Mercer Wine Estates to Unveil Eagle & Plow Label

The Mercer family, the first to plant vinifera in Washington’s Horse Heaven Hills in 1972, announced the September 5 launch of the inaugural Eagle & Plow BLOCK 93 Cabernet Sauvignon, a new label created to support and benefit the servicemen and women and their families who have been impacted by the war on terrorism and those who continue to serve and protect.

Eagle & Plow is the Mercer family’s most recent charitable initiative inspired by the family’s close connections with the September 11, 2001 tragedies and history of service in the United States military. Mercer Vineyard Manager, John Derrick, lost his best friend, Richard Guadagno on United Airlines Flight 93. The 2012 Eagle & Plow BLOCK 93 Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from a one-acre block, on the family’s Cavalie vineyard.

BLOCK 93 contains 911 vines, 40 of which were hand-planted by Derrick’s vineyard team to represent the 40 innocent victims of Flight 93. The wine has a suggested retail price of $100 and $350 for 750 ml and 3L bottlings, respectively, and will be available in select markets including California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington State. All sales proceeds will be donated to commemorating organizations such as the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation and Friends of Flight 93.