High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction - The Genius Inside
CUSTOM-BUILT SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
In a Class of Its Own:
Saturday, March 20, 7:00 p.m.
Grand Lobby of the Wieland Pavilion, High Museum of Art
Classic Cocktail Attire
Reservations are limited to Wine Auction Benefactors. For Benefactor information, please email reservations@atlanta-wineauction.org or call (404) 733-4543.
For Benefactors, an alluring evening of fine wine, food, and fun at the High including an exclusive preview of The Allure of the Automobile. You’ll celebrate in High-style with 18 of the world’s rarest and most brilliantly conceived cars from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, including masterpieces by Bugatti, Duesenberg, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Ferrari. Joining you on the journey will be the exhibition’s guest curator Ken Gross, auto lenders to The Allure, former Indy 500 Driver Randy Lewis of Lewis Cellars and a special guest from Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. With plenty to toast, you’ll also enjoy wines from Lewis Cellars and sparkly by Gruet. The road less taken just got a lot more enticing.
Sponsored by:
Wilmington Trust
Jim Ellis Porsche
Hennessy Porsche North Atlanta
Wednesday, March 24, 6:30 p.m. (bus departs at 5:30 p.m.)
The Cabin
SOLD OUT
If you haven’t already heard it through the grapevine, it’s time to be Cruisin to The Cabin to join Detroit native Thomas Arvid and his wife Vanessa for an evening of Motown magic. Inspired by the soulful style of his hometown, Arvid will make sure you know What’s Goin’ On with his favorite smooth rides and Motown sounds. Iron Chef America challenge winner Kevin Rathbun will bring the steel for six courses that will leave you on Cloud Nine while Dr. Revana of Revana Family Vineyards keeps you feeling the groove with pairings from his classic vintages. To be sure you know it’s not Just My Imagination, Arvid will send each couple home with an exclusive work created especially for this year’s Artist Dinner guests. Always an early sell-out, this is one sweet ride you don’t want to miss!
Transportation provided to and from Buckhead by Cooper-Atlanta.
Detailed Pairings: Dine Around Dinners
Thursday evening, March 25, times and prices vary by restaurant
Custom-built to get your motor running, these dinners pair Atlanta’s most prestigious restaurants with the wine auction’s expert winemaker friends to ensure an evening to remember.
For details about dinners, winemakers, prices, and reservations, click here.
Beep Beep, Beep Beep, Yeah!: Vintners’ Cup Golf Tournament
Friday, March 26
East Lake Golf Club
$550 per person or $2,500 per 3-person team (details below)
Email reservations@atlanta-wineauction.org or call 404-733-4260 for reservations.
Recharge and rev up with the Auction’s newest event – a golf tournament including your favorite winemakers at Atlanta’s favorite course – East Lake. Baby, you can drive our cart!
Tournament Schedule:
8:00–9:45 a.m. Registration and Driving Range Open
10:00 a.m. Shotgun Start (Lunch on the course)
3:00 p.m. Light Reception
**Attire is Bermuda-length shorts, collared shirts, and slacks.
Levels of participation:
Team Sponsor
- One (1) three (3) player team
- Bottle of wine from vintner who plays on your team
- Lunch and Light Reception with the vintners
- Opportunity to purchase a hole sponsorship at a discount
- Listing in the High Museum of Art Annual Report
Individual Admission
- One person admission
- Lunch and Light Reception with the vintners
- Listing in the High Museum of Art Annual Report
Sponsored by Terra Terroir
Premier Tasting Seminar
Back to the Future with Cos d’Estournel
Friday, March 26, 11:00 a.m.
The St. Regis, 88 West Paces Ferry Road
$100 per person
Email reservations@atlanta-wineauction.org or call (404) 733-4543 for reservations Join Jean-Guillaume Prats from Château Cos d’Estournel for a classic jaunt through Bordeaux. In Jean-Guillaume’s words, you’ll explore “The future of the great Classified Growths of Bordeaux enlightened by their history and experience.” Don’t be left behind on this enticing journey with discussion of quality, style, investment, environment, marketing and more. You will enjoy tasting Cos 2000 through 2006 and Goulée Rouge 2006. From where we’re sitting, you’re in for quite a ride!
Premier Tasting Seminar
Proper Pairings: New Southern Cuisine and Southern Wine Culture
Friday, March 26, 11:30 a.m.
The Cook’s Warehouse, Ansley Mall, 1544 Piedmont Road, Ste 403-R
$100 per person
Email reservations@atlanta-wineauction.org or call (404) 733-4543 for reservations
The Oxford American magazine releases its Southern Food Issue this month, guest edited by John T. Edge, the director of the Southern Foodways Alliance. Contributing writers to the issue will engage in discussion of the history and current trends in Southern cuisine and wine culture. One Flew South and Rolling Bones Chefs Todd Richards and Duane Nutter will add some serious flavor to the discourse (and the palate), while Texas transplant (Southern enough for us) now Napa wine gal Florencia Palmaz pours her historically-inspired, award-winning wines for tasting. James Beard award-winning writer John Kessler will moderate the dialogue.
Premier Tasting Seminar
Vintage Allure: Antinori Style
Friday, March 26, 2:30 p.m.
The St. Regis, 88 West Paces Ferry Road
$100 per person
Email reservations@atlanta-wineauction.org or call (404) 733-4543 for reservations
The Antinori family has a heritage that boasts 26 generations and more than 600 years of winemaking in Tuscany and Umbria. Let Alessia Antinori guide you on a tour through the family’s history with a tasting focused on mini-verticals from its three most important estates. This is a one-of-a-kind master class and the first of its kind to be hosted by the family. Definitely one not to miss. Featured wines include the highly acclaimed Solaia, Guado al Tasso and Cervaro della Sala (nine total) highlighting age worthiness and the groundbreaking role each has played in Italy’s wine world and within the family’s grand history.
Fine-Tuned Evenings: Winemaker Dinners
Friday, March 26, 7:00 p.m. in Atlanta’s most gracious homes
SOLD OUT
Fourteen custom-built dinners pair Atlanta’s most gracious homes with Atlanta’s finest chefs and the world’s most alluring winemakers. Not just a destination. A journey.
For more information on hosts, chefs, and winemakers, click here.
Let’s Motor!: The 18th High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction
Saturday, March 27, under the tents in Atlantic Station
Vintners’ Reception – 11 AM
Live Auction – 1 PM
Tickets are $400 per person. For ticketing information, please email reservations@atlanta-wineauction.org or call (404) 733-4543.
Roll up to the tents for a roaring day of tasting world-class wines and seductively styled food with the renowned winemakers and chefs who create them. Then grab your paddles as the 18th annual Live Auction uncorks an incredible selection of rare wines, perfectly crafted dinners, geared up trips, stylish art, a stunning Silent Auction and some new surprises along the journey! Time to kick it into HIGH gear!
Phone and sealed bids
Can’t be with us, but would like to bid on a few of our exciting auction lots? The Auction catalog will be available online at www.atlanta-wineauction.org. Download the pages, peruse the details, select your favorites and call or email us for details about bidding online or sending in a sealed bid. We are also able to arrange for telephone bidding during the Live Auction. Contact the Wine Auction office at reservations@atlanta-wineauction.org or (404) 733-5335 for more information.
All proceeds benefit the High Museum of Art.
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