AUCTION ACTION

What: Auction Napa Valley 2012, presented by the Napa

Valley Vintners organization

When: Thursday through Sunday

Hot events: Barrel, E-Auction and Marketplace from 11 a.m. to 4

p.m. Friday at Jarvis Winery in Napa. Live Auction Day, 1 to 8 p.m.

Saturday at Meadowood Napa Valley in St. Helena, followed by a

farewell fete from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday at Meadowood.

Tickets: $2,500 per person for passport package, providing entrance

to all events over four days.

Information: auctionanapavalley.org

LOTS OF INTEREST

These lots in particular at Saturday's Auction Napa

Valley will likely incite some bidding wars:

Lot 13, Lokoya: This lot features 4 three-liter bottles of Lokoya

wine, 2 VIP tickets to the Grand Prix in Monaco with round-trip

airfare, 4 nights' accommodations in Monaco for 2, 4 nights'

accommodations in Maui for 4, a helicopter vineyard tour of the

Napa Valley, and specifically selected jewelry.

Lot 16, Casa Piena and Rudd: This lot features a unique evening in

Napa Valley with four-time Super Bowl winner Joe Montana, with

dinner for 8 and 2 1.5-liter bottles of Napa Valley wine.

Lot 18, Napa Valley Vintners: This lot includes 45 magnum bottles

of Napa Valley wine, participation as a guest racer at one of the

2012 San Francisco America's Cup yacht races, a boat expedition for

6, sailing lessons for 6 and 3 nights' accommodations for 3 couples

in Napa Valley along with lunches and dinners.

Lot 33, Cade Estate Winery and Plumpjack Winery: These two Napa

Valley wineries join forces to present this lot, which features 4

six-liter bottles of Napa Valley wine, 4 nights' accommodations in

Vail, Colorado, dinner for 4 in Vail, spa treatments for 4 in Vail,

and a 2-night stay in Napa Valley for two couples.

Lot 38, Domaine Chandon: The lot created by this sparkling-wine

house features 8 three-liter bottles of Napa Valley wine, 1 night's

lodging for 4 couples in Napa Valley with dinner prepared by star

chefs, 2 nights' lodging for 2 couples in Paris and 2 nights'

lodging for 2 couples in Champagne, France.

Lot 39, Napa Valley Vintners: This lot is built around celebrity

chef Emeril Lagasse and his foundation's Carnival du Vin, offering

4 VIP passes for a three-day weekend in New Orleans, 3 nights'

accommodations for 2 couples, and 50 magnum bottles of Napa Valley

wine.

--PEG MELNIK