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Wine purveyors rolled out the barrels on May 31 at HALL’s St. Helena Estate. The soaring temperatures Friday in the garden mirrored the fervent bidding in the cellar for the in-person gathering of the Napa Valley Barrel Auction..
-Michelle Mears, Napa Valley Register
Napa Valley Vintners raised about $4.8 million this weekend for youth mental health programs in Napa County with a barrel auction on Friday at HALL winery in St. Helena and another auction on Saturday at Far Niente in Oakville. Sotheby’s conducted the auctions during the annual Collective Napa Valley Auction Weekend..
-Kerana Todorov, Wine Business
Though there have been some reports claiming that young adults do not drink wine, that is not the case in Napa Valley. This past week at the Napa Valley Auction Weekend, which netted $4.8 million for local charities, I was able to interview six young winemakers in their late 20’s and 30’s. As they shared the delicious wines they had crafted for the barrel auction, they explained why they chose winemaking as a career path, along with their views on Napa Valley’s future..
-Liz Thach MW, Forbes.com
The 2024 Napa Valley Barrel Auction, organized by Napa Valley Vintners, will take place Friday, May 31, at Hall Wines in St. Helena. Guests will have the opportunity to be among the first to taste small-production wines straight from the barrel from over 100 local wineries. Vintners and winemakers will share their 2022 and 2023 vintages at the event, while guests bid on these rare wines that have never previously been tasted by the public..
-Vincent Vitale, SonomaMag.com
Bunny Foo Foo, the 35-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture at Hall Wines, is holding a paddle. It’s a playful sign of the high-stakes bidding that transpired at the St. Helena estate as the Collective Napa Valley Auction Weekend kicked off with a barrel auction Friday..
-Peg Melnik, The Press Democrat
Raising an estimated $4.8 million, the Collective Napa Valley Auction Weekend delighted wine-lovers with a string of good sipping opportunities Friday and Saturday. The rollicking charitable event included Friday’s barrel auction at St. Helena’s Hall Wines and Saturday’s live auction at Oakville’s Far Niente Winery. Proceeds from the auction weekend will benefit youth mental health services in Napa Valley..
-Peg Melnik, The Press Democrat
The synergy of an event and a cause in Napa Valley sometimes verges on the magical. For the Napa Valley Vintners’ inaugural Together Again Weekend, which took place June 2 to 4, even Mother Nature cooperated, providing days that were sunny but not broiling and evenings that were pleasant, nearly warm, under cloudless skies. She must have approved, as did the guests at the newest offering from the Vintners.
-Sasha Paulsen, Napa Valley Focus Substack
Welcome to the Collective Napa Valley’s Together Again Weekend, a streamlined version of the highly successful ANV which debuted on June 2 and 3 and raised $3.8 million from barrel and live auctions, plus the Fund-a-Bright Future campaign.
-Mira Advani Honeycutt, Napa Valley Register
Addressing the issue of wildfires in Napa County is a top priority, and I am pleased that, as a community, we have taken positive steps towards making Napa County more fire resilient over the last couple of years. This grant by the NVV will help us take another big step forward.
-Anne Cottrell, Napa County Supervisor