Scene & Heard: Grand Prix Wine Dinner
![Mary Rittenhouse and Kim Mitchell attended the Catholic Charities Grand Prix party.<br>
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Oenophiles toasted the start of the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVSPR000170" title="Grand Prix of Baltimore" href="/topic/sports/auto-racing/grand-prix-of-baltimore-EVSPR000170.topic">Baltimore Grand Prix</a> weekend with a wine dinner at <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLENT000329" title="Morton's The Steakhouse" href="/topic/lifestyle-leisure/dining-drinking/chicago-restaurants/mortons-the-steakhouse-PLENT000329.topic">Morton's The Steakhouse</a> benefiting the University of Maryland Children's Hospital and Catholic Charities.<br>
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"We're mixing business with pleasure, although both [my] businesses are pretty fun," said host Kevin Buckler, Adobe Road Winery owner and founder of The Racer's Group, one of the teams in the race.<br>
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The evening began with hors d'oeuvres -- like mozzarella and tomato bruschetta drizzled with a balsamic reduction -- and samples of the winery's sauvignon blanc.<br>
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"This is the first of many, they tell me," said <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEBSL000477" title="Donald C. Fry" href="/topic/economy-business-finance/donald-c.-fry-PEBSL000477.topic">Donald Fry</a>, GBC president/CEO, as he sipped the aurulent liquid. In fact, four more courses would follow; each with a corresponding wine.<br>
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However, that was the one part of the meal racecar driver Dion Von Moltke would be skipping.<br>
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"During the season, I don't drink at all," said Moltke.<br>
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His co-driver, Baltimorean Marc Bunting, wasn't making the same promise since qualifying races were still a day and a half off.<br>
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"Keep an eye on me. I might have a glass," he said.<br>
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<I>-- Sloane Brown</i>](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2011-09/64413981.jpg "Mary Rittenhouse and Kim Mitchell attended the Catholic Charities Grand Prix party.<br>
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Oenophiles toasted the start of the <a class=\"taxInlineTagLink\" id=\"EVSPR000170\" title=\"Grand Prix of Baltimore\" href=\"/topic/sports/auto-racing/grand-prix-of-baltimore-EVSPR000170.topic\">Baltimore Grand Prix</a> weekend with a wine dinner at <a class=\"taxInlineTagLink\" id=\"PLENT000329\" title=\"Morton's The Steakhouse\" href=\"/topic/lifestyle-leisure/dining-drinking/chicago-restaurants/mortons-the-steakhouse-PLENT000329.topic\">Morton's The Steakhouse</a> benefiting the University of Maryland Children's Hospital and Catholic Charities.<br>
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\"We're mixing business with pleasure, although both [my] businesses are pretty fun,\" said host Kevin Buckler, Adobe Road Winery owner and founder of The Racer's Group, one of the teams in the race.<br>
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The evening began with hors d'oeuvres -- like mozzarella and tomato bruschetta drizzled with a balsamic reduction -- and samples of the winery's sauvignon blanc.<br>
<br>
\"This is the first of many, they tell me,\" said <a class=\"taxInlineTagLink\" id=\"PEBSL000477\" title=\"Donald C. Fry\" href=\"/topic/economy-business-finance/donald-c.-fry-PEBSL000477.topic\">Donald Fry</a>, GBC president/CEO, as he sipped the aurulent liquid. In fact, four more courses would follow; each with a corresponding wine.<br>
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However, that was the one part of the meal racecar driver Dion Von Moltke would be skipping.<br>
<br>
\"During the season, I don't drink at all,\" said Moltke.<br>
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His co-driver, Baltimorean Marc Bunting, wasn't making the same promise since qualifying races were still a day and a half off.<br>
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\"Keep an eye on me. I might have a glass,\" he said.<br>
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<I>-- Sloane Brown</i>")
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( Photo by Colby Ware, Special to The Baltimore Sun / August 31, 2011 )
Mary Rittenhouse and Kim Mitchell attended the Catholic Charities Grand Prix party. Oenophiles toasted the start of the Baltimore Grand Prix weekend with a wine dinner at Morton's The Steakhouse benefiting the University of Maryland Children's Hospital and Catholic Charities. "We're mixing business with pleasure, although both [my] businesses are pretty fun," said host Kevin Buckler, Adobe Road Winery owner and founder of The Racer's Group, one of the teams in the race. The evening began with hors d'oeuvres -- like mozzarella and tomato bruschetta drizzled with a balsamic reduction -- and samples of the winery's sauvignon blanc. "This is the first of many, they tell me," said Donald Fry, GBC president/CEO, as he sipped the aurulent liquid. In fact, four more courses would follow; each with a corresponding wine. However, that was the one part of the meal racecar driver Dion Von Moltke would be skipping. "During the season, I don't drink at all," said Moltke. His co-driver, Baltimorean Marc Bunting, wasn't making the same promise since qualifying races were still a day and a half off. "Keep an eye on me. I might have a glass," he said. -- Sloane Brown |
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