Sausalito,
CA, January 7, 2010 - Boisset
Family Estates, a family-owned producer
and importer of fine wines with
offices in Sausalito, CA, wineries
in Sonoma's Russian River Valley
and the Napa Valley, and roots in
Burgundy, France, will make a donation
of more than 200,000 meals to families
in the San Francisco Bay Area on
Friday, January 8 through its Fight
Against Hunger campaign. The donation
of meals is made in partnership
with the Fairmont San Francisco,
a leading supporter of Fight Against
Hunger. Boisset's local wholesaler,
Young's Market Company, has also
been instrumental in Fight Against
Hunger's Bay Area successes.
January's donation
will benefit the San Francisco Food
Bank and the Redwood Empire
Food Bank in Santa Rosa, CA.
Boisset's Fight Against
Hunger is a national campaign to
combat hunger in local communities
through the sale of its wines. Through
its wineries DeLoach Vineyards,
Lyeth Estate, Oceana Estates Riesling,
and French rabbit, Boisset has donated
more than 1 million meals to communities
in Dallas, Indianapolis, and Denver
in 2009. Fight Against Hunger is
on track to reach its goal of donating
1.2 million meals to local food
banks; from July through December
2009, every bottle of wine purchased
from Boisset's four wineries listed
above helped supplement three meals
for an American family in need when
purchased through a participating
retailer, restaurateur, or hotelier
such as the Fairmont San Francisco.
Boisset partnered with Feed The
Children to provide meals to the
local food banks.
Given the current
global economic situation, the issue
of hunger is more keenly felt than
ever and Jean-Charles Boisset, President
of Boisset Family Estates, believes
strongly that with the integral
connection between wine and food,
it is essential for his family's
company to contribute to a solution.
"The wine world
is deeply connected to the harvest,
agriculture and food – great wines
are complemented by great meals,
and thus, as part of the world of
food and wine, we find it troubling
to tolerate the existence of hunger
among our friends and neighbors,"
says Boisset. "We know that
now, more than ever, even families
that have never thought to seek
help before need assistance. That's
why Boisset Family Estates has committed
to providing a minimum of 1.2 million
meals to U.S. families in need through
our Fight Against Hunger campaign."
"We are delighted
to partner with Boisset Family Estates
to help feed the hungry in our local
community," explains Thomas
A. Klein, Regional Vice President
and General Manager of The Fairmont
San Francisco. "Since 1907,
The Fairmont has been an integral
part of the fabric of San Francisco.
Just as The Fairmont is San Francisco's
residence of U.S. presidents and
world leaders, it is the place where
generations of San Franciscans have
come to celebrate special occasions
for more than a century. We feel
it is our responsibility to give
back to society and our partnership
with Boisset's Fight Against Hunger
is one of the many programs we support
to help ensure a healthy community.
In conjunction
with the Redwood Empire Food Bank,
a food drop event will take place
on Friday January 8th in the parking
lot of the Redwood Convenant Church,
3175 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa,
at 11:30 AM to benefit families
in DeLoach Vineyards' local community.
The Redwood
Empire Food Bank, the largest food
bank on the Northern California
coast, serves 70,000 families, children
and seniors every month in Sonoma
County. The REFB also is the primary
food source for pantries and hunger
relief programs in Lake, Mendocino,
Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
David Goodman,
executive director of the Redwood
Empire Food Bank, welcomed the Boisset
Family Estate's assistance. "The
need has grown enormously over the
past several years, and the Boisset
families' contribution arrives during
very difficult times for many people,"
he said.
"We're
honored and grateful that the Boisset
Family Estates, one of the world's
great wine producing families, is
coming to Sonoma County wine country
with a commitment to fighting hunger,"
he said. "It is a generous
example of how members of the wine
industry, working together, can
make a huge difference in the lives
of thousands of struggling families
and truly end hunger in our community."
More about Boisset's
partners and the Fight Against Hunger
can be found by visiting www.boissetfamilyestates.com/fightagainsthunger.
About Boisset
Family Estates
Boisset Family Estates is a family-owned
producer and importer of fine wines
based in Sausalito, California with
roots in Burgundy, France, Sonoma's
Russian River Valley and the Napa
Valley. One of the world's leading
producers of Pinot Noir, Boisset
crafts fine wines with a strict terroir approach:
each house in its family of wineries
has a unique history, identity,
and style, yet all are united in
the pursuit of superior quality.
Boisset is an innovative leader
in the wine world that seeks to
reduce the environmental impact
of wine packaging and production
and protect the long-term sustainability
of winegrowing from farming methods
to winery practices and packaging.
To learn more about Boisset, please
visit its website at www.boissetfamilyestates.com.
About the
Fairmont San Francisco
Scheduled to open soon after April
18, 1906, The Fairmont survived
The Great Earthquake that struck
that day but was ravaged by the
subsequent fire. When the hotel
opened exactly one year after the
earthquake, it symbolized the rebirth
of San Francisco. The landmark hotel
has played witness to many defining
moments in history and pop culture,
including the drafting of the United
Nations Charter in the hotel's Garden
Room in 1945, and Tony Bennett's
first performance of "I Left
My Heart In San Francisco"
in The Venetian Room in 1962. For
more information about The Fairmont
San Francisco, please visit www.fairmont.com/sanfrancisco.
For more information about Boisset
Family Estates' Fight Against Hunger
campaign, or for images or interviews
with Jean-Charles Boisset, please
contact Kimberly Charles at Charles
Communications Associates, press@charlescomm.com
or 415.701.9463. |
