Get ready for the wine world's richest, glitziest weekend

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ONE-OF-A-KIND jeroboams, a sleepover at first-growth Chateau Latour, dinner with Robert Parker, a meeting with Bulgari's head watch designer, cool cars, and, above all, plenty of frenzied bidding for these over-the-top lots: That's only part of what to expect at this year's glitzy, wine-soaked Auction Napa Valley, which takes place the first weekend in June.

Last year 2,000 attendees at this annual three-day charity event splashed out a hefty US$15.8 million, though not quite up to 2013's US$16.9 million or 2014's record-breaking $18.7 million.