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Tony Parker co-president of the 159th Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction

31/10/2019

On 31 October, the Hospices de Beaune presented the two charities that will benefit from the sale of the “Pièce des Présidents”:

• The Institute of the Brain and Spinal Cord (ICM), represented by famous basketball player Tony Parker
• Autour des Williams, a charity to help those with Williams-Beuren syndrome, supported by the TV presenter Ophélie Meunier and french actor François-Xavier Demaison, also co-presidents of the auction

This year, the 228-liter barrel sold in aid of the two charities is from the appellation Corton Grand Cru Les Bressandes, taken from the traditional Charlotte Dumay cuvée.

Besides raising money for medical charities, the Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction aims to collect funds for the Beaune hospital complex and the Hôtel-Dieu museum. This year, 589 pièces, or barrels, will go under the hammer (down from 828 in 2018), including 118 pièces of white wine and 471 of red.

The 2018 auction allowed the first stage of the reconstruction hospital complex to begin. The money raised in 2019 should allow modernization work to continue, and help fund a state-of-the-art operating theater.

• Like every year, numerous events are scheduled for the press, and you can find full details in our online diary: click here.