$921,776 for the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont Foundation

The Events Are Back!

Éric Bujold, Julie Desharnais, Jean-Philippe Beauvais, Catherine Dagenais, Pierre Nelis et Jean-François Fortin-Verreault

The Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (HMR) is pleased to announce that its big week of signature events has raised $921,776. This amount will go to the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont Cancer Care Centre expansion project.

Four Days, Three Outstanding Events

On June 8, the very first edition of Montréal Passion Gin kicked off a great week of tastings and gastronomy. Presented by the Côte des Saints Distillery, the event—founded on the commitment of a group of young professionals—enabled guests to broaden their palate. Tastings were led by columnist Patrick Désy and Dr. François Marquis, who is also a partner in the distillery.

Gabriel Bellomo, Sébastien Cusson, Jade Lavallée-Labossière, Mathieu Huot, Yann Desjardins

Celebrations continued on June 9 with the 10^th edition of À Votre Santé!, presented by CDPQ. Supported by an organizing committee of volunteer businesswomen, the event honoured the sparkling wines of the Champagne Taittinger house.

À Votre Santé!: Julie Desharnais, Annie Bernard, Margaret Henri, Alexandra Velosa, Catherine Samson, Louise Roby, Louise Sanscartier, Johanne Desrochers, Evelyne Rousseau, Danielle Boulet, Josée Duhaime, Sandrine Bourlet et Gwendoline Bonnet.

Finally, the wine tastings and grand banquet of the 20^th edition of Montréal Passion Vin, capped off the week. This event was presented by National Bank, Private Banking 1859. For this anniversary edition, the HMR Foundation and its guests welcomed Clovis Taittinger, Gaïa Gaja, Grégory Patriat and Eric Kohler, of the Champagne Taittinger, Gaja, Jean-Claude Boisset and Château Lafite Rothschild wineries, respectively. In front of a captivated audience, they shared their extensive knowledge with wine columnist Nadia Fournier and sommelier Véronique Rivest during the June 10^th wine tastings. The winemakers later told the stories of their most outstanding bottles to host Sébastien Benoît, during the banquet on June 11^th.

Sébastien Benoit, Julie Desharnais, Jean-Philippe Beauvais, Dr. Silvy Lachance, Dominic LeBlanc, Catherine Dagenais, Pierre Nelis, Jean-François Fortin Verreault et Éric Bujold.

Many thanks to our loyal presenting partner, the Société des alcools du Québec, for joining us at the À Votre Santé! event for the past 10 years and for its unflagging support since the beginning of Montreal Passion Vin.

Of note this year, when planning the event, the context required a redesigned edition, with only half of the usual number of guests.