No jokes about champagne tastes and beer budgets, OK? Having a brewski-making family’s daughter-in-law (Kathy Coors) and a banker’s sister (Heather Miller) heading up the 2007 edition of DAM Uncorked was nothing to snicker about, seeing’s how the big wine tasting and vintner’s dinner raised almost a half-million dollars.
Coors, wife of Brad Coors, and Miller, whose brother, Mariner Kemper, is chairman and CEO of UMB Financial Corp., said the $480,000-and-counting take from the two-day event represents “a considerable exceeding of our goal.”
The Friday-night tasting featured the opportunity to sample dozens of premium wines, and to meet Andrew Firestone of TV’s “The Bachelor,” who poured wines from the Firestone Family Estate. On Saturday, a more intimate Vintners’ Dinner & Auction was held, also with Coors and Miller at the helm.
There, Andrea Fiuczynski of Christie’s reeled in some big money by selling such one-of- a-kind items as rare vintages from the private cellar of museum trustee Fred Hamilton, fly- fishing expeditions at ranches owned by the Coors and Dines families; and the opportunity to brew your own beer at the Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field.
Meg Armstrong, Jill Dines, Leanne Duncan, Wendy Lee and Katrina Benes were among those helping to make the event a success; patrons included Suzanne and Don MacKenzie; Ann and Kevin Reidy; Ellen Bruss and Mark Falcone; and Sharon and Lanny Martin.
Coming right up
Fiesta de Flores is the theme for Denver Botanic Gardens’ Plant Sale Preview Party, which begins at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Chairwomen Mary Schaefer and Amy Slothower say that guests can shop until 6:30, at which time they’ll adjourn to Mitchell Hall for a fiesta dinner with music by guitarist Robert Eldridge. Tickets are $75 each or $125 for two, with credit card reservations being taken at 720-865-3506.
Registration for Cure magazine’s Day of Caring: A Breast Cancer Forum begins at 7 a.m. May 12 at the Marriott Denver Tech Center. In addition to workshops and a keynote address by registered nurse and three-time cancer survivor Susan Leigh, there will be the traditional lunchtime fashion show that event founder Sue Miller started as a way to show that breast cancer survivors can lead healthy, happy lives. Register online at curetoday.com/
forums.
Youth of the Year Alexandria Batiste and homebuilder Patrick Hamill will be honored May 12 at a dinner benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. David and Bonnie Mandarich chair the 6 p.m. event with John and Katy Shaw; call 303-892-9200, ext. 102.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com.
More online: Additional pictures from DAM Uncorked
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