Vino for the Win!
Actors and married
couple Ashton Kutcher
and Mila Kunis have
launched a 'quarantine'
Pinot Noir from Oregon
and will donate 100% of the profits to
charities providing Covid-19 relief.
The wine is a 2018 Pinot Noir from the
Willamette Valley, made by lead winemaker
Sarah Cabot of Battle Creek Vineyards. It
retails for $50 for two bottles, or $40 for
members of the Nocking Point Wine Club.
(And yes, the label is blank so you can grab
a marker and customize it for "a virtual
happy hour with a friend or loved one.")
The four charities that will share the profits
from Quarantine Wine are Give Directly,
which provides cash grants to SNAP
families in hard-hit areas; Direct Relief,
which donates medical equipment and
PPE to healthcare workers; the Frontline
Responders Fund, which delivers PPE
and ventilators to hospitals and other
healthcare facilities; and America's Food
Fund, a collaboration between Feeding
America and chef José Andrés' World
Central Kitchen.
A cool label allows you to write in the
name of the person (or event) that you
are toasting to. A unique keepsake to
remember these times.
The Band Plays On
For many live music
fans, spring is the most
important season, as
bands hit the road and
huge festivals, such as
South by Southwest
and Coachella, kick off a busy concert
season.
But in the face of the coronavirus
pandemic, spring concerts and even the
summer music season are in peril, as social
distancing and self-quarantining make
performing live music and attending live
shows all but impossible. Tours have been
postponed or outright canceled, and state
and local prohibitions on large public
gatherings have closed venues indefinitely.
Music fans' calendars, and the calendars
