Event Schedule for Auction Napa Valley 2012
Schedule of Festivities
Thursday, May 31
"Welcome to Napa Valley" bidder dinner parties with the vintners.
Evening, locations throughout the Valley
Start your Auction Napa Valley experience on the right note as an honored guest at a festive soiree hosted by one or more of our vintners. Held at one of their wineries or homes, the evening affords you an insider's look into the cellars and lives of some of the world's most-renowned names in the wine industry.
Friday, June 1
Taste Napa Valley
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Jarvis, Napa
Taste Napa Valley which includes the Barrel Tasting & Auction and the E-Auction Marketplace is a grand-scale, high-energy celebration of not only Napa Valley's wine's, but its personalities, its food and the Valley itself - all enjoyed at an incomparable setting: Jarvis Winery in Napa.
At the Barrel Tasting & Auction, get up close and personal with winery owners and winemakers behind 100 of Napa Valley's famed wineries, as they offer samples of still-aging wine directly from barrel for you to taste. Like what you taste? Place a bid, and if you're one of the top ten bidders for that lot, you can look forward to a future delivery of 12 bottles of that wine from the winery's cellar directly to yours.
At the E-Auction Marketplace, more than 100 wineryies participating in the E-Auction will pour their finest releases for you, and you'll have the opportunity to place bids on E-Auction lots. To go with what's in your glass, dozens of Napa Valley renowned restaurateurs and artisan food purveyors will ply you with their specialties, from savory to sweet.
How about a little food for the brain? We're offering several tasting seminars that'll give you a top-notch education on Napa Valley's leadership and innovation in the wine industry - as you taste for yourself the handsome results of these efforts.
You'll also have the opportunity to purchase limited-edition Auction Napa Valley apparel and items at the Auction's retail store.
"Friday Night in Napa Valley" bidder dinner parties with the vintners
Evening, locations throughout the Valley
After an afternoon with hundreds of your closest wine-loving friends, switch gears with another
dinner party - this one a little smaller and more intimate, as befits a Friday night in Napa Valley - with
vintners welcoming you into their winery, vineyard or home for the evening.
Saturday, June 2
The Live Auction
1:00 pm
Meadowood Napa Valley
On Saturday, Four-Day Passport holders gather at Meadowood Napa Valley for Wine Country's event of the year.
Live Auction Lot Preview
Napa Valley Vintners are a creative bunch and thrive on collaboration: meet and mingle with the vintners behind the 40 plus mega-lots specially selected for the Live Auction as you get your one and only opportunity to view these offering.
Pre-Auction Lunch
After that, enjoy lunch paired with an array of refreshing whites and delicious reds poured by the vintners themselves.
Then pick up your paddle, head into the main tent for the highlight of the weekend...
The Live Auction
Take a seat at your vintner-hosted table as the weekend's highlight begins. The dynamic auctioneering duo of Fritz Hatton and Ursula Hermacinski will tease and tempt you with the amazing lots up for bid and will keep your hand glued to your paddle until the final gavel drops. And with every successful bid, that lot's vintners will join you at your table for a congratulatory toast to your win.
Post-Auction Dinner and Party
Take the festivities back out onto the lawn when you sit down to enjoy dinner in the good company of your vintner hosts.
And don't forget to bring your dancing shoes, because after dinner, we'll dance under a canopy of stars.
Sunday, June 3
Farewell Fete
10:00 am - noon, Vintners Glen at Meadowood Napa Valley
End your weekend on the right note by joining the vintners for one more bite to eat and a glass of wine enjoyed outdoors. You'll also have the opportunity to place any last bids on e-Auction lots before they close later in the day.
We'll then send you off with our warmest thanks for helping us continue our venerable 32-year tradition of celebration and giving known as Auction Napa Valley.
