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Farewell to Napa s annual wine auction, the raucous charity bacchanal that s ended after 40 years
Farewell to Napa s annual wine auction, the raucous charity bacchanal that s ended after 40 years
The end of an era for an outrageous Wine Country tradition, in this week s Drinking with Esther newsletter
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Mitch Soekland and Mary Miner celebrate after winning Lot 10 for $55 thousand during Auction Napa Valley 2012 held at Meadowood resort in St. Helena, California. June 2, 2012.Erik Castro / Special To The Chronicle 2012
Like most events, Napa Valley’s most extravagant annual party has been canceled this year and it may never return. Auction Napa Valley, which began as a modest charity wine auction in 1981 and grew into a frenzied display of the valley’s wealth and status, is contemplating its future.
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Matthew Jukes, a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition’s Communicator of the Year Trophy, picks out the best wines you should be tasting in 2021. He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and his four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Piemonte and 100 Best Australian Wines are published on his website matthewjukes.com.
These reviews were originally published in MoneyWeek
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An insanely delicious Kiwi interloper
Tamra Kelly-Washington is a gifted winemaker and one who goes the extra mile for every one of her carefully crafted wines. Highly experienced, having worked to great acclaim in both Europe and also her homeland of New Zealand, she consults for Michael Seresin’s wines in Marlborough and is responsible for giving his portfolio an exquisite, new lease of life. She also works with her husband, Simon, on their family wine label, and this newly released pinot will show you, in just one sip, why she is a
From Conference Fatigue to A Great Big Conversation: Will WineFuture 2021 Be Like TED for Wine?
A year ago, we knew not of Covid. Nor did we predict an economic crisis. Trump s misdeeds dominated the world stage, and wine growers were wringing their hands over the overplanting and oversupply of bulk wine. Climate change might cause them to grow different grapes, but that wasn t the end of the world.
No, it was only later that we saw there could be an end of the world scenario. First it was Covid. And The Economy. Then it was Yet Another Drought. But then it was The End of Wine Travel As We Know It and The Worst Fires Ever, that decimated the North Coast wine growers and growers in other regions. While we bemoaned Mr. Orange Hair, we freaked out even more when we saw The Orange Skies. Grapes were ruined as was wine tourism. Due to the fires and the smoke, the wine industry lost a lot. How much? $3.7 billion.