April 02, 2007
Wine collectors and adventurers will not want to miss the 8th Annual Virtuoso Wine & Food Classic on Sunday, May 20, at the exclusive Round Hill Country Club in Alamo. The afternoon event will include a live auction featuring international vacations and rare wine lots, as well as exceptional food and wine tastings presented by some of California’s finest chefs and vintners.
One of the East Bay’s premier social events, the Virtuoso Wine & Food Classic, sponsored this year by Chevron, benefits the California Symphony’s acclaimed educational and artistic programs – including Music-in-the-Schools, which has reached over 50,000 elementary students throughout Contra Costa County since 1992.
Among the exceptional items to be auctioned this year are a seven-night stay at an historic Tuscan estate in the Chianti Classico wine region of Panzano; a privately-escorted 11-day journey through South Africa’s storied winelands and safari into Kruger National Park; a VIP wine tour through Provence in southern France; a week’s vacation at a five-star resort on the Island of Anguilla; Chef’s Table dinner for eight at Perbacco Ristorante in San Francisco (awarded three stars by the Chronicle’s Michael Bauer) and such rare wines as a 3-liter bottle of Ballentine Vineyards Zinfandel (from a limited edition of only 24).
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