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18 — 20 December 2026 · Aspen, Colorado

Aspen Snow Polo World Cup

An exclusive immersion with C3LLAR and Champagne Baron d'Avella

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The Weekend

Polo, on snow.

Each December, Aspen packs a polo field into the snow and the world's best players come to it. For one weekend, the Snow Polo World Cup turns the heart of town into the most glamorous sideline in the sport: thundering hooves on white ground, the Rockies behind, and a celebration that runs from the first chukka to the last toast.

In partnership with Champagne Baron d'Avella and its founder Frédéric d'Avella, owner and active player on the Polo de Champagne team, C3LLAR takes a private chalet right on the sidelines of the field for the whole weekend. From here, our members follow the matches with a glass in hand: a continuous tasting of the Baron d'Avella cuvées alongside a curated selection of rare bottles drawn from C3LLAR allocations.

The evenings belong to the table. On Saturday, an intimate dinner at Casa Tua Aspen, hosted alongside Frédéric d'Avella. On Sunday, a closing dinner celebrating the iconic wines of Château de Beaucastel, organised in partnership with Fusalp in a private setting.

A chalet on the field. Champagne between chukkas. Two tables to close.

Dates18 — 20 December 2026
WhereAspen, Colorado
PartnersBaron d'Avella · Beaucastel · Fusalp
Format2 match days · 2 dinners
The Places

A field,
a chalet,
two tables

Four addresses, each opened for us alone.

The snow polo field at Rio Grande Park, Aspen

Aspen · Rio Grande Park

The Field

The Snow Polo World Cup is played on a snow-packed arena in Rio Grande Park, a short walk from the centre of Aspen. High-goal polo at altitude, with the mountains as a backdrop.

The C3LLAR × Baron d'Avella private chalet on the sidelines

Aspen · On the sidelines

The C3LLAR × Baron d'Avella Chalet

Our private chalet, ideally located right on the sidelines of the field. Open throughout the weekend's matches, with a continuous tasting of Baron d'Avella cuvées and rare bottles from C3LLAR allocations.

Casa Tua Aspen

Aspen · Saturday evening

Casa Tua Aspen

An intimate dinner for our members in one of Aspen's most sought-after dining rooms, hosted alongside Frédéric d'Avella, with the house's cuvées poured through the evening.

A private setting in Aspen, with Fusalp

Aspen · Sunday evening

A private setting, with Fusalp

The closing dinner, celebrating the iconic wines of Château de Beaucastel, in a private setting organised in partnership with the French house Fusalp.

The Programme

Day by day

Day 1 · Friday

18December

Arrival in Aspen

Aspen in December

Welcome to Aspen

Independent arrival in Aspen and check-in at your hotel. The town is in full winter dress: fresh snow on Aspen Mountain above the rooftops, the galleries and boutiques lit for the season.

The evening is yours. Our team will be in touch beforehand with the weekend's details, your access to the chalet, and a few addresses worth knowing in town.

Day 2 · Saturday

19December

Tournament day

The C3LLAR × Baron d'Avella chalet on the sidelines

The chalet, then Casa Tua

VIP access to the tournament and to the C3LLAR × Baron d'Avella private chalet, right on the sidelines of the field. The day's matches unfold a few metres away, with a continuous tasting of Champagne Baron d'Avella cuvées alongside a curated selection of rare bottles from C3LLAR allocations.

In the evening, the Baron d'Avella × C3LLAR dinner at Casa Tua Aspen. An intimate table reserved for our members, hosted alongside Frédéric d'Avella.

The final of the Snow Polo World Cup, Aspen

Day 3 · Sunday

20December

The Final

Aspen · The closing day.

A second day on the sidelines. The chalet reopens for the tournament's closing matches and the final, the tasting continues, and the trophy is lifted on the snow.

To round off the weekend, the closing dinner C3LLAR × Château de Beaucastel: an exclusive evening celebrating the iconic wines of the Perrin family's estate in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, organised in partnership with Fusalp in a private setting.

The Champagne

Baron d'Avella

A Champagne house born on the polo field. Poured at the chalet from the first chukka to the last, and at Casa Tua on Saturday night.

Champagne Baron d'Avella

I · Champagne

The house of Frédéric d'Avella

Champagne Baron d'Avella is the house of Frédéric d'Avella: owner, founder, and an active player on the Polo de Champagne team. Few houses can claim the game as their natural element. This one was built for it, from the sidelines of the field to the table after the match.

Its cuvées are made to be poured where the sport is played: at the gallop, between chukkas, on grass in Champagne and on snow in Aspen. In December, the house takes its place at the C3LLAR chalet on the sidelines of the Snow Polo World Cup.

On the field by day and at the head of the table by night: on Saturday, Frédéric d'Avella hosts our members at Casa Tua Aspen, pouring his own cuvées and telling the story of a house that lives between Champagne and the polo field.

The wines

  • [Cuvée · Brut]The house's signature. Poured throughout both match days at the chalet.
  • [Cuvée · Rosé]On the sidelines as the afternoon matches unfold.
  • [Cuvée · Prestige]Opened at Casa Tua on Saturday night, with Frédéric d'Avella.

19 & 20 December · The chalet · 19 December · Casa Tua Aspen

The Closing Dinner

Château de Beaucastel

Five generations of the Perrin family, thirteen grape varieties, one of the great estates of the Rhône. Poured at the closing dinner on Sunday night, in a private setting with Fusalp.

Château de Beaucastel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

II · Châteauneuf-du-Pape

A century of the Perrin family

The name Beaucastel appears in the records of Courthézon as early as 1549. The modern estate begins in 1909, when Pierre Tramier bought the property and passed it to his son-in-law Pierre Perrin. His son Jacques Perrin made it a pioneer: organic farming from the 1950s, biodynamics from 1974, long before either was fashionable in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Today the fifth generation of Perrins runs the estate. Beaucastel is one of the rare houses to grow all thirteen varieties permitted in the appellation, with an unusual weight given to Mourvèdre and, in the whites, to old-vine Roussanne. The result is a wine built for decades, dense and savoury in youth, and extraordinary with age.

On Sunday night, [Name], Famille Perrin, joins us for the closing dinner, pouring the estate's iconic wines across several vintages and sharing the story of a house that has farmed the same stony plateau for more than a century.

The wines

  • Châteauneuf-du-Pape RougeThe estate's grand vin: Grenache and Mourvèdre leading a blend of thirteen varieties, from the galets roulés of the plateau.
  • Roussanne Vieilles VignesA white from vines planted in 1909, among the longest-lived whites of the southern Rhône.
  • Hommage à Jacques PerrinMade only in the finest years since 1989, Mourvèdre-dominant, in homage to the man who shaped the estate.

20 December · Closing dinner, in a private setting with Fusalp

Investment

Places, on invitation

VIP access to the tournament on both days, the private chalet and its tastings, the Baron d'Avella × C3LLAR dinner at Casa Tua and the closing dinner with Château de Beaucastel, wines included. Travel and accommodation in Aspen are not included.

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