Art in a Bottle

It’s hard to find someone who shares your exact taste in art. But there may be a way for devotees of the Kemper and Nelson-Atkins museums to find common ground when the second annual Artist Series Wine Event returns to the Capital Grille (4740 Jefferson, 816-531-8345). This year, the venerable steakhouse is selling a Cabernet created by Thomas Peffer, from Atalon Winery in Napa Valley. He worked with Capital Grille master sommelier George Miliotes to design a vintage with what Capital Grille describes as “ripe fruit flavors and prominent tannin.” Fewer than 1,000 cases were bottled. The Capital Grille will donate $25 from each bottle sold to Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to feed hungry children in America. Collectors might be drawn to the limited-edition bottle, with its image by Florida artist Patricia Timbrook, but even for art aficionados, the beauty might be on the tongue rather than in the eye of the beholder.

Mon., March 21, 2011