NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 4, 2025--
The V Foundation for Cancer Research announced its annual V Foundation for Cancer Research Wine Celebration, held July 31 - August 3 in Napa Valley, raised $12.3 million for game-changing cancer research. Now in its 27th year, the Wine Celebration has raised over $180 million to accelerate cancer research and save lives. This event was presented by John Anthony Family of Wines.
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In total, the V Foundation has awarded more than 1,330 grants since its founding, supporting the most cutting-edge cancer research at top cancer centers across North America.
Highlights of the weekend included:
V Foundation Board Member and Duke Men’s Basketball icon Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski hosted the Wine Celebration Gala & Auction for his 18th time, joined on stage by Chris Spatola, ESPN college basketball analyst. The evening included a surprise “Spirit of Jimmy V Award” for Jamie Valvano, daughter of V Foundation founder Jim Valvano, celebrating 20 years cancer-free. Jamie was joined on stage with fellow Spirit of Jimmy V honorees, George Bodenheimer, retired Executive Chairman, ESPN, Inc. and Harry Rhoads, co-founder, Washington Speakers Bureau.
The live auction kicked off a 10-day sail on The World, Residences at Sea, with experiences at HALL Napa Valley. The evening’s top lots included a Wimbledon Experience with a magnum vertical of Staglin Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, a private charter of OMNIA Yacht for 10 guests including five magnums of Alpha Omega ERA Cabernet Sauvignon, and an escape for four at Exclusive Resorts’ The Eden Club Residences at Pittormie Castle St. Andrews, Scotland with golf at St. Andrews golf course and magnums of Chappellet Winery Cabernet. The generosity continued through the Fund-a-Need, and with a generous matching grant from Cindy and Evan Goldberg, Board Chair of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, the final gavel came down and $12.3 million had been raised to support lifesaving cancer research.
100% of event proceeds from the 27th annual Wine Celebration will directly benefit cancer research.
The 28th annual V Foundation Wine Celebration will be held July 30 - August 2, 2026. For more information, please visit v.org/wine.
The V Foundation for Cancer Research Wine Celebration team celebrates $12.3 million raised at the 2025 event.
The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boost energy supply and curb price hikes, holding a Friday event aimed at addressing a rising concern among voters about the enormous amount of power used for artificial intelligence ahead of elections later this year.
The White House said its National Energy Dominance Council and the governors of several states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, want to try to compel PJM Interconnection to hold a power auction for tech companies to bid on contracts to build new power plants,
The Trump administration and governors will sign a statement of principles toward that end Friday. The plan was first reported by Bloomberg.
“Ensuring the American people have reliable and affordable electricity is one of President Trump’s top priorities, and this would deliver much-needed, long-term relief to the mid-Atlantic region," said Taylor Rogers, a White House spokeswoman.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to be at the White House, a person familiar with Shapiro’s plans said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement. Shapiro, a Democrat, made his participation in Friday’s event contingent on including a provision to extend a limit on wholesale electricity price increases for the region’s consumers, the person said.
But the operator of the grid won't be there. “PJM was not invited. Therefore we would not attend,” said spokesperson Jeff Shields.
It was not immediately clear whether President Donald Trump would attend the event, which was not listed on his public schedule.
Trump and the governors are under pressure to insulate consumers and businesses alike from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. Meanwhile, more Americans are falling behind on their electricity bills.
Consumer advocates say ratepayers in the mid-Atlantic electricity grid — which encompasses all or parts of 13 states stretching from New Jersey to Illinois, as well as Washington, D.C. — are already paying billions of dollars in higher bills to underwrite the cost to supply power to data centers, some of them built, some not.
However, they also say that the billions of dollars that consumers are paying isn’t resulting in the construction of new power plants necessary to meet the rising demand.
Pivotal contests in November will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who’s footing the bill for the data centers that underpin the explosion in demand for artificial intelligence. In parts of the country, data centers are coming online faster than power plants can be built and connected to the grid.
Electricity costs were a key issue in last year's elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, a data center hotspot, and in Georgia, where Democrats ousted two Republican incumbents for seats on the state’s utility regulatory commission. Voters in New Jersey, Virginia, California and New York City all cited economic concerns as the top issue, as Democrats and Republicans gird for a debate over affordability in the intensifying midterm battle to control Congress.
Gas and electric utilities sought or won rate increases of more that $34 billion in the first three quarters of 2025, consumer advocacy organization PowerLines reported. That was more than double the same period a year earlier.
Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
