Vineyards Magazine

Profits from the lots go to the Mind’s Eye project by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

The annual charity auction organised by Sotheby’s ended on 21 September with the sale of 12 exclusive lots during the 15th edition of Vendemmia d’Artista.

Double Magnums, Imperials and a sole 9-litre Salmanazar went under the hammer at the auction, accentuated by the artistic labels designed by Joseph Kosuth, who was invited to interpret the vintage’s character, “La Proporzione” (Proportion). All the bottles help to support, as has been the case since 2019, the “Mind’s Eye” project by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, aimed at enabling accessibility to art for the blind and people with low vision. This year, Ornellaia has donated 300,000 dollars in favour of the program.

Giovanni Geddes da Filicaja, CEO of Ornellaia, comments: “We are proud to meet with such success among wine and art enthusiasts. Vendemmia d’Artista has become an essential event for collectors, conveying quality, beauty and solidarity.”

This is the fifth year that Ornellaia has donated the profits from the Vendemmia d’Artista project to the “Mind’s Eye” program while the Bolgheri-based winery has collected and donated more than 2.5 million euro to a range of international museums since the start of the project.