Whether they came for the wine, food, or for the chance to hobnob with industry folks, everyone seemed to be having a great time at last Friday’s Auction Napa Valley event at Rubicon Estates.
We started the day off with barrel tastings of Shafer Vineyards, Alpha Omega, and Darioush wines, among many, many others.
As expected, the food was incredible. Restaurants including Go Fish, Farmstead and Cole’s Chophouse were all serving bite-sized foods. One of my favorites of the day was from Zuzu; they served their paella in a massive paellera.
Celebrity sightings included Iron Chef Morimoto, golfer Annika Sorenstam, and Andrea Immer Robinson, but sadly, no Oprah.
Chef Morimoto was personally dashing out to people to give us a taste of his food from his upcoming restaurant, Morimoto Napa. He served steamed pork belly on a very soft bun, and it was as scrumptious as I had envisioned it would be when watching reruns of Iron Chef America.
And as with many events, the Auction wouldn’t have been complete without getting some entertainment from watching a few drunk people hippie dancing in the middle of the giant lawn.
The Auction raised $8.51 million for local charities, way up from last year’s $5.7 million.
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