
Concluding a three-day run of barrel tastings, wine symposiums, cooking demonstrations and winery dinners, the live auction at the Central Coast Wine Classic, held July 10 in Avila Beach, Calif., raised $726,325 this year in support of nonprofit organizations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Wine Spectator's Lizzie Munro reports.
For the full article, check out the new issue of Wine Spectator, on newsstands September 20, 2011.
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