Red Sox Players Hope to Hit a Home Run with Wine for Charity!

Red Sox players, Manny Ramirez, Curt Schilling, and Tim Wakefield are launching their own wine labels with proceeds benefiting their charity of choice. Boston Red Sox fans are excited about the new wines and can't wait to taste them. The expected retail price of the wine is $12-$13 per bottle. The Red Sox wines are imported from Longball Vineyards of Lontue Valley, Chile.

VinLozano Imports started Charity Wines in January 2007, a philanthropic wine project, after some personal tragedies involving friends and family with cancer. Charity Hop helped enlist the members of the Boston Red Sox and oversaw much of the marketing to launch the 3 new wine brands. According to Charity Hop, as of May 2007, more than 264,000 bottles have already been pre-sold raising more than $330,000 for charity. About 75% of all import proceeds go directly to the charity of the player’s choice.

“Manny Being Merlot,” the 2005 Merlot from Lontue Valley, Chile, is named after the Red Sox slugger, Manny Ramirez.

By purchasing "Manny Being Merlot," you are helping children of Miami, Florida, have the chance at success and reaching their dreams. Donations from sales of Manny Merlot benefit CHARLEE Homes for Children. CHARLEE provides therapeutic, residential, and supportive services to abused, abandoned, and neglected children within a safe environment in a community-based continuum of care.

For more information or to make a donation, please visit http://www.charleeprogram.org/.

"Schilling Schardonnay," the 2006 Chardonnay from Lontue Valley, Chile, shares Red Sox pitcher, Curt Schilling's surname.

A portion of the proceeds from your purchase of "Schilling Schardonnay," will be used to support Curt's Pitch for ALS, a program founded by pitcher, Curt Schilling, and his wife, Shonda. The program benefits The ALS Association Massachusetts Chapter, whose mission is to improve the quality of life for those living with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and support their families while aggressively funding research for a cure.

For more information or to make a donation, please visit http://www.curtspitch.org/.

"Caberknuckle," the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, from Lontue Valley, Chile, was named by Red Sox pitcher, Tim Wakefield.

Proceeds from the sale of "Caberknuckle" support Pitching In for Kids, a program dedicated to improving the lives of children across the New England region through sports-related events, including the Annual All-Star Celebrity Golf Tournament co-hosted by Tim Wakefield.

For more information or to make a donation, please visit http://www.pitchinginforkids.org/.

These Red Sox wines have just arrived at wine retail stores in the Boston area. They are available at Colonial Spirits in Acton, Massachusetts, http://www.colonialspirits.com/.

We can't wait to try them!

Cheers!

Theresa & Ken


The information from this post was obtained from http://www.charityhop.com/projects/charity_baseball_wines.htm.

The artwork on the wine labels was created by Jonathan Banchick, http://www.banchickillustration.com/.