LOT #3 The Indy 500 • Suite Tickets and Credentials for 4 at the Indianapolis 500
• Three-Night Stay for Four
The greatest spectacle in motor sports; that is the Indianapolis 500. See – and hear - the excitement of the 93rd running of this American classic in 2009 with four suite tickets that put you in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s most comfortable and coveted seats, plus credentials for special behind-the-scenes access during the days leading up to the race. Accommodations for four (two couples) at the Omni Severin Hotel in downtown Indianapolis, where Omni elegance and 1913 grandeur blend, complete this package. Transportation is not included.
Value $2,600
Donor
Joie Chitwood, Indianpolis 500
LOT #5
Southern California Sojourn • One Week Stay for 4 at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara
• Round of Golf for 4 at Del Mar County Club
• Box Seats at Del Mar Race Track
• Dinners for 4 at Vigilucci’s Steak & Seafood and Delicias
• 3L Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon Travel to Southern California for a relaxing one-week sojourn. Accommodations for four will be a luxurious Spanish Colonial-style villa for four (two bedrooms) at the luxurious Four Seasons Resort Aviara in Carlsbad, offering casual elegance in a natural setting. During the stay, you and your guests will play a challenging round of golf at nearby Del Mar Country Club, have box seats at historic Del Mar Race Track (racing season is July through September) and enjoy a dinner for four at Vigilucci’s Steak & Seafood, where Italian inspiration reigns, and a second dinner for four at Delicias, one of the southland’s best restaurants for California cuisine. Sojourn must be scheduled for mutually agreed-upon dates and used before August 2009.
Included for a bit of luxury at home is a 3 liter of 2005 JP Harbison Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon. Only a handful of grand formats are made from JP Harbison’s six-barrel production and these rare big bottles are only available at events like the V Foundation Wine Celebration.
Value$16,500 Donors Brenda & Harry Mittelman
Tony & Erin Smith
Kris & Bruce Chandler
Pat & Joe Harbison, JP Harbison
LOT #8 Custom TaylorMade Clubs • TaylorMade Club Fitting and Clubs for 2
• Three-Night Stay for 2 at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara You and a friend will be treated to golf's ultimate weapons during a pilgrimage to the TaylorMade Performance Lab in Carlsbad, California. The TaylorMade Performance Lab has created custom clubs for the very best golfers—both professional and amateur - in the world: now it's your turn!
Using TaylorMade's exclusive Motion Analysis Technology (the MATT system), fitting experts will evaluate your swing and overall playing style. With the insights gained from precise measurement, motion-capture technology and computer analysis, they will then create a complete set of clubs—driver, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, wedges and putter—custom designed to fit you and your game.
While in Carlsbad, you will be hosted for three nights at the luxurious Four Seasons Resort Aviara, which offers casual elegance in a natural setting. Of course, this package would not be complete without an opportunity to swing those new clubs, so included is a round of golf at the beautifully maintained Aviara Golf Course. And to toast your new and improved game, you may want to raise a glass or two of your signed 1.5 liter of 2003 Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon; 'to the victor belongs the spoils.' Hotel and tee times are subject to availability. Package must be used before August 2009.
Value$3,000 Donors Mark King, TaylorMade Go
lf Corison Winery
LOT #9 Sports' Biggest Night • ESPY Awards Package for 4
• 2008 ESPY Gift Bag The annual ESPYs—held in July—are the world of sports’ biggest night, when top celebrities from sports and entertainment gather to celebrate the major achievements, unforgettable moments and leading performances of the year. Now you and three guests will enjoy the ESPYs in true ESPN style! You will arrive in Los Angeles the day before the show, where accommodations at the ESPN host hotel await you. Attend ESPN’s private VIP party later that evening. The next day you will attend the ESPYs at the Nokia Theatre, where you and your guests will walk the Red Carpet with the athletes, presenters and guests, then see the world of sports honor its own. After the show, the post–ESPYs Party will be the place to be and you and your guests will be there, mingling with athletes and celebrities. Transportation is not included.
As the ESPYs celebrate excellence in sports, the ESPY VIP gift bag celebrates excellence in products. The extraordinary gift bag is jam-packed with the latest in fashion, technology and luxury. To show appreciation to the celebrity presenters and nominees at the 2008 ESPYs, the bag encompasses the ultimate in ESPY swag. The more than 50 items in the ESPYs gift bag include: Richard Petty experience, Sperry Topsider gift certificates, weekend at the Standard-LA, Deanna Zaccari two-hour styling session, Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp, Yamaha BodiBeat, Salt Work jeans, Armani makeup, iHome, Hasbro games, iGourmet certificate, Palms Hotel, Dirt Devil, Phyto Personal Care, Breeder’s Cup VIP experience, Sea Spa Santa Barbara luxury treatment, We Pilates apparel, Marchon eyewear, Amadeo Decada apparel, canvasondemand.com certificate, Econation night on the town, Hot Rod putter, Stress Eraser, Chrome Bones gift card, Rosetta Stone language subscription, Del Sol merchandise, flowershop.com certificate, Chumby gadget, Klipsch electronics, Zaca Mesa Winery, Campus Quilt, Parajumpers, the Shave, Bosch certificate, Jarden Corporation certificate, and more! West Coast-based goods and services all and all for you!
Value$Priceless Donors ESPN
LOT #10 The Whole Nine Yards • Three 9Ls
• Tour and Tasting for 9
• Lunch for 9 with Coach Holtz No one knows the original source for the expression “the whole nine yards,” but the whole nine yards are here to be taken, courtesy of Rombauer Vineyards. Three 9 liters to take home tonight include one each of 2007 Rombauer Carneros Chardonnay, 2004 Rombauer Proprietor Selection Napa Valley Merlot and 2004 Rombauer LMDC Napa Valley Red Wine (a Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc blend). Nine also will be hosted by Rombauer Vineyards for a VIP tour and barrel tasting. But the ultimate nine is the nine who will enjoy a lunch—paired with Rombauer wines - at Go Fish in St. Helena with legendary Coach Lou Holtz on Friday, August 9, 2009, just prior to the 2009 V Foundation Wine Celebration.
Winery visit is to be scheduled for a date of mutual convenience.
Value$Priceless Donors Rombauer Vineyards
Go Fish
Coach Holtz
LOT #13 Deep Powder
Big Vertical • Powderhorn Ski Apparel for 4
• Four-Day Jackson Hole Ski Package for 4
• Dinner for 4 at Couloir Restaurant
• Five 1.5Ls Cabernet Sauvignon Vertical Collection Jackson Hole, Wyoming offers downhill skiing as big as all
outdoors, combining spectacular scenery, deep powder and
the longest vertical drop in the United States. You and three friends will be among the first to don the 2009 collection from Powderhorn, the ski brand with genuine mountain heritage. Once outfitted, head to Teton Village for four days of ski heaven, including luxury accommodations (2 rooms), lift tickets at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, spa treatments and dinner at Couloir Restaurant, scenically at the top of the gondola. Ski package is to be booked in advance and must
be used by March 9, 2009; transportation is not included.
A second big vertical, though slightly less strenuous, is this
rare vertical collection of 1.5 liters, 2001-2005 Judd's Hill
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. These deeply fruited,
lightly oaked Cabernets from the eastern hills of the
Napa Valley age beautifully.
Value$Priceless Donors Powderhorn
Judd's Hill Winery
LOT #15 FORE! • Round of Golf for 4 with Natalie Gulbis
• Three-night stay for 4
• 1.5L Cabernet Sauvignon Natalie Gulbis is one of the fresh young faces on the LPGA Golf Tour, but don't let her good looks fool you, the lady can play; she finished sixth on the LPGA money list in 2005, has had several "Top 10" finishes in LPGA Majors and won the Evian Masters in 2006. Now you have the opportunity to play a round of golf with Natalie. You and three friends will stay for three nights in plush accommodations in Las Vegas, otherwise known as, Natalie's stomping ground. Once in Sin City, you and your friends will join Natalie for an invigorating, if not humbling, round of golf at a course of Natalie's choosing; be prepared to roll the dice as this should prove to be a challenging 18 holes even for the most adept golfer.
And while you will have played 18 holes of golf with Natalie, you may want to unwind and 'stroke' your ego with a 1.5 liter of 13 Appellations; specifically, the 'Fourteen' Napa Valley Meritage is a blend of grapes from all fourteen of the Napa Valley's sub-appellations and a sure fire way to celebrate such
a magnificent day of golf!
Stay and round are to be scheduled in advance and must be used before August of 2009. Transportation is not included.
LOT #17 Drive and Decide
The Car of the Year • Car of the Year package for 2 (one driver)
• Six 750mls Vertical Collection of Cabernet Sauvignon
• Three Dolce
• Six Single-Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons Far Niente, Dolce and Nickel & Nickel have partnered with Robb Report magazine to offer an unforgettable opportunity to be a judge in the competition to name the Robb Report 2009 Car of the Year. As part of the “Steering Committee,”
you will be required to test drive and evaluate the latest high performance and luxury marques on the market at this year's competition, held at Meadowood Napa Valley, November 6 – 8, 2008. The winning model and finalists will be featured
in the February 2009 issue Will it be a Rolls-Royce? Bentley? Porsche? Only you can decide. During the three-day event, you and a guest will join the other judges to be treated to exclusive tastings, dinners, spa treatments and other elements of pampering and luxury, including two nights' accommodations at Meadowood Napa Valley.
Although you'll have to return the keys to the contenders, we'll send you home in your own dream ride with a trunk full of treasures including a six-bottle vertical of Far Niente Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - 2004, a trio of Dolce vintages 1998 – 2000 and a six-pack of Nickel & Nickel Single-Vineyard Cabernets from the Oakville, Rutherford and Stags Leap appellations.
Value$7,000 Donors
Robb Report
Meadowood
Napa Valley
Far Niente
Nickel & Nickel
Dolce
LOT #18 Yachting Nirvana • San Francisco Yachting Package for 6 You and five of your friends will experience the best sailing in the world; a cruise on San Francisco Bay aboard the 47-foot classic sloop Alpha, the company of owner Rick Pfaff, former commodore of the St. Francis Yacht Club and his wife Laura. Your bay experience will start with a tour of the St. Francis Yacht Club, including its extensive America's Cup and model collection, personally guided by Rick. Then cast off for a sail like no other, with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, San Francisco, Angel Island and Alcatraz. Time on the water gives one an appetite, so back on shore you will be treated to a gourmet dinner at restaurateur Pat Kuleto's latest creation, Epic Roasthouse, paired with wines from your host vintners for the evening, Lail Vineyards and Vineyard 29. After living such an indulgent lifestyle, you and your friends deserve a few nights of rest at the exquisite Huntington Hotel, where three rooms for three nights await.
Sailing date is subject to mutual availability. May or October dates are suggested for the most favorable weather and winds.
Value$Priceless Donors
The Board of the St. Helena Hospital Foundation
Epic Roasthouse
Jon & Robin Lail, Lail Vineyards
Chuck & Anne McMinn, Vineyard 29
Huntington Hotel
Rick & Laura Pfaff
LOT #20 Super Bowl XLIII • Super Bowl XLIII Ultimate VIP Package for 4 The best of Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa is here to enjoy in true VIP style! Directly from the NFL, this package for four encompasses all the events that make Super Bowl week the biggest party of the year, culminating in four great tickets to the Super Bowl. Arrive on Thursday, January 29th to begin five days and four nights of fun in the Florida sun. This incredible package includes accommodations in a luxury hotel, seats at the elite dinner with the game officials for Super Bowl XLIII, admission to the exclusive black-tie Commissioner's Ball on Friday night, tickets to NFL Saturday evening concert, entry into the “NFL Experience” theme park and admission to pre-game Tailgate Party, all leading up to seeing Super Bowl XLIII in person. Then take home an NFL gift bag as a memento of this one-of-kind, impossible-to duplicate weekend.
Package includes:
• 4 Choice Tickets to Super Bowl XLIII
• Dinner for 4 with Game Officials for Super Bowl XLIII
• 4 NFL Experience Tickets
• 4 Commissioner's Ball Tickets
• 4 Concert Tickets
• 4 Pre-Game Tailgate Party Tickets
• 2 Hotel Rooms for 4 Nights each
• NFL Gift Bag
And no matter which teams face off in Super Bowl XLIII, you and your guests will certainly rally behind this gorgeous etched 3 liter of 2004 Louis M. Martini Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
Arrive in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, January 29, 2009
and return home on Monday, February 2, 2009. Airfare
and ground transportation are not included.
Value$Priceless Donors Steve Bornstein, NFL Network
Louis M. Martini Winery
LOT #22 March Madness • Final Four & NCAA Championship Game Package for 2 Intense. Inspiring. Incredible. NCAA men's basketball March Madness culminates with the Final Four and Championship games, and you can experience all the excitement with this stellar package. Catch the action at Ford Field in Detroit with accommodations for two for four nights - checking in on Friday, April 3rd and leaving on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009—at the MGM Grand Casino Detroit, the city's newest and most spectacular luxury hotel, two riser sideline tickets to both Final Four games and the Championship game, deluxe roundtrip transfers to the games and two tickets to Hoop City, the NCAA's interactive fan festival.
To match the intensity of the Final Four, you will indulge in what feels like a 'full-court press' 1.5 liter of 2004 Turley Library Napa Valley Petite Sirah.
Airfare and transportation to the hotel are not included.
Value$11,500 Donors Darran Brown, Executive Sports Group
Turley Wine Cellars
LOT #23 Blue Devils Bonanza • Courtside Tickets for 4 to Duke vs. UNC
• Two-Night Stay for 4 at Washington Duke Inn
• Tour for 4 of Cameron Stadium
• Invitation for 4 to the Legacy Room
• Nine Duke Alumni 1.5Ls It is a game of legend; the basketball Tobacco Road rivalry between the Duke University Blue Devils and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. It is also among the hottest tickets in college basketball. Be at the heart of the action on February 11th, 2009, when Duke hosts this huge game. Four impossible-to-get courtside tickets will make this an incredible experience, as will accommodations for two couples for two nights, February 10th and 11th, at the luxurious Washington Duke Inn on the Duke campus, dinner for four at Nana's (great American cuisine and a super cellar) hosted by Duke alum and Napa Valley vintner Todd Zapolski, a VIP tour of historic Cameron Indoor Stadium before the game and an invitation for four to the halftime VIP reception in the Legacy Room, where former Duke players and Coach Krzyzewski's family hang out. Transportation is not included.
And to ensure that your blood runs Blue Devil Blue in this
legendary matchup, you will also stock your cellar with this stellar collection by notable Napa Valley vintners who are also Duke Alum—all personally autographed 1.5 liter bottles:
2004 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red Wine
2000 Heitz Cellar Bella Oaks Vineyard Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Gargiulo Vineyards Oakville Cabernet Franc
2004 Girard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Lail Vineyards J. Daniel Cuvée Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
2003 St. Supéry Napa Valley Élu Red Meritage
2005 Lail Vineyards Napa Valley Bluebird
2006 Vineyard 29 Cru Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
2004 Cardinale Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Value$11,500 Donors Duke University
April Gargiulo, Gargiulo Vineyards
Bill & Deborah Harlan, Harlan Estate
David Heitz, Heitz Cellar
Todd Zapolski, Girard Vineyards
Robin Lail, Lail Vineyards
St. Supéry Vineyard & Winery
Chuck & Anne McMinn, Vineyard 29
Cardinale
LOT #28 Ladies and Gentelmen • Performance Driving Experience for 1
• Custom Shirt
• Gift Bag
• Dinner for 2 at Chappellet Vineyards
(20 spots available)
Get ready to put the pedal to the metal during a day of performance driving at Infineon Raceway with Audi and Chappellet. Twenty (20) drivers will go full throttle on the track on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 to kick off the 2009V Foundation Wine Celebration.
This custom one-day Audi driving program will give drivers the opportunity to test the horsepower in Audi's high performance vehicles, including the Audi R8, winner of The Robb Report's 2008 Car of the Year award. Strap on your brain bucket - that's a helmet—and learn braking, cornering and acceleration techniques, how to hit the apex of a turn and how to find the line of the track, then “race” a timed lap on
the Infineon road course.
You can't drive without the right gear, so each driver will be outfitted with a custom “V Race Team” shirt and receive a swag bag of goodies from Audi and Chappellet.
In the evening, downshift, take in the spectacular vistas, and relax with Cyril and Blakesley Chappellet at an al fresco dinner for 40 atop Pritchard Hill (each driver may bring one guest). This family-style Italian feast will be prepared by chef Jason Balestreri, executive chef at Yountville's new luxury hotel and restaurant, Hotel Luca. Scheduled to open in the autumn of 2009, Hotel Luca will be the sister hotel to L'Auberge Carmel, a Relais & Chateaux property. Chef Balestreri will prepare a sumptuous meal of simple and rustic food made with season ingredients; from antipasti and salamis to handmade pasta and roasted meats. Master sommelier Chris Blanchard will select some gems from the Chappellet cellar to accompany the meal. At dinner, Audi and Chappellet will present a checked flag and Napa's version of the Borg Warner Trophy - a 3 liter of 2005 Chappellet Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, custom etched to commemorate the event - to the driver with the fastest time. We won't douse you with champagne, and chugging milk is optional.
What a way to drop the green flag on the 2009 V Foundation Wine Celebration!
LOT #29 Tennis Spectacular • Around the World Tennis for 2 Details on this phenomenal lot are still developing and will added as they are confirmed.
Value$Priceless Donor
ESPN
LOT #36 Legends in the Fall • Four-Night Shea Stadium Package for 4 in New York Three lucky couples will get an insider's view of the last New York Mets game and closing ceremonies in one of America's greatest ball parks: Shea Stadium. Incredibly, your guide will be former New York Met great Rusty Staub, the Mets' all-time RBI leader, who is ranked #11 among Major League players in games played during his 23-year career. Get settled in luxurious accommodations in downtown Manhattan on Thursday, September 25th and then join Rusty at his Manhattan home, where he will demonstrate his culinary skills. Dinner will be accompanied by wines from Rusty's private cellar, which include some great Napa Valley wines such as Screaming Eagle, Harlan and Araujo.
On Friday, tour the city or shop and then gather for dinner at Lure, a SOHO gem. Sightsee or just relax on Saturday, but be sure to save your appetite: dinner will be at the fabulous BLT Steakhouse. Then, on Sunday, September 28th, enjoy box seats for six at the final game at Shea, followed by closing ceremonies and the big celebration. At least 45 great Mets will attend the celebration.
Transportation is not included.
Value$Priceless Donor
The Board of the St. Helena Hospital Foundation
Rusty Staub
BLT Steakhouse
LOT #38 We Believe • Celebrity Pickup Basketball Game
• Dinner and Warriors Game in the Owner's Box for 10 With their exciting play, the Golden State Warriors have gained an army of believers in the last two years. Ten of those believers will have the Warriors experience of a lifetime. The fun begins at the Warriors training facility where you and up to nine of your friends will team with former NBA stars Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond – 2/3 of the Warriors' famed “Run TMC”— for a pickup basketball game. Then it is off to the ORACLE Arena for dinner with Golden State Warriors' owner Michael Marks in the luxurious Owner's Suite during a Warriors' game. The suite boasts commanding views of the court, great food and multiple televisions on which to view instant replays. Dinner will be paired with rare vintages from Gemstone Vineyard.
Package is to be scheduled for a mutually convenient date
during the 2008-2009 Warriors' season.
Value$3,500 Donor
Golden State Warriors
Gemstone Vineyard
Michael & Carole Marks
LOT #40 The Masters • 2009 Masters Package for 2
• Private Home Accommodations for 2
• Event Invitations for 2
• Round of Golf for 2
• 1.5L Cabernet Sauvignon TaylorMade Golf has put together a package as only they can to the most revered event in golf: The Masters. You and a friend will have passes and ground transportation for all the practice sessions and rounds of the 2009 Masters, coming to Augusta National April 6th through 12th. Your accommodations for the week will be a luxurious private home. During the week of the Masters, you will be invited to all TaylorMade events —including dinner parties with TaylorMade touring professionals. Of course, you may want to play a round of golf, so included is a round for two at the intimate, elegant Champions Retreat Golf Club.
Lastly, to spur those dreams of golf glory, a 1.5 liter of 2005 Chimney Rock Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon.
Airfare and transfers are not included.
Value$Priceless Donor
Mark King, TaylorMade Golf
Chimney Rock Winery
