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Great Wines, Great Encounters
Written By: Jenny King | Issue: 2015/05 - May | Photograph By: Janet Cummings
One of the most anticipated events in the Southeast returns to The Bascom this spring with Collective Spirits 2015.
This year’s festival will be held May 14-16, and features more than eleven different events over the course of three days. Collective Spirits is the single largest fundraiser for The Bascom, ensuring the unique education, exhibition, and community outreach will continue for years to come.
The Collective Spirits’ exclusive, benefactor-only dinner on Thursday evening will feature notable chefs and wines, expertly paired and showcased in the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau’s finest homes. Friday kicks off with a Women of Wine Fashion Show and Luncheon at Highlands Country Club. Guests will enjoy a viewing of spring’s finest fashions while tasting wines and lunching with five celebrated women of wine.
Special guest sommelier Andrea Robinson will lend her expertise to the festival this year. Robinson is one of a small handful of professionals worldwide who has received the title of Master Sommelier. An author and television personality, Robinson also teaches classes and is an advisor for several major corporations including Delta Air Lines.
Friday evening’s Stock Your Cellars Wine Tasting and Market will boast dozens of award-winning vintners offering tastings of an impressive and varied selection of wines for sale by the discounted case. The evening continues this year with the addition of barbeque, an oyster roast, and bluegrass music from Well Strung.
On Saturday, Collective Spirits culminates with an elegant seated meal and live auction conducted by wine-specialist Greg Quiroga of Stellar Fundraising Auctions at Highlands Country Club. Chefs for the event come from some of the finest restaurants in the South representing Asheville, Atlanta, Charleston, New Orleans, and North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
The Bascom, a center for the visual arts, is located at 323 Franklin Road in Highlands and is open year-round. The Bascom enhances the quality of life through a dynamic arts experience that inspires and attracts residents and visitors through interaction with all forms of visual arts. The facility offers classes for adults and children as well as open studio time.
Benefactor packages for Collective Spirits, May 14–16, are expected to sell out this year. To be added to the invitation list, please email [email protected]. For further information visit the website at CollectiveSpirits.com or contact the Bascom at (828) 526-4949.
