Archive for June, 2011

Auction Napa Valley 2011 slide show

Check out photos from Auction Napa Valley 2011 by Life Between the Vines. Cheers!

Auction Napa Valley Part Two Podcast #35

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Part Two of Auction Napa Valley 2011. Recorded at Meadowood Country Club on June 4th, the main auction features interviews with winemakers, owners, auction participants, chefs and more. Check out our Facebook page for photos from the event. The list of interviews in order of appearance goes as follows:

1-Tim Mondavi/Continuum
2-Marcia Mondavi/Continuum
3-Garen Staglin/Staglin Family Estate
4-Bob Levy/Bond Estate
5-Westley Steffens/Vineyard 7 & 8
6-Paul Asmuth/Napa Valley Reserve
7-Michelle Fields/Alpha Omega
8-Shilah Salmon/Robert Mondavi Winery
9-Brenda Mixson & Tom Thornton/The Grade Cellars
10-Cindy Pawlcyn/Chef (Mustards, Go Fish)
11-Bret Anderson/The Robb Report
12-Jeff Blaum/Chase Cellars
13-Koerner Rombauer announcement
14-Bruce Cakebread/Cakebread Cellars
15-Tor Kenward/TOR Wines
16-Elizabeth Marston/Marston Family Vineyard
17-Sam Baxter/Terra Valentine
18-Susan Sabin/Sabina Vineyards
19-Michael Chiarello/Chef

Barrel Auction June, 2011 Slideshow

Photos from the Auction Napa Valley Barrel Auction at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone June 3rd, 20112.

Auction Napa Valley (Part One) Barrel Auction 2011, podcast #34

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Barrel Auction 2011 direct from the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, California. The is Auction Napa Valley podcast Part One. The list of interviews follows. Cheers!

1-Marcia Mondavi/Continuum
2-Cyril Chappellet/Chappellet
3-K. R. Rombauer/Rombauer Vineyards
4-Kathleen Heitz Myers/Heitz Cellar
5-Tiffani Peters/Culinary Institute of America at Greystone
6- Janet Viader/Viader Vineyards
7-Randy Snowden/Snowden Vineyards
8-Lesley Russell/St. Suprey Winery
9-Gove Celio/Neal Family Vineyards
10-Jean Hoefliger/Alpha Omega
11-Benoit Touquette/Hartwell Estate
12-Tom & Bev Porter/Porter Family Vineyards
13-Amy Aiken/Meander
14-Roger Harrison/St. Clement Vineyards
15-Pierre Birebent/Signorello Vineyards
16-Nicki Pruss/Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
17-Lauren & Tom Scott/Tom Scott Vineyards
18-Alexander Eisele/Volker Eisele Estate
19-Gary Lipp/Coho Wines
20-Bert Teaff/Melissa Teaff Catering
21-Linzi Gay/Clif Family Vineyard
22-Charles Hendricks/Hope & Grace Wines
23-Randy Kewell & Matt Gardner/Robert Keenan Winery
24-Leo Hummer/Oberon Wines
25-Randy Sloan/Match Vineyards
26-Tom Bracaontes/Mi Sueno Wine
27-Elliot Stern/Oakville East Exposure

Auction Napa Valley trip notes, June 1st – June 5th, 2011

AUCTION NAPA VALLEY TRIP JUNE, 2011

My fourth visit to Auction Napa Valley makes me realize just how long this project called Life Between the Vines has survived. The Auction podcast is our 34th. While I’m please that we have made it this far it is clear that we need to keep up the quality of our programs as well as to work to grow the business.