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Bubbles and Bacon Lunch for 12 at Mark Tarbell’s The Wine Store

Enjoy a three-course BLT luncheon featuring Mark’s Cha Cha Mouche Sprinkle Joy Sparkling Wine.

Your party of 12 will enjoy a fabulous Bubbles and Bacon Lunch in The Wine Store’s semiprivate dining area. After being greeted with a glass of Tarbell’s Cha Cha Mouche Sprinkle Joy Sparkling Wine, guests will savor a light, three-course lunch, with the Tavern’s BLT (the best BLT in town!) paired with Champagne.

Acclaimed restaurateur and wine connoisseur Mark Tarbell is a trailblazer who helped put Arizona’s unique cuisine on the national map. After studying and training in some of Europe’s most renowned culinary and wine programs, the humble celebrity chef returned to the Grand Canyon State, pouring his talents into his award-winning restaurant, Tarbell’s, a top dining destination along the Camelback Corridor, alongside Tarbell’s The Wine Bar and The Wine Store.

The Wine Store is a unique luncheon venue that can host up to 40 guests for special events. You’ll be surrounded by the best wine selection in the Southwest — it is the source for special orders of rare and exceptional vintages. In 2017, Mark launched his passion project, Cha Cha Mouche Winery, creating his own wine to sprinkle joy for everyone.

Mark’s ventures include Tarbell’s Restaurant, T’s Tavern & Wine Bar, The Wine Store, T’s Catering n’ Special Events, The Tavern at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Terminal 3 and T’s Goods in Terminal 4, NG Hospitality, Cultivate Wine Bar and The Vault.

Donated by: Tarbell’s Restaurant, Mark Tarbell

Terms and Conditions: This luncheon will take place on a Saturday, excluding holidays, on a date that is available with The Wine Store. Please book as soon as possible, and Mark Tarbell will make every effort to visit your table. Expires Nov. 1, 2025.

Lotus Abstraction by David T. Kessler

Medium: Acrylic on Metal
Dimensions: 22” x 48”

Acrylic and airbrush are used to create this vivid and mesmerizing waterscape that is both romantic and magical.

Painter David T. Kessler masterfully creates the illusion of depth on flat surfaces, applying transparent layers of airbrushed paint on abraded and polished aluminum, adding in physical elements to refract light with various wire brushes. His preferred subject is abstracted waterscapes that incorporate realistic imagery. As he describes it, viewers are coaxed to appreciate “the incongruity of light being reflected from the metal surface, while at the same time being absorbed by the painted seas.”

For over 20 years, David has followed a photo-realist tradition, often vivifying landscapes from the Arizona desert where he lives. These highly complex and consummately crafted paintings have drawn the attention of collectors and curators from all over the country.

Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Kessler received his BFA degree from Arizona State University in 1972 and his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 1975. His paintings have been exhibited internationally since 1977, with shows in Tokyo, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and New York, and are in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Minnesota Museum of Art and the United States Embassy, among others. He lives and works in Scottsdale.

Donated by: Anonymous