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Nikolai family gives thanks and praise to Dayton wine community
Last night’s benefit dinner at The Winds for Todd Nikolai was extraordinary on several levels.
First, there was the meal set out by Chef Kim Korkan, which was well-executed and delicious. Second, there was the way the dinner came together — with the cooperation and collaboration among The Winds and its suppliers and wine distributors leading to every penny of the dinner’s $100 ticket price to go directly to the Todd Nikolai Memorial Fund. Every penny.
More than 60 people attended the dinner, and several more donated the ticket price to the memorial fund with no intention of attending.
Todd’s family was there, including his wife Wendy and his siblings. Both family and friends stood to recount humorous anecdotes and to reminisce about Todd.
And at the end of the evening, Wendy rose to thank those in attendance. But she singled out for special praise and thanks the local wine community for all it has done to comfort her and Carina, their 3-year-old daughter. She spoke with power and eloquence, closing with, “I don’t know how we could have done it without you.”
Every reader of this page should be proud of the local wine community that you’re a part of — because that community’s cohesiveness and compassion were never better displayed than last night.
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