2008 Auction

March 1, 2008
Classic Wines Auction presented by


Begins at 5 pm at the Oregon Convention Center
Black Tie Optional

February 29, 2008
Ambassadors Dinner
Begins at 6 pm at the Portland Art Museum
Business Attire
(Exclusively for sponsors of the Classic Wines Auction)

February 26, 27 & 28, 2008
Winemaker Dinners
All dinners begin at 6:30 pm
Business Casual
(Small groups hosted by winemakers at Portland area restaurants)

February 25, 2008
Taste Walla Walla
Portland Art Museum, Grand Ballroom from 5 pm to 7:30 pm
Tickets: $65.00 To Purchase Click Here

2008 ticket prices per person:
Winemaker Dinners $150
Classic Wines Auction $750

We are pleased to announce our 2008 auction co-chairs:
Linda Hickey (2007 auction co-chair), Dan Agnew and Mark Miller.

This year’s charity beneficiaries include: Metropolitan Family Service, New Avenues for Youth, Friends of the Children – Portland, Trillium Family Services and YWCA Clark County.

The region’s top executive chefs prepare dinner courses matched with wines of our honorary ambassadors. The Classic Wines Auction chefs will be: Dominique Geulin, M.O.F. of St. Honoré Boulangerie and John Gorman of Toro Bravo in Portland, OR, Daisley Gordon of Campagne, Thierry Rautureau of, Rover's Restaurant and Johnathan Sundstrom of Lark Restaurant in Seattle, WA. The Classic Wines Auction Honoroary wine ambassadors will be: Washington - Casey McClellan, Seven Hills Winery, California - Peter Mondavi, Jr., Charles Krug Winery, Oregon - Carl and Marilyn Thoma, Van Duzer Winery and Paul Avery, Ferngrove Vineyards Estate, Australia. Steve Corry of Five Fifty-Five in Portland, Maine and Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon in Portland, Oregon, will collaborate as our Ambassador Dinner chefs.

The 2007 Classic Wines Auction raised more than $2.7 million. Proceeds benefited Metropolitan Family Service, New Avenues for Youth, Friends of the Children - Portland and Trillium Family Services.

July 2007 Classic Wines Auction Newsletter | PDF