2025 Napa Best Cellars Wine Dinner

NAPA'S BEST CELLARS WINE DINNER 2025 HONOREES

Shep Gordon
Music Industry Icon, Manager and "Supermensch"

Lee + Cristina Hudson
Hudson Napa Valley 

ENTERTAINMENT

An Intimate Acoustic Performance by
Donavon Frankenreiter and G Love

CELEBRITY CHEF

Aaron Sanchez
Award-Winning Chef, TV Personality, Author, Philanthropist

WINE DINNER COMMITTEE

Remi Cohen, Co-Chair
Marc Reiter, Co-Chair
Kia Benhia
Ashley Brandner
Warren Christensen
Danny Cooper
Max Duley
Scott Lewis
Dino Paredes
Vito Parente
Elizabeth Vianello
Lane Watson

ABOUT THE NAPA BEST CELLARS WINE DINNER

The Napa Best Cellars Wine Dinner showcases many of America's most distinguished wine collectors whose cellars are opened to provide Grand Crus and exceptional vintages to accompany an elegant three-course gourmet dinner. 

Guests are captivated by the sumptuous array of luxury auction item experiences and bid enthusiastically on such selections as deluxe travel explorations and tickets to the best concerts. 

The Best Cellars Dinner brings together leaders from the music, business, entertainment, and wine communities in Atlanta, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, Napa, Sonoma, Nashville, New York, and Washington D.C. to make a difference in the fight against cancer.

The T.J. Martell Foundation Best Cellars Wine Dinner is a unique "La Paulee" style event,
with each table providing wine from their personal collections for the dinner; making
for a diverse array of top-notch juice being poured by Napa Valley Sommeliers.
Table-hopping is encouraged among all the guests!

ABOUT THE T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION

The T.J. Martell Foundation funds medical research dedicated to finding new treatments and cures for cancer with support from the music and entertainment industries.

We believe that a world without cancer is possible through targeted and bold investments in high-risk, high-gain cancer research that advances science and ultimately saves lives.

Since our founding in 1975, we have raised more than $280 million for medical research grants at leading institutions nationwide.

As a result of our awards, our researchers have received approximately $1 billion in additional funding from sources like the National Institutes of Health.

The T.J. Martell Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. We appreciate the support that funds some of the brightest minds and many innovative ideas.

We're excited to share that our organization has earned a 2022 Gold Seal of Transparency with Candid!

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