2015: fourth-best vintage

The Naples Winter Wine Festival's live auction is always the highlight of the luxurious Bacchanalian weekend in late January — and this year didn't disappoint.

The live auction last weekend raised $12.32 million for children's charities in Collier County. In addition, the first-ever online auction raised another $231,000.

The total $12.55 million raised was the fourth-best year in the 15-year history of the festival, eclipsed only by the $15.7 million raised in 2007, the $14 million raised in 2008 and the $13.5 million raised in 2014.