Final Details on Today's Chambers Street Tasting for Partners in Health/Stand with Haiti

Thank you for attending today's benefit event. PIH has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years. They urgently need your support to help those affected by the recent earthquake. Partners In Health (PIH) works to bring modern medical care to poor communities in nine countries around the world. Based in Boston, PIH employs more than 11,000 people worldwide, including doctors, nurses and community health workers. The vast majority of PIH staff are local nationals based in the communities they serve.

Three ways to donate;
1. Cash donations will be consolidated and a money order/bank check will be mailed to PIH. We will have a record of individuals and amounts, but you will not receive a document for tax purposes.
2. Donations by check, with your return address, will be mailed to PIH. You will receive a document in the mail from PIH usable for a tax deduction.
3. Donations by credit card, with your billing address and email, will be processed today and will receive an email confirmation from PIH usable for a tax deuction.

OUR SPONSORS This event was organized by Louis/Dressner Selections (LDM Wines) and Chambers Street Wines with contributions to PIH by LDM Wines, Douglas Polaner Selections, David Bowler Wines, Michael Skurnik Wines, Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Mosel Wine Merchant, Naomi Rosen, Noel Sherr and others.

THE WINES Due to the questionable legalities of donating wine to this event, our sponsors made generous contributions directly to PIH. All wines are provided by CSW from our inventory. Please excuse last minute deletions or substitutions.

1. NV Casa Costepiane Prosecco di Valdobbiadene (Louis/Dressner Selections)
(Out of Stock $19.99)

2. NV Pierre Gimonnet Champagne Cuis 1er Cru Brut (Michael Skurnik Wines) ($43.99)

3. 2009 Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie (Louis/Dressner Selections) (2008 $12.99)

4. 2005 Franc Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse (Louis/Dressner Selections) N/A

5. 2005 Gerard Schueller Gewurztraminer Bildstoecklé (Chambers Street Wines) ($24.99)

6. 2007 Clemens Busch Pundericher Marienburg Falkenlay Riesling (Mosel Wine Imports) ($43.99)

7. 2008 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese "Rotlay" (Michael Skurnik Wines) ($39.99)

8. 2007 Georges Descombes Chiroubles Vieilles Vignes (Louis/Dressner Selections) ($27.99)

9. 2007 Domaine Diochon Moulin-A-Vent Vieilles Vignes (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant) N/A

10. 2007 Heinrich Mayr Nusserhof Elda Vino da Tavola Sciava (Louis/Dressner Selections) ($21.99)

11. 2008 Tajinaste Valle de la Orotava Listan Negro (David Bowler Wines) ($22.99)

12. 2008 Bermejo Lanzarote Listan Negro (David Bowler Wines) ($25.99)

13. 2007 Jean and Pierre Gonon Saint-Joseph (Chambers Street Wines) ($28.99)

14. 2005 Edmunds St John El Dorado County Syrah Wylie Fenaughty (David Bowler Wines) ($28.99)

- Joe Dressner 1-16-2010 1:01pm

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Joe Dressner - Captain Tumor Man!

Hi, I'm Joe Dressner the famous wine importer and I have brain cancer!

I already have a wine blog and frankly wine is such a luxury business that I hate to mix my cancer problems with my wine observations. I think it would be a general downer for the lifestyle crowd out there.

Furthermore, we in the wine trade always claim there are tremendous health benefits to drinking wine. I've already had cardiovascular bypass surgery over eight years ago and now I got a tumor aggressively rattling in my brain. My colleagues in the glamorous wine industry want me to keep it quiet.

So, I've started this wonderful new blog to discuss wine, brain tumors, my life and to give you hot tips on handling the cancer stricken around you. There will also be practical wine/radiation pairings when I start radiation therapy and chemotherapy next week.

Having brain cancer means I might both physically and intellectually decline. So, I will be using this blog as a venue to pursue petty vendettas against relatives, acquaintances and people in the wine trade.

I might also lose touch with reality and say things that are not true or are only half true. The important thing is to have fun and enjoy this rare and precious time in my life.

One of my pet vendettas is my cousin Dr. Barbara Hirsch. Dr. Barbara Hirsch is a very important Great Neck Endocrinologist, who was raised and nurtured by my parents. Dr. Hirsch waited until my father was near death and my mother was suffering from a rare neuromuscular disorder, to write them a seven page letter denouncing them for being horrible to her for the entirety of her life! Despite my concerns, Dr. Hirsch still refuses to apologize.

Last night, I drank a beautiful bottle of Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal 2005 from Pierre Breton. It was sublime and reminded me that I used to be healthy. Not only that, the vineyard used to be there before I existed. It exists independently of my having cancer and will continue to exist. You ought to buy some.

August 2009 Postscript: Not only does it exist independently of my cancer, it also exists independently of Louis/Dressner Selections. After 18 years, they have dumped us for Kermit Lynch. Oh well. At least I'm alive!

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