2010 Sponsors
SunTrust Bank presents The Patrons Dinner | May 7, 2010
SunTrust Banks, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest banking organizations, serving a broad range of consumer, commercial, corporate and institutional clients and has 43 locations in the Mid-South. The company operates an extensive branch and ATM network throughout the high-growth Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states and a full array of technology-based, 24-hour delivery channels. SunTrust also serves customers in selected markets nationally. Its primary businesses include deposit, credit, trust and investment services. Through various subsidiaries SunTrust provides credit cards, mortgage banking, insurance, brokerage, equipment leasing and capital markets services. For more information, visit
www.suntrust.com.
Lexus of Memphis
Our passion is providing you with a world-class ownership experience. We share the thrill our customers get from owning and driving a Lexus. Whether you come in for a new or pre-owned Lexus, to have your vehicle serviced or to arrange financing, we are committed to providing a Lexus experience that keeps you coming back.
The Westin Memphis Beale Street, Official Hospitality Sponsor
The Westin Memphis Beale Street will offer a retreat from the rigors of travel. Located just behind the world-famous Beale Street, home of the blues, you'll be minutes away from the excitement of the city. Designed to enhance your relaxation, all 203 beautifully appointed guest rooms and suites feature our signature Heavenly Bed®, complete with a pillow top mattress and 250-thread count sheets. This Memphis hotel offers its guests a chance to rejuvenate from the stresses of life while experiencing the wonders of the south. Only minutes away from the Brooks Museum, the Westin is the perfect place for all of our out of town Art of Good Taste guests!
Dixon-Hughes presents The Fleming's Wine Dinner | February 28, 2010
As the largest CPA firm based in the Southeast, we combine deep industry experience, comprehensive accounting and advisory services and a strong commitment to personal service. We have over 1200 people located throughout the region—and local members who direct these resources to your best advantage.
"...to serve our clients as trusted advisors and help them achieve greater success"
Our passion for our clients’ success has fueled the development of dedicated practice groups, each immersed in a specific industry and offering comprehensive solutions that go far beyond traditional accounting services. Although every business and each engagement is unique, our mission remains the same—to serve our clients as trusted advisors and help them achieve greater success.
We draw on immense resources to combine the staples of audit, tax and accounting with innovative consulting and management advisory services. Our real value, however, lies in the ability to offer those resources, customized in a way that can work for you. To find out more about our customized service teams, contact us today.
Wunderlich Securities presents Brooks Uncorked | April 16, 2010
Today's complex financial world demands a higher level of service. Client centered. Results oriented. Founded in 1996, Wunderlich Securities serves both private clients and institutional clients with an old world level of privacy & accountability, combined with new world technology & execution.
Pinnacle Airlines Corp.
Pinnacle Airlines Corp. is the parent company of Pinnacle Airlines, Inc./Northwest Airlink, and Colgan Air, Inc. Proudly headquartered in Memphis, Pinnacle transports nearly 10 million customers each year to more than 150 destinations across the United States and Canada.
Buster’s Liquors& Wines
Buster’s Liquors & Winesis Tennessee’s premier wine shop. Locally owned and family-operated through three generations, Buster’s has served the Memphis area for 54 years and boasts the state’s largest selection of wine and spirits with more than 8,500 items in stock and the most knowledgeable wine staff in the region. Buster’s has twice been recognized in 1989 and 2000 as one of the Top 10 Wine Shops in America by Wine Spectator’s Market Watch Magazine and has been voted No. 1 Wine Shop by the Memphis Flyer’s reader’s poll 14 years in a row. Since 1954, Buster’s has strived to carry the best wines and spirits, stocking difficult and hard-to-find specialty wines. Just like a fine wine, Buster’s gets better with age.
The Parker Family, in memory of Tony M. Parker, Sr.
Judy Parker and her late husband Tony, together with their children Mat, Mike, Mark and Meg, have been avid supporters of the Brooks Museum for many years. Mark Parker of UBS Financial Services serves both on the museum's board and as the co-chair of The Art of Good Taste 2010.
The Parker Family was responsible for introducing the Fleming's Wine Dinner into The Art of Good Taste 2008 series and has served as our gracious hosts for the 2009 and 2010 events.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Since the first Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar opened in 1998, they have raised the standard of excellence for steakhouses to a whole new level, winning awards all over the country for outstanding food, wine and service.
Stylish, contemporary dining is the hallmark of Fleming’s. As their name implies, their menu features the finest in prime beef, augmented by a tempting variety of chops, seafood, chicken, generous salads, inventive side orders and indulgent desserts. Their celebrated wine list, know as the Fleming’s 100, boasts some of the finest wines in the world, all available by the glass.
Fleming’s goal is to provide ongoing celebration of exceptional food and wine, in the company of friends and family. You will find the atmosphere inviting, the spirit generous and joyful, and the overall experience one you won’t soon forget. Visit Fleming’s at www.flemingssteakhouse.com.
Memphis Magazine
Founded in 1976, Memphis magazine recently celebrated its 30th year of enlightening, informing, and entertaining Mid-South readers with an editorial and design relaunch. Thanks to dedicated local ownership and a staff committed to journalistic excellence, Memphis has established a tradition of independence and editorial quality second to none in the South. During the past three decades, Memphis has won scores of national and regional awards for editorial excellence, including the Society of Professional Journalists’ Distinguished Public Service Award in 1984, making Memphis the smallest-circulation magazine ever to have won this prestigious honor. Every month, 55,000 readers look to Memphis magazine to provide them with in-depth coverage of every aspect of life in the Bluff City. Those readers represent the “best and brightest” in our community, the movers and shakers who help make this city – the corporate home of FedEx, the cultural capital of the Mississippi Delta, and, of course, the birthplace of rock-and-roll and the home of the blues – the very special place it is today.
Oak Hall
Oak Hall has been the leading clothier for men and women in Memphis and the Mid-South for almost 150 years. Ermengildo Zegna, Canali, Brioni, Hart Schaffner Marx, Borelli, Loro Piana, Kiton, and Robert Talbott are mainstays for men, while the ladies department features names such as St. John, Escada, Zenobia and Lida Biday.
Paulsen Printing Company
Paulsen Printing Company is a full-service printing company established in 1978 with the highest customer service standards in mind. Paulsen features high-quality printing, from letterheads to the finest multi-colored brochures. All equipment is state of the art, featuring a complete digital workflow including computer-to-plate, and a brand new six-color (plus aqueous coating) Komori press.
TechsPerts is a technology services corporation which isbased in Memphis TN. Founded in 2004 byPamela Hauber and Steve West, TechsPerts provides computer service and supportto many businesses and home throughout the Midsouth. Steve West heads up the consulting projectsat TechsPerts brings to the company more the 30 years of expertise in thetechnology industry. Pamela Hauberworked as a National Account Manager for IBM which is where she and Stevemet. TechsPerts supports environmentswhich consist of server, NAS Apple and PC based systems.
www.techsperts.us
With generous support from:
Lyn and Bill Reed
Morris Auction Group
Athens Distributing Co. of Tennessee
Delta Wholesale Liquors
Southwestern Beverage Distributing
Star Distributors
United Liquors
The Victor L. Robilio Company
Kitchens Unlimited