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Dozens of artisinal food purveyors showcase Pride in Season marketplace at the Friday Festival. |
Napa’s renowned restaurateurs offered specialties paired with wines from more than 140 vintners. |
Everybody’s cooking at Pride in Season marketplace at Auction Napa Valley’s Friday Festival. |
The Barrel Tasting & Auction featured 103 Napa Valley wines in the making for attendees to taste. |
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The perennial favorite barrel tasting and auction at the Friday Auction and Festival at Trinchero Family Estates. |
Tasting wine futures from barrels with Napa Valley’s vintners is one of highlights of Auction Napa Valley 2006. |
Volunteers man the big boards at the barrel auction as bidders vie for their favorite wine at Auction Napa Valley. |
Legendary Napa vintner, Robert Mondavi greets bidders and guests at the Friday Auction and Festival. |
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Live Auction Lot Exhibition at Auction Napa Valley literally was live, with Lucille Ball look-alikes. |
Artist Thomas Arvid painting bottles in his “studio” in the cellar in the Live Lot Exhibition area. |
Global E-Auction kiosk where bidders at Friday Auction duel with bidders from around the globe. |
Checking the status of the bids on the big screens located throughout the barrel auction area. |
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Great food, incredible wine under the Napa sun on the marketplace lawn at the Friday Auction and Festival. |
Music filled the air as guests enjoyed a picture-perfect day in the Napa Valley at the 2006 Auction. |
The chance to win bottles of wine at the Ring Toss (shown) and Golf Driving Range at the Friday Festival. |
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Good Morning, Napa, held at COPIA, started the day with selections from local cafes and bakeries. |
An appellation wine tasting, in COPIA’s gardens, showcased wines by the Valley’s sub-appellations. |
Attendees learned what makes each area unique and the Napa Valley as a whole so special. |
Clients of Calistoga Affordable Housing, one of ANV’s beneficiary organizations show their hard work. |
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They demonstrated the home-building skills they had learned while building their own homes. |
At the youth beneficiary station, local Girl Scouts offered guests freshly made s’mores. |
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The quiet before the Live Auction storm begins at Auction Napa Valley 2006 held at Meadowood Napa Valley. |
Celebrity Host Ryan Seacrest gets the party started welcoming bidders to the 2006 Auction. |
Joining Seacrest on stage are the beneficiaries who were featured in an opening video. |
Taking advantage of a nearby table, Seacrest plants a kiss on auctioneer Ursula Hermacinski. |
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Festive décor sets the tone for the evening’s auction action that ultimately raised $8.4 million. |
Auction Napa Valley 2005 and 2006 top bidder Joy Craft who set a new top bid for a lot a $1.05 million. |
Joy Craft celebrates her prize with Ryan Seacrest and Shari and Garen Staglin of Staglin Family Vineyards. |
Star Geena Davis works it with auctioneer Fritz Hatton to promote the Frank Family Vineyards lot. |
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Koerner Rombauer wins the lot which included an appearance in the coming movie version of “Commander In Chief” with Davis. |
Doug and John Shafer (center) congratulate Sandra and John Thompson’s successful bid on the Shafer lot. |
(L-R) Dolores Cakebread, Koerner Rombauer, Jack Cakebread, Susan Docherty from GM and Peter Chow (seated). |
Legendary brothers Robert Mondavi and Peter Mondavi watch bidding results of their NVV lot. |
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Gregory Newman wins Diamond Creek Vineyards lot among his successful bids at his first ANV. |
M.K. Koo of Hong Kong makes his tenth appearance as a successful bidder at Auction Napa Valley. |
Chefs Traci des Jardins, John Folse, Suzanne Tracht and Mary Cech created an incredible menu for The Party. |
The wine bar on the party deck creates a fun party spirit under the stars at the post-Auction Party. |
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Geena Davis rocks the dance floor at The Party following the auction action at the 2006 event. |
Guests celebrate the close of Auction Napa Valley 2006 with more food, wine, and dancing. |
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The first-ever female Iron Chef, Kat Cora, at the Beringer Vineyards’ Auction event. |
Iron Chef Kat Cora provided a cooking demonstration for Auction guests in advance of the party. |
The theme of “Moroccan Nights” created a magical soiree at Beringer Vineyards for ANV 2006. |
Guests at the V. Sattui Hospitality lavished in the setting at the winery’s Italian-inspired hillside castle. |
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Chefs pour out a traditional lobster feed at Pine Ridge Winery’s Auction Napa Valley hospitality party. |
Set among the vines, al fresco dining on a beautiful evening at Pine Ridge’s Auction Napa Valley party. |
In the heart of the Rutherford appellation is Cliff Lede’s gardens where guests reveled in the experience. |
Two dozen Auction Napa Valley attendees attended the first-ever Cliff Lede Hospitality Event. |
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