{"id":16315,"date":"2023-08-22T12:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montage.com\/palmettobluff\/?page_id=16315"},"modified":"2024-11-04T19:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T23:13:48","slug":"well-living-october-bios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montage.com\/palmettobluff\/well-living-october-bios\/","title":{"rendered":"Well Living October Bios"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"hero-slider\" class=\"hero\">\n    <div class=\"hero__container swiper-container hero__container-- \">\n        <div class=\"hero__wrapper hero__wrapper--  \">\n                                        <div class=\"hero__slide hero__slide--  swiper-slide\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads.montage.com\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/22124517\/pledge-the-pink-2019-fundraising-prizes.webp\" class=\"hero__image \" alt=\"A Pledge the Pink fundraiser\">\n                    <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n        \n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"hero__widget hero__widget--middle\">\n                        <div class=\"booking-widget\">\n    \n    \n                        <h1 class=\"booking-widget__title c-title--hero c-title--white \">\n                October Practitioners &amp; Organizations\n            <\/h1>\n                <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"melis\" class=\"page-section content-box page-section--gray\">\n    <div class=\"c-appeared c-appeared--down\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <article class=\"content-box content-box--content-box\">\n                <div class=\"content-box__container\">\n                    <div class=\"row justify-content-between \">\n                        <div class=\"col-lg-7 order-lg-1\">\n                            <div class=\"content-box__picture content-box__picture--left\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"content-box__slider swiper\">\n                                        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide content-box__slide\">\n                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads.montage.com\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/13104955\/PalmettoBluff-154-768x512.webp\" class=\"content-box__image\" alt=\"MELIS Bracelets\">\n                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\" col-lg-5 col-xl-5 order-lg-2\">\n                            <div class=\"offset-lg-1 d-flex col-lg-11 align-items-top\">\n                                <div class=\"d-flex flex-column col-12\">\n                                <div class=\"c-expander c-expander--content-box\">\n                                    <div class=\"c-expander__excerpt content-box__excerpt-wrapper\">\n                                        <div class=\"c-expander__excerpt-inner\">\n                                            \n                                                                                            <h2 class=\"content-box__title content-box__title--content-box c-title c-title--secondary c-title--black\">MELIS<\/h2>\n                                            \n                                            \n                                                                                        <div class=\"content-box__excerpt content-box__excerpt--content-box\">\n                                                <p>MELIS launched her accessory business in 2001. She has always been an artist since she was very young with a desire to work with her hands painting, sculpting and designing. MELIS has expanded the line over the years with new line additions from whatever creatively speaks to her. Originally from Dallas, Texas and now settled in Phoenix, after graduating with a degree in Merchandising and Fashion Promotion and a minor in Business from the University of Arizona. She creates accessories that encourage you to &ldquo;bring out YOUR inner Rockstar&rdquo; because she feels everyone has an inner Rockstar and you only need one special accessory to bring it out!<\/p>\n<p>MELIS recently went through her own personal journey which has lead her on a new path of positivity and happiness. She sees her life through new eyes with each day bringing so much growth and gratitude. As she followed her new path, her designing grew with her creating her line ENERGIE. The line is created with positive healing energies and messages. If you can begin each day with positivity and are kind to yourself and others, you begin a new path of happiness and healing that is contagious to those around you. She can now share this journey with you in hopes of creating new change and positive thinking with her accessories. Melis always says &ndash; Positive ENERGIE is Contagious!<\/p>\n<p>Some of her jewelry has been gifted to celebrities including Sheryl Crow, Faith Hill, Nancy O&rsquo;Dell, Jewel, Samantha Harris, Eric Clapton and ZZ Top.<\/p>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"c-expander__shadow c-expander__shadow--gray\"><\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"c-expander__button c-expander__button--content-box\">\n                                        <button class=\"c-expander__button-label c-expander__button-label--content-box c-expander__button-label--\" aria-label=\"Read more\"><\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                                \n                                                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/article>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"tawnya-falkner\" class=\"page-section content-box page-section--white\">\n    <div class=\"c-appeared c-appeared--down\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <article class=\"content-box content-box--content-box\">\n                <div class=\"content-box__container\">\n                    <div class=\"row justify-content-between \">\n                        <div class=\"col-lg-7 order-lg-2\">\n                            <div class=\"content-box__picture content-box__picture--right\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"content-box__slider swiper\">\n                                        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide content-box__slide\">\n                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads.montage.com\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/22125038\/Le-Grand-Courtage-768x843.webp\" class=\"content-box__image\" alt=\"Champagne bottles and glasses on a glass table\">\n                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\" col-lg-5 col-xl-5 order-lg-1\">\n                            <div class=\" d-flex col-lg-11 align-items-top\">\n                                <div class=\"d-flex flex-column col-12\">\n                                <div class=\"c-expander c-expander--content-box\">\n                                    <div class=\"c-expander__excerpt content-box__excerpt-wrapper\">\n                                        <div class=\"c-expander__excerpt-inner\">\n                                            \n                                                                                            <h2 class=\"content-box__title content-box__title--content-box c-title c-title--secondary c-title--black\">TAWNYA FALKNER<\/h2>\n                                            \n                                                                                        <span class=\"content-box__subtitle\">CEO &amp; PROPRIETOR OF LE GRAND COURT&Acirc;GE<\/span>\n                                            \n                                                                                        <div class=\"content-box__excerpt content-box__excerpt--content-box\">\n                                                <p>Tawnya Falkner&rsquo;s passion for food, wine and travel, sent her on a journey to France after seeing a gap, and thus an opportunity, in the sparkling wine category. &#8203;Given this belief, Tawnya took the leap and gave up her career in real estate development and architecture in San Francisco to pursue her dreams. Tawnya&rsquo;s vision was to create an affordable luxury which embodies the French spirit of &#8203;joie de vivre (joy of life) and elevates life&rsquo;s everyday moments. Her journey resulted in Le Grand Court&acirc;ge, which produces award-winning 90+ point French sparkling wine and a Provence-style still wine, Tr&egrave;s Chic Ros&eacute;.<\/p>\n<p>Tawnya&rsquo;s background in design and real estate development, actually utilizes many of the same skill-sets which are needed to build a consumable product. Development is very multi-faceted and blends creative, legal, financial and logistical skills; the same is true of wine. Tawnya was educated at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and later became a co-founder of two, still operating firms, Strategic Development Solutions and Domus Development.<\/p>\n<p>Having raised venture capital and built Le Grand Court&acirc;ge into a national brand with distribution in 48 states, Tawnya has realized that success in the wine industry requires a combination of art, science, strategy and relationships. The brand has achieved appreciable success in terms of cases sold, the caliber of accounts secured and the overall accolades. Le Grand Court&acirc;ge wines have appeared on The Today Show, as well as in Martha Stewart, People, Vogue, The Knot, Domino, Architectural Digest, Cosmopolitan and Huffington Post to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Tawnya believes food and wine are the great common denominator of people and cultures, and it gives her great joy to create something which is about community and connection.<\/p>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"c-expander__shadow\"><\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"c-expander__button c-expander__button--content-box\">\n                                        <button class=\"c-expander__button-label c-expander__button-label--content-box c-expander__button-label--\" aria-label=\"Read more\"><\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                                \n                                                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/article>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"pledge-the-pink-foundation\" class=\"page-section content-box page-section--gray\">\n    <div class=\"c-appeared c-appeared--down\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <article class=\"content-box content-box--content-box\">\n                <div class=\"content-box__container\">\n                    <div class=\"row justify-content-between \">\n                        <div class=\"col-lg-7 order-lg-1\">\n                            <div class=\"content-box__picture content-box__picture--left\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"content-box__slider swiper\">\n                                        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide content-box__slide\">\n                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads.montage.com\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/08\/22124517\/pledge-the-pink-2019-fundraising-prizes-768x512.webp\" class=\"content-box__image\" alt=\"A Pledge the Pink fundraiser\">\n                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\" col-lg-5 col-xl-5 order-lg-2\">\n                            <div class=\"offset-lg-1 d-flex col-lg-11 align-items-top\">\n                                <div class=\"d-flex flex-column col-12\">\n                                <div class=\"c-expander c-expander--content-box\">\n                                    <div class=\"c-expander__excerpt content-box__excerpt-wrapper\">\n                                        <div class=\"c-expander__excerpt-inner\">\n                                            \n                                                                                            <h2 class=\"content-box__title content-box__title--content-box c-title c-title--secondary c-title--black\"> PLEDGE THE PINK FOUNDATION <\/h2>\n                                            \n                                            \n                                                                                        <div class=\"content-box__excerpt content-box__excerpt--content-box\">\n                                                <p>Pledge the Pink Foundation is a nonprofit public charity dedicated to funding breast cancer screening, treatment, outreach and research.<\/p>\n<p>They provide funding for free mammograms, medical assistance, and outreach services to the people who need it most and too often are lost in a system of endless paperwork. Quite simply, they fill the gap and eliminate the red tape and bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"c-expander__shadow c-expander__shadow--gray\"><\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"c-expander__button c-expander__button--content-box\">\n                                        <button class=\"c-expander__button-label c-expander__button-label--content-box c-expander__button-label--\" aria-label=\"Read more\"><\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                                \n                                                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/article>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"pink-ribbon-oysters\" class=\"page-section content-box page-section--white\">\n    <div class=\"c-appeared c-appeared--down\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <article class=\"content-box content-box--content-box\">\n                <div class=\"content-box__container\">\n                    <div class=\"row justify-content-between \">\n                        <div class=\"col-lg-7 order-lg-2\">\n                            <div class=\"content-box__picture content-box__picture--right\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"content-box__slider swiper\">\n                                        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide content-box__slide\">\n                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads.montage.com\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/13105257\/wine-cathedral-interior-768x489.webp\" class=\"content-box__image\" alt=\"Chappellet Winery\">\n                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\" col-lg-5 col-xl-5 order-lg-1\">\n                            <div class=\" d-flex col-lg-11 align-items-top\">\n                                <div class=\"d-flex flex-column col-12\">\n                                <div class=\"c-expander c-expander--content-box\">\n                                    <div class=\"c-expander__excerpt content-box__excerpt-wrapper\">\n                                        <div class=\"c-expander__excerpt-inner\">\n                                            \n                                                                                            <h2 class=\"content-box__title content-box__title--content-box c-title c-title--secondary c-title--black\">CHAPPELLET WINERY <\/h2>\n                                            \n                                            \n                                                                                        <div class=\"content-box__excerpt content-box__excerpt--content-box\">\n                                                <p>Chappellet is recognized as one of the great Napa Valley wineries, and one of the few which remains family owned. Today, the second generation is committed to continuing the vision of their parents, Donn and Molly Chappellet. Together, the siblings are dedicated to maintaining sustainable farming techniques, a relentless focus on wine quality, respect for Pritchard Hill&rsquo;s natural beauty and the preservation of family ownership for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1968, the Chappellet winery takes on the form of an ancient pyramid. Designed by artist Ed Moses to blend with the surroundings on Pritchard Hill, this timeless structure was called &ldquo;the most remarkable wine cathedral of the modern world&rdquo; by wine writer Hugh Johnson. A state-of-the-art barrel chai, nestled beside the pyramid, was constructed in 2012 to enhance winemaking and carry a solar array to generate electricity for both structures.<\/p>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"c-expander__shadow\"><\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"c-expander__button c-expander__button--content-box\">\n                                        <button class=\"c-expander__button-label c-expander__button-label--content-box c-expander__button-label--\" aria-label=\"Read more\"><\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                                \n           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