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Members of the wine trade arrive for the PNV 2007 barrel tasting & auction
at the CIA. |
Attendees ascend the stairs when the auction opens. |
Vintner Pat Kuleto of Kuleto Estate pours barrel samples of his
Premiere Napa Valley wine that will be auctioned off in a few hours. |
John Shafer of Shafer Vineyards chats with bidder Terri Kakazu
of HASR Wine Co. of Honolulu, HI. |
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Brett de Leuze of ZD Wines, the chair for PNV 2007, greets guests
as they arrive at the barrel tasting. |
Jacquelyn Schiewe of The Wine Sellers in Union Pier, MI, with
Elaine Honig of Honig Vineyards & Winery. |
At lunch, guests take a break from tasting and fortify themselves
for some intense bidding to follow shortly. |
The auction, featuring 192 one-of-a-kind auction lots, commences. |
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Longtime attendees and top bidder Gary Fisch, of Gary’s Wine and
Marketplace in Madison, NJ, talks bidding strategy with his team. |
Alan Arora of Gray Cliff Hotel and Restaurant of the Bahamas celebrates
a winning bid. |
Coral Brown of Brown Family Vineyards, thanks the winning bidder
of her lot, Marcus Graziano from Capitol Cellars in Roseville, CA. |
A bid from the back of the room at the standing-room-only auction
at Premiere Napa Valley. |
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Warren Winiarski, Sue Furdek and Nicki Pruss of Stag’s Leap Wine
Cellars, congratulate their lot’s successful bidder, Bradley Naifah (right) of Central
Liquor Co., of Oklahoma City, OK. |
Ichizo Nakagawa (second from left) of the Nakagawa Wine Co., Ltd.
of Tokyo, Japan, was the third highest overall bidder at PNV 2007. |
The de Leuze family of ZD Wines, the chairs for PNV 2007. |
Attendees closely track the results board at PNV 2007, which raised
more than $2.16 million. |
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A satisfied bidder leaves with an armload of bottles received
as “thank you’s” for the auction lots his group purchased. |
Premiere Napa Valley 2007 closes with the flash and bang of the
final hammer: 192 lots raising $2.16 million. |
A symbol of the good things to come out of Premiere Napa Valley
2007. |
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