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The University of Gastronomic Sciences To Host International Wine Auction in April 2008
On September 23, 2007, Slow Food president Carlo Petrini will officially launch the University of Gastronomic Science’s Grand Wine Auction, a fundraising and educational event held in cooperation with the Banca del Vino in Pollenzo, Italy. Wine from some 200 top Italian producers will be sold online and during a one-day, four-city live auction.
The web auction opens September 24, 2007, with bids accepted from the public for any of more than 200 lots available. Lots will consist of mixed 2009 releasess from wineries throughout Italy, with bidding on the first series (approximately 50 lots) closing on December 20. The second and third series (approximately 75 lots each) will close in February and April, respectively. A final, real-time sale will conclude the event in April as well, with 120 lots being auctioned off in real time, simultaneously at locations in New York, Moscow, London, and the university’s home town of Pollenzo, Italy.
Since its founding, UNISG has benefited from the exceptional support of Italian winemakers, a tradition that continues with the Grand Wine Auction. In addition to sustaining ongoing university programs, funds raised will go to extending the school’s international reach by creating scholarships for students from developing nations. Among the 180 undergraduate students enrolled, 21 different countries are currently represented.
The University of Gastronomic Sciences was co-founded in 2003 by Slow Food to build new food leaders around the world with an integrated understanding of food systems and culture, and comprises four undergraduate and graduate programs at two historic campuses in Piemonte and Emilia-Romagna. The school was recently named one of the top Italian universities by the leading national daily, Il Sole 24 Ore.
Carlo Petrini’s announcement about the Grand Wine Auction will take place Sunday, September 23, 2007, at 11:00 am in the Aula Magna of the University of Gastronomic Sciences’ Cascina Albertina building, 8 via Amedeo di Savoia 8, Pollenzo (CN). The auction is organized by an independent planning committee of the university that is also dedicated to similar fundraising efforts.
For more information, or to participate in the auction, go to www.bancadelvino.it