KRUG CEO MARGARETH HENRIQUEZ HOSTS DINNER TO KICK-OFF 2016 EVENT
9th Annual Palm Beach Wine Auction benefiting arts education programs at the
Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts to feature Krug Champagne
(Palm Beach, Fla.) – Margareth Henriquez, CEO of Krug Champagne, recently hosted a dinner to preview the 2016 Palm Beach Wine Auction on January 21st and celebrate Krug’s participation in the important fundraiser for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
The dinner, held in the Kravis Center’s Shapiro Founders’ Room, featured a five-course meal prepared by Executive Chef Jeff Simms of The Breakers. Guests sat at a table flowing with magenta orchids and glowing with candles as they enjoyed such delicacies as wild King salmon Key lime ceviche, served with 2003 Krug Grande Cuvée, and a Cremont aged cheese course paired with Krug Rosé en Magnum.
Henriquez welcomed the guests and shared House of Krug founder Joseph Krug’s philosophy that “you need to listen to each vineyard, as you would a musician in an orchestra.”
The event, attended by supporters including Palm Beach Wine Auction Founder and Chair Ted Mandes and his wife, Cindy, and Auction Co-Chair and International Ambassador Patrick Park, was the first event to kick off the upcoming auction, to be held Thursday, January 21st at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach.
“The Palm Beach Wine Auction is all about raising money for children’s arts education,” Ted Mandes told the guests. “Krug and Margareth Henriquez have been integral partners in that mission, and Krug Champagne has become a signature element of our event. Each guest at the Auction is handed a glass of Krug Grand Cuvée as they enter; it heralds the opening of an exquisite evening.”
As guests arrived for the dinner, they too were handed a glass of Krug Grand Cuvée and mingled amongst towering orchids in the greens, golds and russets of fall. Candlelight flickered from mercury glass votives and the Singers’ Ensemble from the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, led by Vocal Director Arlene Sparks and accompanied by pianist, Craig Ames, serenaded them with selections from the Great American Songbook and more.
The Palm Beach Wine Auction will be celebrate its 9th year on January 21, 2016 at the Mar-a-Lago Club. More than 200 guests will gather with goblet-shaped paddles to bid on amazingly rare vintages while sampling the finest cuisine prepared by a team of world-class chefs.
Since its inception, the auction has raised $2.8 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.
The Auction’s mission attracts some of the food and wine industries’ most treasured and iconic names, whose donations to the cause offer gastronomic experiences that simply cannot be bought.
The 2016 event will feature more than 50 lots of remarkable wines and spirits from around the globe, exceptional luxury travel experiences and unique treasures all under the direction of Michael Troise, retired Auction Director for NY Wines/Christie’s Fine and Rare Wine Department.
The evening’s five-course dinner will include sublime fare from a who’s who of award-winning chefs, including the event’s Chef de Cuisine Zach Bell, Addison Reserve Country Club, Delray Beach; Bogdan Boerean and Graham Randall, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach; Joe Ferro, Table 26, West Palm Beach; Josh Thomsen and Manlee Siu, Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, Manalapan; and Joe Mercuri and Athiraj Phrasavath, Mercuri, Montreal.
Featured wines at the 2016 Auction will include Alexana Winery’s pinot noir from the Willamette Valley (“a Pommard clone,” says Mandes), a 2011 Clos Mogador, a priorat from Spain and Beau Vigne’s 2014 Bacigalupi. 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, Château Palmer, Colgin, Carter, Antica, and several rare single-vineyard wines from the Antinori family in Italy.
Spearheading the 2016 Palm Beach Wine Auction with Chair Ted Mandes is Co-chair and International Ambassador Patrick Park. Honorees are Barbara Evans Golden, Jane M. Mitchell, Monika E. Preston, Laurie S. Silvers, Kathryn C. Vecellio and Lee Wolf. Serving on the auction committee are Amos Dare, Edward Dudnyk, Susan Hurley Esson, Roderic R. Fink, Barbara Evans Golden, Steven M. Gottlieb, Ashley D. Hoffman, John H. Kessler, Shelley Menin, I. Jeffrey Pheterson, Martin Rivard, Jeffrey Sabean, Lewis M. Schott, Laurie S. Silvers, Richard Sloane, Daniel J. “Rusty” Staub, Michael R. Troise and Jill Wachter.
Event sponsors include: Susan Hurley Esson; Madeline and Roderic Fink; First Republic Bank; Barbara and Jerome Golden; Stephen M. Gottlieb and Laurie Raber-Gottlieb; Harriet and Ashley Hoffman; Jaguar Palm Beach, Land Rover Palm Beach, Aston Martin Palm Beach; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bill and Marilyn Lane; Craig and Rochelle Menin, Menin Development, Inc.; Jane M. Mitchell; Park Foundation; Christine and Martin Rivard; Lewis M. Schott; Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein; Carolyn and Richard Sloane; Table 26 Palm Beach and Tiffany & Co. Media support provided by Gulfstream Media Group.
Tickets to the Palm Beach Wine Auction are $1,000, by invitation only. Call 561-651-4320 or visit palmbeachwineauction.org for more information about the Palm Beach Wine Auction. For more information on the Kravis Center’s arts education programs, please visit kravis.org/education.
