Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Drinks / Events / Party Mix Meet, Bend an Elbow with the Rock Stars of the Wine World
Posted by Nicki Wood on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:53 PM
L'Eté du Vin, Nashville's high-profile oenophile cancer charity, is bringing several icons of wine and wine-making to town for its Premiere Vintner's Tasting and Premiere Auction. These are big names even if you're not a serious wine person: Heidi Barrett of La Sirena Winery; Dirk Langford of Beringer Vineyards; Laurent Sarazin of Schramsberg Vineyards; Peter Mondavi, Jr. of Charles Krug Winery; Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena and Damian Parker of Joseph Phelps Vineyards. Twelve wines from their wineries will be sampled and the tippling moderated by Doug Frost, master of wine and master sommelier, and Gary Vaynerchuk, star of Wine Library TV and Director of Operations at Wine Library in Springfield, NJ. The tasting is April 30 at the Hutton Hotel. Tickets are just $75, which is the equivalent of two pretty good bottles of wine, or two fair bottles of wine in a restaurant.
The Premiere Auction, May 2 at the Opryland Hotel offers the double thrill of top-notch grape squeezin's and an auction. Like pineapple and pizza, auctions and alcohol are two things that should never, ever be allowed to go together, so it should be worth the price of admission to see who springs for the Harley Davidson bike or the Joseph Phelps "Insignia", 2003 and Ridge "Monte Bello" Cabernet Sauvignon, 2001. On the other hand, there should be bargains on trips to Napa, Sonoma and Prague. Proceeds of the event go to organizations that fight cncer or support those living with cancer.
For more information and tickets, go to www.nashvillewineauction.com
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