Bottle
- Description
- Empty bottle of cabernet sauvignon by Pillar Rock Vineyards, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, California. The wine from this bottle was created in memory of Barbara K. Olson. The bottle is dark green colored glass with a printed label depicting a female figure riding a stag. A black ribbon is affixed to the bottle's neck and is sealed with a medallion sticker with text: “In Loving Memory | Barbara Olson | September 11 2001.”
- Historical Notes
- Houston, Texas, native Barbara Olson lived in Great Falls, Virginia, with her husband, Theodore. They held season tickets to Washington, D.C.’s opera and ballet and enjoyed holding dinner parties at their home. Barbara was a political commentator on CNN and a former federal prosecutor. On September 11, she had breakfast with her husband for his birthday, then boarded Flight 77. Barbara was 45 years old.
Curator's Comment
Barbara Olson, a political commentator and lawyer, was heading to Los Angeles on 9/11 for a meeting with the owners of Pillar Rock Vineyards in California’s Napa Valley. After Barbara’s death aboard hijacked Flight 77, the vineyard owners decided to commemorate her life with their entire vintage of cabernet sauvignon from the 2000 season. Each bottle of that wine was wrapped with a black ribbon affixed by a medallion sticker that reads “In Loving Memory | Barbara Olson | September 11 2001.” According to the Pillar Rock website, the Barbara Olson cabernet sauvignon will “surely age well for decades."
- Accession Number: C.2008.862.1
- Dimensions: 12.5 in X 3 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 31.75 cm X 7.62 cm
- Source: Debra Burlingame
- Credit Line: Gift of the Family of Capt. Charles F. "Chic" Burlingame, III, In Memory of the Passengers and Crew of American Airlines Flt 77
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