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Dec. 272016

Anatomy of a Miracle: Behind the Scenes at the Naples Winter Wine Festival

As you ascend the drive to The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples on a certain Saturday each January, you could easily be pulling up to an exotic car show. The endless Ferraris and Bentleys are the…

Divisive year, yes, but we have many gifts

Tip a glass to the Naples Children & Education Foundation providing more than $11 million this year to local organizations whose mission is to help children, money raised in January through the annual winter wine…

Dec. 212016

Naples Winter Wine Festival Gives Back

The season of giving extends into January with New Year’s resolutions made in the charitable spirit. At the Naples Winter Wine Festival, giving back comes in the form of a luxurious auction.

Dec. 202016

Finishing Touches Ensure that the 2017 Naples Winter Wine Festival is Poised for Greatness

With just six weeks until the gavel comes down to begin the auction, plans are now complete for the 2017 Naples Winter Wine Festival, the most successful international charity wine auction in the world. Teams…

2017 NWWF Nears

Dec. 142016

‘We are ready to go’: Naples Winter Wine Festival 6 weeks away

The 2017 Naples Winter Wine Festival is just six weeks away. Teams of top vintners and celebrity chefs have wrapped up their food and wine pairings for each of the 18 vintner dinners, and a…

Dec. 142016

2017 Naples Winter Wine Festival is ‘poised for greatness’

Top vintners and celebrity chefs have worked out their food and wine pairings for 18 private vintner dinners and more than 60 one-of-a-kind auction lots have been wrapped up like perfect presents under the tree. Wolfgang Puck is chef…

Dec. 072016

Naples and Napa

Paddles flashed, confetti flew, and bidders at bottle-strewn white clothed tables cheered in Naples, Florida, and St Helena, California, this year, as wealthy wine lovers splashed out a collective $25 million at the US’s two…