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Lot 34
The Power to Change
1 – 9 Liter 2005 Grace Family Vineyards
Cabernet Sauvignon (etched & painted with NWWF charities’ logos)
1 – 9 Liter 2005 Grace Family Vineyards “Blank Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon
(etched & painted with NWWF charities’ logos)
Dick Grace believes in “wine as a catalyst towards healing our planet.” While he
understands the importance of what goes into the bottle, he also knows that it
is merely a fraction of the power for change that the bottle possesses. The
Naples Winter Wine Festival’s first honored vintner has been instrumental in the
Festival’s ability to raise over fifty-five million dollars for children’s
charities throughout the Naples community.
“It is a privilege to use our wines as a catalyst for improving the lives of
underserved children,” Dick Grace has said. So when you pick up these bottles of
Grace Family Cabernet Sauvignon, don’t see just a wine but instead see the faces
of the children that the Festival has helped throughout the years.
To that end, Grace Family Vineyards has etched and hand painted twin, nine-liter
Salamanazars from the 2005 vintage of Grace Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
- one from its estate vineyard and one from the vineyard of friends Alan and
Chotsie Blank - with the logos of the charities that the Naples Winter Wine
Festival has supported. It has done so to remind each of us to continue our
support for children in need. From the Boys and Girls Club, to the YMCA, to the
Child Advocacy Council and the Foster Care Council of Southwest Florida, the
symbols of over two dozen of these institutions are engraved and hand painted on
each bottle.
Some wineries evaporate more wine in a week than the Grace family produces in a
year. A typical vintage produces only 11 barrels. The lucky few on the mailing
list are allocated one bottle per vintage, while the thousands on the waiting
list must only bide their time. None are allocated the scarce large format Grace
Family bottles; the Magnums, Double Magnums, Jeroboams and Imperials. These
rarest of rarities are produced solely for donation at charity auctions.
Inside each of these massive bottles will be a cork, branded with the directive
“Be Optimystic.” The reason - the belief that with the right combination of
positive thinking and a little bit of faith, we can make a world of difference
in the lives of children.
DONORS: Ann & Dick Grace of
Grace Family Vineyards
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