Vintner Barry Collier pledges to gift 100 percent of the profits, in perpetuity, from a vineyard of Syrah named after and planted by his wife Susan before her onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Proceeds go to the Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research & Treatment Center at CPMC.
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