The Fifteenth Annual Napa Valley Wine Auction

The Auction!

The bidding began at noon - the food and wine consumption began about an hour earlier.
There are over 200 different lots being sold today. Last year over 1 million dollars were raised for Napa Valley Health Care Charities.
At 1:00pm $40,000 dollars have already been raised. Later on, reaching $100,000 was celebrated.
Around 2:00pm a SINGLE 9 liter bottle of Duckhorn Wine sold for $22,000! And this is considered just the beginning.
At 4:35 the leading bidder is paddle number 1 at $43,000!
At 5:05 the leading bidder (paddle number 1) just bid $105,000 for lot 141!
At 5:45 the total amount bid is $1.3 Million!
The total amount raised is $1.795 Million!
The Scene Inside the Auction. The Silent Auction. The Food.