Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Paso Winemakers Helping to Find a Cure for Women's Cancer--One Bottle at a Time

A Pictorial Tour...(with a little commentary):
Helping to Fight Women's Cancer
One Bottle at a Time

On April 6th, a FUNdraising event was held to raise money for the Revlon Walk Against Women's Cancer.  It would not have been the success it was were it not for a group of caring, incredible winemakers.....This blog post is a THANK YOU for your help.

You are not only the best of the Paso winemakers...but you are simply the best people, you are people who care!  I am honored to count you as friends and to drink and share your wines, and so grateful that you joined my fundraising effort and helped make this event a smashing success!

Bring a Bottle To Share and FUNdraiser Afternoon

On April 6th, at our home, 40+ fun loving, wine loving, food loving people gathered together to help this important cause. The guests brought a total of 23 bottles of fine wine (plus two of Champagne) to share, while bidding on 22 auction lots of boutique, incredible wines provided by 14 elite winemakers...all proceeds to be donated.

Among the bottles people brought to share, sip and enjoy with each other during the afternoon and into the evening included (but were not limited to):  Plumpjack Chardonnay, Seghesio Zinfandel, Saxum Booker Syrah, Clos Solene Homage A Nos Pairs, Onx Mad Crush, Donnhoff Riesling, Torrin Banshee, Epoch Zinfandel, Sextant Night Watch, Curtes Pecorino, Alta Colina, Bouchard Aine & Fils Beaune Premier Cru, Cuvee No. 734 Jacquesson Brut Champagne, Daou 1740 and about another dozen bottles, mostly from Paso...but also including Napa, Sonoma, Italy, France...it was simply a wine lovers delight!

And then there was the food...OHHH...SOOO much GOOD food...and desserts.  But the guests and their enthusiasm made this a happening.....and at the end of the day....Thanks to the gracious contributions made by the winemakers below....over $2100 was raised...to be donated to the EIF REVLON RUN/WALK AGAINST WOMEN'S CANCER,  for credit to Team: Double D's!

For those who have not had the pleasure of enjoying these fine wines, look for the labels below in your specialty wine store, at your favorite restaurant or in Paso Robles.....taste what Paso is all about when you taste these fine wines!  And when you visit Paso Robles, try to meet some of these incredible people.

Cheers,
Don and Lynn Sonderling

THE ALLSTAR WINEMAKER  LINEUP---Helping to fight Women's Cancer
one bottle at a time.
Thank you for your contributing to our FUNdraiser!

Alta Colina:  Bob, Lynne, Maggie Tillman
Caliza:  Carl and Pam Bowker
Clos Solene:  Guillaume and Solene Fabre
Daou Vineyards:  Daniel Daou, and "family"
Epoch:  Jordan Fiorentini, Christina, Mark and the Epoch team
Mitchella:  Angela and Darren Mitchell
Nicora:  Nick Elliott
ONX:  Jeff Streakas
Per Cazo:  Lynne Teckman
Paix Sur Terre:  Ryan Pease
Saxum:  Justin and Heather Smith, Sierra Slade Christensen
Shai Cellars:  Shawn Halamy (Santa Ynez)
Torrin:  Scott and Viquel Hawley
Vines On The Marycrest:  Victor and Jenni Abascal

and....a special thank you to:
Rebecca McKay, Ethan Newman, Shelley Grant, Chris Laudadio and Uncle Chuck,  for your personal wine donations to the silent auction......and to everyone who has contributed to this worthwhile and important cause.

Enjoy the pictorial tour of our event....AND...if YOU want to help and join our elite contributors....just CLICK on the link below...which will take you directly to Team Double D's donation webpage!  Help make a difference!

http://do.eifoundation.org/site/TR/RevlonRunWalk/LARRW?team_id=17105&pg=team&fr_id=1151
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GREAT WINES.....GREAT PEOPLE.....GREAT FUN.....GREAT FOOD....ALL FOR


A GREAT CAUSE!       LET THE AUCTION FRENZY BEGIN!




          SHAI:  2009 ADOME

           ALTA COLINA: 2010 GSM and 2011 Old 900


CLOS SOLENE: 2007 Essence de Roussane & 2011 La Petite Solene

         Daou:  2006 Cabernet MAGNUM 
                     

     EPOCH:  2009 ESTATE BLEND
   MITCHELLA:  2010 Innuendo Noir


    NICORA:  2011 Euphoric
    TORRIN:  2007 Akasha 


    SAXUM:  2006 BOOKER SYRAH--MAGNUM
   PER CAZO:  2011 Cabernet Sauvignon
                 


    PAIX SUR TERRE:  Songs of Its Own (GSM)
           ONX:  2010 and 2011 Praetorian 


     VINES ON THE MARYCREST: 2011 My Generation
   CALIZA:  2012 Kissin Cousins and 
    2011 Azimuth

During the afternoon, as the above wines were auctioned off, everyone was enjoying themselves with a plethora of food, wines and champagne.....meeting new friends and catching up with old friends.

Don't these all look like happy people?  What's NOT to be happy about!

 












                   just a few of the 25 bottles that were open and being enjoyed

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           DID SOMEONE SAY:  FOOD????













                                            and that's only about half                                                  of what was served! 


THE MORE YOU EAT....THE MORE YOU DRINK...
THE MORE YOU DRINK....THE MORE YOU BID
RESULTING IN A BIDDING FRENZY AS WE CLOSE THE BIDDING OUT




$50 MORE WINS IT..GOING ONCE...GOING TWICE...GONE!
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AND WITH LOTS OF SMILES
GOOD WINES
GOOD FRIENDS
GOOD FOOD
AND A GREAT CAUSE






The afternoon successfully comes
to a close....
raising over $2100
to help find a cure for women's cancer
One Bottle at a Time!

Thank you all for your support

Thank you for following my blog

Please feel free to post on your website, on FB, share it with friends, comment,
and enjoy a good glass of wine by one of the elite winemakers that were so generous with their donation!

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