Auction Napa Valley through the week

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Monday, June 09, 2008

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By Register Staff

Auction Napa Valley, one of the Wine Country's biggest annual events, lived up to that title again this year. Here is a recap of the articles from the week so far.

Remembering the first auction of Napa Valley wines: A bottle of wine sold at the first Napa Valley Wine Auction, held June 21, 1981, remains unopened. (Read more...)

$10.3 million raised at Auction Napa Valley: Big bottles of cult status wine, no-stone-left-unturned trips all over the world, lavish wine parties, automobiles filled with collectible wine and old-fashioned star power combined Saturday night to (Read more...)

Auction Napa Valley really got the parties started Thursday night: Auction Napa Valley 2008 officially welcomed attendees Thursday with a round of eye-popping parties that ranged from a lobster feast to a (Read more...)

Mondavi memorial, phenomenal food, drink at pre-auction party: Dancing grapevines greeted the arriving guests. The Hoopla Committee, wearing pineapple-shaped sunglasses, was handing out flowers. (Read more...)

Auction tales: Just before last year’s Auction Napa Valley, I wrote about an experience at the 2000 auction that I shared with a young couple from Ohio. (Read more...)

Spirited bidding expected for Mondavi lot at Auction Napa Valley: The 44 “super” lots up for grabs at Auction Napa Valley 2008 Saturday night are the stuff of which dreams are made. (Read more...)

Heitz family chairs 28th wine auction: The legacy of Joe Heitz is an outstanding portfolio of wine produced from some of the valley’s choicest grapevines. (Read more...)

2 comment(s)

JMB wrote on Jun 9, 2008 11:01 PM:

" I had the privilege of working Wine Auction XV while on vacation and then being invited into the main tent. I remember all the jesters dancing through, good company, good food, good wine, and feeling I was one of the elite. I still smile when I read the stories of the subsequent Wine Auctions. Good times. I hope to make it again someday. "

silence dogood wrote on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM:

" Really nice job bundling all the articles together so we could read all of them in one fell swoop. Some excellent reporting in there, and as a relative newcomer to Paradise here, I really enjoyed being able to catch up on the history of the auction, who it serves, and what it's morphed into as well. Great job; and thanks! "

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