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CHARITYwelcomewelcome AUCTION & LUNCHEON | 2020 BENEFITTING OUR CINCINNATI AREA CHARITIES MARCH 14, 2020 HILTON CINCINNATI NETHERLAND PLAZA HALL OF MIRRORS It is our pleasure to aid in the Cincinnati International Wine Festival’s efforts to "give back one glass at a time" to the local community, through their support of 35 local non-profit beneficiaries. Barbara & Irwin Weinberg TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letter...... 3 Sponsors...... 4 Board of Directors & Staff...... 7 Table Hosts...... 9 Program...... 11 Menu...... 13 Auction Committee...... 15 2019 Beneficiaries...... 16 Live Auction...... 23 Auction Procedures & Terms of Sale...... 24 BUY. SELL. BUILD.

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JustinDoyleHomes.com | JustinDoyleRealty.com | 513-445-2111 | 5378 A Cox Smith Rd. Mason, OH THANK YOU to members of the Charity Auction & Luncheon committee. Many of them are longstanding Festival volunteers who are celebrating responsible for gathering the donated wines and items for the silent and live auctions, as well as putting together this catalog. Additional volunteers jump in to help set up and keep us organized at check-in and strong traditions check-out. It was 30 years ago that a small group of people sat down to brainstorm THANK YOU to our 2020 Honorary Chair, Suzanne Groth, for taking the idea of a festival that not only brings together the finest wines in time away from her important role as CEO and President of Groth the world, but also gives back to the community through nonprofit Vineyards & Winery to share her love of the industry with us, and to organizations. Some of those people, like Ann Santen, are still hard at all our Luncheon Table Hosts from wineries participating in the 2020 Festival. They have some special wines just for you today! work, guiding the way for those of us who are new volunteers. To them we say a heartfelt THANK YOU, and from all of us, welcome to the THANK YOU also to auctioneer-extraordinaire Dan Greathouse of 30th annual Cincinnati International Wine Festival’s Charity Auction Heidelberg Distributing, who showers us with fun facts and his wine and Luncheon. You are part of continuing this outstanding legacy. knowledge throughout the live auction. THANK YOU to the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, and the The Charity Auction and Luncheon is one of four annual Festival events exceptional staff, who put their creativity, skills and service to work in that have helped us share an accumulated $6 million with the Greater presenting today’s exquisite luncheon. Cincinnati area community. In 2019, the Wine Auction, Grand Tastings, Winery Dinners and Russ Wiles Memorial Golf Tournament raised And finally, THANK YOU again for the generous support you’ve $406,000 for 35 charities across our region. provided over the past 30 years and for many more years to come! So, THANK YOU once again – and pat yourself on the back when you raise your paddles high and often today! Marcus Relthford2020 Charityand AuctionKeith & Luncheon Spiller Co-Chairs 3 PRESENTING SPONSOR |

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EVENT SPONSORS | THE WINE FESTIVAL WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTING SPONSORS: 19/19 Investment Counsel French Wine Explorers Monteverdi Tuscany Barbara & Irwin Weinberg Heidt Family Foundation OneTouchPoint Beechmont Automotive Group Hellman Clothiers Prestige A/V & Creative Services Blaine’s Fine Men Apparel Jane Birkhead Riedel DurstCOM Le Lieu Sophisticated Living Fern Exposition & Event Services Mariner Wealth Advisors The Hershey Company

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT: Bottle to Glass Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Ohio Valley Wine & Beer Company Cavalier Distributing Heidelberg Distributing Company Vintage Wine Distributor Cutting Edge Selections Wine Trends Inc.

5 ••• CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF GIVING BACK ••• Thank you, ANN SANTEN for playing an instrumental role in the founding of the FOUNDER boardboard ofof directorsdirectors Russ Wiles 1939-2003 & BOARD OF DIRECTORS & staffstaff Connie Wiles President Barry Oppelt Treasurer Mary Ann Bokenkotter Jason Milburn Missy Duggan Michael Miller George Elliott John Mocker Marilyn Harris Daniel Temming Mary Horn Marj Valvano

WINE FESTIVAL STAFF Kelly Weissmann Executive Director Amanda Pack Event Coordinator Chris Phelps Volunteer Coordinator Sylvia Osterday Festival Volunteer

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Thanks to all of this years participants, volunteers, and vendors for helping to raise critical funds for local charities.

We salute you. tabletable hostshosts GROTH VINEYARDS & WINERY MUNDO VINO Suzanne Groth FAMILIA ZUCCARDI Mary Wajda David Koebley ANTHONIJ RUPERT WINES RABBLE WINES Gareth Robertson FOLEY FAMILY WINES Caine Thompson Kim Ross BOISSET COLLECTION ROUND POND ESTATE WINERY Dina Clark FOLIO FAMILY WINES Scott Reed Lily Dunson DALLA TERRA IMPORTS STAGS' LEAP WINERY/BERINGER Adam Shobert JACKSON FAMILY Russ Wright Ben Smith DAOU TERLATO WINES INTERNATIONAL Matt Hancharick LEONARDO LOCASIO SELECTIONS Katie Benjamin Paul Criger DARIOUSH TRINCHERO FAMILY ESTATES Allen Papp MARQUES DE CASA CONCHA Steve Sliger Italo Jofre ELIXIR WINE COMPANY VINTAGE POINT Janine Poleman Bob Dalic 9 The Heidt Family Foundation is proud to support The Cincinnati International Wine Festival and all of their contributions to our community.

Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Heidt, Jr. HILTON CINCINNATI NETHERLAND PLAZA thethe programprogram HALL OF MIRRORS RECEPTION & SILENT AUCTION 9:30 am LIVE AUCTION 11:00 am FOLLOWED BY A WINERY LUNCHEON Live auction lots are available for consideration during the reception. Please view these to help determine your bidding procedure. Many lots are rare and/or limited availability. You can expect bidding to be quite spirited!

11 12 Former Cincinnatian Daniel Greathouse, President of market. He is a commandeur in Bordeaux’s Commanderie Heidelberg Importing & Brokerage Company and Chief du Bontemps and was featured in the American Express Marketing Officer, is one of the founding board members Black Ink wine issue. of the Cincinnati International Wine Festival and the first Dan served on the Board of Trustees of Economics America auctioneer for this event. For three decades, Greathouse has as well as being an active cheerleader for PBS, where he has presided over charity auctions in the United States and the appeared on numerous televised auctions and cooking shows. United Kingdom and is as well known for his humor as his great love and knowledge of wine. He is co-host of the “The Cork Dorks” television program filmed on locations from 110+ degree California to -10 Greathouse joined Ohio Valley Wine and Heidelberg in 1988 degree Ontario, where he foolishly picked ice wine grapes. after managing Midwest area states for London-based Allied Lyons, marketing California wine brands including Clos Du A decorated veteran of the U.S. Navy, Dan is the recipient of Bois, William Hill, Callaway and Atlas Peak Vineyards. numerous citations, ribbons and medals including the Navy Achievement Medal, presented by Secretary of the Navy, His naval career fortuitously placed him in wine growing John F. Lehman, Jr. His unique naval role allowed him to serve regions from Northern California to Europe. In recent years DANIEL Greathouse represented the American fine wine trade at in Europe alongside Britain’s Royal Air Force & Royal Navy the World Wine Symposium, known as the “Davos of Wine” personnel with the unusual assignment of working on land- conducted at Villa d’Este in Northern Italy. based, as well as aboard all major warfare platforms including GREATHOUSE airplanes, helicopters, ships and submarines. Greathouse seeks out fine wines produced across the world to market throughout Ohio and Kentucky. His grossly Dan married his college sweetheart, artist Mary Bell arduous task of sourcing new products has taken him from Greathouse, more than 35 years ago in Cleveland Heights auctioneer Santiago, Chile through Tequila, Mexico and many wine before striking out into the world to seek fame & fortune. producing regions in France, Spain and Italy. Undaunted He returned to Cleveland in 1997 with Mary and their by torturous tastings, Dan Greathouse selflessly works on, countless children, some of whom are named Charles, Paul, through the sun and the food, to bring great new wines to James, Peter, Sarah, Sophia, Emma and Gabriel. menumenu PASSED APPETIZERS ENTRÉE CHEESE COURSE Smoked Salmon on Rye Sakura Farms Slow Cooked Beef My Artisano with Horseradish Cream Cheese Ricotta Gnudi, Roasted Garlic, Spinach Ervie Cream Puffwith Egg Salad Belgium Style Wash Rind Soft Cheese -OR- with Roasted Grapes Spring Onion Biscuit VEGETARIAN with Ham & Preserves Urban Stead ENTRÉE Tomme d’ Evanston APPETIZER Cavatelli Pasta Alpine Style Cheese Roasted Nebrodini Bianco Saffron Romesco, Roasted Cauliflower, with Onion Marmalade Mushroom Marcona Almonds, Capers Spring Onion, Crispy Shallot, Soubise Served with Crostini and Lavash

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2020 CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL HONORARY CHAIR auctionauction Suzanne Groth, CEO & President of Groth Vineyards & Winery AUCTION COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS committee Marcus Relthford & Keith Spiller committee Dan Greathouse, Auctioneer Don Buckley Jill Leslie Keith Olscamp Marilyn Buckley Kathleen MacQueeney Carmen Parks George Elliott Kathi McQuade Janet Reynolds Lee Flischel Jayne Menke Graig Smith Pat Gaito Kathy Merchant Steven Sunderman Meg Galvin Kelly Meyer Marj Valvano Marilyn Harris Matthew Millett Barbara Weinberg Chuck Hong Sue Mills Irwin Weinberg Yen Hsieh John Mocker Connie Wiles Michael Monnin 15 2019 BENEFICIARIES 90.9FM WGUC – CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO The ALS Association Central & Southern Ohio Chapter ASIAN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WGUC, Cincinnati’s Classical Public Radio, was founded is to improve the quality of life for patients and families The Asian Community Alliance has served the Greater in 1960 by a group of citizens who saw the need for a radio living with ALS. Cincinnati community since 2004. The mission of the organization is to provide culturally sensitive services/ station devoted to cultural and public affairs programming ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION programs to the over 49,000 Asian Americans & Pacific in the region. Today, the station remains committed to OF GREATER CINCINNATI this heritage. WGUC broadcasts the finest in classical Islanders in the counties of Butler, Clermont, Clinton, The Alzheimer’s Association mission is to eliminate Hamilton and Warren counties. Their programs include, music programming and is the leading provider of arts Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; information for Greater Cincinnati. but are not limited to: access to healthcare, aging/ to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; caregiving, domestic violence, sexual assault prevention, ABILITIES FIRST and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion elder abuse, computer literacy for refugees and Founded in 1958, Abilities First continues to lead the of brain health. The Greater Cincinnati Chapter serves a immigrants, civic engagement, and youth leadership. way in providing services for children and adults from 27-county area in Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and birth through life with a wide range of disabilities Southeastern Indiana. It is estimated that there are nearly CANCER FAMILY CARE including cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, 55,000 individuals with Alzheimer's disease or a related Cancer Family Care is a nonprofit organization that helps learning disabilities, language and cognitive impairments disorder within the Greater Cincinnati Chapter territory. children and adults cope with the effects of a cancer diagnosis in the family. They are known throughout the in Southwest Ohio. Today, over 1,000 clients are served ART LINKS annually by an average of 130 employees in an eight Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky region as a Art Links, a non-profit organization is committed to the county region. force of compassion and strength in the face of cancer- concept that art is a basic component to learning and every related illness and loss. For more than 45 years, they have ALS ASSOCIATION – child should be given opportunities to explore the arts. provided therapeutic counseling, education, support, and CENTRAL & SOUTHERN OHIO CHAPTER Founded in 1996, Art Links provides free bus transportation hope to all people touched by cancer. Additional services Formed in 1984, The ALS Association Central & Southern to over 25 arts venues for 25,000+ students annually in 171 include free wigs, therapeutic massage and Healing Ohio Chapter serves patients and families in 56 counties. economically disadvantaged schools throughout the Greater Touch sessions for cancer patients and at reduced rates to The chapter provides services to the ALS community, Cincinnati area. Our mission is to make arts a reality in the caregivers. Our programs are available at six area offices, promotes awareness of ALS, raises funds for chapter lives of as many disadvantaged children as possible at no and to ensure continuity of care, our social workers and programs, and advocates for ALS patients. The mission of cost to the children or the schools. counselors are glad to make house calls, when necessary.

17 18 THE CARNEGIE for youth experiencing abuse, neglect, addiction, or other study of music. These funds cover lessons with Premier The Carnegie is northern Kentucky’s largest trauma. Working out of three campuses and numerous organizations such as the Conservatory of Music multidisciplinary arts venue providing theatre events, school districts, CHNK’s team of 120 behavioral Preparatory and Northern Kentucky String Preparatory educational programs and art exhibitions to the Northern healthcare professionals operates the regions most programs, My Cincinnati, Cincinnati Symphony Youth Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati community. The sophisticated and robust integrated physical and behavioral Orchestra as well as others. For those students who cannot Carnegie is home to The Carnegie Galleries, the Otto M. healthcare service model; they provide school and afford instruments, funds are also provided. These students Budig Theatre, and the Eva G. Farris Education Center. community-based services, intensive outpatient treatment, show off their talents at various venues in the area and Whether on stage, in the classroom or in a gallery, The and residential treatment for at-risk youth populations and visit schools where music is nonexistent. Many of these Carnegie inspires creativity for all. their families. students are underprivileged and the Scholarship is their THE CINCINNATI BALLET only mean to participate in the world of music. CATHOLIC INNER-CITY SCHOOLS Building on its rich history, Cincinnati Ballet provides CINCINNATI WORKS EDUCATION (CISE) remarkable dance experiences through stunning classical Cincinnati Works partners with all willing and able Catholic Inner-City Schools Education (CISE) CISE works and contemporary mainstage performances, classes people living in poverty to assist them in advancing to to transform the lives of urban children by providing access welcoming all ages through the Otto M. Budig Academy, economic self-sufficiency. Our comprehensive approach to a strong Catholic education to over 1,800 students at and extensive educational programming in schools and focuses not only on helping individuals find employment eight Catholic elementary schools in Cincinnati’s most community centers throughout the region. Cincinnati but also on developing the personal stability needed to at-risk neighborhoods each year. Graduates who continue Ballet’s mission is to inspire hope and joy in our community retain employment and providing the guidance needed to their education at a Catholic high school continue to and beyond through the power and passion of dance. advance in their careers. Over the past 20 years Cincinnati receive financial and other types of support from CISE. THE CINCINNATI SYMPHONY CLUB, Works has helped over 5,800 people start on the road Currently there are over 300 CISE students attending AUDREY DICK SCHOLARSHIP FUND from poverty to self-sufficiency. local Catholic high schools. The Audrey Dick Scholarship Fund was established by CONCERT: NOVA CHILDREN’S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY the Cincinnati Symphony Club in 1998 with the mission Concert:Nova is an exciting performance group that Founded in 1882, Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky to award annual scholarships to deserving, talented stands at the intersection of visionary performances and takes a family-centered, holistic approach to treatment young students interested in the understanding and innovative cultural engagement. Creating the shift in artistic experiences, the artist-driven ensemble is at the children in need. Chartered in 1996, C2C bridges the gap women in over 75 cities each year. Dress for Success is a forefront of an exciting new generation in classical music. between the great need and excess resources. Their vision not-for-profit organization that helps low-income women Founded in 2007 by a group of Cincinnati Symphony is to provide every child with the quantity of supplies make tailored transitions into the workforce. Each Dress Orchestra musicians led by clarinetist Ixi Chen, the needed to succeed in school. for Success client receives one suit when she has a job musicians have sought inter-artistic collaboration with interview and a second suit when she gets the job. The an inquisitive and adventurous spirit to create a multi- DAN BEARD COUNCIL OF Dress for Success Professional Women’s Group program dimensional blend of compelling and thought-provoking THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA then provides ongoing support to help the client build a performances. The Dan Beard Council, Boy Scouts of America, provides successful career. the Scouting program to more than 33,000 youth CONDUCTIVE LEARNING CENTER members and adult volunteers throughout 12 counties in FERNSIDE The Conductive Learning Center is a non-profit Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky. Each year, in Fernside, established in 1986, as the nation’s second organization that offers Conductive Education as a special addition to camping and other exciting activities, Scouts oldest children’s grief center, remains today a national education methodology designed for individuals diagnosed across the council provide more than 150,000 hours of leader in providing grief support. Fernside is a non-profit with cerebral palsy, spina bifida or other neurological based service to their local community. organization offering support and advocacy to grieving motor impairments. This educational approach improves families who have experienced a death. As the 2nd center all aspect of a human being such as gross and fine motor THE DE CAVEL FAMILY SIDS FOUNDATION in the nation, Fernside offers peer support for grieving skills, balance, speech, self-care skills, social and cognitive The de Cavel Family SIDS foundation works to support children, teens and adults. Fernside works to increase skills, as well as increase confidence. educational programs and spread awareness about SIDS. community awareness of grief issues through community They work with organizations like Cradle Cincinnati and outreach. CRAYONS TO COMPUTERS Cribs for Kids, making sure new parents know the risk Crayons to Computers is a free store for teachers of factors associated with SIDS, providing cribs to families in FREESTORE FOODBANK needy students in the greater Cincinnati area, whose The FreeStore Foodbank’s mission is to provide food and need and promoting safe sleep programs to new parents. mission is to ensure that children and classrooms in the services, create stability and further self-reliance for people greater Cincinnati area have the basic tools for learning by DRESS FOR SUCCESS in crisis. This includes assisting one in six neighbors who is transferring, at no cost, the community’s surplus supplies Dress for Success provides interview suits, confidence food insecure. Our vision is to be the leader of a community and merchandise into the hands of teachers and school boosts and career development to more than 50,000 mobilized to end hunger and address its causes. We provide

19 20 emergency food, programs and services to our 20 county LINTON CHAMBER MUSIC MASTER PROVISIONS Tri-State region to uncover the root causes of poverty and Linton Chamber Music is proud to celebrate its 40th Master Provisions works to help people in poverty. In the hunger and help create sustainable solutions. anniversary during the 2018-19 season of making Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region, it “rescues” KENTUCKY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA extraordinary music among friends. Since its inception surplus food and distributes to agencies who feed the The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1992 Linton has brought together the finest musicians from hungry. MP also provides winter clothing in the Tri-State (as the Northern Kentucky Symphony) with a mission to Cincinnati and around the globe with inspiring concerts in area; light-weight clothing is sent to mission partners make classical music attractive, accessible and affordable to intimate settings. Besides the popular Sunday Linton series overseas. Donations to MP from financial sponsors support people in the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati in Avondale, Linton produces an ENCORE! performance orphan care in the children’s home countries and culture. area. Since its inception, the KSO has demonstrated a on Monday evenings in Loveland and Peanut Butter & MAY FESTIVAL unique ability to make the concert experience relevant Jam concerts for two-to-six year-olds throughout the The May Festival is the oldest continuous choral festival in and entertaining to its audiences, while maintaining high community. Learn more at www.LintonMusic.org. the Western Hemisphere and one of the only true festivals performance standards and integrity. LITTLE BROTHERS-FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY that remain in our country today. Featuring the May HAMILTON COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly (LBFE) is a national Festival Chorus and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Festival presents marvelously concentrated choral Hamilton County Special Olympics of Ohio (HCSO) is network of non-profit, volunteer-based organizations repertoire rarely found in the usual concert season. a local and an area chapter, under the division of Special committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the Olympics Ohio; it is totally dependent on donations, elderly. It offers to people of good will the opportunity MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES personal contributions and corporate sponsorship from the to join the elderly in friendship and celebration of life. Mercy Neighborhood Ministries excels at stabilizing local community. This organization provides year-round US Little Brothers was founded in 1959 and from that and improving the quality of life for those living in sports, training, and competition in a variety of sports day, Little Brothers houses throughout the country have disadvantaged circumstances. They employ a unique for children and adults with mental and developmental served the elderly in the spirit of the motto “flowers before approach to workforce development and aging population disabilities in order to create continuing opportunities for bread.” LBFE holds true the philosophy that, in addition to assistance. Their holistic efforts have a special focus them to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, the basic necessities of life, each one of us - especially the on disadvantaged women and seniors through proven experience the joy of achievement, be included in the elderly - has a strong need for the special pleasures that programs that educate, foster self-sufficiency, and support community, build skills, and make friends. make life worth living. enhanced quality of life. MIAMI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION – PROJECT PEACE TENDER MERCIES DONALD E. BECKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP The mission of Project Peace is to promote hope and peace Tender Mercies transforms the lives of homeless adults The vision of the Miami University Foundation is to be for families who are affected by neck and head cancer by with mental illness by providing security, dignity, and the guardian of Miami University’s future through the providing practical services as well as offering emotional community in a place they call home. Security means a Foundation’s activities to grow the University’s endowment support throughout the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery housing environment where residents’ personal safety and to be recognized as a model for performance, stages. By providing emotional support throughout the is a priority. Dignity means a housing environment that accountability, stewardship and commitment to excellence. journey, families can focus what is most important- allows residents to develop personal, social, and economic Gifts of all sizes allow Miami University to continue to winning the battle against cancer. strengths. And community is a regular, predictable housing produce graduates of uncommon quality. The Donald environment that offers a sense of family, while affirming E. Becker Memorial Scholarship benefits Miami Access RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE the individual. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Initiative students. This program for Ohio residents WOMEN HELPING WOMEN helps make Miami University accessible to new first-year provides a supportive “home away from home” for Women Helping Women's mission is to prevent gender- academically competitive students who have total family families and their children who are receiving treatment at based violence and to support all survivors. WHW provides income that is equal to or less than $35,000. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center or other area hospitals, regardless of their ability to pay. inclusive and comprehensive, crisis intervention services MIDWEST CULINARY INSTITUTE for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and The Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State Technical STEPPING STONES stalking. WHW is also a leader in providing teen dating and Community College is built on a thirty-six year tradition The mission of Stepping Stones is to increase violence & sexual violence prevention programming of culinary education excellence. The hospitality programs independence, improve lives and promote inclusion for in schools, as well, providing professional trainings to at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College children and adults with disabilities. Stepping Stones is a corporations, institutions, and community members on continue to be the leader in the Midwest. In the past non-profit United Way Partner agency that serves over gender-based violence. eighteen years their programs have excelled in the education 1,000 adults and children with disabilities annually. They of young culinarians and hospitality management staff. The offer year-round services at four locations. Founded in program sets the standards for culinary excellence in the 1963, Stepping Stones has been providing services to the Greater Cincinnati area. Greater Cincinnati community for more than 55 years.

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AUCTION PROCEDURES & TERMS OF SALE BIDDING AUCTION LOT CONDITIONS AND MINIMUM BIDS Auction paddles are required to bid on any item offered DESCRIPTIONS All wine lots must be sold for a minimum dollar amount during the live and silent auctions and are available in The Cincinnati International Wine Festival has made as required by the State of Ohio. The auctioneer(s) will advance and after bidding commences. All bidders are every effort to ensure accurate information and not sell any wine lot below the State’s minimum price required to provide the Cincinnati International Wine descriptions of all lots. Wines are described as correctly for that lot in the accordance with Section 4301:1-1-78 Festival, Inc. with a major credit card and/or a driver’s as can be ascertained, but CIWF is not responsible for of the Ohio Revised Code. license for identification to reserve a paddle. The highest notes and information that are statements of opinion For more information visit us at bid recognized by the auctioneer will be considered the or references from published wine sources or experts. www.winefestival.com winning bid. All wine lots are believed to be of excellent quality and condition. Buyers of old wines should make appropriate PAYMENT allowances for natural variations of ullage, conditions /cincywinefest Payment may be made by cash, check, American of cork and wine. No returns will be accepted. The Express, Discover, MasterCard or Visa. All lots must @cincywinefest CIWF and the Auctioneer have the absolute right to be collected at the completion of the auction. Lots sold re-organize, divide and/or combine lots as they see fit to the recognized bidder and not claimed at the end of cincywinefest prior to sale. The Auctioneer has the absolute right to the event will be available at the Wine Festival office withdraw a lot or reject a bid at any time before the fall through March 20, 2020. There will be no refunds. of the gavel. LA-1 A Special Dinner Celebrating the Cincinnati International Wine Festival’s 30th Anniversary – For 8 $5,000 - $7,000 To celebrate the Cincinnati International Wine theme). Wines such as Dom Perignon Brut Champagne Festival’s 30th Anniversary, we are offering a (97 pts), Domaine Comte Georges de Vogué Musigny very special French inspired seafood dinner with Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru (96 pts), Domaine Comte extraordinary wines for 8 people at the lovely Ivy Hills Georges de Vogué Bonnes Mares Grand Cru (99 pts) home of Don and Marilyn Buckley and prepared by and M. Chapoutier Ermitage le Pavillon (100 pts). This none other than Pat Gaito and Chuck Hong. You will wonderful dinner for 8 will be on a date and time to be be treated to zesty bouillabaisse, lobster and salmon, mutually agreed upon, but no later than March 2021. just to name a few of the dishes on the menu. And the DONORS: Don and Marilyn Buckley, Pat Gaito and wines? Well, of course, they will also be French, and Chuck Hong from Burgundy, and from Pat Gaito’s cellar, and from the 1990 vintage (keeping with that 30th Anniversary

25 26 LA-2 1 each – 1.5ltr Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014, 2015 3 – 1.5ltr Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $2,100 - $2,500 Donated by our Honorary Chair, Suzanne Groth, this is dedicated to showcasing the unique characteristics of five-magnum collection is a vertical of Groth’s flagship their Reserve Vineyard, a 27.78-acre band on the Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, which represents the Oakville Estate dominated by chert, a hard and compact finest lots of each vintage from the Reserve Vineyard. sedimentary rock not found at this concentration This set includes multiple 1.5-liter bottles of the critically anywhere else in Napa Valley. This site’s unique soil acclaimed 2014, 2015 and 2016 vintages, which profile and ideal climate coalesce to provide the ultimate mark the arrival of Groth’s Director of Winegrowing expression of Oakville — elegant and age-worthy Cameron Parry. Cameron worked as winemaker at the wines from the most remarkable winegrowing region in historic Napa Valley winery Chateau Montelena for Napa Valley. These wines are rated as follows: 2014 – 10 years before becoming Groth’s winemaker in 2014. 94-points, Wine Enthusiast; 2015 – 95-points, Anthony As Director of Winegrowing, he oversees every step of Galloni; 2016 – 96-points, Wine Spectator. wine production from the vineyard to the bottle with a DONOR: Groth Vineyards & Winery focus on continuity of style and quality. His efforts were rewarded with the #4 spot on the Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2019 for the 2016 Reserve Cabernet. Cameron LA-3 2 each – 750ml Groth Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, 2012, 2013 6 – 750ml Duckhorn Three Palms Merlot 2016 $1,300 - $1,500 12 bottles of classic Napa Valley reds from two of the Dan and Margaret Duckhorn in 1976 and has spent forty valley’s best producers. Groth, founded in 1981 by Dennis years establishing itself as one of North America’s premier and Judy Groth, is in the heart of the Oakville appellation producers of Napa Valley wines and their role as the first and remains 100% family owned, led by CEO and American winery to pioneer luxury Merlot. In 2015, after President Suzanne Groth, our Cincinnati International four decades of working with its sought-after fruit, they Wine Festival’s Honorary Chair. The 6-bottle lot offered acquired Three Palms Vineyard, widely recognized as the here contains 2 bottles each from their Oakville Estate finest Merlot vineyard in North America. Three Palms has Vineyard from three successive vintages, 2011, 2012 become the crown jewel of their Estate program. and 2013 with vintages 2011 and 2012 having a blend of DONORS: Dan & Jane Temming 88% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Merlot and the 2013 having an 80%, 20% blend. Duckhorn was founded by

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LA-4 3 – 750ml Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 $1,800 - $2,200 Bart and Daphne Araujo purchased Eisele Vineyard in and the Rhône. Long considered a cult wine, the Eisele 1990 which is situated at the foot of the Palisades area Cabernet Sauvignon regularly receives scores in the mid- southeast of Calistoga. Eisele Vineyard had been planted to to-high 90’s. The 3-bottle lot offered here is no exception. vines since 1884 and is one of the most notable vineyards Robert Parker rates the 2013 a perfect 100-points and in Napa Valley. Its track record of stellar Cabernets dates says: “The utterly compelling 2013 is 100% Cabernet to the 1970’s, including bottlings by Joseph Phelps Winery Sauvignon in this vintage and 1,800 cases were made. The and Conn Creek. They employ organic and biodynamic wine is off-the-charts great, with an opaque bluish/purple practices in their farming and winemaking, reinforcing color to the rim, an aroma of pen ink, graphite, blackberry the unique terroir in their wines, and ensuring the health and blueberry fruit, a hint of licorice, camphor and incense, of the soil and vines now and for the future. In July 2013 but sweet, well-integrated tannin. This is a large-scale Eisele it was announced that Araujo had been purchased by the Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, but flawless and with no Artemis Group, the financial company founded by French edges. It is an amazing effort and a great achievement from businessman François Pinault and owners of French this incredible terroir. Drink it over the next 30-40 years.” first-growth Château Latour. Artemis added Araujo to DONORS: George & Jeane Elliott an impressive roster of wineries in Bordeaux, Burgundy LA-5 6 – 750ml Darioush Darius II Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 $1,500 - $1,800 The crown jewel of the Darioush Estate, Darius hallmark. The 2014 label depicts the tradition II, is a refined, age-worthy collectible which of the Saghi, or Wine Bearer, an influential and captures the exceptional qualities of each heralded position in the ancient Persian Royal vintage from their Napa Valley vineyards. The courts. Robert Parker has rated the 2014 – bottles are not only collectible for their content, 94-points and says the following: “The 2014 but also for the unique art on their labels. Since Darius II is a serious wine with a fragrant nose the first vintage of Darius II in 1999, Darioush of graphite, blackberry, cassis and hints of toast has sought to highlight ancient traditions in and chocolate. Full-bodied with an expansive, Persian Art, honoring Proprietors Darioush and savory texture and a long, pure finish, it should Shahpar Khaledi’s heritage. Each vintage bears drink nicely for at least another 15-20 years.” a detail from a Persian artwork, now a visual

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LA-6 3 – 750ml Lokoya Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $1,300 - $1,600 Lokoya, from Jackson Family Wines, is a collection of 98-points by Robert Parker who says the following: “The four distinct Cabernet Sauvignons from four of Napa 2016 is deep purple-black in color and offers an incredible Valley’s most celebrated mountain appellations: Mount perfume of lilacs, black truffles, violets and menthol over Veeder, Howell Mountain, Spring Mountain and Diamond a core of cassis, mulberries and warm plums plus a waft Mountain. These limited-production wines are 100% of tobacco leaf. The palate is full-bodied and built like a Cabernet Sauvignon, fermented with native yeast, and brick house with very firm, very ripe tannins and oodles bottled unfined and unfiltered, resulting in the purest of freshness cutting through the earthy layers, finishing expression of place. The 2016 vintage has been rated very long.” LA-7 3 – 750ml Colgin Cellars IX Estate Proprietary Red 2012 $1,500 - $2,000 Three bottles of exquisite Cabernet Sauvignon blend winemakers. Consultant Dr. Alain Raynaud, who has from one of Napa Valley’s most celebrated cult wineries. owned several properties in Pomerol and St.-Émilion, Ann Colgin established Colgin Cellars in 1992 and then has played an active role in blending the Colgin Cellars in 1998 purchased a 125-acre high-altitude estate on wines since 2001. French luxury conglomerate LVMH volcanic soil in the Pritchard Hill area of Napa Valley purchased 60% of Colgin Cellars in 2018. Robert Parker overlooking Lake Hennessey. She and her husband Joe rates the 2012 99-points and says the following: “The Wender named their property IX Estate because it was 2012 is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, parcel #9 when previously owned by the Long Family 11% Cabernet Franc and 8% Petit Verdot. Absolutely and because Ann married Joe on September 9 (9/9). In spectacular aromatics of spring flowers, blueberry, 2000, they planted 20 acres of vines on IX Estate and blackberry and blackcurrant fruit intermixed with in 2002 they completed their winery there and vinified creosote, graphite and floral notes are followed by a wine their first harvest—not just the IX Proprietary Red (a with great depth, elegance, richness and purity. Simply blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc loaded, but with pristine harmony and equilibrium, this and Petit Verdot) but a 100% Syrah. Mark Aubert was is a sensational tour de force and a great tribute to this the winemaker at Colgin Cellars through the 2006 spectacular hillside site on Pritchard Hill.” vintage and Allison Tauziet took over in 2007. Both had DONORS: George & Jeane Elliott previously served apprenticeships at Colgin as assistant

31 32 LA-8 6 – 750ml Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 6 – 750ml Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 $1,800 - $2,200 Chateau Montelena Winery, originally called A.L. Tubbs continues to thrive with Jim's son Bo Barrett at the helm. Winery, was constructed in 1888 and intended as a In 1976 Chateau Montelena helped put California at the barrel-aging facility. The Chateau was unique in materials, forefront of the wine world. That year a who's-who of the plan, size, and style for its era. In nineteenth-century French wine and food establishment gathered for a grand Napa Valley, most wineries were constructed of wood. tasting at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Paris. Instead, the Chateau is made of stone with walls three Four white Burgundies were tasted against six California to twelve feet thick, which provides natural insulation Chardonnays. When the scores were tallied, the French against outside heat or cold. Also rare among Napa Valley Judges were convinced that the top-ranking white wine wineries, the Chateau resembles an English Gothic was one of their own. In fact, it was Chateau Montelena's castle gatehouse complete with rusticated stone walls. 1973 Chardonnay, rated above all other wines. The results The next chapter began with the renaissance of Chateau proved that Chateau Montelena could produce some of Montelena Winery and the Estate vineyard in the early the world's finest wines, and that California's wine industry 1970's. Under the leadership of Jim Barrett, the vineyard had come of age. Robert Parker has given the 2012 Estate was replanted, and the Chateau outfitted with modern Cabernet 93-pts and the 2013 vintage 96-pts. winemaking equipment. In 1972 wines were made for the first time and this celebrated family-owned winery DONOR: Anonymous LA-9 A Japanese Kaiseki and Sake Dinner at the Home of Debbie Dent – For 8 $4,000 - $5,000 Enjoy a multi-course Japanese tasting menu delight your senses while dining with a breathtaking created by three culinary experts, Debbie Dent, view of the city skyline. Each dish will be perfectly Yoshino Nakao and Yen Hsieh with Sake tasting paired with the ideal Sake. This dinner for eight will best by certified Sake expert Mary Horn. Kaiseki, a be enjoyed in Spring or Summer at a mutually agreed traditional Japanese dining experience is known for its upon time, but no later than March 2021. meticulous preparation, fresh seasonal ingredients and DONORS: Debbie Dent, Yoshino Nakao, Yen Hsieh creative presentation. The threesome will create an and Mary Horn extraordinary dinner that will tantalize your palate and

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LA-10 3 – 750ml Penfolds Grange 2014 $2,400 - $2,800 Penfolds Grange (until the 1989 vintage labeled In the world of wine, Penfolds is synonymous with Penfolds Grange Hermitage) is an Australian wine, excellence, innovation, and even a little magic. Robert made predominantly from the Shiraz (Syrah) grape Parker and Wine Spectator both rate this 2014 – and usually a small percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon. 98-points and Parker says: “Rich, concentrated and It is widely considered Australia's "first growth" and intense, it delivers exactly what we’ve come to expect its most collectible wine. The first vintage of Penfolds from this Penfolds iconic wine. It’s full-bodied, velvety Grange was made on an experimental basis in 1951 by in feel and loaded with plummy fruit, framed in vanilla winemaker Max Schubert, while he was employed at and cedar. Dense, powerful, and tannic, it should Penfolds. As recently as 2004, a single bottle of 1951 prove to be long lived, even by Grange standards.” Grange Hermitage sold at auction for over $50,000. LA-11 1 – 750ml Quilceda Creek Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 2 – 750ml Quilceda Creek Palengat Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 3 – 750ml Quilceda Creek Galitzine Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 $900 - $1,200 Six bottles of world-class Washington State Cabernet the ultimate Cabernet. After acquiring vineyards in Sauvignon are offered in this lot from long-time the late 90’s and early 2000’s, Alex and his son Paul collectors. Founded in 1979, Quilceda Creek has produced their first vineyard-designated Cabernet an unbroken string of highly rated vintages that led in 2004. Parker has said: “There isn’t a Cabernet Robert Parker to name it Washington State’s premier producer with this winery’s record for consistency.” Cabernet Sauvignon producer. Alex and Jeannette He’s awarded their wines five 100-point ratings over Golitzen started the winery while Alex, nephew the years. Robert Parker’s ratings of these wines are of the legendary Napa Valley winemaker André as follows: Columbia Valley - 96, Palengat Vineyard Tchelistcheff, worked as a chemical engineer for – 95, Galitzine Vineyard – 96. Scott Paper. With Andre’s early guidance and their DONORS: David & Kari Ellis hard work, they were successful enough to allow Alex to quit his day job in 1994 to pursue his quest for

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LB-1 1 – 3ltr Château Léoville Barton Saint-Julien 2009 1 – 750ml Château Pape Clement Pessac-Léognan 2010 1 – 750ml Château Cos d’Estournel Pauillac 2005 1 – 750ml Château Rieussec Sauternes 2001 1 – 375ml Château d’Yquem Sauternes 2001 $2,000 - $2,500 A very fine collection of Bordeaux wines from some Blanc and Semillon. These wines have been rated as excellent vintages. Just the right wines to serve at that follows: Léoville Barton – WS 95, Pape Clement – WA next special French-inspired dinner in your home for 100, Cos d’Estournel – WA 98, Rieussec – WS 100, eight (or 6 if everyone comes via Uber). Three bottles d'Yquem – WA/WS 100. (one 3ltr) of Cabernet Sauvignon blend wines and 2 DONORS: Marcus Relthford and Amy Eddy bottles (one 375ml) of Sauternes, a blend of Sauvignon LB-2 3 – 750ml Château Léoville Barton St.-Julien 2016 $700 - $900 Wine Spectator’s 2019 #1 Wine of the Year! Good property Château Langoa-Barton. The two St.-Julien Luck trying to find this in Cincinnati. Château Léoville properties have the longest continuous ownership by Barton was classified as one of fifteen second growths the same family of any of the other current proprietors in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification in Bordeaux. The property comprises 119 acres of of 1855. Unlike many of its peers, Château Léoville vines on the north side of St.-Julien, with south facing Barton has no château building; the wines are made at hillsides. Wine Spectator rated their 2019 Wine of the Château Langoa-Barton with which it shares ownership. Year 97-points and said: “This is so vivid as it brims The château depicted on Léoville Barton's label is with pastis-soaked plum, blackberry, black currant that of Château Langoa-Barton. Léoville Barton, and blueberry paste flavors, all carried by a perfectly along with Château Leoville-Las Casses and Château integrated brambly spine. Tar and ganache notes give Léoville-Poyferré was once part of the vast Léoville the finish and extra kick while everything stays within estate. The estate was purchased by Hugh Barton in the mouthwatering roasted apple wood frame. Both 1826 and continues to be owned by the Barton family regal and rambunctious, this is St.-Julien to a T.” of Irish descent. The current owner, Anthony Barton, began running the estate in 1983 along with its sister

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LB-3 1 – 750ml Château Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 1986 1 – 750ml Château Clerc Milon Pauillac 1986 1 – 750ml Château Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 1996 1 – 750ml Château Clerc Milon Pauillac 1996 $2,000 - $2,300 Château Mouton Rothschild is located in the village badly neglected by its then owners when Baron Philippe of Pauillac in the Médoc, 30 miles northwest of the purchased it in 1970 and restored it to its status as a city of Bordeaux, France. It is regarded as one of the Classified Growth. Now, thanks to Baroness Philippine, world's greatest red wines. It was the first estate to the late Baron’s daughter, Clerc Milon is one of the most begin complete château bottling of the harvest. In highly regarded châteaux in the Bordeaux region. Robert 1973, Mouton was elevated to "First Growth" status Parker rates these wines as follows: 1986 Mouton – after decades of intense lobbying by its powerful and 100, 1986 Clerc Milon – 89, 1996 Mouton – 97+, 1996 influential owner, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, the only Clerc Milon – 90. change in the original 1855 classification. Neighboring DONORS: Clint & Jean Haynes Clerc Milon, originally part of Château Lafite, had been LB-4 1 each – 750ml Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Paulliac 2002 – 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014 - 2016 $2,250 - $2,850 A 10-bottle vertical from the best vintages of Château Roederer. Château Pichon Lalande was classified as a Pichon Lalande over the past 18 years. Château Pichon second growth in the Classification of 1855. Pichon Comtesse was once part of the larger Pichon estate in Lalande has an unusually high proportion of Merlot for Bordeaux, owned by Pierre de Rauzan, along with what a Pauillac property, which tends to make the tannic today is Château Pichon Longueville Baron. In 1850, structure of their wine slightly softer than wines the estate was divided into the two current Pichon from many other classified Pauillac châteaux, which estates. In 1925, Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse particularly in France is described as a more "feminine" de Lalande was bought by Edouard Miailhe and Louis style. Robert Parker has rated this exceptional Miailhe. The daughter of Edouard Miailhe, May Eliane collection as follows: 2002 – 94, 2003 – 95, 2004 – de Lencquesaing, later became the owner and manager 92, 2005 – 89, 2006 – 94, 2009 – 97+, 2010 – 95+, of the property and in 2006, de Lencquesaing sold 2014 – 93, 2015 – 96, 2016 – 98+ a majority interest in the Château to the Rouzaud DONORS: Meredythe & Clayton Daley, Jr. family, which also owns the Champagne house Louis

39 40 LB-5 A VIP Tour of the Finest Bordeaux Wineries for Six Days, Five Nights – For 2 $15,000 - $20,000 French Wine Explorers, said by Travel and Leisure Growths such as Chateau Mouton Rothschild and Lafite magazine to have the “World’s Top Wine Tours”, Rothschild and a number of fine estates along the way, is offering their most exclusive tour in Bordeaux, enjoy dinners at Château La Lagune and Michelin 1-Star November 16 – 21, 2020. Immerse yourself in the region Le St. James in Bouliac and spend afternoons in the with VIP tastings of the greatest estates of Bordeaux, lovely medieval village of Saint-Émilion and the beautiful including First Growths and Château d’Yquem in city of Bordeaux. And if that’s not enough, enjoy a Sauternes, plus the most legendary châteaux of Pomerol tasting of an older vintage of the iconic Château Petrus and Saint-Émilion. Your specially curated tastings will and Château Latour during the gala dinner. Delta Air also include fabulous “Super Second” growth châteaux, Lines will provide $3,000 in electronic vouchers valid for such as Chateau Pichon Lalande or Palmer. Spend your one year from the date of issuance to be used towards days learning from the experts as you meet with cellar tickets on Delta Air Lines. Transportation to and from masters and châteaux owners. In the evening you can the Bordeaux airport is included. relax in your luxury accommodations at Château Pape DONORS: French Wine Explorers and Clément in Pessac, one of Bordeaux’s most famous and Delta Air Lines beautiful private castles, with accompanying gala dinners. Limited to only 11 participants, you will visit iconic First LB-6 Marilyn Harris Cookbook Dinner Feast – For 8 $4,000 - $5,000 Eight guests will enjoy a fabulous 4-course dinner dinner. Helping Marilyn prepare the selected recipes selected from the classical recipes found in the will be Mary Horn, Bethanie Butcher and Chuck Hong. acclaimed Marilyn Harris’ “Cooking with Marilyn” A selection of fine wines will accompany each of the Cookbook Collection. Marilyn is recognized as the 4 courses. The dinner will be held on a mutually Cincinnati diva of cooking for more than 32 years agreed upon date but no later than March 2021. as the radio show host personality on 550 WKRC DONORS: Kathy Hamm, Marilyn Harris, on Saturday afternoons. The dinner will be held at Mary Horn, Bethanie Butcher and Chuck Hong the beautiful Indian Hill home of Kathy Hamm. The winning bidder will help choose the recipes for the

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LB-7 1 each – 750ml Pahlmeyer Merlot 1995 – 1997, 1999 – 2010, 2012 – 2016, 20 Bottles 1 each – 750ml Pahlmeyer Chardonnay 2014 – 2017, 4 Bottles $3,000 - $3,500 An outstanding 20-bottle properly cellared vertical legacy of critically acclaimed wines. Robert Parker has of one of Napa Valley’s classic Merlots and a 4-bottle rated these wines as follows: Merlot 1995 – 94, 1996 vertical of their Chardonnay. For the past 30 years – 97, 1997 – 96, 1999 – 87, 2000 – 89, 2001 – 95, this iconic Napa Valley winery, under the direction of 2002 – 95, 2003 – 92, 2004 – 95, 2005 – 93, 2006 Jason Pahlmeyer and with the assistance of consulting – 94, 2007 – 93, 2008 – 91, 2009 – 88, 2010 – 93, oenologist Helen Turley, has consistently produced 2012 – 91, 2013 – 96, 2014 – 94, 2014 – 95, 2015 excellent Bordeaux blend reds and Chardonnay. – 93-95, 2016 – 93+, Chardonnay 2014 – 95, 2015 – His first wine in 1986, his Proprietary Red, was the 96, 2016 – 95, 2017 – 93-95. realization of Jayson’s dream. Anointed 94 points DONORS: Meredythe & Clayton Daley, Jr. by Robert Parker, it was the first of an extraordinary LB-8 1 each – 750ml Peter Michael Le Moulin Rouge Pinot Noir 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 1 each – 750ml Peter Michael Le Caprice Pinot Noir 2011, 2012. 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 1 each – 750ml Peter Michael Clos du Ciel Pinot Noir 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 1 each – 750ml Peter Michael Ma Danseuse Pinot Noir 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 $3,200 - $3,800 A 20-bottle collection of Peter Michael’s four single Appellation. These latter three were planted with vineyard Pinot Noirs with verticals of each label. Peter clonal material taken from famous vineyards Michael Winery was established in 1982 in Knights in Vosne-Romanee as well as with the Calera Valley in Sonoma County by the visionary Englishman clone from California’s Central Coast. These wines Sir Peter Michael who founded high tech company were rated as follows by Robert Parker: Le Moulin Quantel. Over the years some of the most illustrious Rouge 2012-94, 2013-94, 2014-90, 2015-91, names in the industry have served as Peter Michael’s 2017-90-93, Le Caprice 2011-92-94, 2012-95, winemaker including Helen Turley, Mark Aubert, 2013-94, 2014-92, 2016-97, 2017-95-97, Vanessa Wong, Luc Morlet, and current winemaker Clos du Ciel 2012-98, 2013-94, 2014-94, Nicolas Morlet. Le Moulin Rouge comes from the 2016-95, Ma Danseuse 2011-92-94, 2012-100, Pisoni Vineyard in Santa Lucia Highlands and the 2013-96, 2014-95, 2016-95. other three single vineyards come from estate property DONORS: Meredythe & Clayton Daley, Jr. in the Fort Ross-Seaview area in the Sonoma Coast

43 44 LB-9 1 – 750ml Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $3,100 - $3,500 Jean Phillips, a former real estate agent, bought the 57- On March 17, 2006 the estate was sold to billionaire Stan acre Oakville vineyard in 1986 which was planted to a mix Kroenke and Charles Banks. Three years later, in April of varieties, most of which Phillips sold to various Napa 2009, Charles Banks left Screaming Eagle leaving Stan wineries except for one acre, approximately 80 vines Kroenke as the sole proprietor. Robert Parker gave the of Cabernet Sauvignon. For this one acre of Cabernet, 2016 vintage 100-points saying: “The 2016 Screaming Philips sought the opinion of Robert Mondavi Winery Eagle is, as usual, mainly Cabernet Sauvignon with a on the commercial potential of her wine before hiring little Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet purple Richard Peterson as a consultant, and subsequently met colored, it leaps from the glass with bright, exuberant Peterson's daughter, Heidi Peterson Barrett, who became blackberries, kirsch and warm blackcurrant scents plus Screaming Eagle's first winemaker. The entire vineyard touches of lavender, roses, tilled black loam, wild sage and was replanted in 1995 to three varieties: Cabernet dark chocolate with wafts of yeast extract, underbrush Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The 1992 vintage, and crushed rocks. Medium to full bodied, firm and fine released in 1995, through a combination of very low grained, with amazing freshness, it is layered with crunchy production numbers and highly positive reviews (Robert black and red fruits, sparked by floral and mineral notions Parker awarded the wine 99 points) resulted in Screaming and finishing with epic length and depth.” Eagle becoming one of the most celebrated and expensive DONOR: Anonymous wines in the Napa Valley. Today the estate's flagship wine retails at an average price of $2,983 per bottle. LB-10 From Zagreb to Zadar……an Evening with Ivan Makar! – For 10 $10,000 - $15,000 Your host and chef, Ivan Makar (aka Chef Jacques, wood burning oven, pairing the courses with some of Johnny Mocker), fresh from a month in his homeland Croatia’s finest vintages and spirits! živjeli!...... There will of Croatia, has a special evening planned for 10 guests. be surprises along the way and you all may be speaking Weather permitting, the evening will be al-fresco on the the native tongue by the end of the evening..... Dobra terrace and gardens of the beautiful Maison du Partee. dobra!! To be scheduled on a mutually agreed upon date He will share his latest adventure aboard the yacht in the fall of 2020. Transportation will be provided to “Ena” on the big screen and you’ll eat and drink your and from Maison du Partėe... bit će posebna večer! way up and down the Dalmatian coast. Chef Ivan will DONOR: John Mocker be serving a fabulous Croatian dinner using his outdoor

45 46 LC-1 A Cal-Ital Retreat from the Ordinary – Tuscany and Napa – For 4 $18,000 - $22,000 This fabulous old-world/new-world lot will take you to boasting visitor experiences that are among the best 2 wonderful wine destinations. Monteverdi Tuscany, in the valley. Each participant will receive a magnum a luxury hotel, spa and culinary destination built into of Darioush’s flagship 99-point rated 2016 Cabernet the walls of a 12th century Tuscan village, has unique Sauvignon Darius II. You will also have an immersive rooms meticulously restored and uniquely designed. “Culture of Wine” luncheon in the private gardens Monteverdi’s Culinary Academy, world-class spa, of Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi, a private tour of performing arts venue (a 14th century Church) and the Darioush Winery and finishing with a portfolio dining venues are all designed to stimulate the mind tasting in the winery’s private cellar. Delta Air Lines and ignite the senses. There you will spend 5 nights will provide $3,000 in electronic vouchers valid for in their two-bedroom, two-bath Villa San Pietro. one year from the date of issuance to be used towards You will have complimentary daily breakfast, WIFI, tickets on Delta Air Lines. The Monteverdi Tuscany parking, bottled waters and nightly wine tastings. You portion is valid October through May, expiring will have a choice of a cooking class in Monteverdi’s December 31, 2021. The Darioush portion is on a date new Culinary Academy, or a75-minute massage. to be mutually agreed upon by all parties but no later And finally, there is also a private tour, wine tasting than December 31, 2021. and lunch at Podere Le Ripi winery in Montalcino. DONORS: Monteverdi Tuscany, Darioush Estate and Darioush Estate is one of the most distinctive wineries Delta Air Lines in Napa Valley, producing ultra-premium wines and LC-2 1 each – 1.5ltr Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Ornellaia 2015, 2016 $1,200 - $1,500 Tenuta dell’Ornellaia is without question one of of the blend to the specific strengths of a given Italy’s blue-chip properties. The gorgeous, sprawling vintage. Because the blend tends to vary from year estate is in Bolgheri in Tuscany’s Maremma. Tenuta to year, in a vertical tasting Ornellaia shows many dell'Ornellaia was founded in 1981 and from the different facets of its personality.Wine Spectator outset the mission was to produce outstanding has rated the 2015 wine 97-points and says: “A wines. Since then passion and dedication, coupled big, brooding red, packed with blackberry, plum and with a unique terroir and an extraordinary earth flavors, all wrapped in spicy oak. Monolithic microclimate, have brought the Tenuta now, finishing with saline mineral elements, a leafy dell'Ornellaia's prestigious labels great success and tobacco edge and dense, mouth-coating tannins. recognition as one of the most important wineries Terrific potential.”Wine Spectator rates the 2016 in the world. Ornellaia is a Bordeaux-inspired blend – 96-points and says: “Black currant, plum, cedar, consisting principally of Cabernet Sauvignon, lead pencil and toasty, spicy elements highlight this Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The use intense red. Muscular tannins line the extended of several varietals gives the winemaking team the finish, leaving a peppery impression.” luxury of being able to tailor the exact proportion

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LC-3 1 – 3ltr Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Ornellaia 2016 $1,300 - $1,500 A 3-liter (equivalent of 4 – 750ml bottles) of the wine described above. Wine Spectator rates the 2016 – 96-pts and says: “Black currant, plum, cedar, lead pencil and toasty, spicy elements highlight this intense red. Muscular tannins line the extended finish, leaving a peppery impression.” LC-4 Asian Hotpot Dinner at a Homerama Award Winning Home – For 10 $4,000 - $5,000 Ten lucky people will enjoy the very best Asian cuisine at an Asian Hotpot Dinner in the beautiful home of Chuck Hong & Lindy Miller. The evening will begin with Champagne, Asian inspired cocktails and appetizers. The guests will then move to the lanai area overlooking the award-winning garden where they’ll feast on a wide selection of seafood, meats and vegetables that the guests themselves cook in hotpots containing flavorful broth. The food will be accompanied by a wide selection of wines, Asian beers and spirits especially chosen to complement the food. The dinner will be held on an agreed upon date between June 1, 2020 and September 15, 2020. DONORS: Chuck Hong & Lindy Miller, Yen Hsieh and Sue Mills

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LC-5 A “Super Tuscan Night” at the Weinberg’s – For 10 $5,000 - $8,000 Irwin and Barbara Weinberg will host 10 guests at their each guest will be given 8 voting beads, and utilizing the beautiful art-filled Indian Hill home for an “evaluation” African voting system, cast their votes for their favorite tasting of Tuscany’s top Super Tuscan wines from Pat wine. And, of course, an eighth wine, or “ringer” will Gaito’s amazing cellar. You will be tasting Masseto, be included in the group which could be a Beaujolais Ornellaia, Sassicaia, Solaia, Guado de Gemoli, Lupicaia or a Lafite! This will be fun and oh, so delicious!! To be and Tignanello. Pat will prepare an appropriate Italian scheduled on a mutually agreeable Saturday evening Dinner featuring courses such as steamed mussels but no later than March 2021. in marinara sauce, baked clams’ oregano, assorted DONORS: Irwin & Barbara Weinberg and Pat Gaito antipasti platter and grilled rack of veal. In addition, LC-6 1 – 750ml Bond Vecina Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 1 – 750ml Bond Pluribus Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 1 – 750ml Bond St. Eden Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 1 – 750ml Bond Melbury Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 1 – 750ml Bond Quella Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 $2,900 - $3,400 Bond is the world-class project of Harlan Estates the Bond portfolio: Vecina, on an east-facing hillside owner Bill Harlan. It’s a simple concept – take 20+ neighbor to Harlan Estate; Pluribus, a Spring Mountain year leases on some of the finest vineyard sites in all vineyard overlooking St. Helena; St. Eden comes from of Napa Valley, bring in your own winemakers (Bob a valley floor vineyard in the Oakville corridor; Melbury Levy and Cory Empting, along with Michel Rolland in is from Pritchard Hill overlooking Lake Hennessy; and the background), and produce single vineyard wines, Quella, located in the eastern hills overlooking the with the stuff considered not good enough culled out heart of the Napa Valley. Robert Parker has given these and blended together into their second wine called wines the following scores: Vecina – 100, Pluribus – Matriarch. All these wines are aged for nearly two years 100, St. Eden – 99, Melbury – 97, Quella – 96+. in 100% new French oak and bottled with no fining or DONORS: George & Jeane Elliott filtration. They are all meant for 25 or even possibly 35+ years of aging. There are five separate vineyards in

51 52 LC-7 3 each – 750ml Bon Pari Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2014 – 2016 4 each – 750ml Bon Pari Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2015, 2016 4 – 750ml Bon Pari Russian River Valley Estate Chardonnay 2017 $2,000 - $2,200 Bon Pari Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays are produced wineries release their Pinots at least a year earlier. The by long time Wine Festival supporter Clayton Daley, Chardonnays are released two years after the vintage. All Jr. and his wife Meredythe. Clayt, as many of us know, of these wines are made in extremely small quantities, rose up through the ranks at P&G to become their less than 100 cases each. Norm Roby, former writer for Chief Financial Officer and retired just a few years ago, Wine Spectator and Decanter magazines rated the 2015 but he’s had a lifelong passion for wine and one of his Sonoma Coast Pinot 94-95pts, the 2015 Russian River longtime goals was to get into the wine business. That Pinot 92pts, and the 2017 Russian River Chardonnay goal was achieved in December 2016 when he released 95-96pts. The remaining wines have not yet been rated. his first vintage, the 2013 Bon Pari Sonoma Coast Pinot The winning bidder will automatically be added to Bon Noir. In 2015 they made their first Russian River Valley Pari’s mailing list to receive future offerings. Pinot Noir and starting with the 2017 vintage, fruit for DONOR: Winner’s Circle Winery Bon Pari wines are from their estate vineyard. The Pinot Noirs are released 3 to 4 years after the vintage. Most LC-8 3 – 750ml Château Margaux, Margaux 2004 $1,700 - $2,000

This estate was one of the original four growths declaration. The average annual production of the classified “Premier Grand Cru Classé” in the 1855 Grand Vin, Château Margaux, is 150,000 bottles. Second Universal Exhibition organized by Emperor Robert Parker has rated the 2004 94-points and Napoleon III. Only Margaux achieved a perfect says the following: “It has an exquisite bouquet score. This classification, which maintains its with brilliant delineation, scents of redcurrant, validity today, confirmed the qualitative hierarchy raspberry coulis, cold stone (almost flint-like) with illustrated by the great price differences that had pencil-lead and cedar lending it a Pauillac-like sense been practiced on the world market for a long time. of aristocratic flair. The palate is extremely well The estate is in the commune of Margaux on the balanced with a supple opening, nigh perfect acidity left bank of the Garonne estuary in the Médoc with a surprisingly citric undercurrent that lends so region, in the department of Gironde, and the wine much freshness and tension. This is excellent.” is delimited to the AOC of Margaux. The domain DONOR: Cincinnati International Wine Festival of Château Margaux encompasses 650 acres, of which 210 acres are entitled to the Margaux AOC

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LC-9 1 – 750ml Georges Duboeuf Moulin-â-Vent Beaujolais 1991 $700 - $100,000!!! This is the ninth year we’ve offered “Georges” for auction. years Georges has been to such places as the Indy 500, If you’ve been to the auction over the past few years Maine, Alaska, New York City (Macy’s Thanksgiving Day you know that Georges is a bottle of “a bit over the hill” Parade), Las Vegas, Washington DC, Napa Valley, Los Beaujolais (more like 20 years over). We call this bottle Angeles, Greece, the Alamo and has been kicked out of “Georges” (as in Duboeuf) and we auction it for a one- the New York Wine Experience! So, get those paddles year period at which time we ask that the owner donate ready and bid high for our charities! Bidders should it back to the Wine Festival so someone else might enjoy know that the entire purchase price may be deducted Georges’ company for a year. During that year the buyer as a donation as nothing of real value will be received in is encouraged to take Georges on vacation, to restaurants, exchange for your donation (except Georges!). to special events or any interesting place they’d like DONOR: Geoff Covert and be photographed. Future buyers will not only have Georges for a year, but their photos will be included in a Previous Owners: 2012, 2014 – Joe Mayernik; 2013 – book containing photographs from all previous owners. George Elliott; 2015 – Jim Hemesath; 2016 – Will Papa; In addition, the buyers’ names will be memorialized in all 2017, 2019 – Geoff Covert; 2018 – Michael & Rachel future Wine Festival Charity Auction Catalogs. In past Pilford; 2020 - (Your Name Here) LC-10 3 – 750ml Hundred Acre Wraith Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 $1,650 - $1,950

One of California’s, or perhaps the worlds, most personality of each individual vineyard and how they flamboyant, talented and contrarian wine producers come together to develop even greater complexity. is Napa Valley’s Jayson Woodbridge, the owner of Robert Parker rates this wine a perfect 100-points and Hundred Acre Winery. His 100% varietals, mostly says the following: “Medium to deep garnet-purple Cabernets, are made primarily by him, with some early colored, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Wraith opens consulting advice from Philippe Melka. All his wines are with compelling crème de cassis, wild blueberries, anise, truly profound and showcase a variety of terroirs and chocolate mint and black earth scents plus suggestions are not easy to secure unless you are on his mailing list. of candied violets, cinnamon stick, tar, cigar box and The Hundred Acre Cabernet Sauvignons remain some smoked meats. Full-bodied, rich, super firm and built of the most distinctive wines being made in Napa Valley like a brick house, the palate offers layer upon layer today. Wraith is a trinity of Hundred Acre’s three single of very tightly wound, subtly nuanced flavors leading vineyard wines. It is a selection of barrels set aside in to a very long, very perfumed and minerally finish. If the cellar from those waiting to be blended someday any Hundred Acre wine can live for 100 years, this is into the single vineyard wines of Kayli Morgan, ARK certainly a contender. Drink 2022-2080.” or Few and Far Between. All very different and DONORS: Stanley & Evelyn Ignatow incredibly unique. The Wraith shows all the beauty and

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LC-11 Private Shopping at Le Lieu (Women’s Store) with Cincinnati’s Finest Fashion Stylist Melissa Ohntrup $2,500 - $3,000

Let's do some private shopping at Chuck Hellman's bring these special pieces to Cincinnati. This is where newest women's store, Le Lieu, in Downtown a $2,000 gift certificate to Le Lieu comes into play. Cincinnati. You will be shopping with the one and only You'll meet Melissa at the store where she will be your "queen of style" Melissa Ohntrup. See the latest styles personal shopper while sipping fine wine. and fashions right in your very own backyard where we DONOR: Chuck Hellman have shopped the runways from all over the world to LD-1 Wanted: 8 Discerning Gentlemen for Opus One and a Gourmet Dinner $10,000 - $15,000 Once again Maison du Partėe (MDP) will Gentlemen only for this event. To heighten open the doors for a fabulous evening of the excitement and to test your tasting wine and food. Your host and Chef Renėe skills, there will be a contest prior to the Schuler will pair the perfect menu to paired courses with an award for the closest accompany a splendid vertical of Opus One... ‘guesser’. To be scheduled on a mutually meticulously stored in the cellars of MDP agreed upon date in the fall or early winter by owner and proprietor John A. Mocker. 2020. Transportation to and from Maison Serving consecutive vintages from 2000 du Partee is included. through 2006, you will be treated with a few DONOR: John Mocker surprise bottles shared during the evening!

57 58 1 – 750ml Château Montrose 2008 1 – 750ml Château Talbot 2000 1 – 750ml Hamel Family Isthmus 2015 LD-2 1 – 750ml Blackbird Vineyard Paramour 2014 $3,100 - $3,600 1 – 750ml Realm Cellars Beckstoffer To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 In celebration of our 30th year, our Charity Auction 1 – 750ml Joseph Drouhin Chassagne Montrachet Marquis de Laguiche 2017 Committee has donated 20 cherished and valuable 1 – 750ml Behrens & Hitchcock Dr. Crane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 bottles (1-3 liter and 1-1.5 liter!) from their cellars that 1 – 750ml Blankiet Estate Paradise Hills Vineyard Proprietary Red 2008 would constitute a fabulous “starter” cellar for someone 1 – 750ml Paolo Scovino Bric del Fiasc Barolo 2001 or considerably add to an already established cellar. Although too numerous to include here, ratings of 1 – 3ltr Hewitt Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 these prized bottles are high. You can’t go wrong with 1 – 750ml Domaine Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin Vielles Vignes 2011 this collection of beauties! 1 – 750ml Frank Family Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 DONORS: George Elliott, Lee Flischel, Pat Gaito, 1 – 750ml Le Dome Saint-Émilion 2012 Meg Galvin, Marilyn Harris, Chuck Hong, Yen Hseih, 1 – 750ml Billecart-Salmon Brut Rose Champagne NV Kathleen MacQueeney, Kathy Merchant, Kelly Meyer, 1 – 750ml Château Léoville Barton Saint-Julien 2003 Sue Mills, Mike Monnin, Keith Olscamp, Carmen Parks, Marcus Relthford, Janet Reynolds, Graig Smith, 1 – 750ml Darioush Darius II Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Keith Spiller, Irwin & Barbara Weinberg, Connie Wiles 1 – 750ml Patricia Green Mysterious Pinot Noir 2017 1 – 750ml Beringer Private Reserve 1995 1 – 750ml Clouds Rest Pinot Noir 2012 1 – 1.5ltr Belle Glos Taylor Lane Pinot Noir 2011 LD-3 A Six-Course Degustation Dinner for Food and Wine Lovers at the Weinberg’s – For 8 $5,000 - $6,000 Bring your friends to enjoy an international six- innovators who have honed their skills both here and course menu degustation with the Weinberg’s. abroad with experience and formal training including Sample appetizers with champagne, including blinis CIA bootcamps. Every course is paired with topped with homemade applewood smoked salmon phenomenal wines from the Weinberg’s cellar. To be and caviar, while enjoying the extensive art and scheduled on a date and time mutually agreed upon infamous corkscrew collections as you walk through by all parties, but no later than March 2021. Final the beautiful contemporary home of Barbara and menu coordinated with winning bidder and optimized Irwin Weinberg. Main courses include a phyllo purse for seasonality. filled with mushrooms in a madeira wine sauce, DONORS: Irwin & Barbara Weinberg, grilled halibut and grapes with Mediterranean spices Alicia Fitscher, Sue Mills, Sofie Snauwaert and and champagne soubise, and filet mignon sous-vide Debbie Vargo prepared to your perfection. Finish the night with a trio of desserts. All courses are prepared by culinary

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LD-4 6 – 750ml Marchesi Antinori Tignanello Toscano 2016 $900 - $1,200 Tignanello is one of Italy's most famous wines from this 97-point wine: “The 2016 Tignanello is a rock- one of Italy's most famous producers and the 2016 is solid wine and a stunning beauty. The wine offers an a blend of 80% Sangiovese, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon impeccable level of precision and laser focus delivery and 7% Cabernet Franc. Tignanello is made exclusively of fruits, spices, tilled earth, expresso beans and from the vineyard of the same name which is situated Mediterranean herbs. Compared to the 2015, the on limestone and tuffaceous soil on the Tignanello iconic 2016 is more vibrant, nervous and jazzed. It estate covering 116 southwest-facing acres at altitudes shows more savory spice, saltiness and minerality, with between 1,150 and 1,300 feet. This was the first a beautifully integrated quality of tannins. This wine is Sangiovese to be aged in barriques, the first modern at the top of the list of some of the best Tignanello red wine blended with non-traditional varieties like ever made.” Cabernet, and one of the first red wines in Chianti not to use white grapes. Robert Parker says this about LD-5 1 – 6ltr Château Pape Clément Pessac-Léognan 2005 $1,800 - $2,200 A 6-liter (equivalent of 8-750ml bottles) of highly “This great terroir, a few miles from Haut Brion and La rated red wine from Graves in Bordeaux. Château Mission Haut Brion, has produced one of the superstars Pape Clément is in the Pessac-Léognan appellation of the vintage. It has an opaque purple color and of Bordeaux, ranked among the Crus Classés for red smoky barbecue and chocolate notes intermixed with wine in the Classification of Graves wine of 1959. cassis and blackberries. There is also some underlying First planted in 1300, it is the oldest wine estate in minerality in this full-bodied, super-concentrated wine, Bordeaux, harvesting its 699th vintage in 2005. The which has wonderfully sweet, well-integrated tannins. 2005 Pape Clément is probably the greatest release This majestic, multidimensional wine is one of the they’ve ever made, a blend of 55% Merlot and 45% great, great wines of the vintage.” Cabernet Sauvignon. Receiving almost a perfect score, DONORS: Meredythe & Clayton Daley, Jr. Robert Parker has rated this wine 99-points and says:

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LD-6 1 – 6ltr Château Cos d’Estournel St.-Estephe 2005 $3,500 - $4,000 A 6-liter Imperial (equivalent of 8-750ml bottles) from of Cabernet and Merlot varies from one vintage to a great vintage. Cos d’Estournel has been owned by only another according to the vintage’s weather conditions six families since its inception in 1811. Between Pauillac and the 2005 is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and Saint-Estèphe, separated from Château Lafite by and 3% Cabernet Franc. Robert Parker has rated this the stream known as La Jalle du Breuil, the hill of Cos vintage 98-points and says the following: “The nose offers dominates the Gironde from the height of almost 65 feet. glimpses of vivacious kirsch, red roses, violets, licorice Bordered westward by the Atlantic Ocean and eastward and mocha scents over a crème de cassis, blackberry pie by the Gironde, the vineyards of Cos d'Estournel benefit and chocolate-covered cherry core with wafts of chargrill, from a micro-climate which acts like a temperature mossy bark and truffles. Full bodied, concentrated and regulator, thus avoiding extreme temperatures. The wonderfully complex in the mouth.” vineyards spread around the château on 91 hectares with DONORS: Meredythe & Clayton Daley, Jr. Cabernet Sauvignon making up 60% of the vineyards and Merlot making up the remaining 40%. The percentage LD-7 Twilight Dinner at Round Pond Estate Winery – For 10 $4,000 - $4,300

Round Pond Estate, owned and operated by the Estate, where you’ll enjoy a fabulous multi-course MacDonnell family, is a Rutherford farm, winery “Twilight Dinner” for up to 10 guests, in the heart and olive mill specializing in the creation of pure, of the Napa Valley. The meal will feature seasonal expressive Cabernet & Sauvignon Blanc wines, ingredients paired with their exquisite Round Pond artisan olive oils, red wine vinegars and unforgettable wines. Your evening begins with a wine reception farm-to-table guest experiences—all from the heart paired with passed hors d’oeuvres as you take in the of Napa Valley. Take home (3) 1.5L Bottles of Round panoramic views of the Mayacamas Mountains from Pond Estate’s “Rutherford” Cabernet Sauvignon our winery terrace. Each course is carefully designed from the historic 2014, 2015 and 2016 vintages, and by Executive Chef Jamie Prouten to showcase the then make a date for a special visit to Round Pond beauty of each wine and delight the senses. Estate Winery in Rutherford. Your visit will include DONOR: Round Pond Estate Winery an incredible “Twilight Dinner” experience at the

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LD-8 6 – 750ml Charles Heidsieck Rosé Millésimé Champagne 2006 $900 - $1,200 Charles Heidsieck is the smallest of the Grandes conditions for wine maturation. These cellars are Marques champagne Houses. Based in the Reims now inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage region of Champagne, it is one of the best-known List. The 2006 Vintage Rose was rated 94-points producers for both vintage and non-vintage by Robert Parker who said: “Released before the cuvée. It has been part of French luxury group 2005 and disgorged at the end of 2014, the wine EPI since 2011. The house was founded in 1851 offers a delicate and intense wild strawberry flavor by the French champagne maker Charles Camille with some lovely spicy aromas on the nose. Ample, Heidsieck who became known as Champagne full and round, this is a lovely matured Rosé with a Charlie. Charles Heidsieck focused on selecting, super intense and aromatic Pinot character (sweet blending and ageing wines to produce higher cherries, red berries). The finish underlines the quality champagnes, buying grapes from individual great complexity, purity and finesse of this vinous growers. In 1867 he purchased several old chalk Rosé. There are cherry aromas again in the long quarries, called crayères which dated from the aftertaste. An impressive Rosé.” Gallo-Roman era, in order to create optimal LD-9 1 – 375ml Royal Tokaji Essencia 2008 $850 - $1,100 The Royal Tokaji Wine Company, founded in expression of terroir known to man. Typically, Hungary in 1990, has become one of the most this free run juice takes 6 to 8 years to complete defining wineries in Tokaj. From the outset, Royal its fermentation to less than 3% alcohol and Tokaji decided to concentrate on producing can reach 85% residual sugar. Essencia wine is single-vineyard wines, made from the first legendary. Robert Parker rates the 2008 Essencia growth vineyards of Mézes Maly, Nyulászó, Szt. 97-points and says: “It has a nose of freshly cut Tamás and Betsek. Acknowledged as one of the tangerines, apricot and orange zest. The palate region's top winemakers, they combine traditional is founded upon energy and tension, a silver techniques with modern technology to create thread of acidity that cuts through the layer upon the Royal Tokaji range of wines. In the words of layer of orange zest, Japanese yuzu, tangerine the wine author and company co-founder Hugh and honey. This is an elegant wine with alcohol Johnson, it’s "a wine that would make angels sing at a “whopping” 4%. The 2008 Essencia is an out loud in praise". Essencia is the richest and otherworldly feat of nature.” rarest of all Hungarian Tokaji wines. It is the truest

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LD-10 Spend a Weekend at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel – For 6 $2,300 - $2,700 Six people will enjoy deluxe accommodations (three has been #1 on Hilton Hotels and Resorts’ Food rooms) for one night at the historic and beautiful and Beverage Hotels in the USA listing for seven Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel. The out of the last eight years, and has 5 stars from the evening will include a dinner planned by Executive Enquirer’s Polly Campbell. Reservations at Orchids Chef George Zappas at Orchids Restaurant with and room accommodations subject to availability. wine pairings to match each course. Orchids, one DONOR: Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel of Cincinnati’s finest restaurants, a Forbes 4 Star and AAA 5 Diamond Award winning restaurant and DATE: 1/6/20 SIZE FLAT: 9” X 4.25” DO NOT PRINT DIELINE

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