Napa Wine Auction Raises $5.3 Million

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Annual charity event draws collectors and prominent vintners

Tim Fish
Issue: August 31, 2004

By most charity wine auction standards, raising $5.3 million is an impressive feat. For the Napa Valley Wine Auction, the annual four-day celebration that lures major collectors with rare wines and luxury packages, the number seemed almost routine.