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By GIL KULERS
Published on: 05/31/07

Gordon Holmes came to own Lookout Ridge Winery, perched high in the mountains of eastern Sonoma County, like many other winery owners. He made his money somewhere else, plunked it down on property in California wine country and started making ultra-premium wines costing $40 per bottle and up.

This millionaire-turned-winemaker's story takes a different turn after a chance meeting with Ken Behring, former owner of the Seattle Seahawks football team and philanthropist. At the 2004 California Cult Wines Classic Dinner, a charity event held annually in San Francisco, Behring bought a large-format bottle of Lookout Ridge Pinot Noir for $1,500. Behring told Holmes about the Wheelchair Foundation, an organization founded by Behring that has given more than 500,000 wheelchairs to impoverished individuals around the world who have lost their mobility."