Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Palm Beach Wine Auction
Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 6 pm
KRAVIS CENTER ANNOUNCES DATE FOR THE 2016 PALM BEACH WINE AUCTION
9th Annual Palm Beach Wine Auction to feature exciting new auction lots and local chefs
(WEST PALM BEACH, FL) – The Palm Beach Wine Auction on January 29, 2015 was the most successful in the Auction’s eight-year history, raising over $460,000 net, and the excitement continues with the announcement of a confirmed date for next year’s Auction: Thursday, January 21, 2016 at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL.
Photo: Ted Mandes (sitting); photo credit: Jason Nuttle Photography.
Since its inception, the Palm Beach Wine Auction has raised $2.4 million net for the education programs at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. Such programs include the S*T*A*R (Students and Teachers Arts Resource) Series, which brings thousands of students to the Kravis Center each year for diverse performances in theater, dance and music. This season, more than 70,000 children will benefit from the Kravis Center’s performing arts education programs.
“To reach out and help with opening a child’s mind to the performing arts is not just a cause, but an ongoing obligation,” said Palm Beach Wine Auction Founder and Chair Ted Mandes. “That is the mission of the Palm Beach Wine Auction. This exclusive event provides us the opportunity to involve a worldwide audience who values performing arts and create awareness of the Kravis Center’s education programs that are so vital to our youth today.”
In addition to the confirmed date, Palm Beach Wine Auction organizers are excited to share other news about next year’s event, including:
- Addison Reserve Country Club Executive Chef Zach Bell will return in 2016 as the Auction’s chef de cuisine.
- Executive Chef Joe Ferro of West Palm Beach’s Table 26 Palm Beach will be featured as a new member of the chef team in 2016.
- Chef Joe Mercuri of Mercuri Montreal will be a returning chef.
- Featured wines at the 2016 Auction will include Alexana Winery’s pinot noir from the Willamette Valley (“a Pommard clone,” says Mandes) and a 2011 Clos Mogador, a priorat from Spain.
- Lots to be auctioned in 2016 include exquisite wine, food and travel to destinations including Paris, London, New York City, Montreal, Chicago, Bordeaux, Cognac and the Napa Valley and Willamette, Oregon wine regions.
- Wine lots for 2016 will include amazing wines from every corner of the world, including Krug, Chateau Palmer, Colgin, Carter, Antica, and several rare single-vineyard wines from the Antinori family in Italy.
Centrally located in West Palm Beach, the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is one of the premier performing arts centers in the Southeast with a renowned national and international reputation. Established as a leading force in the social fabric of the community, its many outreach programs are as broad and varied as the community itself. To date, the Center has opened the door to the performing arts for approximately 2 million schoolchildren.
For more information about the Palm Beach Wine Auction, call 561-651-4320 or visit www.palmbeachwineauction.org. For more information on the Kravis Center’s education programs, please visit www.kravis.org/education.