Introducing One Radiant, Socially Conscious Wine

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A PHILANTHROPIC WINE Company ON A MISSION

Meet the Aura Fund & Aura: Championing Those Who Better Our World

Using our wine named Aura as the vehicle for positive change, The Aura Fund’s mission is to help make a difference in the world by giving back a portion of our wine sales to endeavors working to improve the lives and landscape of our planet.

Raising the Give-Back Bar

We feel strongly that corporate America needs to step up and do better, with less focus on the bottom line and more attention to our fellow humans and Mother Earth. The Aura Fund’s sole business model is to use our entire wine inventory in the support of giving back 15-20% of our gross sales to dedicated causes that we feel a connection to. That’s $5-$7 per bottle!

you drink aura, and we give back

Through committed and meaningful non-profit partnerships, we work together to share the shine of care. With your support, that is what the Aura Fund aims to do. You drink Aura, and we give back. It’s that simple.

More about Aura & our family here

Wines that better our world

Google “Charitable Wine Companies” and you’ll find a number of other do-good wine companies who donate a portion of their earnings to endeavors that support the faces and places of our planet. Big and small, these wine brands have stepped up to help fund those who are making our world a better place.

A small family label since 2008, The Grande Dalles is proud to embrace this socially conscious wine movement through our wine, Aura. Each purchase of Aura sparks a donation through The Aura Fund to a non-profit working hard for causes we are behind.

one dazzling, dynamic, democratizing wine movement

Together with a bunch of hard-working wine brands and you, we can share our care, spread the light, so to speak. Collectively, our shine will illuminate far beyond ourselves to encourage more people to do more good near and far. All from a shared love of beautiful wines bottled for a greater purpose. Now that’s power to the people.

“ Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as you ever can. ”

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A perfect pairing

Wine Lovers + Wine With a Purpose

By design, wine brings us together: to share a bottle, eat a meal, to celebrate life and living. What about a wine whose purpose is to help support people and planet? Well, that is goodness, magnified! We call it “The Long Lingering Glow of All-Around Goodwill and Cheer.” Yet, it’s wordy. But, who wouldn’t want to share that?

doing good does you good

Besides the benefits others can receive from your kindness, it turns out there are mental and physical health benefits for YOU! Did you know this? Just from being kind and giving to others. Research has shown numerous improved health benefits. These can include:

Feeling happier and more satisfied;
Helping you live longer;
Increasing your self-esteem;
Lowering your stress levels;
Lessening depression;
Lowering your blood pressure.

a match of great perfection

With all the different philanthropic wines and wine brands to choose from, your own philanthropic wine palate will grow by leaps and bounds. And with your help—together with the Aura Fund—we will be one glowing group of wine lovers who not only love great wine, but who join to generate joy in others, and create positive change all around. And maybe even lower some blood pressure, or at least feel happier along the way. That, my friends, is one wine match of great perfection, no question!

Sunshine, Bottled

The aromas [of 2016 Aura] offer notes of berry, flower, cherry, anise, pencil eraser, cough medicine, and fresh herb. Pleasing, plump-feeling flavors follow. There are a lot of good things happening. Give it a long decant and pair it with something bold. Grilled steak would do nicely.

Sean Sullivan

Wine Critic, Northwest Wine Report

Intriguing. Distinctive. Unique.

These are words used by Sean Sullivan—former Contributing Editor and Wine Critic of Wine Enthusiast—to describe the small-batch red wines produced and bottled by our family’s label, The Grande Dalles. 2016 Aura is no exception. With 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Tempranillo, and 13.5% alcohol, its balanced fruit and food-friendliness is a go-to wine easy to enjoy.

Like you, Aura Brings its own sparkle to the table

Each vintage is made with grace, and intention. And because we are of that other wine tribe who believes great wine is made in the vineyard–not in the winery–we also believe in a tender touch to Mother Earth. Only low-impact, sustainably grown grapes from small, family owned and farmed vineyards are selected for our wines. Once harvested, Aura’s fruit is lightly processed, with minimal intervention. All help to create memorably balanced wines perfect for food, family, and friends.

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“Remember, you don’t live in a world all your own.” Albert Schweitzer, Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize Winner

your care, uncorked

The AURA FUND Shares Your Shine

the more you purchase, the more you give

You buy wine and enjoy, and we give back for the joy of all: buy 1-3 bottles and we give back $5 from each bottle to a vetted non-profit; 4-6 bottles provides $6 from each bottle; and 7-12 bottles $7 from each bottle. Currently we are giving back to Portland Child Art Studio, a local visual art exploration space that recognizes the need to support under-served kids in the pursuit of self-expression, and Wine to Water, an international non-profit committed to supporting the life and dignity of all through the power of clean water. Other ideas of who to one day partner with stem from our time spent volunteering, or just our general interests. These include local and national groups–large and small alike–focused on hunger, education, disease, and children’s needs in underserved communities, as well as protecting and preserving nature, its inhabitants and the outdoors, and that includes getting our diverse communities involved, too, especially the children. But we don’t plan to stop there!

growing partnerships to do good

As time goes on, we look forward to expanding our giving to diverse groups further afield. Know of one or two who might need a monetary boost? Do tell us! We’d love to hear from you. Ultimately, what we really want to have happen is to work with these groups in partnership: they will engage their fan base to help raise funds for the work they do through Aura wine sales, and we will keep sending beams of light out into the universe telling you all about it. And hopefully, this encourages you to get involved, either by purchasing our wine, or supporting their aspirations in your own way. It’s all good!

score points with the planet with every purchase

Yes It Is. The World. In Your Hands.

Who doesn’t feel better helping our planet and each other? As a small wine company, we are committed to helping do just that. And when you know your purchase contributes to something greater than ourselves, it’s a win-win-win: for you, for a family’s small business, and more importantly, for the world we live in. Together, our care can brighten the faces and places around us to make difference.

We can’t do this without you.

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