This year we are adding some new features for our supporters that are unable to attend the night of the event. You now will be able to submit an absentee bid for an item up until Friday May 17th, 2019.
How does absentee bidding work?
You can fill out an absentee bid for as many items as you would like. If you win a lot we will contact you Monday May 20th, 2019 to arrange payment and pick up / delivery of your items. Please note that if you need the wine shipped there may be restrictions and additional cost.
*MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD TO BID ON AUCTION LOTS*
Scarecrow is one of the most sought after Napa Valley cult wines. With stunning wines year after year and low production numbers this wine is definitely a wine for your cellar and will become a real treat for you and special friends and colleagues.
(1) 750ml 1991 Jean-Louis Chave Ermitage "Cuvee Cathelin" Bottle Number 716
This is one of TWO bottles that we have for auction. This very special wine was limited to only 2500 bottles. None available online in the US, and only available in France, the UK and Hong Kong at $5000+ per BOTTLE.
(1) 750ml 1991 Jean-Louis Chave Ermitage "Cuvee Cathelin" Bottle Number 717
This is one of TWO bottles that we have for auction. This very special wine was limited to only 2500 bottles. None available online in the US, and only available in France, the UK and Hong Kong at $5000+ per BOTTLE.
Chicago Getaway on a Private Jet
Jump on a private jet to Chicago where you will dine at the premier Spiaggia restaurant followed by a relaxing night's stay at the Four Seasons Hotel.*
(6) 750ml Joseph Phelps Backus
This lot is full of heavy hitters. The 2013, 2014 and 2015 vintages included in this lot have a rating of at least 96 points! This lot is truly an impressive vertical of Cabernet Sauvginons.
An unforgettable dinner for 8 hosted by Chef Marshall Chin at one of Troy's top restaurants. Enjoy fabulous Asian-Fusion cuisine paired with marvelous wines.
(1) Custom Made Suit from the Highly Renowned Cicchini Custom Clothier
Take your style to the next level with a custom tailor-made suit. Nothing looks better on you than a suit that was made especially for you.
(1) Custom Made Suit from the Highly Renowned Cicchini Custom Clothier
Take your style to the next level with a custom tailor-made suit. Nothing looks better on you than a suit that was made especially for you.
(5) 750ml Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc
This amazing mixed vintage lot includes 1 bottle of 1999, 1 bottle of 2000 and 3 bottles of 2004. Only a miniscule percentage of the Hermitage made is a white wine. They are famed for being long-lived.
Enjoy a phenomenal dinner with wine paring at Pernoi, Chefs Luciano DelSignore and Takashi Yagihashi's new restaurant venture in Birmingham.
This tremendous lot has a total of 36 bottles of wine from three different producers in the Washington and Bordeaux region.
Pinot Noir, Rhone and Cali-Rhone
This lot is a beautiful mix of very drinkable wines. It includes 22 - 750ml bottles and 6 - 1.5L bottles featuring Pinot Noir, Rhone & Rhone style wines.
(1) 5L 2004 Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain
5 Liters (almost 7 bottles!) of fabulous wine housed in a beautifully etched bottle with wooden box. This wine is a piece of art you will surely want to drink. Dunn’s Howell Mountain 2004 is both a mountain of cabernet flavors in a mountain of a bottle.
(6) 750ml 1986 Leoville Las Cases
In a class by nearly by itself, Leoville Las Cases is a “super second growth”, which is evidenced vintage-to-vintage. It’s a Saint-Julien wine that thinks it’s from Pauillac, maybe because it’s adjacent to Pauillac’s famed Chateau Latour.
As the epitome of dessert wine, there's no bigger name in Sauternes than d'Yquem. This dynamic duo consist of one 1989 (97pts) and one 1990 (99pts) bottle of Chateau d'Yquem.
(1) 3L 2007 Signorello Padrone
There are Signorello wines --- and then there is their Padrone, which was created in honor of Ray Signorello Sr. To honor a larger-than live Napa icon, here is a larger-than life 3.0L double magnum.
Opening Bid - $500
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