Premiere Napa breaks records
By Wine Atlas, Friday 29 February 2008 :: Wine - United-States :: #155 :: rss
Vintners held their annual "bake sale" last weekend at Premiere Napa Valley to raise money for the Napa Valley Vintners Association, and the price tags went a mite higher than what mom's cupcakes usually fetch. Try $62,000 for the top lot, five cases of Shafer Vineyards Sunspot Vineyard Cabernet, which was auctioned off to Ultimate Distributors from Atlanta, Ga. That breaks down to $1,033.33 a bottle.
Organizers say they raised a record-breaking $2.2 million in a mere 2 1/2 hours, a $40,000 increase from last year. The money goes toward promoting and protecting the Napa Valley appellation, says Terry Hall, spokesman for the association.
Members of the vintners group donated 200 lots of wine - lots ranged from 5 to 20 cases - auctioning them off to the highest bidders from the wine trade.
