Toast to Humanity's mission is to effectively utilize
cause-branding, allowing corporations to align with social and charitable
causes, resulting in increased consumer confidence and loyalty for their
products. Our goal is to provide worthy charitable organizations the support
needed to fulfill their mission of being compassionate stewards of humanitarian
causes.
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Up Close and Personal with Cristina Mariani-May
Co-CEO, Castello Banfi

As a women in a senior position in the wine industry, how have you seen the development of women grow in this industry?
More and more women are entering into the wine business and
particularly in the sales capacity. I feel women have the strength of
easily forming relationships and this makes them great sales
executives. I am also seeing more women in wine education and in
marketing. On the consumer front, I feel that women tend to be more
open to trying new wines from different regions of the world.
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Banfi Chianti Classico
Retails for about $16.00 a bottle
Banfi Chianti Classico embodies all the characteristics that have made
this wine an enduring classic: an alluring bouquet of black fruit and
violets; rich flavors of cherry and leather; supple tannins and good
acidity for dining. Fermentation takes place with a traditional skin
contact of 8 to 10 days. Aging in French oak barriques for 7 months
follows. Bottling is carried out in the summer following the harvest.
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The 37th Ryder Cup, played every other year between 12 of the top American golfers and 12 of their European counterparts, takes place September 19th-21st in Louisville, Kentucky. NBC and its affiliated stations are planning more than 25 hours of live coverage, and with that in mind, golf enthusiasts should begin thinking about what they'll be drinking while watching.
Nick Faldo, the lead golf analyst for CBS and this year's European captain and winner of the most number of points earned in the history of the Ryder Cup, is the man behind a line of easy-drinking wines from Australia. Few can question his performance on the golf course, but off the green, Faldo has been busy pursuing new interests, including wine.
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What made you go out and open up your own company?
 Alex Guarachi
I came to the US on a soccer scholarship and I got injured. I was
always passionate about wine as I grew up with wine always on the
table. In addition, I always had an entrepreneurial spirit so it was
destined for me to do my own thing. I love food and wine and all of
the lifestyle centered around good food and good wine. Some of the best
pleasures in life are good food and good wine! Back in 1982 you could
not even find a bottle of wine from Chile here in the US. We were the
first to introduce Chilean wines into the US. Someone needed to get
the wines here and then make noise to the press and talk them up.
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