Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesVisiting writers reflect on trip to Naples for Wine Festival
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Naples Daily News - The festival’s charity wine auction raised $14 million for children’s charities on Saturday. Glazier expected a high-end event. He expected to see limousines, jets, diamonds and extravagance — and he did. But he was surprised to learn how much …
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Michael Bauer: Between Meals
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008San Francisco Gate - Eric Risber/AP 2006 Twelve magnum bottles of Screaming Eagle Cabernet sold for nearly half a million dollars at the Napa Valley wine auction in 2006.
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Tom Aikens’s Fish and Chips; Blow the Bonus: London Food Buzz - Bloomberg
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Tom Aikens’s Fish and Chips; Blow the Bonus: London Food BuzzBloomberg - 8 hours agoTickets for the event, which includes a Champagne Taittinger reception and a wine auction, are priced at 160 pounds ($318). Last year’s dinner raised 67000 …
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Well made white wine gems are available - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Well made white wine gems are availablePittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 8 hours ago… expressions of terroir, albeit at exorbitant prices exacerbated in recent years by an unfavorable exchange rate and worsening wine-auction speculation. …
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Naples Wine Auction Rakes in $14 Million for Charity - Wine Spectator (subscription)
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Naples Wine Auction Rakes in $14 Million for CharityWine Spectator (subscription), CA - 14 hours agoLast Saturday, local teenagers from the Barron Collier High School drum line performed on the lawn of the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Fla., …
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Is a wine worth $500? - San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008San Francisco Chronicle
Is a wine worth $500?San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Jan 29, 2008Twelve magnum bottles of Screaming Eagle Cabernet sold for nearly half a million dollars at the Napa Valley wine auction in 2006. I’m always fascinated as …
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Tom Aikens’s Fish and Chips; Blow the Bonus: London Food Buzz
Monday, January 28th, 2008Bloomberg - Tickets for the event, which includes a Champagne Taittinger reception and a wine auction, are priced at 160 pounds ($318). Last year’s dinner raised 67,000 pounds. For tickets and information, call Heidi Drummond on +44-20-8293-6133. …
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Naples Winter Wine Festival raises $14 million
Sunday, January 27th, 2008MSNBC - NAPLES : The Naples Winter Wine Festival raised $14 million under the auction tent for children’s charities Saturday. That total makes the festival the most successful charity wine auction in the world. The auction lasted for four hours at the Ritz …
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A new record: $16.5 million
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Naples Daily News - For their “one-year anniversary,” Doug bought Debbie Lot 13, which included four tickets to the Napa wine auction, Auction Napa Valley, and Swanson Vineyard wines, plus accommodations. Part-time Naples resident and businessman Scott Kapnick had the …
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Still an auction without peer, but with a hint of caution
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Herald Tribune - The Naples wine auction is still the biggest event of its kind, bigger than the Napa Valley wine auction, which held the record until Naples began to show up on the radar. The not-so-good: For the first time in its history the Naples Winter Wine …
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