.”
-Founder Anton Steinhart