Turning Wine into Water

Wine family’s clean water charity turns ten

Where there’s a will, there’s a well. That’s the saying Peter Troilo and his family have. The Troilos, proprietors of Nicholas Roberts Fine Wine, have been working for the past ten years to raise funds for water projects in the developing world. On Oct. 3 their nonprofit, Turning Wine Into Water, held its tenth annual wine tasting fundraiser. The event, held at the Landing in Stamford and catered by David Cingari, raised approximately $18,000 for the organization.

“The problem is much bigger than we think it is,” says Peter Troilo. “There is such a lack of awareness of the problem. There’s no need for new research or technology. It’s all funding.”

“We take our access to clean water for granted. We turn on the water faucet and we fill our glass and we have water we can drink. We find two half-used bottles of water in the backseat of our car and we toss it out if it’s three weeks old. When you think about that and the number, the 26,000 children under the age of five who die every day because they lack access to clean water, and you wonder why you take it for granted. Especially if you have kids.”

The $18,000 raised at the event will allow Turning Wine Into Water to begin a new project with its partner in Africa, Catholic Relief Services. An individual donor made a gift that will complete a water, sanitation and hygiene project in the Belidi district in Ethiopia. Turning Wine Into Water, according to Troilo, has been the lead funder for that $200,000 project.

At the event guests tasted vintage and non-vintage wines. Donations were taken at the door and purchases of tickets and wine went to the nonprofit. Vendors selected the wines to pour at the event, and Troilo curated the tables.

Wines in the vintage room were rare and collectible items. Vintage wines that stood out are the Wind Racer Russian River Valley 2011 chardonnay and 2011 pinot noir; the Chateau Vignot Saint-Emilion 2006; and the Mt. Brave Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2011. Also successful were the O’Shaughnessy Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 and the La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904 2004.

The non-vintage wines that proved popular include the Gabriel Meffre “Sainte-Catherine” Gigondas 2011, the Martray Cotes de Brouilly Corentin 2013, the Hiedler “Loess” gruner veltliner 2014, and the Juve y Camps Cava Reserva de la Familia 2010. The Les Annees Folles La Voluptueuse 2013, priced at $12, was a big seller.

Source: DarienTimes

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