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LIVE AUCTION LOT 1 LA TOQUE/WESTIN VERASA MEET ME IN MANHATTAN EXPERIENCE 1 2 · DINNER FOR 4 AT LA TOQUE · 4 NIGHTS’ ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 2 AT ARCHER HOTEL IN NYC · ONE-NIGHT STAY AT WESTIN VERASA FOR TWO COUPLES · SAILING DAY TRIP FOR UP TO 6 ON LONG ISLAND SOUND ABOARD THE · BOCCE/TAPAS AND PROSECCO PARTY FOR 12 WIND DANCER · $200 GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR DINNER AT ANY DAVID BURKE RESTAURANT An intimate dinner with close friends, one night’s accommodations at a luxury hotel · $400 GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR DINNER AT TAO AND a party for 12—all planned and organized for you so you can relax and enjoy your “getaway.” You’re off to the Big Apple to take in the best in luxury lodging in the most cosmopolitan of the city’s five boroughs, fine dining from in some of New York City’s Check in to your luxury rooms at the Westin Verasa, then head downstairs for a hottest spots and a relaxing day on the water of Long Island Sound. memorable evening at the acclaimed La Toque restaurant. Executive Chef Ken Frank Your four-night experience starts with classic king accommodations at the Archer will create for the four of you a Chef’s Table Tasting Menu, a meal highlighting the Hotel in midtown Manhattan. Inspired by the heritage of its Garment District season’s finest ingredients from local farmers and purveyors. With the menu neighborhood, this industrial-chic luxury hotel is 21 stories of delights: a restaurant & bar by celebrity chef David Burke, a rooftop bar in sight of the Chrysler and selection taken care of by Chef Frank, all you need to do is select the wines or Empire State buildings, and custom furnishings and vibrant art throughout. beverages to go with your meal. Afterward, enjoy a nightcap at the Bank Café & Spend one day enjoying the views of the New York environs from the water with Bar or turn in early to enjoy your sumptuous accommodations. a cruise with August and Elana Zolfo aboard their Wind Dancer, a 50’ Beneteau sailboat, on which you’ll find all the luxuries and comfort of home. Your party of up The next day, awake refreshed and ready to receive your guests for a party on the to 6 will enjoy a continental breakfast on board before setting sail from the Huntington Westin’s bocce court. You’ll spend a relaxing afternoon with your friends, playing Yacht Club. After a morning of sailing, you’ll set anchor in the calm and beautiful Lloyd Harbor anchorage for a gourmet lunch prepared by chef August, famed for bocce, sipping Prosecco and enjoying tapas, all expertly catered and organized for his artistic talents in the galley, and fine wines from August and Elana’s collection. you by the Westin Verasa and Bank Café & Bar. Spend the rest of the afternoon sailing on the beautiful Long Island Sound. You will return to port at 4 pm refreshed and still have time to enjoy the evening. The perfect weekend away—without having to leave town! One evening, you’ll enjoy a dinner either at David Burke’s restaurant in the hotel or your choice of one of his three other NYC restaurants, to explore his inimitably NOTE: All dates to be based on availability. Dinner and accommodations to be creative combinations of flavor and texture. scheduled and used in conjunction with each other. Does not include alcoholic Another evening, experience TAO, the clublike Pan-Asian eatery known for its beverages. Bocce court available for up to 2.5 hours and tapas and bocce to be giant Buddha centerpiece & beautiful crowd. Originally a 19th century stable mutually coordinated between Westin Verasa and Bank Café & Bar. for the Vanderbilt family and then a balconied movie theater, TAO New York was Expires September 26, 2016. transformed into a majestic Asian “temple” that offers excellent people watching, fantastic cocktails, and the cuisines of China, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia. With five days, it’ll seem like you have plenty of time to take in the charms of the Big Apple, but we guarantee it’ll fly by in a New York minute. NOTE: Hotel and restaurants to be booked prior to December 30, 2016. Advance reservations required and are subject to availability. Present gift certificates upon arrival. Bidder responsible for taxes, gratuities and other incidental charges. Sailboat is located in Huntington Harbor, Long Island NY, and cruise is available from September - October 2015 or May - October 2016. DONATED BY | Bank Café & Bar, La Toque Restaurant and Westin Verasa Napa DONATED BY | Donors: Lodgeworks/Archer Hotel New York, TAO New York, and August and Elana Zolfo 12 GENEROUS HEART | LIVE AUCTION GENEROUS HEART | LIVE AUCTION 13 CONTINUUM EXPERIENCE FOR 6 “INSIDE THE ROPES/PRO-AM” EXPERIENCE FOR 2 AT FRYS.COM OPEN 3 4 · TOUR & TASTING AT CONTINUUM · 2015 FRYS.COM INSIDE THE ROPES EXPERIENCE FOR 2 · LUNCH FOR 6 AT CONTINUUM · ONE ROUND OF GOLF FOR 2 IN THE 2015 FRYS.COM PRO-AM · CAR & DRIVER SERVICE (TWO TESLAS) TO AND FROM THE WINERY GOLF TOURNAMENT · WEEKLONG TOURNAMENT GROUNDS ACCESS AND VIP PARKING Four generations of the Mondavi family have grown and produced wines among · TOURNAMENT GOLF SHIRTS AND CAPS FOR 2 the world’s finest. The third generation, Tim and Marcia Mondavi, along with their children, maintain this continuum of winemaking excellence, innovation and tradition What could be better than watching the world’s best golfers compete on the at their estate, high on Pritchard Hill. PGA Tour? We’ve got not one, but two answers to that question! You’re invited to experience Continuum firsthand with a visit to the estate, to spend First join in the fun with two spots in the Frys & Friends Pro-Am Golf Tournament time in the company of the people, winery and vineyards that are the source and on Monday, October 12, 2015, when the two of you will play a round with two of inspiration for this acclaimed wine. the pros participating in the Open. Your party of six will be whisked up to Pritchard Hill in true and exhilarating style—two Then watch the Pro-Am tournament from the very best vantage point: as an sleek Teslas—provided courtesy of Electifying Tours. You’ll start with a private tour of “Inside the Ropes” Honorary Observer. You’ll walk an entire round of the 2015 the winery and estate and a tasting of this sumptuous and balanced red wine, hosted Frys.com Open on Saturday, October 17, 2015, with a group of PGA Tour players, by a member of the Mondavi family. Afterwards, sit down to a luncheon, to enjoy the complete with hearing your name announced to the gallery on the first tee. wine as it meant to be enjoyed: with a great meal among good friends. In addition, you’ll each receive a Frys.com Open golf shirt and cap, weeklong To grace your cellar and your table at home, a magnum of the sold-out 2012 tournament grounds access and two weeklong VIP parking passes. Continuum will be presented to you upon departure. NOTE: Experiences are only for 2015 Frys.com Open at Silverado Resort & Spa, Napa. Note: To be scheduled for a mutually agreeable date prior to September 26, 2016. Attendance must be confirmed post event, and participants are required to view an online training video before participating. DONATED BY | Continuum Estate and Electrifying Tours DONATED BY | Frys.com Open 14 GENEROUS HEART | LIVE AUCTION GENEROUS HEART | LIVE AUCTION 15 THE ART OF SCARECROW THANKSGIVING, AS EASY AS ABC 5 6 · ONE MAGNUM OF 2012 SCARECROW (PRESENTED IN A WOODEN BOX) · THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR 10 PREPARED BY ALEXIS BAKING COMPANY · ONE MAGNUM OF 2012 M. ÉTAIN · WINES FROM GROTH VINEYARDS · THREE 750ML OF 2012 SCARECROW (PRESENTED IN A WOODEN BOX) · EVENT STYLING BY SAVVY EVENT STYLING · TWO 750ML OF 2012 M. ÉTAIN (PRESENTED IN A WOODEN BOX) · ONE ANNIVERSARY BOOK SET AND ONE FIRST-EDITION BOOK BY BRET LOPEZ This year, no need to spend days planning, preparing and hosting a Thanksgiving · UNFRAMED PHOTOGRAPH BY BRET LOPEZ feast that leaves you frazzled by the time you sit down for the celebration. Vintner and photographer Bret Lopez and partner/muse Mimi DeBlasio offer a As the winner of this lot, you’ll host a perfectly beautiful and delicious Thanksgiving singular lot of art for your cellar and your home. for which you will be truly thankful. Scarecrow produces extraordinary Cabernet from some of the oldest vines in Napa Just imagine enjoying a sumptuous Thanksgiving meal for 10 prepared by Alexis Valley. The grapes were originally planted in by legendary Inglenook winemaker Handelman and her team at Alexis Baking Co., replete with a perfectly cooked John Daniel, Jr., on land purchased in 1943 by MGM production chief Joseph Judson 20+-pound turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sautéed vegetables, mashed Cohn. Those grapes went into the Inglenooks of the John Daniel era, the original potatoes and sweet potatoes, creamed onions, dinner rolls and to finish, pumpkin Opus One, Robert Mondavi Reserve, Joseph Phelps’ Insignia and Beaulieu’s Georges and pecan pies. To pair with the feast, classic and always appropriate Groth de Latour Private Reserve. Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. When Cohn died, his grandson Bret Lopez, a successful commercial photographer, Let Kelly Dolata’s savvy team style your holiday with beautiful linens and designer joined with Francis Ford Coppola to buy the estate, and those grapes are now the florals. All you’ll need to do on Thanksgiving morning is pick up your feast and basis for Scarecrow, named in Bret’s grandfather’s honor after the iconic character uncork the wine.