The Pearl Cellar Collection

The Pearl Cellar Collection

The Pearl Cellar Collection

For our live auction at Live From the Heart, we are presenting a unique collection of library wines honoring the 30-year Pearl Anniversary of Children’s Cancer Association — assembled with generosity and care by our founding leaders, board members, and passionate collectors. 

These lots are not just wine — it is a gesture of gratitude from an incredible group of donors who have helped build our legacy of joy. A toast to three decades of leadership, love, and hope for children and families!

Lot 1: The Collector’s Crown: Opus One, Napa Valley Reserve, Lytle-Barnett, Lafite

The first lot in the Pearl Cellar Collection represents the pinnacle of fine wine collecting — a union of Napa Valley’s most iconic producers with Bordeaux’s First Growth nobility, cult classics and some local masterpieces. This collection showcases the crown jewel vertical of Opus One; a vertical from a private wine club founded by William Harlan; a bottle from Napa’s iconic producer Vérité La Joie; and, the prestige of Château Lafite Rothschild 1998. This is a collector’s dream package. Nineteen bottles.

  • Opus One Vertical — 1982, 1985, 1986, 1993, 2015, 2017
    A rare span of Napa history from its most celebrated collaboration.

  • Lytle-Barnett Extended Tirage Brut, Vintage 2014 (3 unreleased)

  • Napa Valley Reserve Proprietary Red Vertical - 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013

  • Ridge Monte Bello Vertical, 2013, 2014, 2016

  • Spottswoode Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2021

  • Vérité “La Joie,” 2006

  • Château Lafite Rothschild, 1998 (Pauillac)

Lot 2: Global Treasures of Terroir

The second lot up for bid in The Pearl Cellar Collection brings brings France, Italy, California, and Oregon wines together for an incredible cellar that showcases the best of old world and new world terroir - including California legends and cult favorites. Thirty-six bottles.

Your collection will include:

We have so much gratitude for the generous leaders + donors who shared these collectable wines from their private cellars — Andy Lytle, Jeff Paustian, Grant Hammersley, Paul Gulick, Sean Tyrell, Tim Phillips, Catherine Gonzalez-Lofgren, Fred Buckman Sr., Fred Buckman Jr., and Keith Dubanevich — whose passion and generosity made this 30th anniversary collection possible. Thank you!

  • Amon-Ra Barossa Valley Shiraz (2009)

  • Antica Terra Ceras Pinot Noir (2011)

  • Antica Terra Ceras Pinot Noir (2016)

  • Bernard Defaix Chablis Grand Cru (2014)

  • Cascina Nuova Barolo, Cogno (2016)

  • Champagne Pascal Agrapart (NV)

  • Château Kirwan (2005) 

  • Château La Dominique (1989)

  • Domaine Tempier Bandol (2008)

  • Doubleback Cabernet Sauvignon (2016)

  • Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve (2010)

  • Kalleske Greenick Barossa Valley Shiraz (2005)

  • Kistler Stone Flat Vineyard Chardonnay (2013)

  • Kosta Brown Russian River Valley Pinot Noir (2022)

  • Lahaye Violaine Champagne (NV)

  • Lillian California Syrah, Blue Label (2007)

  • Leonetti Cellar Sangiovese (2020)

  • Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon, Spottswoode (2021)

  • Lytle-Barnett Le Mélangeur (2020) (3 bottles)

  • Maysara Pinot Noir (2007)

  • N&G Fevre Chablis Les Preuses (2018)

  • NOON Winery Reserve Cabernet (2006)

  • Peter Michael La Carrière Chardonnay (2017)

  • Quilceda Creek Palengat (2013)

  • Quilceda Creek Palengat Horse Heaven Hills (2009)

  • RAMEY Cabernet Sauvignon (2008)

  • ROAGNA Barbaresco Pajè (2010)

  • The Grail of Lisa Shiraz (2005)

  • Turley Howell Mountain Petite Syrah (2017)

  • Turley Old Vines Zinfandel (2007)

  • Turley Rattlesnake Ridge Petite Syrah (2011)

  • Turley Zinfandel, Dragon Vineyard (2013)

  • Vilmart & Cie, Champagne Premier Cru (2016)

  • Williams Selyem Pinot Noir (2023)