Includes:

• 1 x Significant Cab - 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon - Mount Veeder, Napa Valley
• 1 x The Sweetheart - 2020 Chardonnay - Russian River Valley
• 1 x 3-Bottle Wooden Fire-Branded Vintage Wine Crate
• 1 x Customizable 3D Wooden Holiday Card
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• 1 x Screwdriver Keychain to Open the Crate
• 2 x Wine Tumblers
• 1 x Leather Flask Set
• 1 x Golf Towel

Wine Information:

Significant Cab:

The Significant Sig Award recognizes those alumni members whose exemplary achievements in their fields of endeavor have brought great honor and prestige to the name of Sigma Chi.

Each vintage of this beautiful mountain-grown Cabernet will honor lesser-known Significant Sigs that have passed on to the Eternal Chapter. The first is CEO of Phillips Petroleum Company and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Significant Sig William Wayne Keeler, KANSAS 1930 , was born April 5, 1908, in Dalhart, TX, and grew up in Bartlesville, OK where he died in 1987. Born of Cherokee ancestry, Keeler was appointed principal chief by President Harry S. Truman in 1949. For the next quarter century, Keeler worked to reestablish Cherokee sovereignty and government. In 1971, after his selection as the tribe's first elected chief since 1903, he presided over the drafting of a new Cherokee constitution. Keeler was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1966 and is considered one of the most influential members of the tribe. The W.W. Keeler Complex in Tahlequah, OK, is the seat of the Cherokee tribal government and was named in his honor.

From the steep, rocky slopes of Napa Valley's famed Mount Veeder, The Significant Cab's tremendous structure and balance are the essence of Mount Veeder, known as the source of some of Napa Valley's most extraordinary mountain-grown wines. This wine exhibits a beguiling balance of complex, sophisticated aromatics and fruit intensity wed to a core of taut yet silky tannins. Notes of cassis, lingonberry, black cherry, and crushed cocoa come to the forefront, with hints of violets, thyme, black tea, and kirsch all layer on a bed of velvety tannin.

This bottle is signed by Jennifer Lynn Keeler (KANSAS - Pi Beta Phi), great-granddaughter of Significant Sig W.W. Keeler.

The Sweetheart:

The second release of "The Sweetheart" Chardonnay is a real gem. Hailing from the cool and foggy climate of the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County, this beautiful medium-bodied wine was grown slowly to build intense flavors over time. This wine was aged in French oak and displays a beautiful balance of fruit, oak, and liveliness on the palate and exhibits lush mango and toasted almond. Balanced fruit with tart acidity makes this wine a classic example of Premium Russian River Chardonnay.

The Sweetheart is the symbol of the spiritual ingredient in the brotherhood, and we hope this wine will be shared amongst friends and family in the same sentiment. This label showcases the iconic images of the sheet music of the Sigma Chi Sweetheart Song with the hat and flower.

This bottle is signed by Jacqueline DuPont Carlson, International Sweetheart 1989-1991 (SAN DIEGO - Alpha Delta Pi).

History:

Written in 1911 by two undergraduates at Albion College in Michigan, The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi has become the most popular college fraternity song in history. Byron Stokes, 1913, wrote the words one June day while in class. He took the words to his Sigma Chi Brother Dudleigh Vernor, 1914, who was practicing the organ in the campus chapel; Vernor completed the music that day. It was first sung by Harry Clifford, ALBION 1911, who designed the drawing on the original sheet music and published by Richard Vernor, ALBION 1913, brother of Dudleigh Vernor.

Stokes was asked by many people, "Who is the girl who was the inspiration?" He answered it was no one in particular. "The `Sweetheart' is the symbol of the spiritual ingredient in brotherhood. It was the Sigma Chi Fraternity itself that inspired the song. I wrote the words not long after my initiation, and the magic of our Ritual with its poetic overtones and undertones was, I suppose, the source of my inspiration."

Retail Price: $299.00

1855 Club Member Price: $239.20