LV Wine Program 2020

10.17.2020



Our Beneficiaries Founded in 1885, The Children's Home of Easton provides therapeutic, residential, and community-based programs for children from birth to adulthood. The Children's Home is committed to providing opportunity, self reliance, compassion, and a friendly, nurturing home for children at risk. Programs are designed to help our youth retain their full potential and become responsible adults. For more information, visit www.thechildrenshome.org or call 610-258-2831. Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society was founded in 1906, and incorporated in 1910 as a private not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of Northampton County. NCHGS maintains the Sigal Museum and three historic houses as gathering places for families to experience hands-on, interactive learning, programs, events, and exhibitions. We share the stories of Northampton County's past to encourage personal reflection, community dialogue, and an understanding of history's impact on our lives. For more information visit www.sigalmuseum.org or call 610-253-1222.

Each year, our passionate planning committee works to showcase the very best wines and winemakers in the country to our ever-growing community of wine enthusiasts. As socially responsible neighbors, we are sensitive to the local impact the global pandemic has had on our neighbors, our sponsors, and our past supporters, but also feel called to continue to support the children that benefit from our events. We know we are uniquely positioned to bring the highest quality wines and winemakers to the Lehigh Valley for the growing number of wine enthusiasts in our community. 2020 Honorary Wine Chairs Winegrowing, romantic? No, Jeff Smith, Founder/Vintner, It was a bottle of Williams Hollie currently serves as it’s more like “down to earth.” had the unique experience of Selyem that introduced Director of Sales of Donelan growing up around the dinner Mark Malpiede to the Mike Lamborn leads this pleasures of Pinot Noir— Family Wines and has led small, family-owned and tables of many prominent sales  with some incredible operated vineyard in Napa families who transformed and he became a wineries such as Relic Wine Napa Valley into a world-class committed fan, dedicated Cellars, Copain Wines, and Valley, California that wine growing region. Following List Member and eloquent RYME Cellars. She also was produces wines made by his father’s lost battle to evangelist long before he the General Manager and Heidi Barrett.  Vineyard cancer, Mr. Smith cut short his joined the winery. Although operations are key to each pursuit of a music career Wine Director of fronting an indie rock bank in he jokes that the only Michelin Star restaurant, vintage; Mike spends San Francisco and returned reason he interviewed for a Ravenous Cafe + Lounge for hundreds of hours each year home. He took a small four- nine years. Her hand-curated nurturing the vineyard and acre family vineyard in St. position with Williams wine list was listed in the adjusting it to the conditions Selyem was a desire to “Top 25 Wine List in the U.S” Helena, replanted it to increase his allocation, the within Wine Spectator. of each growing season. Cabernet, enlisted the help of truth is that Mark Malpiede Working with these brands winemaker friend Bob Foley arrived in the wine industry has only helped broaden and launched Hourglass. From with a decisive plan to bring her knowledge of the ever- his marketing and sales changing food and wine the inaugural 1997 release, talents to a dynamic and industry while developing a the Hourglass estate bottling true love for California wine. has evolved into one of Napa’s storied brand. Hollie believes that there is most esteemed Cabernets.  always more to learn and And that is just the beginning more to taste. of their story.