A Zealot for More Than Good Wine

At a recent Santa Barbara wine auction, a benefit for the Music Academy of the West, the honorees included Jim Clendenen of Au Bon Climat winery and the other winemakers who share the same facility (“The Wine Zealot,” by Doug Adrianson, Nov. 1).

I was reminded that one of Clendenen’s most important attributes wasn’t mentioned in Adrianson’s fine article. Clendenen has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities over the years and continues his high level of participation with generous donations of time, money, wine and auction lots.

Blake T. Brown

Santa Barbara