“All Corks are Off!” for thirteenth annual Pairings charity wine public sale occasion Feb. 20-22
NASHVILLE, TN (January 6, 2025) – Pairings: Nashville’s Final Wine and Meals Weekend returns February 20-22, 2025. This unparalleled three-day charity wine public sale occasion will flip Nashville into Nashvegas, that includes over 29 wineries from the West Coast.
“Annually, the Nashville Wine Public sale’s Pairings occasions supply one thing for each wine fanatic,” Nashville Wine Public sale President/CEO Loren Chumley says. “This 12 months, friends will see new faces alongside acquainted wineries, making it the proper time to hitch us.”
Established in 1980, the Nashville Wine Public sale has raised greater than $40 million for organizations whose function is straight associated to most cancers analysis, progressive affected person remedy, and caregiver/affected person help. Pairings is considered one of Nashville Wine Public sale’s signature occasions, bringing collectively the wine group to fund the battle towards most cancers.
Nashville Wine Public sale is thrilled to welcome famend Chef Robbie Wilson who will create Saturday night’s dinner pairings to high off the three-day occasion. Chef Wilson was a 2023 James Beard Basis Semi-Finalist for Finest Chef: California and owned Le Fantastique, a 2022 Finest New Restaurant. Chef Wilson has spent his profession cultivating his culinary voice after early years beneath the tutelage of Michel Troisgros in France; Tom Colicchio in New York Metropolis; Thomas Keller in Napa Valley; and Nobu Matsuhisa in Aspen, Colorado.
Pairings will likely be co-chaired by long-time Nashville Wine Public sale supporters Amy & Brannan Atkinson and Pam & Steve Taylor. Each pairs are closely concerned with Nashville Wine Public sale, together with phrases on the board, internet hosting dinners and sponsoring occasions.
“Pairings Weekend is my favourite sequence of occasions introduced by the Nashville Wine Public sale all 12 months,” Amy Atkinson says. “Pairings is particularly created to draw wine explorers and lovers, so it’s a less-intimidating wine expertise for newcomers to benefit from the wine and meals and meet enjoyable folks. Identical to sharing an ideal bottle of wine with associates, I sit up for introducing new associates to Pairings. That is an particularly welcoming wine occasion for first-time attendees to return meet vintners and Nashville-based wine lovers whereas elevating cash to battle most cancers.”
“We will’t consider a greater strategy to spend a weekend than fundraising for the battle towards most cancers,” Pam and Steve Taylor say. “From the personal dinners to the thrilling conclusion of the weekend, it’s among the finest instances you’ll have supporting the battle towards most cancers!”
Pairings Weekend consists of three thrilling nights of wine-focused occasions:
Personal Vintner Dinners start the weekend on Thursday, February 20, 2025, going down in personal houses all through Nashville. Greater than a dozen Nashville cooks volunteer their time this night to curate delicacies paired with wines from our featured vintners. Tickets for these dinners are $350 per particular person.
On Friday, February 21, wine lovers will expertise Wined Up! & Collectors’ Showcase, Nashville’s largest upscale wine-tasting occasion that includes over 28 vintners from the West Coast, and the accompanying Collectors’ Showcase, whereas mingling with associates and bidding within the wine-focused Silent Public sale. Wined Up! begins at 6:00 pm and is $195 per particular person. The Collectors’ Showcase begins at 5:30 pm and permits collectors to style 9 further wines upstairs in a extra personal setting along with the Wine Up! occasion. Tickets for the Collectors’ Showcase are $325 per particular person and have restricted availability.
Featured vintners for Thursday and Friday evenings occasions embrace: Arrington Vineyards, Bricoleur Vineyards, Clos Solène Vineyard, Covert Property, Denali Property, Donelan Household Wines, DuMOL, Hyde Winery Property, Innumero, JUSTIN Vineyards & Vineyard, L’Aventure Vineyard, Limerick Lane Cellars, Mauritson Wines, Memento Mori, Morét-Brealynn Wines, Pahlmeyer, Peay Vineyards, Phifer Pavitt Wine, Pisoni Household Vineyards, Reeve Wines, Résonance Wines, Rewa Vineyards, Rowen Wine Firm, Simon Household Property, The Setting Wines, Stalworth, Three Sticks Wines, WALT Wines and William Cole Vineyards.
Featured cooks for Thursday night Personal Vintner Dinners embrace: Chef Alyssa Gangeri, Chef Matt Bell, Chef Alex Belew, Chef Marino Bianchi, Kristen Winston Catering, Chef Tony Galzin, Chef Kevin Ramquist, Chef Kristin Beringson, Chef Joe Townsend, Chef Brack Might, Chef Burke Conley, Chef Jordan Arcuri, and celebrated Houston, Texas Chef David Cordua.
The weekend’s spotlight for a lot of is the Pairings Dinner and Stay Public sale which is able to happen on Saturday, February 22, at Loews Vanderbilt Lodge the place friends will bask in a five-course connoisseur dinner that includes West Coast wines whereas elevating their paddles within the always-exciting Stay Public sale. Every course of the Pairings dinner gives a rigorously ready “Pairing” created by Chef Wilson. The occasion begins at 5:45 pm with a Wine Reception and hors d’oeuvres, and the Dinner and Stay Public sale begins at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $375 per particular person.
Throughout Saturday’s reception, featured wineries will embrace Clarice Wine Firm, Clos Solène Vineyard, Pahlmeyer, Pisoni Household Vineyards, Reeve Wines, Rewa Vineyards, Three Sticks Wines, WALT Wines and William Cole Vineyards. Dinner will characteristic wines from Donelan Household Wines, DuMol, L’Aventure, Résonance Wines and The Setting Wines. Friends are additionally invited to deliver their very own wine to the Pairings dinner.
Pairings sponsors confirmed presently embrace Amy & Brannan Atkinson Giving Fund, The Hearn Basis, Scientific Options Pharmacy, Tennessee Oncology, Husch Blackwell, Chazin & Firm, The Navin Group, and Nashville Monetary Planning. Sponsorships are nonetheless out there and could also be secured by emailing data@nashvillewineauction.com. Tickets are on sale now for Personal Vintner Dinners, Wined Up! and Pairings right here. For extra data, go to nashvillewineauction.com/pairings/.
ABOUT THE NASHVILLE WINE AUCTION
Nashville Wine Public sale’s mission is to unite the wine group to fund the battle towards most cancers.
In 2025, Nashville Wine Public sale will rejoice Pairings: Nashville’s Final Wine and Meals Weekend on February 20-22 and the forty sixth Annual l’Eté du Vin on July 24-26 at JW Marriott. Established in 1980, the Nashville Wine Public sale has raised greater than $40 million for organizations whose function is straight associated to cutting-edge analysis, progressive remedy, and household/affected person/caregiver help. www.NashvilleWineAuction.com
NASHVILLE WINE AUCTION BENEFICIARIES
American Most cancers Society’s Hope Lodge, Ascension Saint Thomas Basis, Gilda’s Membership Center Tennessee, The Heimerdinger Basis, HopeKids, Inc., Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Nashville Normal Hospital Basis, Make-A-Want Basis® of Center Tennessee, Monroe Carell Jr. Youngsters’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, St. Jude Youngsters’s Analysis Hospital, Survivor Health Basis, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Most cancers Middle.
