Auction Napa Valley 2005
Photography by Al Francis
Assisted by Tamra Fox
Auction Napa Valley reaches new high!
More than $10 million was raised when Napa vintners and luminaries opened their homes and wineries to entertain and entice generosity from world-class wine lovers. WineCountry.com has insider pictures on the many Auction parties across the valley June 2 - 5, 2005.
Click through the next few pages to get a snapshot of the weekend's events and attendees.
Hospitality Events
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| Mike Grgich, wine maker/owner, George Taber, Warren Winiarski, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars owner at Grgich Hills Hospitality event celebrating the Paris Tasting. The 1976 Paris Tasting revealed to the world the superior wines of Napa Valley made by Grgich and Winiarski. Taber, the TIME reporter who broke the story, is writing a book on this pivotal event. |
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Laura Baxter Simons and Nat Simons from Berkeley, CA and David and Dawn Zierk from Belvedere, CA ham it up with Grgich berets. |
Mike Grgich addresses Wine Auction guest at Grgich hospitality event. |
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Walter Treiber of Chicago, IL and Carolyn Treiber from North Carolina, trustees at Copia: The American Center for Wine food & the Arts in Napa, CA, ride a carriage up Niebaum-Coppola's long driveway to dinner. |
| Guest arriving at Niebaum-Coppola via horse-drawn carriage. |
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Exterior of Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery. |
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