Please join us in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for a fine wine dinner featuring the wines of Frescobaldi with special guest and honorary director of GFH Global, Marchese Leonardo Frescobaldi.   For over 700 years and 30 generations, fine wine making has been the passion and predominant activity of the Frescobaldi Family.   As the most prestigious Tuscan wine producers,  the Frescobaldi’s have been leading the viticulture revolution worldwide since the beginning of the last millenium.     http://frescobaldi.it/                       11-0342_Frescobaldi_Invitation_1.7

Father Richard Frechette will be in attendence talking about his work at St. Damien’s Hospital in Port au Prince, Haiti.     http://francescaravafoundation.org

  We are proud to welcome Sobani Restaurant as a corporate table sponsor.  www.sobani620.com 

Highlights of Silent Auction

6 Litre Bottle of Mormoreto 2007 – tour of Frescobaldi Vineyards and lunch or dinner with Leonardo Frescobaldi in Florence, Italy.  There are only a few of these bottles produced each year and 2007 is an exceptional vintage.   Leonardo Frescobaldi will be personally sign the bottle. 

Jeroboam (3 Liter) Cristal Rosé – Cristal Rosé is the rarest champagne by Louis Roederer.  Its first vintage was 1974.  It is even rarer in a Jeroboam (3 liter), which is produced in an extremely limited quality.  These special bottles – the best of Champagne Louis Roederer – are never for sale, but donated to a small number of exceptional charity auctions.   When Cristal Rosé does occur, it is produced only from the best family-owned vineyards with regimented standards of winemaking.  The traditional skin maceration is used in order to gently extract the Pinot Noir’s natural pigment for the unique color; an addition of about 40 percent grands crus Chardonnay creates the particular harmonious style of this exquisite rosé.  The winner will be invited with a guest of his/her choice to a private visit of the proprietary cellars, a tasting and to lunch at the family residence in Reims, France, at the date mutually agreed upon.   Also, the Jeroboam will be presented in a wooden gift box with a personalized brass plate honoring the name of the generous donor. 

Seating is limited:

$300 per person

$350 per person including round trip transportation from the Four Seasons Hotel

$5,000 – Corporate Table for 10 people

please email:  arlene@gfhglobal.org or telephone 800-218-1422.

The Grapes for Humanity Global Foundation is pleased to announce that our featured Winery for our bi-annual event in New York City will be OPUS ONE WINERY with CEO David Pearson. The event will be held at The Four Seasons Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.   Plus!!!   The following spectacular vintages have been generously donated by OPUS ONE:  1985 in magnum, 1996 in magnum, 2001, 2005, and the newly released 2008 vintage.  Plus for our Live Auction, OPUS ONE has donated The Opus One Private Twilight Tour and Tasting.    OPUS ONE INVITE

The Opus One Private Twilight Tour and Tasting is reserved exclusively for charity donations.  Guests begin this late afternoon experience in the winery’s Salon with caviar and a flute of fine champagne.   A private tour follows of the salient architectural spaces of Opus One:  the Mezzanine, Cuvier, Gallery and Grand Chai.   The Tour culminates in the Grand Chai, with a two-vintage tasting of Opus One and a second course of hors d’oeuvres specially prepared to complement fine red wines.   Relaxed and ready for the next adventure, guests will then be escorted to dinner by CEO David Pearson.   The destination:  La Toque Restaurant, where David will show three additional vintages of Opus One with a menu designed by Executive Chef and Propeietor Ken Frank.

We are delighted that Louis Roederer Champagne will donate  “Cristal” for our Champagne reception in the Ty Lounge.   Another added treat to go with our dessert – Imperial Estate of Hetszolo 1996 6P Tokay donated by Honorary Director, Jean-Guillaume PRATS.

Honorary Director Pierre Henry Gagey from Maison Louis Jadot has donated 1 Jéroboam of Charmes-Chambertin Grand cru vintage 1969 for our auction.

Opus One was founded by Baron Philippe de Rothschild, proprietor of Château Mouton Rothschild, and renowned Napa Valley vintner Robert Mondavi.   Based in Oakville, California, Opus One produces an exclusive, proprietary Bordeaux-style blend.

Location: The Four Seasons Hotel – New York City
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tickets and/or sponsorship: Please call 800-218-1422 or email arlene@gfhglobal.org

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H.R.H. Prince Robert of Luxembourg

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to taste the wines of famed first growth producer Domaine Clarence Dillon and the wines of Château Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion, with special guest H.R.H. Prince Robert of Luxembourg. Corporate Tables are $25,000. Special Guests to include world renowned wine writer, Hugh Johnson, Marchese Piero Antinori, Jean-Guillaume PRATS, Leonardo Frescobaldi and Pierre-Henry Gagey.

A special performance by Robert Pilon, Robert has had the honor of performing throughout his illustrious career for dignitaries such Canadian Governors-General, Prime Ministers, the Lord Mayor of London, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, and was asked to sing for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Canada’s 125th celebration on Parliament Hill.

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Grapes for Humanity U.S., Inc., had the distinct pleasure to have Marchese Piero Antinori as our honored guest and sponsor on February 1, and 2, 2010.    There were two days of  tasting the finest of Antinori wines  – along with a golf tournament/tasting at the Concession Golf Club.   Dinner Wines donated by Piero Antinori:  Mntenisa, Cervaro della Sala 2007, Peppoli 2007, Tignanello 2006, Antica Cabernet 2006 and a Double Magnum of Solaia 2006 for the auction. The Double Magnum of Solaia and a tour of the Antinori Estates sold for $26,000 two times!  

On Tuesday, February 2,  a golf outing and wine tasting were  held  at The Concession Golf Club, rated “best new private course of the year” by Golf Digest.  Wines for the tasting included: Cervaro della Sala 2007, Peppoli 2007, Badia a Passignano 2005, Tignanello 2006, Guado al Tasso 2006, Antica Cabernet  2006.

Fund raised from the evening were distributed to the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota, The Oak Park School for children with special needs, the Viola Wheeler Music Program in Cambodia and The Grapes for Humanity/US Haiti Relief Effort.

Meanwhile, please visit the link below to see the Antinori Family on “60 Minutes”.  For further information, email:  lifeiswine@gfhus.com  or phone:  1-800-218-1422.    Ciao!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/10/60minutes/main4514254.shtml

An exclusive tasting and dinner with wines from the private library of Marchese Leonardo Frescobaldi was held at Michael’s Wine Cellar in Sarasota, Florida. Wines served included: Attems Pinot Grigio 2007, Pomino Benefizio 2006, Montesodi 2005, Montesodi 2004, Mormoreto 2003, Mormoreto 2005, Pomino Vin Santo 2003. This sold out event was a huge success. Funds raised were distributed to the Lavalla School and Orphanage in Cambodia.

Location: Michael’s Wine Cellar, Sarasota, Florida
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009 , 6:30 p.m.

An exclusive Fine Wine Dinner with Pierre Henry Gagey, President, Maison Louis Jadot was held on October 17, 2008 in Sarasota, Florida. Wines donated by Pierre-Henry included: Puligny Montrachet Premier Cru Les Folatiéres 2000, Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 1992, Beaune Premier Cru Les Bressandes Red 1997, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 1985, Chambertin Grand Cru 1979, Château Suduiraut 1999. This event was SOLD OUT and Sarasota Magazine was the media Media Sponsor. $25,000 was distributed to the Children’s Surgical Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; $10,000 to Oak Park School for disabled children in Sarasota, Florida and $20,000 to the World Education Fund in Laos.

Location: Michael’s on East (SOLD OUT)
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008 , 6:30 p.m.

An  exclusive Fine Wine Dinner featuring the wines of Château Margaux, one of the five first-growth wine-producing properties in Bordeaux was held on October 24, 2007 at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City.    We were honored to have Corinne Mentzelopoulos, owner of Château Margaux as our featured guest who donated all of the Château Margaux wines from her private cellar in Bordeaux.   Wines served: Pavillon Blanc 2005, Pavillon Rouge 1995, Château Margaux 1999, Château Margaux 1996, Château Margaux 1989 plus Château d’Yquem 1999 and Dom Pérignon Champagne 1999.

Special guest included Hugh Johnson, Marchese Piero Antinori, Jean-Guillaume PRATS, and Guy Rigby, who acted as Master of Ceremony for the evening.   Robert Pilon, stage, television and recording artist graced the evening with his beautiful tunes and Jim Lawrence, Director, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement from the U.S. Department of State was a guest speaker.

Over $100,000 was raised to support Cofeeland Landmine Victims Trust, A Polus Center Project, in Nicaragua, Honduras, Columbia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Château Margaux Program

“Le Vin: une touchè de la Femme” with Madame May-Eliane de LENCQUESAING. The first in a series of Fine Wine Dinners in conjunction with the Four Seasons Hotels featuring the fine wines of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande.

Tickets $500 each (limit 2) – Corporate Sponsor Table for 8 – $6500

For more information, please phone 1 800 218 1422 or email: arlene@gfhglobal.org

Only 50 seats available

Location: The Four Seasons Hotel – Washington, D.C.
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2006 , 6:30 p.m.

“Le Vin: une touchè de la Femme” with Madame May-Eliane de LENCQUESAING. The first in a series of Fine Wine Dinners in conjunction with the Four Seasons Hotels featuring the fine wines of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande.

Tickets: $1,000 each – (limit 2) Corporate Sponsor Table for 8 – $10,000 – SOLD OUT

1-800-218-1422

Location: The Four Seasons Hotel -New York City
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 , 6:30p.m.