This wine made me thirsty for more from Nicolas Bazan.
And so, I started to do my homework.

My homework resulted in a subsequent reading assignment,
as I learned that not only was Dr. Nicolas Bazan into wine. He was into words as well.
In fact, he wrote a book entitled Una Vida, sharing the same name of the wine I just fell in love with.
Head of the LSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Dr. Bazan wrote this story
summarized by Leeza Gibbons, founder of Leeza's Place for families of Alzheimer's victims, as follows:


I'll be honest. I'm not much of a voracious reader.
However, the wine I tasted, along with the woman's description of the story, made me compelled to read the book.
Once I opened it, I found it hard to close. It was a book about Alzheimer's.
While I knew almost nothing about the disease, the story absolutely consumed me.
With each chapter I became more fascinated with the disconnect between memories made & memories lost.

I noted how many memories I've both secured & summonsed with a bottle of wine.
There are wines that remind me of my great grandfather's musty, leather suitcase.
Others remind me of reaching for the cinnamon in the back of my grandmother's cupboard
while she attempted to teach me how to make an apple pie as a young girl.
Still, there are others that bring me back to milestones in my life, like the '83 Dom Perignon
that my husband & I sipped in the back of a limo on the way from our wedding to our reception.

Getting back to the book, I also noted how many times too many bottles of wine
had resulted in not being able to remember the night before.
But what if you couldn't remember any of your nights before?
What if your entire past was erased altogether?
Alzheimer's is a disease of disconnection that severs a person from their past.
That said, I've decided to dedicate myself as an advocate for Alzheimer's research.


 
I've created a project entitled SAVOR. It offers consumers a NEW way to taste wine.
With no points to process or scores to sum up, SAVOR offers an abstract experience
for tasting wine in a way that makes each pour personal and every sip special.

Northwest Wines To You has proudly partnered to support SAVOR and the noble cause it funds.
10% of all proceeds from SAVOR purchases will be donated directly to Alzheimer's research programs
in an effort to find a cure that will preserve & protect our greatest gifts - our minds.
So, you now have the opportunity to "sip to support".

I am proud to announce that "THREE BLIND BOTTLES"
is the first selection available through SAVOR.
It's a blind tasting experience in a box that provides a lesson you can lap up.
"Never judge a book by its cover or a wine by its label."

Cheers to supporting a cause one sip at a time!

Allie Merrick
NW Wine Correspondent


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