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On the roof top of 101 Constitution
Avenue, Washington, D.C., on a
cool and clear evening with a spectacular panoramic view of the U.S.
Capital, the Congressional Wine Caucus held a highly successful wine
auction that raised $112,000 for the Bush/Clinton Katrina relief effort.
Over 350 members of the Washington, D.C. and area businesses, lobbying
and wine-interested community attended the October 5, 2005 event which
featured 127
individual wine lots (one special edition bottle to a case plus of
wine) for the silent auction and 24 rare wine lots (special magnums and
signature wine bottles) that were bid on in the live auction.
Contributions to the auction were from a consortium of California wine
organizations, including the Wine Institute and WineAmerica.
Also,
wine contributions from wineries in New York, Ohio, Oregon and Virginia
were represented.
The VWGA acted as a facilitator for the event, communicating the call
for wine donations to all Virginia wineries and to other state wine
associations. In response to the VWGA’s invitation to
participate, the
King Family Winery, Rebec and Breaux wineries made wine contributions.
Additionally, the VWGA provided two mixed cases of Virginia wines,
along with two gift baskets of Virginia food products, which included a
bottle each of Horton’s Viognier Sparkling Wine. All Virginia
wine
contributions brought in over $1,000 in the silent auction.
The wines and wineries represented in the two case lots contributed
were as follows:
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- Two AmRhein 2003 Merlot
- One Autumn Hill 2004 Merlot
- One Cardinal Point 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon
- Two Chateau Morrisette 2003 Pinot Noir
- Two DelFosse 2004 Chardonnay
- Two Farfelu 2003 Chardonnay
- Two Gray Ghost 2003 Chardonnay
- Two Gray Ghost 2004 Merlot
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- Two Horton NV Sparkling Viognier
- Two Shenandoah 2003 Chardonnay
- Two Stillhouse 2002 Cabernet Franc
- One Stone Mountain Chardonnay
- Two Tomahawk Mill 2002 Pinot Noir
- Two Waterford 2003 Chardonnay
- One Unicorn 2002 Cabernet Franc
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Gift basket one was accompanied by one bottle of wine from (left to
right) Farfelu Vineyards, Stone Mountain Vineyards, Horton Cellars,
DelFosse Vineyard and Winery, Chateau Morrisette and Waterford
Vineyards.
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Toasting the success of the Katrina fundraising wine auction, were
(left to right) Carl Brandhorst, VWGA Vice President; Rep. Mike
Thompson, Co-Chairman of the U.S. Congressional Wine Caucus; and Gordon
W. Murchie, VWGA President.
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Gift basket two was accompanied by one bottle of wine from (left to
right) Stillhouse Vineyards, Unicorn Winery, Shenandoah Vineyards,
Horton Cellars, AmRhein Wine Cellars, and two wines from Gray Ghost
Vineyards.
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The 2003 Chardonnay contributed by the King Family Vineyards of
Virginia awaits bids with a backdrop of the Capitol.
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Rebec
wine display in the October 5th Katrina Wine Auction shares
table space with Steele wines of California.
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A three bottles of wine contributed by Breaux Vineyards awaits signed
bids just prior to the opening of the auction.
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