Nearly 600 trade and media attend the Napa Valley Vintners' Premiere Napa Valley X on February 25, 2006, which grossed a record $1,870,500.

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Wayne Hirst of Glazers (Oklahoma City, OK) tastes with vintner Robert Pecota.

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Attendees begin to fill the auction room at Premiere Napa Valley X.

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Paddles ready for pickup prior to the auction at Premiere Napa Valley X.

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Top bidder Gary Fisch of Gary's Wine & Marketplace (NJ) and his crew plan their bidding strategy prior to the start of the auction.

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Gary Fisch begins his day of bidding at Premiere Napa Valley X.

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More than 200 paddle holders ready to bid in the live auction

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Paddle 192 (belonging to Glen Knight of The Wine House in LA) is announced as the successful bidder for a lot.

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Mark Pope of the Bounty Hunter (Napa, CA) successfully bids $35,000 for the Beringer Vineyards lot.

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Ichizo Nakagawa (right) of the Nakagawa Wine Co., the second-highest overall bidder of the day at Premiere Napa Valley X.

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V.J. Jazirvar of the Petroleum Club in Oklahoma City, OK, purchases the top-grossing lot of the day, Rombauer Vineyards, and celebrates with vintner Koerner Rombauer.

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Auctioneer Ursula Hermacinscki cajoles a new bid out of a bidder.

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Vintner Mike Richmond of Bouchaine gives a bottle of his Premiere auction lot wine to successful bidder Wayne Henuset.

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