Feb. 202020

EPISODE 143 ALFRED TESSERON, PROPRIETOR, PONTET-CANET & NICOLAS GLUMINEAU, GM & WINEMAKER, PICHON COMTESSE

I was recently in Florida at the Naples Winter Wine Festival benefitting the Naples Children and Education Foundation. I had the opportunity to sit with the best wine people from around the world. This episode…

Feb. 182020

Laura Catena Works On Two Continents – As Physician And Winemaker

Laura Catena is an energized, intelligent, modern-day polymath: a fourth-generation winemaker at the renowned Bodega Catena Zapata winery in Mendoza, Argentina, as well as a physician in San Francisco; she is a graduate of Harvard…

Feb. 142020

Naples Winter Wine Festival online auction tops $500,000

In addition to raising more than $20 million during its live auction, the Naples Winter Wine Festival has broken another record as its sixth annual online auction came to a close last week, bringing in…

Feb. 112020

Naples Winter Wine Festival Raises Over $20 Million Overnight

The Naples Winter Wine Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary by raising a little over $20 million, the highest amount ever raised at a charity wine auction, for underprivileged children living in Collier County.

Feb. 072020

NFL weekend, ‘Saturday Night Live’ taping bids help raise $500,000 for Naples wine fest online auction

Enjoying an extravagant NFL weekend, watching the taping of a long-running television show and sitting down at a private dinner for 10 on Keewaydin Island. Those were among the auction lots that helped raise more…

2020 Naples Winter Wine Festival auction at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples

2020 NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL ONLINE AUCTION RAISES OVER $500,000

In addition to raising over $20 million during its live auction, the Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF) has broken another record as the sixth annual NWWF online auction came to a close on Tuesday, bringing…

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