Sotheby's and the Napa Valley Vintners are new besties, with a series of auctions of top Napa Valley wines scheduled for this year. Of perhaps greatest interest to Purple Pagers is the auction currently ongoing online of 50 lots of wines direct from some of the most celebrated cellars in the valley, spanning vintages 1978 to 2018 and including many large-format bottlings....
Napa Valley Library Wine Auction
A chance to bid for rarities direct from their famous makers – Sotheby's live culmination of this online sale starts in New York tomorrow, 5 February, at 4 pm EST, 1 pm PST and 9 pm UK time.
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