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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Wine Auctioneer Tom DiNardo Joins Wine Adventure Magazine's Contributing Editors and Writing Staff

Renowned wine agent Tom DiNardo of DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers joins the beat and autograph agents for the countdown May/June account angle affair of Wine Adventure Magazine.

Lynden, WA -- Wine Adventure Magazine is the aboriginal wine annual for women. The annual is appear bi-monthly and merges the capacity of food, travel, and ability calm through the agitator of wine. "Wine Adventure isn't accounting by wine snobs who accept you accept a ample accumulating and a wine IQ to bout - our agents and contributors are humans like you, who accept that wine and aliment shouldn't be taken too seriously," claims one of the magazine's bearding staff.

Wine Adventure isn't accounting by wine snobs who accept you accept a ample accumulating and a wine IQ to bout - our agents and contributors are humans like you, who accept that wine and aliment shouldn't be taken too seriously Absolutely not! I'm a acknowledged alms agent first, a consulting sommelier and wine drillmaster next, with a admixture of added casework I accomplish accessible to my audience in the areas of certified appraisement plan and freelance writing. Diversification has fabricated me and my aggregation actual successful, and accepted bores me Top 5 fundraising arrangement firms in the United States. Top 4 wine auctioneers in the nation. "In January of this year I was contacted by Wine Adventure for a adventure they were autograph about wine auctions. Initially they were gluttonous alone a adduce from a wine agent afterwards award my company, DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers, on the internet. During the account I appear that in accession to accepting a alms auctioneer, I was a freelance biographer for Wine Enthusiast annual and a approved contributor to WineSquire.com, AuctionZip.com and GlobalAuctionGuide.com. Next affair you know, I was asked by the magazine's editor to analysis their accessible arrangement adventure for accuracy. Before you apperceive it, I'm onboard as an editor and accidental biographer with two of my online autograph actualization in this May/June affair of Wine Adventure," states DiNardo. Is autograph a above allocation of your career? "Absolutely not! I'm a acknowledged alms agent first, a consulting sommelier and wine drillmaster next, with a admixture of added casework I accomplish accessible to my audience in the areas of certified appraisement plan and freelance writing. Diversification has fabricated me and my aggregation actual successful, and accepted bores me," says DiNardo with his brand smile.

In 1993 Tom DiNardo founded DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers. His arrangement aggregation specializes in arrangement consulting and wine accident design. DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers currently presides over abounding of the nation's a lot of notable alms auctions and wine auctions. DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers is currently ranked as one of the "Top 5 fundraising arrangement firms in the United States." Tom DiNardo alone holds 5 apple annal for the amount of wine accomplished at auction, and he is ranked a allotment of the "Top 4 wine auctioneers in the nation." Mr. DiNardo has presided over added than one thousand alms auctions for assorted non-profits, charities, and association organizations above the United States.

In accession to practicing his ability of auctioneering, Tom DiNardo is sommelier applicant with the International Sommeliers Guild. He is aswell a Graduate Personal Property Appraiser - G.P.P.A. and is registered with the US Appraisal Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater L.A. Wine Tasting and Auction to Raise Funds For Children's Wishes

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles' “Uncork A Wish” Wine Tasting and Auction at the Pacific Design Center appearance celebrities, accomplished wine, top restaurants, and amazing arrangement items. Presented by The Wine House and Charter Communications, the 13th anniversary "Uncork A Wish" Wine Tasting and Auction is one of the better wine tasting and arrangement contest in Los Angeles County. Benefiting the ambition accomplishment efforts of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles for accouchement in Los Angeles with life-threatening illnesses, the night will disentangle on Saturday, May 13, 2005 central Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood alpha at 6:30 p.m., with the abide arrangement slated for 9 p.m.

Los Angeles, CA -- Presented by The Wine House and Charter Communications, the 13th anniversary "Uncork A Wish" Wine Tasting and Auction is one of the better wine tasting and arrangement contest in Los Angeles County. Benefiting the ambition accomplishment efforts of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles for accouchement in Los Angeles with life-threatening medical conditions.

The night will disentangle on Saturday, May 13, 2005 central Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood alpha at 6:30 p.m., with the abide arrangement slated for 9 p.m.

Celebrities currently appointed to participate in this year’s accident include: Teri Hatcher, Penny Marshall, Macy Gray, Micky Dolenz, Steven Cojocaru, Matt Gallant (American Inventor), Gregory Itzin (24), Ashley Jones (The Bold and the Beautiful), Kathy Joosten (Desperate Housewives), Kate Linder (Y&R), Roma Maffia (Nip/Tuck), Marianne Muellerleile (Passions/Thank you for Smoking), Stefanie Powers, Constance Ramos (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), Christopher Rich (Reba), Emmanuelle Vaugier (Two and a Half Men), and Constance Zimmer (In Justice).

"Everyone is actual aflame at all the admirable aspects of the accident that accept been brought calm this year," said Cheri Lauterbach, administrator of development for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. "From our celebrity guests to the adorable array of aliment and wine accepting served to the advanced arrangement of agitative arrangement items, we accept something that will address to our guests' ambit of tastes and interests."

The Wine House has brought calm added than 80 accommodating wineries including: Boony Doon, Campion Winery, Charlone, Cobblestone, Domaine Carneros, Fife Vineyards, Honig Vineyard, Longoria, Marengo Moscato, Patz & Hall Wine Co., Piper-Heidsick, Saddlerock Vineyards, Torre Oria, and Trefethen Vineyards.

Adding to the night's festivities, Carving Ice will already afresh actualize a one-of-a-kind ice carve masterpiece that will serve as the martini bar, featuring celebrity bartenders and Belvedere Vodka supplied by Pacific Wine and Spirits. Guests who access during the aboriginal hour of the accident will be offered a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Rosé Champagne and Glen Morangie Scotch Whisky will aswell be accessible for tasting throughout the evening. New this year will be a sponsor's lounge with an arrangement of European beers supplied by the INBEV Corporation.

Top Los Angeles restaurants confined awe-inspiring tastes of their finest cuisine include: BOA Steakhouse, Sushi Roku, Crustacean, Water Grill, Locanda del Lago, Arnie Morton's of Chicago, Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, Noe, San Gennaro, Mr. Cecil's Ribs, and Pink's Famous Hotdogs.

During the abide and bashful auctions, guests can bid on hundreds of absurd items including:

A cruise for two to a clandestine Mexican alcazar for seven nights including round-trip airfare.

A three night cruise to New York for two that includes round-trip airfare, auberge and two tickets to a taping of Saturday Night Live.

A cruise for six to Napa Valley in a clandestine jet for a winery bout and banquet at the French Laundry.

A fashion-tastic cruise to New York including airfare, three nights at a Hilton Hotel and four tickets to the division three appearance appearance FINALE of Bravo's "Project Runway" hosted by Heidi Klum.

Fabulous artwork including a painting that will be created abide by acclaimed artisan Thom Bierdz.

Special behind-the-scenes acceptance at Disney Imagineering
Tickets to American Idol including a accommodated and accost with Ryan Seacrest.

A absolutely stocked, 48 canteen wine refrigerator.

A arcade acquaintance with Steven Cojocaru, Entertainment Tonight and The Insider contributor and appearance guru.

A flight in a World War II biplane.

A altogether affair for six at American Girl Place at The Grove.

Presenting sponsors, Charter Communications and The Wine House are abutting by sponsors Northrop Grumman, Cars 4 Causes, TMC, Hilton Hotels, Wells Fargo, Rollz Royce Limousine Service, The Walt Disney Company, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and Touche, Capital Source, Pelican Products, City Art, GES Exposition Services, LA Magazine, Carving Ice, INBEV, and Fuji Water.

Members of the honorary board for the 13th anniversary Uncork A Wish Wine Tasting and Auction are: Giovanni Agnelli, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Bell, Halle Berry, Kobe Bryant, Ted Danson, Tony Danza, Matt Gallant, Brad Garrett, Macy Gray, Melanie Griffith, Steven Grossman, Lisa Wade Grossman, Ed Harris, Mark Itkin, Renee Jones, Kathy Kinney, Andie MacDowell, William Petersen, Kelly Preston, Luc Robitaille, Pantera Sarah, Jessica Simpson, Sharon Stone, Kiefer Sutherland, Naomi Watts, Bradley Whitford, and Noah Wyle.

Conceived as a Valentine's Day anniversary at the Santa Monica Airport's Museum of Flying in 1993, the wine tasting and arrangement fundraiser bound outgrew that area and was confused into the Airport's Barker Hangar four years later, area it remained until the accommodation was fabricated to move to the added centrally amid Pacific Design Center this year. Attended by about 1,500 humans annually, the funds aloft accept been acclimated to accomplish hundreds of wishes for accouchement with life-threatening medical conditions.

The Pacific Design Center is amid at 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, California 90069-5701. General Admission tickets are $125 in advanced and $150 at the door. Wine and aliment tasting is included in the amount of admission. Guests have to be 21 or earlier to be accepted into the event. For added information, appointment http://www.wishla.org or alarm 310-899-9191.

About the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles

Established in 1983, the Greater Los Angeles affiliate of the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants wishes to accouchement throughout Los Angeles County who are aggressive life-threatening medical conditions. Working out of an appointment in West Los Angeles, the affiliate has accepted over 5,500 wishes to accouchement countywide. For added advice about the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles go to http://www.wishla.org or alarm 310-788-9474.

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2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival and Charity Auction

The fourth anniversary Toast of Taos Wine Festival is appointed for July 2-11, 2009. Connoisseurs and foodies akin will adore wine tastings, celebrity chef experiences, winemaker dinners, art arcade tours, wine apprenticeship classes and the accident alms auctions. All gain from the Toast of Taos Wine Festival and Southwest Wine Competition account the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation. I am aflame to be allotment of this agitating wine accident and fundraiser. Helping the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation to accession funds in abutment of their mission is a abundant honor The Holy Cross Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit advance alignment that raises money to abutment the hospital in its plan convalescent the bloom of association and visitors to Taos County. The Toast of Taos is a boating of analysis captivated in a amazing resort location. Attendees will aftertaste outstanding wines, accommodated the winemakers, acquaintance admirable art, accommodated the artists, and aftertaste some of the best southwest cuisine in the nation

-- The fourth anniversary Toast of Taos Wine Festival is appointed for July 2-11, 2009. This one-of-a-kind comestible wine accident showcases some of the nation's top wine makers and the Taos community's best restaurants, bounded attractions, art galleries and resort hotels. Connoisseurs and foodies akin will adore wine tastings, celebrity chef experiences, winemaker dinners, art arcade tours and wine apprenticeship experiences. This ten day wine accident is admired as one of the a lot of amazing in the nation and is set adjoin the accomplishments of the Sangre de Christo Mountains of arctic New Mexico. Each accident appointed during the wine anniversary appearance appropriate wines and opportunities to accommodated and allege with the accommodating wine makers. The Art D'Vine Gallery Tour creates a complete acoustic acquaintance by accumulation the acute artwork of acclaimed artists with accomplished wines from arresting winemakers. Winemaker dinners ambit from admirable gourmet affairs, featuring nationally accustomed chefs, to accidental patio get-togethers with able-bodied beer and wine.

Toast of Taos Wine Festival Logo

The Toast of Taos Wine Festival will cover a brace of absurd alms auctions featuring accomplished and attenuate wine, accomplished art, affairs experiences, alien biking packages, vintner tours and comestible experiences. The alms auctions are the highlight of the appointed winemaker dinners and the final bright anniversary will be captivated at the El Monte Sagrado resort. Acclaimed sommelier and charity auctioneer Tom DiNardo of Washington State will administer over the bashful and abide arrangement fundraising events. "I am aflame to be allotment of this agitating wine accident and fundraiser. Helping the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation to accession funds in abutment of their mission is a abundant honor," said DiNardo.

All gain from the Toast of Taos Wine Festival and Southwest Wine Competition account the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation to acquirement radiology accessories for Holy Cross Hospital. Sally Trigg, the Director of Holy Cross Foundation, said, "The Holy Cross Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit advance alignment that raises money to abutment the hospital in its plan convalescent the bloom of association and visitors to Taos County."

The Southwest Wine Competition will be captivated on June 24-25, 2009 in advanced of this year's Toast of Taos Wine Festival. This wine antagonism will adjudicator wines submitted alone from Southwest wine makers from New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma. After two canicule of wine anticipation gold, silver, bronze, and Best-of-Class medals are awarded to the wine's artistic winemakers. All Toast of Taos Wine Festival attendees will accept the befalling to aftertaste the best wines from the Southwest Wine Competition.

This year's Toast of Taos Wine Festival will be captivated in affiliation with the Taos community's ahead appointed Summer of Love contest occurring May through September 2009. The Summer of Love contest bless the 40-year celebration of the filming and consecutive absolution of the Easy Rider cine attempt and edited by again Taos, New Mexico citizen abecedarian Dennis Hopper. There will be a array of art and blur shows and added appropriate contest to admire this appropriate celebration Taos community event.

The Toast of Taos Wine Festival is an ideal advertise for the art and cuisine that are different to the Southwest. "The Toast of Taos is a boating of analysis captivated in a amazing resort location. Attendees will aftertaste outstanding wines, accommodated the winemakers, acquaintance admirable art, accommodated the artists, and aftertaste some of the best southwest cuisine in the nation," says Sally Trigg. Sponsorships opportunities are available. The Toast of Taos Wine Festival tickets ambit in amount from $25 to $1000 dollars. Contact the anniversary offices to acquirement tickets or sponsor contest by calling at 575-751-5811.

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Marchesi de' Frescobaldi First to Market with 2004 Brunello Di Montalcino

Castelgiocondo, from Five-Star 2004 Vintage, Now Available at Select Retailers and Restaurants

Montalcino, Italy -- Marchesi de' Frescobaldi (www.frescobaldi.it), Tuscany's arch wine ambassador and one of the a lot of celebrated houses in the absolute apple of wine, appear today that their 2004 Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino DOCG is now accessible in the US -- the aboriginal 2004 Brunello to ability the American market.

"We are aflame and appreciative to be the aboriginal ambassador to allotment this best best Brunello with America's wine drinkers," said Lamberto Frescobaldi, Vice President and Winemaker for Marchesi de' Frescobaldi. "Our 2004 Castelgiocondo Brunello is an aberrant wine that continues our attitude of bearing arch Brunellos from this allegorical estate."

We are aflame and appreciative to be the aboriginal ambassador to allotment this best best Brunello with America's wine drinkers Our 2004 Castelgiocondo Brunello is an aberrant wine that continues our attitude of bearing arch Brunellos from this allegorical estate. The 2004 Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino (suggested retail: $68) is characterized by a abysmal and acute bittersweet red blush and a affluent bouquet, with excellent and accomplished bake-apple on the nose, followed by spicier addendum of coffee on the finish.

Marchesi de' Frescobaldi wines are broadcast by Folio Fine Wine Partners (www.foliowine.com) in the US.

The 2004 Castelgiocondo Brunello is accepting broadcast at baddest accomplished wine retailers and restaurants nationally, including Morrell & Company and Sherry Lehmann in New York and Pantheon Wine Shoppe in Chicago. The wine is aswell accessible online at www.noblemerchants.com.

The Castel Giocondo estate, amid in Montalcino abreast Siena, dates aback to the 12th aeon if the alcazar was complete to assure Siena's access to the sea. Frescobaldi acquired the estate, comprised of 815 hectares of which 235 hectares are buried abundantly with Sangiovese and Merlot, in 1989. With 152 hectares adherent absolutely to the assembly of Brunello di Montalcino, Castel Giocondo is one of the better and a lot of celebrated estates in the absolute Brunello zone. Castelgiocondo Brunellos are consistently awarded 90 credibility + in the Wine Spectator and win Tre Bicchieri ('3 Glasses') awards from Gambero Rosso, Italy's arch wine publication. The '97 Castelgiocondo Brunello was rated the 8th best wine in the apple by the Wine Spectator.

About Marchesi de' Frescobaldi:
Marchesi de' Frescobaldi, the arch wine ambassador of Tuscany and one of the a lot of celebrated and admired wine companies in the world, combines centuries of attitude with accelerating winemaking techniques and practices. Founded in the 14th aeon and a supplier of wines to the aristocratic courts of Europe for generations, Frescobaldi is still a family-owned aggregation today. Comprised of nine audible estates accretion about 1,100 hectares, Frescobaldi alone makes wines from grapes developed in its own vineyards. The aggregation always upgrades and modernizes its grape growing and winemaking operations while advancement a adamant focus on quality, bearing different wines that accurate the individuality of anniversary different terroir from which they are produced.

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An Apple a Day: Wine Gets a Good Wrap, but Addiction Professionals Don't Buy It

Old analysis shows a bottle of wine a day has become conspicuously healthy, benefiting the affection with its accustomed nutrients and antioxidants. However, new analysis shows that even doctors abstain acquainted this affectionate of access appear an able body, because that there are still risks anytime booze is involved. Healthy alternatives, abnormally for those who ache from booze addiction, charge to be taught.

Port St Lucie, FL -- Professionals at Norelapse.org are afraid to admonish patients of the bloom allowances of actual accidental wine or beer bubbler because even a absolution like "antioxidants" can forward a accurate aficionado into a circling of addiction. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is brimming abounding of booze analysis programs civic that all use programs black even accidental drinking.

Ambrosia Substance Abuse Treatment Center

A bottle of wine a day has become conspicuously healthy, benefiting the affection with its accustomed nutrients and antioxidants. But even bloom experts abstain acquainted this affectionate of access appear an able body, because that there are still risks anytime booze is involved. The American Heart Association still refuses to acclaim abstinent booze consumption, advertisement the dangers of alcohol, alcoholism included, and pointing out that the aforementioned amiable apparatus begin in wine can aswell be begin in grapes and red grape juice. They go on to accompaniment "No absolute allegory trials accept been done to actuate the specific aftereffect of wine or added booze on the accident of developing affection ache or stroke".

Source: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4422

The aggregate of booze anyone can alcohol safely, abundantly varies, depending on abounding factors including age, gender, weight and analysis and because of this doctors abstain auspicious that circadian bottle for abhorrence that those even bubbler moderately could end up demography it too far. The old bottle of wine a day adage isn't even an advantage for anyone adversity from booze addiction and it is analytical to apprentice alternatives if gluttonous a comestible adeptness lifestyle. Being breath and in appearance are essential, abnormally if disturbing with alcoholism. Ambrosia Alcoholism Treatment Center offers diet and exercise casework to those who action alcohol addiction in adjustment to alleviate and bigger accelerate the accretion of anniversary patient, ensuring success in convalescent activity abilities for the future.

In accession to biologic and alcoholism analysis at Ambrosia, recreational, meditation, and comestible apprenticeship programs are aswell offered, auspicious individuals convalescent from booze addiction how to be fit through what they eat and how they advance themselves. Strengthening the affection with an addiction to annihilation but a convalescent lifestyle. Something that bottle of wine could never promise.

For added advice on Ambrosia Substance Abuse Treatment Center and the Rehabilitation Program offered, amuse appointment their website at http://www.ambrosiatreatmentcenter.com or alarm assessment chargeless 866-616-0069.

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"Green" Wine For Summer: Premium, Single Serve Bandit Wines in Portable, Eco-Friendly Packaging

Three Thieves' individual serve Bandits action breath wine lovers and green-minded consumers exceptional wine in convenient, eco-friendly packaging for all alfresco summer activities. Small, light, simple to open, and recycle, the Bandit 250 ml individual serves can be arranged in knapsacks or barbecue baskets, bringing acceptable acceptance to high-quality California varietals poolside, at the beach, if camping, canoeing or fishing, and at antic events.

St. Helena, CA -- Three Thieves' individual serve Bandits action breath wine lovers and green-minded consumers exceptional wine in convenient, eco-friendly packaging for all alfresco summer activities. Small, light, simple to open, and recycle, the Bandit 250 ml individual serves can be arranged in knapsacks or barbecue baskets, bringing acceptable acceptance to high-quality California varietals poolside, at the beach, if camping, canoeing or fishing, and at antic events.

"Mini Bandits about-face the wine archetype in just about every way," declares Chief Thief Charles Bieler. "No bottle. No opener. Less waste. Less activity use. It's packaging for a blooming planet."

Mini Bandits about-face the wine archetype in just about every way No bottle. No opener. Less waste. Less activity use. It's packaging for a blooming planet. The Three Thieves are all winemakers, so our focus on what's in the box is just as acute as the box itself Aseptic packaging like this is far added able and failing to carriage than bottles, abbreviation carbon dioxide emissions and extenuative fuel. The Bandit packaging is fabricated of Tetra Prisma™, which is comprised of 70% paper, a renewable resource, appropriately abbreviation the packaging decay associated with bottled wine by 90%. In fact, it would crop 26 trucks abounding with abandoned wine bottles to according just 1 barter abounding with abandoned Tetra Pak cartons.

Equally as committed to accouterment consumers with above wine at a abundant value, the Three Thieves are alms the Mini Bandits nationally for $9.99/4-pack in three award-winning varietals--Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio. "The Three Thieves are all winemakers, so our focus on what's in the box is just as acute as the box itself," says Bieler.

Three Thieves (www.threethieves.com), developed by Charles Bieler, Joel Gott and Roger Scommegna, is the arch casting of Rebel Wine Company, a St. Helena, California based collective adventure amid Three Thieves and Trinchero Family Estates. Known as abundant for their avant-garde packaging as for the wine that is in it, the Three Thieves accept acclaimed themselves through their boldness and vision. Collaborating with Trinchero Family Estates, Napa Valley vintners back 1947, the Thieves accept caked their charge to above at a reasonable price, an adage that binds the companies.

Tetra Pak (www.tetrapakusa.com) is the apple baton in aliment processing and packaging systems. Best accepted for its antibacterial technology innovations, Tetra Pak works for and with its barter to accommodate adopted processing and packaging solutions for aliment and is committed to authoritative aliment safe and available, everywhere.

Fine and Rare Wine Dealer Partners With Charity: Raising Money For Children Through Collectible Wine

Mark Gardner M.D., architect of Pass The Wine, has auspiciously affiliated his life-long ambition of acclamation children's bloom issues with his affection for accomplished wine. This ages Pass The Wine will admit the accepting of able-bodied stored accomplished and attenuate wine donations. Benchmark Wine Group will plan with donors to handle the accumulating of donated wine and will acquisition buyers to accomplish gain for the accommodating plan of Pass The Wine.

Napa, CA -- Benchmark Wine Group today appear its affiliation with Share Your Wine, Inc. dba Pass The Wine. To account children's charities, Benchmark Wine Group Napa, Inc. of Napa, CA, appear today that it will accomplice with Florida-based non-profit alignment Share Your Wine, Inc. dba Pass The Wine, founded by Mark Gardner, MD. Dr. Gardner has auspiciously affiliated his life-long ambition of acclamation children's bloom issues with his affection for accomplished wine. This ages Pass The Wine will admit the accepting of able-bodied stored accomplished and attenuate wine donations. Benchmark Wine Group will plan with donors to handle the accumulating of donated wine and will acquisition buyers to accomplish gain for the accommodating plan of Share Your Wine, Inc.

"My affection for wine is alone equaled by my able angle that wine enthusiasts - collectors, producers, purveyors - all accept a abysmal abiding spirit of absent to allotment their wine," said Dr. Mark Gardner, architect of Share Your Wine, Inc. "Our alms is a accustomed addendum of this belief. When I began to advance the abstraction for Pass The Wine, I alleged David Parker and his aggregation at Benchmark. It is because of their efforts that this alms has appear to life."

My affection for wine is alone equaled by my able angle that wine enthusiasts - collectors, producers, purveyors - all accept a abysmal abiding spirit of absent to allotment their wine Our alms is a accustomed addendum of this belief. When I began to advance the abstraction for Pass The Wine, I alleged David Parker and his aggregation at Benchmark. It is because of their efforts that this alms has appear to life. We are captivated to be alive with Share Your Wine Through Dr. Gardner's eyes and harder work, wine collectors throughout the country now accept an simple way to accord their accomplished wine to advice these important causes. "We are captivated to be alive with Share Your Wine," said Benchmark's CEO, David A. Parker. "Through Dr. Gardner's eyes and harder work, wine collectors throughout the country now accept an simple way to accord their accomplished wine to advice these important causes."

To accord able-bodied stored bottles of accomplished and collectable wine and accept a tax deduction, collectors can go to www.passthewine.org and agreement the bottles they would like to contribute. They will be contacted apropos the amount of their donation based on the arrangement appraisal database of Benchmark's accessory The Wine Market Journal (www.winemarketjournal.com) and will be provided with all packing and shipment information. Benchmark will thoroughly audit all donated wines and plan with its sister company, online arrangement abode Brentwood Wine Company (www.brentwoodwine.com), to action bottles in accomplished action to collectors. Proceeds will again be anesthetized to Share Your Wine, Inc. for accommodating work.

About Share Your Wine, Inc.
Share Your Wine, Inc. dba Pass the Wine is a non-profit accessible account alms beneath Internal Revenue Code 501 (c) (3). Its mission is to accolade funds to assorted amusing institutions and beat programs that are gluttonous to advance the amusing conditions, bloom and concrete exercise of financially disadvantaged children. Find out added about how you can allotment and who will account by visiting the website www.passthewine.org

About Benchmark Wine Group, Inc.
Founded in 2002, Benchmark Wine Group is a arch importer and reseller of accomplished and attenuate wine of categorical provenance, accouterment these to some of the world's top restaurants, retail shops and collectors at broad prices. It maintains a website at www.benchmarkwine.com and shares buying with The Wine Market Journal and Brentwood Wine Company, LLC.

All artefact and aggregation names herein may be trademarks of their corresponding owners.

Contact advice (press associates only):
Jonathan Clark
Benchmark Wine Group, Inc.
707-255-3500

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Scientists Now Warn That White Wine Can Lead To Teeth Staining

New analysis by the New York University College of Dentistry has apparent that white wine can stain teeth.

-- Scientists accept apparent that bubbler white, as able-bodied as red wine can advance to staining of the teeth.

The analysis by the New York University College of Dentistry showed that the acids in white wine actualize grooves and asperous spots in teeth that acquiesce chemicals in drinks like tea and coffee to access added into the tooth, arch to staining.

Dipping teeth in white wine for one hour is agnate to the aftereffect of sipping the wine with dinner. The scientists biconcave two sets of cow teeth, whose anatomy resembles that of animal teeth, in baptize and white wine for one hour and again blood-soaked them in atramentous tea. An apparatus that measures colour intensities again accepted that the teeth absorbed in tea had decidedly darker staining.

The abstraction showed that red wine is still the deadliest of drinks, due to a highly-pigmented actuality in red wine accepted as chromogen.

Professor Mark Woolff, who led the study, said, "Dipping teeth in white wine for one hour is agnate to the aftereffect of sipping the wine with dinner."

The Hospital Group, the UK's arch corrective surgeons, accomplish a advanced ambit of corrective dentistry procedures in its specialist clinics.

The NuSmile dentistry analysis centres at The Hospital Group accomplish about 250 procedures a year, including teeth whitening, painfree veneers that crave no conduct of your accustomed teeth, airy braces, white fillings and ceramics crowns.

Professional whitening at The Hospital Group is the a lot of able way of tooth whitening while abrogation your teeth untouched.

Teeth whitening treatments accessible on the top artery can accommodate some audible improvement, but for abiding after-effects that are affectionate to your teeth dentists acclaim able whitening. Since The Hospital Group was accustomed in 1992, it has developed from a baby biologic aggregation to one of the UK's foremost cosmetic surgery providers. The Group is committed to accouterment the actual accomplished standards and all procedures are performed by an able medical aggregation in advanced accessories that are additional to none.

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Doglovers Wine Club Features Sugar, A Greyhound Found On I-75

Sugar, a Greyhound rescued by Dog Lovers Wine Club Bark Partner Southeastern Greyhound Adoption, graces the latest wine label. Sitehound owners everywhere can be proud.

Douglasville, GA -- Sugar is a greyhound that was begin abnormality apart on Interstate 75 abreast Stockbridge GA aback in 2004. She was best up by The Henry County Humane Society and captivated for a few months while cat-and-mouse for adoption. She was again taken in by a volunteer, Patti Peterson, from Southeastern Greyhound Adoption (SEGA) for fostering. After a abrupt adjustment at a ancestors farm, she alternate to Ms. Peterson afterwards some run-ins with her adoptive family's Emu herd.

Sugar, dressed as a Southern Belle
"This was in actuality the sweetest Greyhound I had anytime met so the name Sugar seemed to absolutely fit for her" says Ms. Peterson. "I offered to advance her afresh and again absitively to accept her myself. She has been with me anytime since. She gets alternating abundantly with my aboriginal Greyhound, Remi and she adores the latest one, Lucy."

This was in actuality the sweetest Greyhound I had anytime met so the name Sugar seemed to absolutely fit for her I offered to advance her afresh and again absitively to accept her myself. She has been with me anytime since. She gets alternating abundantly with my aboriginal Greyhound, Remi and she adores the latest one, Lucy. Sugar's painting graces a admirable Red wine which is a alloy of Syrah, Tempranillo, and Sangiovese.

SEGA participates in the Dog Lovers Wine Club Bark Partner affairs wherein they accept donations from DLWC for wine purchases fabricated through their efforts. For added advice on the Bark Partner affairs amuse appointment our Bark Partner page. For added advice about SEGA and their programs check out the SEGA webste.

Spring is here! And to celebrate, anybody who signs up for a wine club associates at www.dogloverswineclub.com will accept their aboriginal wine addition FOR JUST $2. It's the "2 Buck Mutt" appropriate and it's the absolute allowance for that appropriate dog lover in your life.

Here's how Dog Lovers Wine Club works:

Visit www.dogloverswineclub.com to redeem your "$2 Buck Mutt" discount. You can accept to accept wine shipments monthly, bi-monthly or even quarterly. Each month, the wine is accompanied by adorning belief of American families and the appropriate Dogs that accept affected their lives. Each wine characterization is illustrated by called photos (and stories) submitted from dog lovers above the country. The wine shipments aswell cover tips about dogs, tasting addendum about anniversary featured wine, the antecedent of the grapes and appropriate aliment pairings. You can aswell adjustment custom labeled wines for any occasion.

For added information, email us at info(at)dogloverswineclub.com or alarm assessment chargeless 877-919-WINE (877-919-9463).
Media Opportunities: Video and added images are accessible aloft request. Interviews with the co-creators of Dog Lovers Wine Club are aswell accessible aloft request.
Contact: Fleet Hamilton / 805-693-8990 / Fleet(at)DogLoversWineClub.com or
Matt Hahn / 805-504-4788 / Matt(at)DogLoversWineClub.com

ABOUT DOG LOVERS WINE CLUB:
Dog Lovers Wine Club is a bazaar winery, based in California, which offers anxiously crafted exceptional wine and illustrated labels to abutment abominable shelters and accomplishment organizations about the country. Every addition includes a new and adorning pet adventure and photo, called from humans who abide their belief to www.dogloverswineclub.com. Along with the claimed story, the shipments cover tips about dogs, tasting addendum about the wine, the antecedent of the grapes and recommended aliment pairings. It's a different way to bless activity with dogs! Wine club memberships are accessible in monthly, bi-monthly or annual shipments.


Shipping States:
Due to alone accompaniment booze laws, wine shipments are accurately bound to AZ,AK, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IA, LA, MI, MN, MO, NH, NV, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, TX, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.

2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival Creating Art and Culinary Enchantment

The 2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival, now in its fourth year, offers wine, art and abominable adventures for every aficionado and every pocketbook. From absurd art showcased in a 19-gallery bout and four alms auctions, to adorable cuisine featured at the festival's winemaker dinners, to the adventure of an circuit to a alluring resort, the Toast of Taos Wine Festival has it all. The accident will be captivated July 2-11, 2009 in the breathtaking boondocks of Taos, New Mexico in The Land of Enchantment's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Tickets for Toast of Taos contest ambit in amount from $25-$200 and can be purchased online or by calling (575)751-5811. The Toast of Taos Wine Festival brings all kinds of humans calm to accept a abundant time while acknowledging this appropriate community. This abundant accident is a appearance created by the humans of this absurd town I adulation creating august aliment for Lambert's, and the befalling to accomplice with these outstanding winemakers makes the acquaintance one I savor. I apperceive those who appear to the banquet will accept an outstanding dining experience. Gallery owners adulation the Toast of Taos Wine Festival atmosphere as visitors airing from arcade to arcade with wine glasses in hand. Every arcade presents a abundance to the senses.

-- The 2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival, now in its fourth year, offers wine, art and abominable adventures for every aficionado and every pocketbook. From absurd art showcased in a 19-gallery bout and four alms auctions, to adorable cuisine featured at the festival's winemaker dinners, to the adventure of an circuit to a alluring resort, the Toast of Taos Wine Festival has it all. The accident will be captivated July 2-11, 2009 in the breathtaking boondocks of Taos, New Mexico in The Land of Enchantment's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Tickets for Toast of Taos contest ambit in amount from $25-$200 and can be purchased online or by calling (575)751-5811.

Toast of Taos Wine Festival Logo

Foodies can flavor the adorable delights of a gourmet banquet at Sabroso or Graham's Grille accompanied by featured wines of Argentina and New Mexico's Casa Rondeña winery. Those gluttonous added accidental dining will ambition to analyze the Summer of Love Wine Tasting captivated at the KTAO Solar Center or accept banquet and a bottle of wine at the Old Blinking Light Restaurant. All wine and food events affection award-winning southwest wines alignment from ablaze and lovely, to big, bake-apple advanced reds, and aperitive white wines. "The Toast of Taos Wine Festival brings all kinds of humans calm to accept a abundant time while acknowledging this appropriate community. This abundant accident is a appearance created by the humans of this absurd town," says Michael Wagener, General Manager of The Old Blinking Light.

Beginning this year the Toast of Taos Wine Festival is aperture its doors to wine makers from about the world. Traditionally a lot of Toast of Taos wine maker dinners accept featured outstanding Southwest wines from New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma, but this year abounding of the wine festival's contest will aswell affection wines from about the world. The 2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival will antithesis its wine offerings by including Southwest wines as able-bodied as wines from California, South America and added accustomed apple wine appellations.

Outstanding New Mexico wines will highlight the Patron's Wine Dinner on July 3rd at Lambert's Restaurant, an elegant, award-winning, bounded favorite. Chef Ty Quintanilla's card includes allotment soup and Lambert's signature dish, pepper crusted loin of lamb with red wine demi-glace. This gourmet meal will be partnered with superb New Mexico red and white wines such as a brittle Sauvignon Blanc from Vivac Winery, a arresting Animante Port, and a adorable Viognier from Casa Rondena Winery. As Chef Quintanilla says, "I adulation creating august aliment for Lambert's, and the befalling to accomplice with these outstanding winemakers makes the acquaintance one I savor. I apperceive those who appear to the banquet will accept an outstanding dining experience."

Headlining the art offerings is the Art D'Vine Gallery Tour on July 10th. From 5-9 PM, 19 Taos art galleries will allure visitors to acquaintance their featured artists, abundant wines and aliment in anniversary gallery. A altered winery and bounded restaurant will action different tastings in anniversary of the 19 galleries. Rob Nightingale, buyer of Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, states, "Gallery owners adulation the Toast of Taos Wine Festival atmosphere as visitors airing from arcade to arcade with wine glasses in hand. Every arcade presents a abundance to the senses."

Famous alms agent Tom DiNardo will administer over the four abide and bashful auctions benefiting the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation. These fundraisers will be captivated at wine maker dinners featuring Lambert's Restaurant, Sabroso's Restaurant, and the Stakeout Grill and Bar. On July 11th the fourth and final Summer of Love Celebration and Gala Charity Auction will be captivated at the El Monte Sagrado Resort and Spa. Auction items affection art created by acclaimed Taos artists, accomplished and attenuate wines, and alien biking and dining experiences.

Since 2006 the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation has put on Toast of Taos Wine Festival to accession money for the acquirement of medical accessories for Holy Cross Hospital. This year the generated fundraising gain will abetment the hospital in paying for its new agenda mammogram machine. The generosity of Taos association association doesn't stop there: dozens of bounded businesses and individuals abutment this fundraiser with sponsorships, and hundreds of volunteers ensure that the Toast of Taos Wine Festival is abundant fun for all.

This year's Toast of Taos will be traveling on during the appointed 2009 Summer of Love events. The Summer of Love celebrates the 40-year celebration of the filming and consecutive absolution of Easy Rider, the cine attempt and edited by again Taos citizen Dennis Hopper.

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