Auction Napa Valley down on last year
The 26th Auction Napa Valley made US$8.4m this weekend – down on the US$10.5m raised last year.
Janice Fuhrman is a freelance wine, food and travel writer based in San Francisco, California. She began writing about wine in 1999 while living in Napa Valley and went on to become a contributor to San Francisco Chronicle, Decanter and Wine Enthusiast. She has published three wine books: Wine Genius, Wine Aficionado and Napa Valley: The Land, the Wine, the People. She regularly updates her website, Fuhrmantations, with food, drinks and travel articles.
The 26th Auction Napa Valley made US$8.4m this weekend – down on the US$10.5m raised last year.
Auction Napa Valley raised US$10.5m over the weekend - nearly double the proceeds from the year before.
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