Over $8M raised at Winter Wine Festival

NAPLES: In only four hours bidders at The Naples Winter Wine Festival charity auction raised more than $8 million for underprivileged and at-risk children.

Five hundred patrons were seated under a giant tent set on the grand lawn of The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples for the live auction.

Winning bids ranged from $22,000 to $440,000 for 61 one-of-a-kind lots.

Since 2001, the festival has raised $82.5 million for children in Collier County.

The festival has been ranked the most successful charity wine auction in the nation for the past six years by Wine Spectator.