Toast Atlanta’s Art Scene at the High Museum’s Wine Auction
By Kelly Skinner
Whether you’re an art aficionado, a wine collector, or a little bit of both, you’ll find fulfillment at the collectors’ gathering of the year, the anticipated High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction March 26-29. Marking its 22nd anniversary, the aesthetic experience serves as the museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Here, a few of the hottest happenings:
Dine Around Dinners | March 26
Not that you need an excuse to eat out (this is Atlanta, after all) but on March 26, you can score fine dining at a premium. Feast at one of the eateries on the High Museum’s short list (including Horseradish Grill and Woodfire Grill in Buckhead!) and you’ll be privy to a specially prepared multi-course wine-paired menu, featuring the selections of two visiting winemakers who will be on hand to introduce each wine (and to refill your glass). Cost varies according to the restaurant, but ranges between $90 and $150 per person. Reservations can be made through participating restaurants listed at atlanta-wineauction.org.
High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction | March 29
The main event of the weekend is Saturday’s auction on March 29 at Atlantic Station. This year’s theme is “Legends of the Vine: A Celebration of Generations.” Bring your appreciation of the arts—and fine wines—to the forefront as you meander along row after row of wine and tasting tents. Between sips of rare and luxurious vintages, fill up on impeccable bites from a slew of Atlanta’s top restaurants, including several Buckhead gems like Holeman & Finch, Cook Hall, Restaurant Eugene, Don Antonio by Starita, Local Three Kitchen & Bar, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse, Ocean Prime and 5tB Atlanta. After chatting up fellow oenophiles, place your bids on exotic trips, once-in-a-lifetime dining experiences, art, bottles of wine and more. A limited number of individual tickets will be available for $400 each in mid-March. Contact Carole Ashworth at 404.733.4543 or email wineauctioninfo@woodruffcenter.org to be put on the waiting list.
Winemaker Dinners
For an exclusive wining and dining its incomparable winemaker feasts at 12 private estates throughout the city (including seven in Buckhead). Visiting winemakers will share their sips as you partake in a delectable, multi-course menu prepared with the winemaker’s selection in mind by several of the country’s most celebrated chefs including several Atlantans, such as Buckhead chefs Gerry Klaskala of Aria, Chris Hall of Local Three, Linton Hopkins of Restaurant Eugene and Tyler Williams of Woodfire Grill). A limited number of individual tickets will be available for $350 each. Contact Carole Ashworth at 404.733.4543 or email wineauctioninfo@woodruffcenter.org to be put on the waiting list.
TIP | Tickets to individual events are very limited. To guarantee entry to one, or several, of these events, peruse the benefactor package options (beginning at $2,500) available for purchase online at www.atlanta-wineauction.org. To view a list of participating wineries, visit atlanta-wineauction.org/wineries-2.