Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 28, 2004

Some Angolan and Ethiopian landmine survivors will have better access to clinical care and physical rehabilitation thanks to Grapes for Humanity, a charitable foundation that funds mine survivors assistance, and Primum Familiae Vini (first families of wine), a group of leading international family-owned vintners, working together to support Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation survivors assistance efforts in both countries.

Primum Familiae Vini chose Grapes for Humanity as the designated beneficiary at its gala fund-raising dinners held in Sarasota, Florida, and New York City earlier this month. Grapes for Humanity passed $58,000 of the proceeds to the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, a non-governmental organization with years of humanitarian mine action experience. $23,000 will help the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation to construct a prosthetics clinic in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. $35,000 purchased a 4-wheel drive vehicle with a secure communications system to ferry Angolan landmine survivors and other war wounded between their villages in Moxico, Lunda Sol and Lunda Norte provinces and the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation Regional Rehabilitation Center in Luena.

Grapes for Humanity and the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation are among nearly fifty civic associations, foundations, non-governmental organizations, and corporations that work in partnership with the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs’ Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement to reinforce humanitarian mine action (landmine clearance, mine risk education, and mine survivors assistance). To learn more about this public-private partnership program, visit www.state.gov/t/pm/wra/c10388.htm. ]]> http://www.grapesforhumanityus.com/index.php/2004/05/department-of-state-salutes-grapes-for-humanity-and-primum-familiae-vini-for-supporting-landmine-survivors-assistance-in-angola-and-ethiopia/feed/ 0 http://www.grapesforhumanityus.com/index.php/2004/05/the-pfv-fine-wine-extravaganza-sarasota-florida/ http://www.grapesforhumanityus.com/index.php/2004/05/the-pfv-fine-wine-extravaganza-sarasota-florida/#comments Mon, 24 May 2004 16:50:12 +0000 admin http://grapesforhumanityus.com/?p=239

Dine with the PFV Р(First Families of Wine)on the first stop of their U.S. Tour. Representing the PFV will be: Alessia Antinori, Marchesi Antinori and president of Primum Familiae Vini this year; Laurent Drouhin, Joseph Drouhin; Egon Muller, Egon Muller Scharzhof; Etienne Hugel, Hugel et Fils; Nicholas Jaboulet, Paul Jaboulet Ain̩, Marcia Mondavi, Robert Mondavi Winery; Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, Chateau Mouton Rothschild; Hubert de Billy, Pol Roger Champagne; Rupert Symington, Symington Family Port Companies; Marimar Torres, Miguel Torres; and Pablo Alvarez Vega Sicilia.

$75,000 RAISED AT THE LIVE AUCTION. – SOLD OUT

TASTE THEIR WINES: Champagne Sir Winston Churchill 1995 Hugel Riesling Jubilee 1998 Robert Mondavi I Bloc Sauvignon Blanc 2001 Joseph Drouhin Montrachet de Laguiche 1999 Chateau Mouton Rothchild 1989 Marchesi Antinori Tignanello 200 Paul Jaboulet Ainé Hermitage La Chapelle 1983 Miguel Torres Mas La Plana 2001 Vega Sicilia Unico 1989 Egon Muller Scharzhof Eiswein 1998 Graham Malvedos 1996

TICKETS $300 each – $4000 for a Corporate Producer Table (10) – Phone: 1 800 218 1422

Location: The Ritz-Carlson, Sarasota
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 , 6:30 p.m.

$50,000 RAISED ON THE LIVE AUCTION. – SOLD OUT

TASTE THEIR WINES: Champagne Sir Winston Churchill 1995 Hugel Riesling Jubilee 1998 Robert Mondavi I Bloc Sauvignon Blanc 2001 Joseph Drouhin Montrachet de Laguiche 1999 Chateau Mouton Rothchild 1982 Marchesi Antinori Tignanello 2000 Paul Jaboulet Ainé Hermitage La Chapelle 1983 Miguel Torres Mas La Plana 2001 Vega Sicilia Unico 1989 Egon Muller Scharzhof Eiswein 1998 Graham Malvedos 1996

Don’t miss the wine event of the century in New York City. Phone: 1 800 218 1422

Tickets $500 each $6,000 PFV – Producer for ten people

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Location: The Pierre Hotel – New York City
Date: Friday, May 14, 2004 , 6:30 p.m.