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July 2015 WINES&VINES 81
Napa Valley Barrel Auction
Hall Wines of St. Helena, Calif., hosted hundreds of people
June 5 for the Napa Valley Vintners' annual Barrel Auction.
The event, one of several connected to Auction Napa Valley,
was an opportunity for attendees to sample and bid on 120 bar-
rel lots being auctioned off for charity. A live auction was held
June 6 at Meadowood Napa Valley, with $15.8 million raised for
community health and children's education during the weekend.
KATE
LAVIN
Carole Meredith and Steve
Lagier of Meredith Lagier.
Volunteers with iPads accept bids
for barrel lots in the tasting areas.
Darice Spinelli is the winemaker
at Nickel & Nickel in Napa, Calif.
Jean Charles Boisset is seeing
double at his auction preview.
Anthony Truchard pours samples
from Truchard Vineyards' Barrel
Lot No. 213.
