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White Truffle Dinner Celebrates
The Upcoming 13th Annual Palm Beach Wine Auction
Jan. 20 At 1000 NORTH truffle delights were paired
with select wines from Italy,
Guests Savored Four Courses Of White Truffle-Infused Burgundy and the Sonoma
Cuisine In Celebration Of The 2020 Palm Beach Wine Auction and Willamette valleys. The
Benefiting Arts Education Programs At The Raymond F. Kravis dinner was sponsored by Jen
Center For The Performing Arts and Ed Dudnyk.
Celebrating the upcoming 13th Annual Palm Beach Wine Auction Founder and
Auction, guests at the Dec. 2 White Truffle Dinner were Chairman Ted Mandes
treated to four courses of fine Italian cuisine infused with welcomed over 80 guests to
rare tartufo bianco d’Alba at Café Sapori. The evening’s the dinner by saying, “We’re
here because of the more than
80,000 children the Kravis
Center reaches with its arts
education programs every
year.” Mandes thanked Café Roger Schagrin and Hayley
Sapori’s hosts Francesco Jarvi
Blanco and Fabrizio Giorgi,
as well as the auction’s
sponsors, committee
members and supporters.
“Over the last 27 years, the
Kravis Center has reached
more than 2.6 million local
students, and the Palm Beach
Wine Auction has raised
more than $4 million in
proceeds to date toward this
mission. We are committed
to the future of the children
in our community.”
Mandes noted exciting
updates to this year’s auction, Craig and Shelley Menin al Tasso Matarocchio Cindy and Ted Mandes
including the new venue at
1000 NORTH in Jupiter.
He encouraged guests and
anyone, regardless of auction
attendance, to register for
online bidding by visiting
www.pbwa.online. Online
bidding opens a month before
Discover chairmen are Ted Mandes,
the event. The auction’s
founder and chairman,
Milly and Patrick Park,
cochairmen and Lois Pope,
vice-chairman.
The Good Life Truffle Dinner included Laura and David Wrightson experiences, wine lots and
Guests of the White
Palm Beach Wine Auction
Luxurious, Worry-Free Senior Living sponsors Jen and Ed Dudnyk,
in Beautiful Southeast Florida Madeline and Roderic Fink,
Imperial Wine Storage Inc.
• All-Inclusive, Resort-Style Senior Living represented by Laura and
David Wrightson, JPMorgan
• Gourmet, Chef-Prepared Meals Chase & Co. represented
by William Eady, Stephanie
• Vibrant Activities and Social Events and Peter Lamelas, Tuny and
David Page and Kathryn and
• 24-Hour On-Site Care Providers Leo Vecellio.
• Gorgeous Community With High-End The evening began
Amenities with a cocktail reception
featuring hors d’oeuvres
• Stylish Suites and Spacious Apartment including plackets of tuna
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aioli sauce and capers and
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veal paté ravioli in butter
and sage sauce with shitake
mushrooms and spinach
ricotta ravioli with shaved
truffles, accompanied by a
2016 Pinot Noir Block 18
Pommard from Willamette.
The entrée featured
a roasted veal loin in
mascarpone and truffle
sauce with creamy potatoes
and braised cabbage and
apple, served with a 2014
Louis Baisinbert Nuits-
Saint-Georges Premier Cru.
For dessert, guests were Kathryn and Leo Vecellio
treated to crispy pastry filled
with chocolate mousse,
bananas and truffle ice
cream, accompanied by a
glass of Domenica Amato
Appiccicoso.
Among its signature lots,
the 2020 event will feature
an astounding number of
100-point “perfect score”
wines, including 36 bottles of
Carter Cellars’ 2016 100-point
GTO in 750-milliliter format,
magnums and 3-liter formats
of extremely rare Guado
direct from Marchesi Piero
Antinori’s cellar in Tuscany,
magnums and 3-liter formats
of 2016 Château Palmer,
a 2004 to 2013 vertical
in 3-liters from Antica, a
100-point 2002 vintage
Krug, as well as 100-point
cabernets from Napa Valley
vintners including Beau
Vigne, Colgin, Lokoya,
Myriad, Realm and Vice
shop the auction’s incredible
Versa. For those who prefer to
more online, the auction’s Michelle Smith, Jeffry Smith
full catalog will be available
for advance bidding starting
one month before the event
at www.pbwa.online.
The Palm Beach Wine
Auction sponsors are Premier
Grand Cru: Milly and Patrick
Park; Grand Cru: Lois Pope;
Premier Cru: Broadrick
Family Foundation, Tuny and
David Page; Private Reserve:
Jen and Ed Dudnyk, Susan
Hurley Esson, Madeline and
Roderic Fink, First Republic,
Harriet and Ashley Hoffman,
Lamelas Family Charitable
Fund, Bill and Marilyn
Lane Family Foundation,
Jane M. Mitchell, Steve
Myers, Jacqueline and
Neal Shear, Laurie Silvers
and Mitchell Rubenstein,
Kathryn and Leo Vecellio,
Jill and Bill Wachter; Plus
Grand Négociant: Imperial
Wine Storage Inc., NetJets
Inc., Tiffany & Co.; Media
Support: Jupiter Magazine.
The Palm Beach Wine
Auction Committee members
are Chairman Ted Mandes,
Cochairmen Milly and Stephanie and Peter Lamelas
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