20 • Thursday, November 28, 2019
OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
Journal photos by Jordan Wald
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Glenda Reinhardt, Sandy Thurmond, Betsy French, Katherine Estes Billmeier and Elizabeth Dunn.
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Tum Tum Foundation Celebrates 30th Wine Auction
Ridout’s Valley Chapel
HOMEWOOD MAYOR SCOTT MCBRAYER MANAGING DIRECTOR
www.ridoutsvalleychapel.com 1800 Oxmoor Road Homewood, Al 35209•205-879-3401
Thirty years ago, a group of 75 attended a wine auction at Pardis and Frank Stitt’s Bottega Restaurant, raising $25,000 for Magic Moments. Both the event and the hosts have grown over the years, resulting in the Tum Tum Tree Foundation and nearly $2 million in donations to Alabama children’s charities. This year’s annual Birmingham Wine Auction, presented by Medical Properties Trust, was hosted by the foundation’s board over three days, Nov. 7-9. Foundation board members include Jack Bryant, Peter Curtin, Susan Mary Kathryn Bryant, Jenny Burton and Ashley Blomeyer. Curtin, Doug Eckert, Sidney Fry, Dennis Goldasich, Jamie LeDoux, Kelly Logan, Susan Lowder, Ryan Lutz, Jake McKenzie, Danny McKinney, Andrew Pearce, Libby Sibley, Brandon Smith and Pardis Stitt. Honorary chair for the event was Eric Jensen, owner of Booker Vineyard and Winery. Ashley and Ken Polk. Ernie, Vivian, Hannah and Katherine Cory. Festivities began that Thursday with vintner dinners, hosted by select restaurants and in private homes in Birmingham. A gala auction that Friday included a wine-tasting and seated dinner prepared by chef Rob McDaniel of SpringHouse. The evening’s design Robert and Julie Kim with Laura Jasper and Fred Goldman. Deepti and Girish Dhall. was created by Branden Lower of Braden Lower Design, with florals The auction weekend concluded that DON’T MISS designed by Sybil Sylvester of Saturday in Tuscaloosa, as the Alabama Wildflower Designs. Crimson Tide prepared to take on the Both live and silent auctions offered LSU Tigers. A tailgate was hosted, a variety of wines, as well as wine and offering a selection of wines, beer and Dec. 12th! food experiences around the world. food. ❖
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