I was thrilled to be a part of the 11th Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival, held this past fall in Toronto. The weekend long program of seminars, tastings and dinners hosted by an incredible collection of luminaries from the worlds of wine and food in conjunction with Toronto's community of passionate winelovers raised a total of C$5.5 million for the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, one of the world’s leading centers focused on stem cell research. These two smaller events within Grand Cru showcased the wines of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and raised C$1 million.