March 12, 2011

St. Helena, CA, November 19, 2010 – The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) last week announced that its 2011 Vintners Hall of Fame (VHF) inductees will be Ravenswood founder Joel Peterson; UC Davis Professor of Enology, Emeritus Vernon Singleton; and Bob Trinchero, owner of Sutter Home Winery and Trinchero Napa Valley. Chalone Vineyards winemaker Richard Graff and August Sebastiani, the founder of the eponymous Sonoma winery, will be inducted as Pioneers. The “Pioneer” category recognizes those who made significant contributions to the California wine industry and passed away more than 10 years ago. For photos and biographies of the 2011 Vintners Hall of Fame inductees, please visit www.ciavintnershalloffame.com.
In addition to the 2011 inductees, Congressman Mike Thompson, chair of the Vintners Hall of Fame Board of Stewards, introduced the new Board members: John Aguirre, Andy Beckstoffer, Agustin Huneeus, Paula Kornell, Archie McLaren, Ed Matovcik, Margrit Mondavi, Gavin Newsom, Garen Staglin, Dede Wilsey, and Richard Wollack.
“The Vintners Hall of Fame is a place to recognize the hard work of the men and women who have made the California wine industry the success it is today,” says Dr. Tim Ryan, president of the CIA. “The inductees have each made a significant contribution in their own way, and the world of wine is grateful for their efforts.”
The official induction of the 2011 Vintners Hall of Fame honorees will take place on Presidents Day, February 21, 2011 at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in St. Helena, CA, as part of the CIA’s 5th annual Celebration of California Wine & Food.
In celebration of the presidential holiday theme, a dozen California wineries will host a reception, beginning at 4 p.m., featuring wine and food pairings from White House State Dinner menus. The members of the Class of 2011 will be inducted at 5:30 p.m. in the Vintners Hall of Fame Barrel Room, preceded by the unveiling of the sculpted bronze plaques honoring those inducted in 2010. The induction ceremony will be followed at 6:30 p.m. by a celebrity chef walk-around dinner in the school’s Teaching Kitchen headlined by former White House Executive Chef and CIA graduate Walter Scheib, and perennial favorite Congressman Mike Thompson. As in the past, Vintners Hall of Fame inductees will provide a selection of their wines to be enjoyed with the walk-around dinner. The VHF Board of Stewards will provide a few choice auction lots, including one lot of 18 bottles from the Robert M. Parker, Jr.’s Seminar & Tasting, “Cult Wines of California.”
This year’s nominating committee, chaired by noted wine journalist W. Blake Gray, included Charles Sullivan, wine historian and author; John Olney, The Wine Country Club; Jim Gordon, Wines and Vines; Sara Schneider, Sunset Magazine; Alder Yarrow, Vinography.com; Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee; Paul Wagner, Balzac Communications & Marketing; Andy Beckstoffer, founder of Beckstoffer Vineyards, who was inducted in 2010; Gerald Asher, long-time journalist inducted in 2009; Randall Grahm, Bonny Doon Vineyard, who was inducted in 2010; Darrell Corti, Corti Brothers, who was inducted in 2008; and Carole Meredith, UC Davis Professor Emerita and co-founder of Lagier-Meredith Winery, who was inducted in 2009. The Class of 2011 Inductees were elected by 74 members of the Vintners Hall of Fame Electoral College, which consists of past inductees and members of the wine media.
“This is another great class of inductees into the most exclusive wine club in California,” says W. Blake Gray. “These five men have had a tremendous impact on improving the quality of wine for everyday drinkers. Anybody who’s a fan of California wine today can find some reason to thank them. I look forward to toasting this class in February with a glass of Zinfandel from one of the state’s century-old vineyards. The question I have to resolve between now and then is…red or white?”
Proceeds from the Vintners Hall of Fame annual induction dinner will provide scholarships for the Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies at the CIA at Greystone.

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Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
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Getting to this hotel in Clark Philippines
After entering Clark Freeport from Subic, Manila, Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along Clark’s main highway MA Roxas, passing Clark’s largest wine shop called Clark Wine Center on your right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, you will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on your right just 200m down. Traffic in Clark Philippines is light so it should be quite easy for get to this hotel in Clark Philippines.

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