2025 Auction Lots

2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz 1st edition AWD featuring a two-toned exterior with a Candy White top and Cabana Blue Metallic body and a Dune interior with Light Grey leatherette seats with Clay door inserts and piping

 A collection of 34 bottles from each of the 2025 Naples Winter Wine Festival’s participating vintners

 1 – 1.5 Liter 2016 ADAMVS QUINTVS Cabernet Sauvignon
2 – 1.5 Liter 2019 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
2 – 1.5 Liter 2018 Borgo Scopeto Chianti Classico DOCG
2 – 1.5 Liter 2014 Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
1 – 1.5 Liter 2015 Château de la Crée Santenay Premier Cru Clos Faubard Pinot Noir
1 – 1.5 Liter 2009 Château Fonplégade
1 – 1.5 Liter 2017 Château Léoville Las Cases
1 – 1.5 Liter 2006 Chateau Montelena Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
1 – 1.5 Liter 2021 Cliff Lede “Poetry” Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District
1 – 1.5 Liter 2011 Colgin Cellars “IX Estate” Napa Valley Red Wine
1 – 1.5 Liter 2021 Crown Point Cabernet Sauvignon
2 – 1.5 Liter 2020 Doga delle Clavule Morellino di Scansano DOCG
1 – 1.5 Liter 2014 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanée Grand Cru Monopole
1 – 1.5 Liter 2004 GAJA Sorì Tildìn Langhe DOC
1 – 1.5 Liter 2021 Gargiulo Vineyards 575 OVX Cabernet Sauvignon
1 – 1.5 Liter 2016 Knights Bridge Cabernet Sauvignon Knights Valley
1 – 1.5 Liter 2018 Laird Family Estate Flat Rock Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon
1 – 1.5 Liter 2017 Marchesi Antinori Guado al Tasso Bolgheri DOC Superiore
1 – 1.5 Liter 2015 Opus One
1 – 1.5 Liter 2018 Penfolds Bin 149 Wine of the World Cabernet Sauvignon
1 – 1.5 Liter 2006 Peter Michael Winery Estate Les Pavots Cabernet Blend
1 – 1.5 Liter 2007 Petrus
1 – 1.5 Liter 2015 Pingus
1 – 1.5 Liter Rare Rosé Millésime 2014
1 – 1.5 Liter 2021 Shafer Hillside Select
1 – 1.5 Liter 2020 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
1 – 1.5 Liter 2020 Staglin Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
1 – 1.5 Liter 2016 Stonestreet Christopher’s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
1 – 1.5 Liter 2016 Tasca d’Almerita Tenuta Regaleali Riserva del Conte Contea di Sclafani DOC
1 – 1.5 Liter 2021 Terrazas de los Andes Extremo Malbec

This remarkable lot allows you to be among the first to own the 2025 reincarnation of Volkswagen’s famous microbus, along with an instant wine cellar of amazing depth and variety.

Some legends never die: The all-electric Volkswagen ID. Buzz made its American debut late last year, equipped with 91kWH battery generating 282 horsepower and a 231 EPA estimated driving range. The Buzz (a pun on both the bus and the electric format) recreates the iconic VW Bus of the 1960s and 1970s, but with more style and grace.

The Candy White top and Cabana Blue Metallic body will turn heads on the road, while the luxurious interior features leatherette seating, a premium sound system with 14 speakers and the latest technology (Area View cameras that allow the driver a view of the road from all directions, wireless phone charging and App-Connect and advanced driver assistance). Even so, the all-wheel drive may tempt you to go off the road in search of the perfect campsite. You may have missed Woodstock, but this ride will make up for it.

The wine component of this lot is a collection of 34 Magnum bottles from each of the 2025 Naples Winter Wine Festival’s participating vintners. Some are mature and ready to drink, others may require additional years in your cellar, but each is special in its own way.

While this collection offers the winning bidder an instant wine cellar, a few bottles are almost never available on the retail market: gems such as 2015 Opus One; Pingus 2015 from Ribera del Duero, rated 99 points by Robert Parker; GAJA Sorì Tildìn 2004 Langhe DOC, the most nuanced of his single-vineyard Barbarescos; Rare Rosé Millésime 2014, the ultimate luxury cuvée from Piper-Heidsieck; 2006 Peter Michael Les Pavots, his flagship Bordeaux-style blend from Knights Valley; and 2021 Shafer Hillside Select, composed of the best grapes from Shafer’s Stags Leap Vineyards.

One of the crown jewels of the group is the Magnum of 2014 La Romanée from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. Owned as a monopole since 1826 by the Liger-Belair family, La Romanée is both the smallest French appellation and tiniest Grand Cru (at slightly over two acres). It is very rarely seen in Large Format and represents the pinnacle of the Burgundy region.

Bid high and often for this extraordinary combination of automotive nostalgia and cellar treasures—It’s ALL for the kids!

Insider's Info

Wine to be picked up from NCEF office. The Volkswagen ID. Buzz automobile up for auction is donated by Libby & Rick Germain. Winning bidder will be solely responsible for any applicable registration, license, title and insurance fees, all taxes (federal, state, local and/or income) and any expenses not listed herein related to the acceptance and use of the Volkswagen ID. Buzz. Neither Volkswagen, donors, NWWF nor The Auctioneers make, nor are Volkswagen, donors, NWWF or The Auctioneers in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the Automobile, including but not limited to its quality, fitness for purpose or mechanical condition. Winning bidder is required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations including, but not limited to, licensing and insurance requirements. In accepting the Volkswagen, winning bidder expressly understands and agrees that operating a motor vehicle is an inherently dangerous activity that may expose the driver, passenger(s) and other persons to injury, dismemberment or even death. The Volkswagen ID. BUZZ present at the auction is the actual vehicle offered by the donors.

Donor

Libby & Rick Germain and the 2025 Naples Winter Wine Festival Participating Vintners