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Remembering...
The 1st International Wine & Heart Health Summit
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February
2001,
Napa Valley, California
Over
300 physicians from around the world attended
the 1st International Wine & Heart Health
Summit held at the Silverado Country Club &
Resort in Napa, California. The Summit was co-sponsored
by Desert Heart Foundation and Robert Mondavi
Family of Wine.
The
two-day symposium brought together an impressive
faculty of physicians, scientists and epidemiologists
to discuss the benefits of the daily consumption
of wine on improved cardiovascular health. |
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Left
to right: Faculty members Tedd Goldfinger DO, David
Whitten MD, R. Curtis Ellison MD, Serge Renaud PhD
at a wine tasting reception hosted by local wineries. |
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Social
venues included exceptional dinners at Robert Mondavi
Winery and V. Sattui. The final event was a fundraiser
for the Wine & Heart Health Research Initiative
called The Affair of the Heart. |
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Anne
Colgin, California vintner and Sotheby's auctioneer,
kept the bidding lively and entertaining. |
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Nearly
150 guests gathered in the Vineyard Room at Robert
Mondavi Winery to bid on important lots of wine
with the proceeds going to the Wine & Heart
Health Research Initiative. |
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Robert
and Margrit Mondavi were hosts for the evening along
with Tedd M. Goldfinger DO, FACC, FCCP, President
of Desert Heart Foundation and Director of the Wine
& Heart Health Research Initiative. |
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Click
here to view this years agenda
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