A Camel with Your Cabernet? Preview America’s Most Glamorous Wine Event
Auction Napa Valley always brings surprises, with extravagant auction lots and rare experiences for oenophiles.
Guests arrive at Auction Napa Valley 2017.
Photographer: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock P/https://www.alamy.comA hair-raising ride with race car driver Danica Patrick, a masked ball at Versailles, a visit to a camel racetrack in Abu Dhabi, and, of course, rare Napa wines: That’s a tiny taste of what’s on offer at the 38th extravagant Auction Napa Valley.
The purpose of the lavish, four-day, annual event is to raise as much money as possible for two dozen local charities, such as Boys & Girls Clubs of Napa Valley, St. Helena Hospital, and Ole Health. It kicks off on Thursday night, May 31, with such spectacular vintner-hosted welcome dinners as the one at Barnett Vineyards, on top of Spring Mountain. But you can start bidding remotely in the e-auction on Memorial Day weekend.