(ANSA) - BOLGHERI (LIVORNO), OCTOBER 05 - Sotheby's online auction for lots of the precious bottles of Ornellaia Vendemmia d'artista 2019 "Il Vigore", in the large Imperial and Salmanazar formats, is underway until October 19 .
The interpretation of the vintage was entrusted to the creativity of Swedish artists Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg.
At the center of the work is the theme of the metamorphosis and cyclical nature of nature and its constantly evolving driving force.
The works reflect the desire to emphasize the relationship between man and earth.
Also this year, as from 2019, explains a note, the proceeds will be donated to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for the "Mind's Eye" program which helps blind or visually impaired people to experience art through the use of all senses.
"We are pleased that, for the third consecutive year, the Vendemmia d'Artista charity auction will be held online - explains Jamie Ritchie, worldwide head of Sotheby's wine -, allowing the participation of wine and art collectors from all over the world. . These exclusive bottles will find a home in their cellars thus bringing together wine, art and friends. We invite you to participate in this auction and thus contribute to expanding access to the arts for those who are blind or visually impaired. "
As in art, also the appreciation of great wines requires the total involvement of the senses and, underlines the CEO of the Bolgheri estate Giovanni Geddes da Filicaja, it is precisely the sharing of this idea that has led Ornellaia to "support this charity initiative that has based on a sensitivity that has always been an integral part of our philosophy ".
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