SPONSORED BY WELCOME! TABLE of CONTENTS Dear V Foundation Friends and Family, The year has flown by since our 20th Wine Celebration, where Fund-A-Need . 4 together we celebrated as we soared over our $100M goal and hit $108M raised for cancer research. However, with cures closer than Canine Comparative Oncology . 5 ever, we need to stay focused to sustain our momentum as we race to the cures we so desperately need. Throughout the weekend, 2019 Partners . 6-8 you’ll learn about the V Foundation’s plan for Canine Comparative Oncology, a strategy to accelerate cures in an exponential way. Sponsoring Organizations . 9-10 We welcome back Coach K as our extraordinary host for the 12th Vintner Grant Honorees . .11 time. The passion and energy that he brings to the event is unstoppable! His talent will be matched by the culinary expertise of Chef Emeril Lagasse, who lives by the mantra, “If you don’t follow your The V Foundation Board . 12 dreams, who will?” Together with the V Foundation community, which includes all of you, we form the Dream Team—the team that will relentlessly pursue cures for cancer. The V Foundation Scientific Committee . 13 Our annual Vintner’s Grant honors Pat and Joe Harbison, supporters of the Wine Celebration since the beginning. We thank them for their generosity and commitment to the V Foundation and recognize V Foundation Wine Celebration Board their dedication to many causes, especially the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The V Foundation will and Don’t Ever Give Up Board . .14 . establish a grant for esophageal cancer in their name. Live Auction . 15 We return for our “crystal 15th” anniversary to Nickel & Nickel, a place we’ve been so fortunate to call home. As Gil Nickel stated so perfectly, “We are just one miracle away!” His spirit is what continues to Showcase Auction . 47 drive Beth Nickel to live a happy life. We thank the entire Nickel & Nickel team for their heroic support of us every August and throughout the year. Barrel Auction . .63 Over the last 21 years, my commitment to the V Foundation has not waned—it continues to be fueled Super Silent Auction . .67 by both my mother and beloved nephew, Jamie, and the loss of so many others along the way. But with every passing year, every cancer THRIVER, and so many significant advances, I’m powered by HOPE. A Letter of Gratitude . 104 Our deepest gratitude on behalf of the entire V Foundation team for joining us on this journey to WIN! Warmly, JULIE MAPLES, FOUNDER AND CO-CHAIR, FRANK X. LONERGAN, CO-CHAIR THE V FOUNDATION WINE CELEBRATION THE V FOUNDATION WINE CELEBRATION 3 2 An initiative to Comparative Oncology benefit human and dog cancer Research Consortium patients Our pet dogs get cancer – lots of cancer. What if we could help them and help humans with cancer by finding cures more quickly? Great veterinary medical centers are teaming up with leading cancer centers to help dogs and humans beat cancer. Beneficiaries of the canine comparative oncology research approach include human patients and canine patients (along with their owners). Our goal is faster and less costly drug therapies, as well as better informed clinical trial designs for both. 2019 FUND-A-NEED Dogs are man’s best friend, but did you know they could also be part of the key to unlocking the mystery of School of Comparative cancer? The V Foundation’s Canine Comparative Oncology innovative Veterinary Cancer Oncology Research grant-making program will help accelerate research in the comparative Medicine Centers Consortium oncology field. We are working with cancer centers and veterinary colleges nationwide to make grants for canine comparative oncology, with a goal of faster and less costly care for pet dogs and for humans, as well as better informed To explore similarities and research designs. Some of the most prevalent cancers diagnosed in both differences between human and canine cancers, researchers humans and dogs include sarcomas, melanoma, lymphomas, breast and will study canine comparative bladder cancer. Cancer is the leading cause of death in dogs, with one in four developing the disease oncology. in his or her lifetime. Canine tumors can share The V Foundation can help pet dogs and humans with cancer by finding cures more quickly. multiple characteristics with Excellent veterinary medical centers are teaming up with leading cancer centers to help dogs and In the U.S., human cancers, including humans beat cancer. Beneficiaries of the canine comparative oncology research approach include human and canine patients (as well as their owners)! The goal is faster and less costly therapies, as companion dogs are treated over for cancer each year. 1M Some of the most prevalent well as better informed clinical trial designs for both. cancers diagnosed in both humans and dogs include: Length of Research Studies sarcomas, melanoma, MISSION STATEMENT The V Foundation for Cancer Research is a charitable organization lymphomas, leukemia and Clinical trials in tumor-bearing pets can bladder cancer. dedicated to saving lives by helping to find a cure for cancer. The V Foundation seeks to make a 1-2 years decrease time, cost and false leads by difference by generating broad-based support for cancer research by creating an urgent awareness accelerating research development. among all Americans of the importance of the war against cancer. The V Foundation performs DOGS AND HUMANS ARE Humans and dogs share the 5-10 years same environment, including these dual roles through advocacy, education, fundraising and philanthropy. 830.584 px GENETICALLY air, water and pollutants. 12345678910 85% SIMILAR. 100% OF DIRECT DONATIONS GO TO CANCER RESEARCH. For more information, please contact the V Foundation at(919) 380-9505. 4 5 2019 PARTNERS 2019 PARTNERS The V Foundation Wine Celebration recognizes with enormous appreciation the generosity of our partners and supporters. PLATINUM PARTNERSP Don’t ever underestimate the impact that you may have on someone else’s life. THANK YOUY DIAMOND PARTNERSP Wayne & Nan Kocourek 6 7 2019 PARTNERS SPONSORING ORGORGANIZATIONS 29 by Lydia Mondavi Bobbii Hach-Jacobs Colleen Buckley Reynolds EnRoute 8VC Bottega Restaurant Compline EO Products Accendo Cellars LLC BottleRock Napa Con Brio ESPN GOLD PARTNERSP ACE Cancer Bouchaine Vineyards Coqueta Etude Ackerman Family Vineyards Bouchon Bistro Constellation Brands Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui Ad Hoc Bounty Hunter Wine Correlation Wine Company Far Niente Winery Adams Street Shipping Bar & Smokin’ BBQ CPA Valet Ferrari-Carano Adidas Bressler Vineyards Craig McGill Vineyards & Winery AldenAlli Winery Bret Lopez & Mimi DeBlasio Culinary Kickoff Fleury Estate Winery Alice 97.3 Brian & Claudia Fleury Cuvaison Fly with Wine Aloft Wines Bright Event Rentals Dan Kosta Frank Family Vineyards Alpha Omega Winery Brix Restaurant Daphne Araujo Frye’s Printing Alycia Mondavi Bulgari Darioush Fuller & Sander Amy Marks Dornbusch & CADE Estate Winery David & Valerie Robinson Communication Adam Dornbusch Cain Vineyards & Winey David Aten Garen & Shari Staglin Anette’s Chocolate Cakebread Cellars Davis Estates Gargiulo Vineyards Ann Colgin & Joe Wender CANVAS Designs by Paulina Gemstone Vineyards Antica Estate Carl & Amy Liebert di Rosa Center for Geodesy Wine Antinori Family Carmen Policy Contemporary Art Ghost Block Archer Hotel Carneros Resort & Spa Deb Fitts glassybaby Arik & Hannah Housley Cartons and Crates Diablo Magazine Golden State Portables Art & Clarity Casa Piena Diamond Creek Vineyards Goose & Gander AutoNation Castello di Amorosa Dick & Ann Grace Gott’s Roadside B Cellars Vineyard & Winery Caymus Disney Grandstand Sports & Baldacci Family Vineyards Cedars-Sinai Medical Center DJ Lucien Memorabilia Barbier Security Ceja Vineyards Dolce Greyhound Greetings SILVER PARTNERSP Bardessono Hotel & Spa Chappellet Winery Domaine Chandon Gundlach Bundschu Winery Barrett & Barrett Charbay Distillery Domaine de Cromey HALL Wines Barry Chandler Williams Charles Krug Winery Dr. & Dr. Olivera & Seth Finn Handwritten Wines Bart & Barb O’Brien Charles Woodson Dr. Bill Nelson Harbison Estate Behrens Family Winery Charles Woodson Wines Dr. Michael Kastan Harvest Table Bell Wine Cellars Charlie Besser Dr. Robert Bast, Jr. Hertelendy Vineyards Benjamin Liebert Charlie Palmer Dr. Rodney Page Hestan Vineyard Bentley Motors, Inc. Checkerboard Vineyards Mark Beringer Dr. Ron & Sheila Light Hill Family Estate Bentley’s Coffee Chef Tyler Stone & Dr. Will Eward Hilton Garden Inn Beringer Vineyards Chiarello Family Vineyards Rob Lawson Drinkward Peschon Hog Island Oyster Beth Nickel Chimney Rock Winery Dugoni Family Company Bill Cowher Chrissy Delisle Duke University hope & grace Billy Dean Christian & Melissa Hoff Dunn Vineyards Hotel Villagio Bistro Jeanty Christina Mitchell Electrolux Major Appliance Hotel Yountville Blackbaud Chuck & Anne McMinn Eleven Eleven Wines Hush Concerts Blackbird Vineyards Cliff Lede Vineyards Emeril & Alden Lagasse Indo Jax Surf School Bob & Stacey Bressler Clinic Ole Emeril Lagasse Foundation Infinity Visuals Bob McClenahan Photograpy Colgin Cellars engravemethis.com Israel Valencia 8 9 SPONSORING ORGORGANIZATIONS – continued 2019 VINTNER GRANT HONOREES JaM Cellars Marchesi Antinori Pellet Estate Stephen Silver James Otto Mark Beringer Penfolds Fine Jewelry Jamie Trimble Mark Cuban Perinet Wines Sterling Vineyards Janet Herrero Marshall Faulk Pet Food Express Steve Abbott Jared Silver Mas Doix Estate Vineyards Pio Roda Family Auctioneers Stewart Cellars JCB Atelier Maui Jim Poetry Inn Tarla Mediterranean Grill JOE & PAT HARBISON