Limited edition pinot noir wine produced to help celebrate 10th Annual Day of Hope cancer fundraiser
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – To help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Day of Hope cancer fundraiser for Mission Hope Cancer Center, an exclusive pinot noir wine has been created in collaboration by a local winery and vineyard.
The 2021 Santa Maria Valley pinot noir wine named 'Hope,' has been bottled and produced by Ancient Peaks Winery using grapes harvested by Quail Canyon Vineyard.
"The Hope 2021 pinot noir is a single varietal wine," said Ancient Peaks Winery assistant winemaker Patrick Doyle. "It's a very good representation of Santa Maria grape growing and Santa Maria pinot noir. It's got this nice composition of dry red fruit, cherry, pomegranate, but it also has this nice little bit of this kind of earthiness and rustic that we've come to associate with colder growing conditions and Santa Maria pinot noir."
The limited edition wine will be sold for $500 per case (12 bottles) with all proceeds going to help support the 10th Annual Day of Hope fundraiser, which directly supports patients at Mission Hope Cancer Center in Santa Maria and Arroyo Grande.
"This is one of our efforts to give back to a community that's given so much to us," said George Adam, who owns Quail Canyon Vineyard, along with his wife Debbie. "We feel strongly in giving back to the community, both for the cancer center and the hospital to be able to improve the quality of care in the area and they are going to full take advantage of this opportunity and hopefully we can keep the money and the commitment in this community."
All of the grapes used in the making of the wine were grown on the Quail Canyon property, located just south of Clark Avenue in Orcutt in the Solomon Hills area.
"We produced the grapes here and the wine was bottled to Ancient Peaks, said Adam. "It was grown, I believe in one of the best conditions and in one of the best years. I think we've had really awesome feedback from anyone who has consumed the wine so, so we're really excited about this opportunity."
The wine will only be sold by the case and is only available through the Day of Hope fundraiser and is not available in stores or any other outlet.
"The wine is going to be handled exclusively through Mission Hope as far as the Hope label, and so this is going to be the only opportunity to purchase the 2021, an excellent vintage, and so this is your only opportunity," said Adam. "That's what we've entrusted to Mission Hope."
On Aug. 23, starting at 7 a.m., hundreds of volunteers representing dozens of team will be located throughout the Santa Maria Valley and surrounding communities at street corners, intersections, parking lots, schools, churches and other highly visible locations.
Participating teams members will once again be selling special edition $1 Santa Maria Times. In addition to the newspaper sales during the morning, a car parade is scheduled as well. Beginning at 11 a.m. at the Santa Maria Fairpark, dozens of cars will travel through the city before finishing at Mission Hope.
Money collected will go to help fund the myriad of support services, programs and resources provided by Mission Hope, such as gift cards for gas, utilities and groceries, as well as free transportation. Donations also help the center continue to stay on the cutting edge of cancer care by purchasing state-of-the-art technology and equipment.
"We were really excited to give back to the community," said Doyle. "We do a little bit of outreach through one of our wines called Onestone, but being able to give back to a hospital and to help support them, and their intimate community was very important to us."
For those interested in purchasing a case of the special edition 'Hope' wine, they can call the Marian Foundation at 805-739-3595.
Payment and pick up of the wine will be available at the Mission Hope Cancer Center donor wall unveiling event that will be held on Aug. 22 starting a 5 p.m. on the night before the Day of Hope.
"I just hope that there is a lot of support in the community for Mission Hope and this upcoming Day of Hope," said Adam. "We're really excited about it."
For more information about Day of Hope, or to donate online, click here.
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