Auction Program Monday, April 28, 2014 East West Players 2014 Silent Auction Catalog As of 4/15/14 Silent Auction Rules and Reminders Please be sure to get your Silent Auction Bid Number from the Registration Table. Silent Auction Rules • Items and packages in this Silent Auction Catalog are subject to change. Images are provided as a courtesy to our guests only and are not necessarily an accurate depiction of the quality of a given item. EWP does not assume responsibility for the accuracy of any description. • Unless otherwise stated, all items and services are valid within one year from April 28, 2014. All services must be redeemed by the listed expiration date. EWP and the donor cannot extend the expiration date of any service. • Read all auction package descriptions carefully as they list specific restrictions. Please be aware. If you would like to extend your expiration date you must coordinate with the donor directly. Donor is not required to extend certificate. EWP and Auction Officials do not make travel arrangements. • All items are sold “as is,” are subject to availability, and have no cash redemption value. EWP is grateful to our donors, but is unable to endorse any product or service. • The stated value of auction goods and services are good-faith estimates only and are not warranted for tax purposes. Please contact your tax advisor regarding the tax deductibility of purchases and contributions. Any amount over the stated market value of an item may be tax deductible. • EWP is not responsible for lost or stolen certificates/vouchers. • EWP assumes no responsibility should any of the donating establishments be unable to fulfill gift certificates. • All sales are final. There are no exchanges, transfers, or refunds from EWP or the donor. How to Participate in the Silent Auction • The silent auction will begin promptly at 6:00 pm on Monday, April 28, 2014. • Guests are assigned a Bid Number that will appear on the name tag to use during the silent auction. Your Bid Number will be given to you at the Registration Table. • A Bid Sheet is displayed with each auction package and includes the package title, value, minimum opening bid amount, and bid increment. You may bid on as many items as you wish. • To bid on a package, simply write your Bid Number and Bid Amount on the appropriate Bid Sheet. • Each Bid Sheet lists a Bid Increment, which is the minimum value by which the existing bid must be increased in order to constitute a higher value bid. All bids must be in even dollar amounts. Bids below opening minimum bids will be increased appropriately. • The auction will close at approximately 20 minutes after the program is finished. Serious bidders should stand next to auction bid sheets until an Auction Official picks up the bid sheet and certifies the closing bids. Not all bid sheets are picked up at the EXACT closing time. An Auction Official will certify the closing bids at the closing bell and the highest valid bid will be declared the winner. • In the event of a contested item, the last two individuals appearing on the bid sheet will participate in a sealed “bid off.” This “bid off” will be in written form and be administered by an Auction Official. • Winners will pick up their Bid Sheets from the auction table. Payment & Pick Up • Winners will bring their Bid Sheets to the Invoicing station by the Registration & Cashier tables. • All items must be paid for and picked up by the end of the evening. • Payments may be made with cash, check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. Items and certificates purchased at this auction were donated specifically to support artistic and educational programs at EWP and are intended for use by the purchaser. They cannot be resold. Buy it Now Serve at Dinner or Take it Home East West Players will pick up your corkage fee tonight! 1. 1990 Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon 95WS No longer available in retail. Wine Spectator 95. Deep, rich and enormously complex, loaded with ripe currant, black cherry, blackberry, anise, cedar and spice, with a long, lingering finish that keeps pumping out the flavors.--California Cabernet retrospective. No longer available in retail. Donated by Lorri Jean & Gina Calvelli Buy it Now: $125 2. 1998 Justin Isosceles Cellar Tracker 92 No longer available in retail. Very concentrated and deep for a 1998, the Justin Isosceles is blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc and 16% Merlot. The wine is elegant in the mouth, with layers of dark, spicy fruits, toasted oak and soft, silky tannins. It will be drinking excellent over the next 5 to 7 years. A sure cellar star...or hang it on the wall with the moosehead. A deep garnet color with purple hues. After swirling the glass, vanilla, raspberry and cassis aromas complement initial impressions of cedar, blueberry, toasted oak and spices. The wine has a soft and full entry. The acidity that follows the entry balances the wines compact tannic structure and higher alcohol level. As the wine develops, the fruit and oak become more pronounced, creating a long and predominantly raspberry and toasted oak finish. Donated by Lorri Jean & Gina Calvelli Buy it Now: $175 3 2000 Marquis de Terme – Bordeaux - Margaux 92WS Hailed as a Bordeaux “vintage of the century," the 2000 Marquis de Terme is drinking wonderfully now. It has a dense, ruby/purple color and a sweet nose of berry fruit, earth, licorice, and new oak. Medium-weight with good concentration and purity. Perfect for an elegant dinner. A powerful, big volume of wine - very rich tannins and full fruit. Complex. Donated by Lorri Jean & Gina Calvelli Buy it Now: $100 4. 2000 Niebaum-Coppola "Cask" Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon The Cask Cabernet is uniquely American born of estate Cabernet Sauvignon aged in American oak puncheons. This wine is defined by its legacy and grace. Exhibiting the fine character of the soils that were recognized so long ago for the unique flavors they impart. This wine reveals a richness, structure and complexity that is rare in any wine. Average score 90 points. Donated by Scott and Laura Brown Buy it Now: $125 5. 2001 Lynch Cabernet Sauvignon - Magnum Cellar Tracker 95 No longer available in retail. Make your whole table happy with this elegant magnum! Brilliant ruby red hue. Black currant, plum, licorice and oak aromas. Medium-full with very good concentration, this is ripe and plush with structured tannins and nicely integrated oak. Winemaker Heidi Barrett! No longer available in retail. Donated by Lorri Jean & Gina Calvelli Buy it Now: $300 6. 2002 Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne 98 points Wine Enthusiast This is an exceptional wine, as is the vintage. The fruits - grapefruit, crisp red apple - balance with a fine yeasty character. There is a great depth of flavor, the fruits going in a pure line of freshness. The one problem is that it is much too young, the result of the demand from the market for the next vintage. Age this wine for at least four years. 100 points Wine & Spirits If a wine could ever make you want to pull the top down on your '68 Ferrari convertible, rip off the rearview mirror and take off, this is it. It has a different kind of energy than the '02 Cristal Rosé, which is more ethereal, like strawberries at the right hand of some ancient Gallic god. This is more insolent, brash, earth bound. All the scents and flavors seem to emanate from limestone, as does the acidity, which hits at the front of the mouth and powers through the wine with the kind of solar energy that lifts mist off the white chalk on a cool morning in Cramant. The wine goes on for miles. It's already irresistible, and will only improve with ten, 20, 30 and 40 years of age. Donated by Scott and Laura Brown Buy it Now: $400 7. 2002 Pahlmeyer Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend 99RP, 95WS, 94ST SOLD OUT RETAIL 99 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The nearly perfect 2002 Proprietary Red Wine is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and the rest dollops of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. This exotic, full- throttle, nearly over-the-top red wine’s intensity, richness and smoky coffee notes intermixed with notions of chocolate, graphite, and jammy blackberry and black currant fruit ooze from the glass. This rich, concentrated beauty tastes more like a top-notch, young Right Bank Bordeaux from a vintage such as 2009 than a wine dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. With stunning purity and awesome potential, it can be drunk now or cellared for another two decades. (RP) (6/ 2012) 95 points Wine Spectator Displaying extraordinary aromatics, this shows a wealth of flavor, finesse, richness and grace. Pure, sleek cherry, berry and pomegranate notes are woven together with enticing floral scents. Keeps gaining depth and dimension without weight. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.—2002 California Cabernet blind retrospective (May 2012). Drink now through 2022. (Web-2012) 94 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar Full medium ruby. Brooding, medicinal aromas of black fruits. Sweet, chewy and deep, with flavors of dark berries, violet, minerals and game freshened by harmonious acidity. Finishes long and ripe, with fine, sweet, building tannins. Green notes that the merlot in this blend is actually tighter and less fleshy than the Cabernet. (6/ 2005) Donated by Tim Dang and Darrel Cummings Buy it Now: $400 8. 2004 Dom Perignon Brut 95 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Lily-of-the-valley perfume and scents of lightly toasted brioche and almond rise from the glass of 2004 Dom Perignon Brut, along with hints of the apricot, pear and grapefruit that then inform a luscious and creamy yet strikingly delicate as well as consummately refreshing palate.