Connie Milstein, this year’s Heart’s Delight Chair, and her husband, Jehan-Christophe de La Haye Saint Hilaire, enjoyed a table that was filled with interesting guests at the Vintner’s Dinner.  Such guests included President Obama’s HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Ambassador Capricia Marshall.  In addition, Ambassador of Monaco Gilles Norghes and his wife Ellen were seated there, as were the new deficit czar Bruce Reed and his wife, Bonnie LePard.

The Vintner’s Dinner, included approximately 400 guests.  Guests enjoyed a six-course meal and distinguished wines from Chateau Margaux.

The evening was emceed by CBS News White House Correspondent Bill Plante.  In attendance were Betsey Apple, Dee Dee Myers and Todd Purdum, John Coale, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Kathleen Parker, and ABC News’ reporter Jonathan Karl, among many others.

Each year, the American Heart Association’s Heart’s Delight Auction is held in Washington D.C.  This year, the event took place from May 6-8 and Connie Milstein was the Event Chair.  The Vintners Dinner, which is part of the Heart’s Delight program, included a lavish six course meal that was accompanied by eight wines from Bordeaux.  This picture captured some of the excitement of the event.

Pictured here are Tammy Haddad, Coale Cooley’s John Coale, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Constance Milstein Countess de La Haye St. Hilaire.