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07/13/2019

Parallel 38 Auction: A Wine Lover’s Dream Quartet

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Here is your chance to experience Parallel 38 like you never have before, while helping to feed the area’s hungry: The Charlottesville 29 Restaurant Auctions. Along with all of the other restaurants in The Charlottesville 29, Parallel 38 has created a once-in-a-lifetime experience for whoever pledges the highest donation to The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Thanks to the generosity of Parallel 38, the entire winning bid goes directly to the food bank. And, thanks to the efficiency of the food bank, each dollar donated creates four meals for the area’s hungry.

The Parallel 38 signature experience for The Charlottesville 29 Restaurant Auctions:

A Wine Lover’s Dream Quartet

The auction winner will enjoy a wine lover’s dream, in four parts.

First, the auction winner will receive fourteen bottles of Parallel 38’s most exclusive wines. Parallel 38 is well known for its wine, in part because of the background of co-owner Justin Ross. With certificates from the Court of Master Sommeliers, American Guild of Sommeliers, and French and Spanish Wine Academies, Ross once oversaw a 17,000 bottle wine cellar of an Alain Ducasse protege at the historic Tidewater Inn. There he was exposed to some of the world’s most sought after-wines, and at Parallel 38, Ross keeps a special Reserve selection of such wines. For the auction winner, Ross will clean out the Parallel 38 cellar of his most exclusive rare wines, and provide them to the auction winner. If ordered from the wine list, the fourteen bottles, listed below, would cost more than $5,000.

Second, the auction winner will have the chance to show off the wines at spectacular dinner for eight that will seek to do justice to the extraordinary wines: “A Journey Along the 38th Parallel in 8 Courses,” covering the whole parallel from Greece to Asia, and back again. Any of the fourteen bottles that the group does not consume during dinner, the auction winner may take home for their own cellar.

Third, the auction winner and seven guests will be treated to a Sunday afternoon brunch and wine tasting class. Seated at Parallel 38’s bar, the auction winner’s group will enjoy an over-the-top brunch prepared just for them. Meanwhile, Ross himself and a special guest from Charlottesville’s local wine scene will help the group better understand the art of tasting and enjoying wine. 

And fourth, to help the auction winner pursue their love of wine throughout their lives, they will have “free corkage for life” at Parallel 38, meaning they may bring their own wine, without the corkage fee restaurants typically charge for outside wine.

It’s the ultimate Parallel 38 experience: A Wine Lover’s Dream Quartet.

The Wines
2 Bottles of Varner Home Block Chardonnay Spring Ridge 2013  (96 points)
2 Bottles of Neely Holly’s Cuvee Chardonnay Spring Ridge 2013 (97 points)
2 Bottles of Dumol Russian River Syrah 2012 (94 points)
1 Bottle of Salvoini Brunelo di Montalcino 2010 (100 points)
1 Bottle Hundred Acre Ancient Way Barossa Valley Shiraz 2006 (95 points)
1 Bottle Hundred Acre Ark Vineyard Howell Mountain Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009  (97 points)
1 Bottle Opus One 2011  (95 points)
2 Bottles Opus One 2012  (97 points)
2 Bottles Opus One 2013  (100 points) (Some call it the greatest Opus One ever made)

Note: The auction winner will schedule their experience on a date that is mutually convenient for Parallel 38.

Bidding

Place your bids by email at charlottesville29@gmail.com. The auction will end August 20 with live bidding at Prime 109’s Celebration of Charlottesville restaurants. Email bidding closes August 20 at 3 pm.

Current Bid: $2,600

07/12/2019

The Bebedero Auction: Bucket List Mezcal and Tequila Dinner Party

 

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Here is your chance to experience The Bebedero like you never have before, while helping to feed the area’s hungry: The Charlottesville 29 Restaurant Auctions. Along with all of the other restaurants in The Charlottesville 29, The Bebedero has created a once-in-a-lifetime experience for whoever pledges the highest donation to The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Thanks to the generosity of The Bebedero, the entire winning bid goes directly to the food bank. And, thanks to the efficiency of the food bank, each dollar donated creates four meals for the area’s hungry.

The Bebedero’s signature experience for The Charlottesville 29 Restaurant Auctions:

Bucket List Mezcal and Tequila Dinner Party

As regulars know, The Bebedero is home to one of the top selections of mezcal and tequila in Virginia. Yet, even The Bebedero’s most loyal customers have never enjoyed a night like this. The Bebedero team will come to the home of the auction winner and treat them and nine guests to an agave-lover’s evening of a lifetime. The Bebedero co-owner River Hawkins, one of Virginia’s top experts on mezcal and tequila, will walk guests through a series of rare and exclusive spirits, some of which cannot be found anywhere else in the United States. For tequila, there will be a mix of traditional approaches and modern innovations, with a focus on rare and exclusive bottles. As for mezcal, guests will sample unusual, wild agave varietals as well as those crafted with strange traditional practices, including some of the rarest artisan spirits in the world, from tiny distillers in rural Mexican villages.

To do justice to the spirits, Chef Kelvino will prepare his dream Mexican dinner – a six-course menu ranging from Veracruz to Puebla, each course paired with tequila, mezcal, or cocktails by Hawkins.

It’s the ultimate The Bebedero dining experience: a Bucket List Mezcal and Tequila Dinner Party.

Note: The auction winner will schedule their experience on a date that is mutually convenient for The Bebedero.

Bidding

Bidding has ended for The Bebedero experience. Winning bid: $3,000

07/11/2019

Hamiltons’ Auction: An Evening of Wine, Chocolate, and Whiskey

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Here is your chance to experience Hamiltons’ like you never have before, while helping to feed the area’s hungry: The Charlottesville 29 Restaurant Auctions. Along with all of the other restaurants in The Charlottesville 29, Hamiltons’ has created a once-in-a-lifetime experience for whoever pledges the highest donation to The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Thanks to the generosity of Hamiltons’, Gearharts Fine Chocolates, and Virginia Distillery Co., the entire winning bid goes directly to the food bank. And, thanks to the efficiency of the food bank, each dollar donated creates four meals for the area’s hungry.

The Hamiltons’ signature experience for The Charlottesville 29 Restaurant Auctions:

An Evening of Wine, Chocolate & Whiskey 

The auction winner and nine guests will begin their evening at Gearharts’ Fine Chocolates, the chocolatier founded by Hamiltons’ alumnus Tim Gearhart. There, Gearhart himself will treat the group to a tour and a truffle rolling demonstration, where the group can try their hand at making truffles, while enjoying chocolates paired with whiskey and cocktails by Virginia Distillery Co. The auction winner will even receive a whiskey care package, with two logo’d glencairns and a bottle of Port Cask Finished Virginia-Highland Whisky, winner of Best American Malt at the World Whiskies Awards.

Next, the group will amble over to Hamiltons’ for an evening in their private room. Hamiltons’ Chef and Wine Director will personally curate an over-the-top six course dinner paired with some of the Wine Director’s most favorite wines.

It’s the ultimate Hamiltons’ dining experience: An Evening of Wine, Chocolate & Whiskey.

Note: The auction winner will schedule their experience on a date that is mutually convenient for Hamiltons’, Gearharts, and The Virginia Distillery Co.

Bidding

Bidding has ended for the Hamiltons’ experience. Winning bid: $3333.33