Live Auction Preview
Get your bids ready! Check out this special preview of the packages that will be auctioned off at the event on Friday, February 7, 2025.
There will be more exciting surprises the night of!
Live Auction Item #1: Taste of Walla Walla Weekend: Wine, Dine & Stay! (Value: $4,100)
Experience the best of Walla Walla, named “America’s Best Wine Region in the USA.”
Your four-night stay includes:
- Accommodation for four nights for up to six adults in a private home
- Paired wine and tapas lunch for six at Valdemar Estates
- A gift card for TMACS restaurant in Walla Walla
- Magnum of Leonetti Cellar Reserve 2021, etched and hand-painted
Situated on two acres, Moonlight Manor offers a central location to Walla Walla’s finest tasting rooms and a vineyard view of the Blue Mountains. Enjoy a four-night stay for up to six adults. An etched and hand-painted magnum of Leonetti Cellar 2021 Reserve awaits you as you relax and get ready for a tapas lunch, paired with wine, at the grand Valdemar Estates, followed by a tour of the winery. During your stay, explore the region and plan a lunch or dinner at the renowned TMACS restaurant in downtown Walla Walla. With over 140 wineries and a quaint Main Street for shopping, dining, and wine-tasting, you will fall in love with “the place so nice, they named it twice!”
Mutually agreed upon date. Expires February 7, 2026.
Donation Values:
- Moonlight Manor 4-night stay: $2,800
- Valdemar Estates tapas lunch with wine pairing: $500
- TMACS restaurant gift card: $200
- Leonetti Cellar 2021 Reserve Magnum: $600
Total value of package: $4,100
Courtesy of John and Lisa Schiller and Steve Ward, Valdemar Estates, TMACS restaurant, and Leonetti Cellar.
Live Auction Item #2: Viva, España: A Private Paella Party in Medina—BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND—Saturday, August 9, 2025 (Value: $250 per person)
Maximum 60 guests
Paella is not just a meal—it’s a gastronomical experience! Watch as the maestro chef Antonio Sanchez creates an authentic, savory Spanish dish before your eyes in an enormous Spanish paella pan. Antonio was trained by some of the best paella chefs in Spain.
Antonio will cook the paella outside, using special equipment and an array of natural, colorful, and authentic ingredients. Spanish rice, Northwest seafood, Iberian sausage, fresh vegetables, and the key ingredient, saffron—one of the most expensive spices in the world—are combined to create a vibrant explosion of Spanish flavor. The best Spanish wines will be served, including ones from fifth-generation Spanish winemaker Valdemar Estates.
Guests will enjoy the Spanish cooking demonstration and gastronomical feast at the lovely Medina home of Randi and Joseph Brazen, owners of Central Bar + Restaurant and 520 Bar & Grill. It’s an evening to remember. This Spanish fiesta also includes appetizers, a pit-roasted pig, and an open bar. Ole!
Courtesy of Benjamin Lee, Dr. Antonio Sanchez, Randi and Joseph Brazen, Valdemar Estates, and Trish & Collin Carpenter
