Ornellaia: A Record-Breaking Auction, $167.000 donated at the Whitney Museum in New York
28/04/2010
When wine benefits art. 167.000 US dollars, of these $45.000 for the unique Salmanazar, a record sum, were gathered by the auction organized by the Bolgheri estate for Ornellaia 2007 Vendemmia d'Artista ‘L'Armonia’, the second edition of a long-term project launched to reestablish Renaissance patronage of the Arts in a modern key, and forge a tight bond between art and wine. The proceeds will be donated in their entirety to the Whitney Museum's conservation department for the restoration and preservation of the American works of modern art in the Museum's collections. Visiting the website www.vendemmiadartista.it