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Before we dive into a divine Tasting Seminar Highlight and share some of our outstanding Live Auction Lots, we have a few updates to share with our guests!
Winemaker Dinners: Invitations have been mailed to guests eligible to attend our fabulous lineup of 2018 Winemaker Dinners.
Final Event Information: All attendees will receive final event information, including a schedule, attire and directions in advance of each event.
Bidding Registration: If you have not already done so, please pre-register TODAY via 501 Auctions! You must register to bid separately from your benefactor/sponsor package registration. A 501 Auctions profile is required to receive a paddle and pre-registration allows for expedited check-in at the tents: www.501auctions.com/highmuseumwine.
Celebrating 30 Years of Patz & Hall — Sonoma Getaway for Two + 30 Magnums!
- Accommodations for two nights at the MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa in Sonoma
- Salon Experience at the Sonoma House at Patz & Hall + Vineyard visit with lunch
- Dinner at a local restaurant with winery founders James Hall and Anne Moses, with library wines
- Hyde Vineyard Carneros Chardonnay 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Dutton Ranch Russian River Valley Chardonnay 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Hyde Vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Chenoweth Ranch Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Alder Springs Vineyard Mendocino Pinot Noir 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Pisoni Vineyard Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Atlanta welcomes Patz & Hall founders, Anne Moses and James Hall, to the Auction!
Founded in 1988, Patz & Hall is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018. From the beginning, Patz & Hall has exemplified one philosophy: to work with only the finest vineyards, farmed by California’s greatest growers. This focus has led them to create lasting relationships with legendary local growers, and has given them unprecedented access to the finest sites and clones in Sonoma County. From these prized vineyards, Patz & Hall makes some of the New World’s most stirring and sought-after single-vineyard Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs — wines that have become benchmarks for their intensity, elegance, and complexity.
The winning couple is invited to become a “Sonoma Insider” with Patz & Hall for two nights in Sonoma. The couple will stay at the elegant MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa, just off the Sonoma Square. You will be treated to an exclusive Salon Experience at the Sonoma House at Patz & Hall and get the chance to taste several wines only available at the winery. You will also be taken to one of the key Sonoma vineyard sites to see the blocks where the Patz & Hall grapes are grown and to have lunch in the vineyard with the grower and winemaker. During your stay in Sonoma, you’ll have dinner with Anne Moses and James Hall at a local restaurant, paired with a selection of library wines from Patz & Hall.
To share in the celebration, the winning bidder will receive 30 1.5L bottles from six of Patz & Hall’s legendary vineyard sites — with five different vintages from the winery’s library. A perfect way to build your cellar and to wow your guests when you open a few bottles at your next dinner party!
Donated By Patz & Hall
Eight Mags, Plus a Visit to Memento Mori for Six
Barrel tasting for six couples, followed by lunch at Memento Mori. This wild card also lot contains a magnum of each of the following:
- 1.5L MAXEM UV Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2016
- 1.5L MAXEM UV Vineyard, Chardonnay 2016
- 1.5L Arkenstone Obsidian, 2013
- 1.5L Arkenstone Obsidian, 2014
- 1.5L Arkenstone NVD, 2014
- 1.5L Memento Mori Cabernet Sauvignon, 2013
- 1.5L Memento Mori Cabernet Sauvignon, 2014
- 1.5L Memento Mori Cabernet Sauvignon, 2015
Donated By Arkenstone, MAXEM, Memento Mori
Anderson's Conn Valley Anniversary Celebration: Cave Tasting, Tour, and Luncheon for 10
- Cave tasting of 35 vintages of Anderson’s Conn Valley Vineyards for up to 10 people led by owner and vintner Todd Anderson — in honor of the estate’s 35th anniversary
- Private barrel tasting and blending session with the winemakers
- Catered luncheon in the vineyard for up to 10
- Twelve magnums of great vintages, each scoring 91 and higher by Robert Parker or Antonio Galloni
- Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Reserve 2006 (RP94), 2009 (RP96+), 2012 (AG93), 2013 (AG94), 2014 (RP95)
- “Eloge” Proprietary Red Wine 2008 (RP91), 2009 (RP95), 2010 (AG93+), 2011 (AG93), 2014 (AG92+)
- “Right Bank” Proprietary Red Wine 2013 (AG94), 2014 (AG91)
Welcome winemaker Robert Hunt and general manager Jim Silver to our events! If you don’t already know about the exceptional wines from Anderson’s Conn Valley, take the opportunity to get to know Robert and Jim, thank them for this divine lot, and wish them a happy 35th anniversary!
For the lucky bidders of this lot, your base for this chance-of-a-lifetime experience will be the caves at Anderson’s Conn Valley’s estate and includes 35 vintages in a formal sit down tasting for up to 10 people. Since 1983, Conn Valley Vineyards has been family owned and operated by the Andersons, and since their first release in 1987, has been dedicated to producing world-class wines.
The wines will be presented by owner and winemaker Todd Anderson himself, with Robert Hunt, winemaker, offering his input throughout. The bottles will be pulled pristine from the cave inventory and from Todd’s personal collection. The wines will be poured by Jim Silver, a former sommelier for Four Seasons, and currently general manager of the winery.
There will be twenty of the best vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Reserve and Signature, selected from the legendary 1988 to the present; ten of the best vintages of Eloge, Conn Valley’s Bordeaux blend, which have scored as high as 98 points with Robert Parker; as well as five vintages of the Cabernet Franc blend “Right Bank.” Plus plenty of surprises along the way. A lengthy and comprehensive tasting of Conn Valley wines such as this has never been attempted before. Your participation will make it a first-ever for the winery!
Since that’s a very long day of tasting, the next day you will revisit the caves and taste through the range of barrels that will become Conn Valley’s 2016 and 2017 vintages. Contingent on the time of year, you may participate in a real blending session with the winemakers and help create one of the next great bottles. Weather depending, Conn Valley’s in-house chef will cook you a very nice luncheon outside in the vineyards — and of course, Todd will pull a big handful of unusual and rare vintages from the cellars produced over the years. Who knows, some great cigars and a game of bocce might break out at any time. (In case of inclement weather, the group will shift to a very good restaurant in St. Helena.)
While you are busy planning the big trip to the Napa Valley and inviting friends to come along, you’ll be pleased to know this lot also comes with a full DOZEN vintages, all in MAGNUMS, which will ship to you immediately, each receiving rave reviews from Robert Parker or Antonio Galloni.
Donated By Anderson's Conn Valley
We raise a glass to Akris for supporting the 2018 High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction as our Ladies Lunch sponsor. Thank you!
