SPECIAL INVITATION…

For the TOP 15 BIDDERS
Of the Rare & Fine Wine Auction

The top 15 Rare & Fine Wine Auction bidders
and their guests will receive an invitation to:

*Complimentary Reception & Book Signing with Clive Coates*

Thursday, April 17
From 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
at Four Seasons Hotel Austin’s
new signature restaurant, TRIO.
(Guests will receive a complimentary
copy of Clive’s new book release,
The Wines of Burgundy.)

ALSO - The top 15 bidders will also receive first option to purchase seats for an exclusive wine dinner with Clive immediately following the reception, also at the acclaimed TRIO.

See full menu and wine list below…

ABOUT CLIVE COATES: 

CLIVE COATES MW (Master of Wine) is one of the world's leading wine authorities.  Coates' lifetime of distinguished activity in the field has been recognised by the French government, which awarded him the Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole, and he's also been honoured with a "Rame d'Honneur" by Le Verre et L'Assiette, the Ruffino/Cyril Ray Memorial Prize for his writings on Italian wine, and the title of "Wine Writer of the Year" for 1998/1999 in the Champagne Lanson awards.

Coates published THE VINE, his independent fine wine magazine, from 1989 to 2005.  In addition to his work with THE VINE, Coates has written for nearly all the world's foremost wine publications, and enjoys a reputation as an accomplished and engaging speaker throughout Europe and the USA.

Coates' books are considered classic works.  They include: CLARET (1982), WINES OF FRANCE (1990), GRANDS VINS, The Finest Châteaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines (1995), and CÔTE D'OR, A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy (1997), which won the André Simon Award (UK), the Champagne Veuve Clicquot prize (USA) and the James Beard Award (USA) for the best wine book of the year.  CÔTE D'OR also won the annual Prix des Arts et des Lettres awarded by the Burgundian Confrérie du Tastevin, the first time a book on wine and a non-Burgundian has been so honoured for 30 years.  Since then he has published AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA TOTHE WINES AND DOMAINES OF FRANCE (2000); THE WINES OF BORDEAUX (2004) and THE GREAT WINES OF FRANCE (2005).
The long-awaited sequel to Côte d'Or, THE WINES OF BURGUNDY, was published in March of this year.

MENU: 

Complimentary Reception & Book-signing with Clive Coates

Sommelier service provided by:

Devon Broglie, Whole Foods Market
Craig Collins, Prestige Wine Cellars
J. Scott Cameron, Pioneer Wine Company

TRIO Chefs:

Executive Chef, Elmar Prambs
Chef de Cuisine, Todd Duplechan

RECEPTION:

Champagne Louis Roederer Brut Premier
Assortment of Hors D’oeuvres from TRIO

DINNER: