DISCOUNT WINE CELLARS

Returning to the Palate Press for an update on their 'Wine Auction for Haiti' has yielded some impressive results so far. Already, Lot 3, 'Twisted Oak Vertical', has sold for $350. This is $100 more than the retail value of this unique offering. Lot 3 is a vertical of all versions of 'The Spaniard' from 2002 up to 2007. Twisted Oak offered this Lot with free shipping, an added bonus. The highest bid for Sara Nelson print 'Wine Goddess', Lot 5, is $300 so far. Watch this one: at $500 retail value, this could be a great gift for someone.
Rodney Strong 'Rockaway', 6.0L, Lot 2, currently has a $350 bid. I wonder if anyone will get near the $600 value of this donation. Meanwhile, the 2004 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select 3.0L, valued at $1032, is also hot. The last bid currently stands at $1100, with bidding due to close soon on this item.
Think Wine Marketing gave away one of only 18 Radio-Coteau Savoy Anderson Valley magnums ever made. Worth $125.00, the bidding currently holds at $200.
One item which really got my attention is the pairing of two wine cellar items: 'Vina Valoria Rioja', Spain 1968, and 'Balbach, Warsteiner Klostergarten Trockenbeerenauslese', Germany 1976. Together, Lot 19 is worth $700. Right now they can boast a bid of $400. The latter name alone made me pause for a long time, and certainly had me double-checking my spelling very carefully.
What all of these donations and bids shows is how emotionally involved we are over the devestation in Haiti, especially when seen as part of a larger trend. Today in our local mall, kids from one grade 5 class were selling homemade cupcakes for Haiti. Their Saturday off and these kids are spending it trying to raise money for people they've never met, yet feel connected to.
Twenty-five cents for a cupcake; $400 for a bottle of wine: whatever you do, however much you raise, however much money you donate, it all adds up, so keep going. They're going to need every gift you can give.

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