Over $11k Raised for Charity in the 2023 War of the Rosés

Ralph Brabham (left, co-owner of Beau Thai, BKK Thai Cookshop, and Jane Jane) and Jean Paul Sabatier (right, co-owner of Jane Jane) promoted the 2023 War of the Rosés on Fox5 in July

A Record Year for the
War of the Rosés

The 2023 War of the Rosés was the biggest iteration of the annual charitable competition to date. Nineteen restaurants and bars participated and sold $117,511 in rosé in July. As a result, participants will donate $11,7511 to charity.

The winner of this year’s War of the Rosés was Pop Fizz Bar. Its victory secured a total donation of $6,653 for Pop Fizz’s designated charity, the Serving those Serving.

In 2018, Beau Thai co-founders Ralph Brabham and Drew Porterfield organized the first annual War of the Rosés with friends Melissa Smith (now Beau Thai’s Beverage Director) and Jean Paul Sabatier. By design, it was — and remains — a friendly charitable contest among DC restaurants.

The War of the Rosés’ format is simple. Each participating business agrees to donate 10% of their July rosé sales to charity: 5% to a charity of their choosing, and 5% to the charity chosen by the participant that sells the most rosé in July. Since 2018, the War of the Rosés has raised over $38,000 for charity.

Beau Thai selected its neighbors as its beneficiaries this year: New Endeavors by Women in Shaw and Mount Pleasant Village in Mt Pleasant, for cumulative donations of $850. Sister restaurant BKK Cookshop selected Common Good City Farm as its beneficiary this year. BKK and ownership donated $200 to Common Good. Including the donations to the Serving Those Serving Funds, Beau Thai and BKK collectively donated over $1,450 to charity by participating in the 2023 War of the Roses.