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                  Above : 
                  (l to r) Marshall & Carolyn Manning, Christine Huang. 
                  Right 
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                  Sommelier Paul Lato  
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                  Alvaro Palacios (l), and John Alban confer before the final 
                  seminar | 
               
               
                 
                   
                      
                    Above 
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                      the Lindquist clan - ready for the Alvaro Palacios seminar 
                   
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                  Jim Fiolek, encouraging higher bidding on Lot 6, the collaborative 
                  blend by Louis Barroul, Yves Cuilleron, Cecile Dusserre, and 
                  Francois Villard | 
               
               
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                  Top 
                  Right : 
                  Pax Mahle, introducing his auction lot of 5-cases of Syrah from 
                  Alder Springs Vnyd 
                  Below Left : 
                  "...well, 
                  then send me a check." Christine 
                  Huang, after winning the Robert Parker auction lot of a mixed 
                  case of Ch. Beaucastel 
                  Below 
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                  Mat Garretson, Steve Edmonds, and Ellis Bassetti, introducing 
                  lot #19 from Bassetti Vnyd | 
               
               
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