Last month, Northwest Wines to You partnered with West Hills Village and Rehab in Portland
for a fundraising event to support Alzheimer's research. Rebecca Marie Pittock-Shouldis,
winemaker for Ghost Hill Cellars and the Northwest Wine Correspondent, Allie Merrick,
poured wine donated by Northwest Wines to You in an evening filled with the sounds
of music played by a jazz duo, accompanied by the conversation and laughter shared by guests.

The wine featured for evening had an identity that was concealed.
While this was not a masquerade ball, the wines were masked by black tissue paper.
With their identities concealed, the wines were tasted by guests with not prejudgement.
Everyone who sipped and savored relied on their senses to define the wine in words all their own.
SAVOR tasting cards (part of the Three Blind Bottles package) were available for making wine notes.

In addition to pouring wine, Northwest Wines To You donated a SAVOR Tasting Experience,
which included a signed copy of Dr. Nicolas Bazan's novel - Una Vida,a story about Alzheimer's.
It's a tale described by Lisa Gibbons, founder of Leeza's Place for the families of Alzheimer's victims,
as follows "...a hero's journey that leads a haunted neuroscientist through the mystery of jazz, the alleys of
New Orleans...and the labyrinth of the mind." The author, Dr. Nicolas Bazan, is an internationally
recognized neuroscientist and the Director of the LSUHSC Neuroscience Center of Excellence.
In addition, he owns of Nicolas Bazan Wines. One of the wines he makes shares the title of his novel.
Una Vida, which translates to One Life, is a Pinot Noir, a novel and (coming soon) a motion picture.

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