NEW YORK, N.Y.- Earlier this year, California wine expert James Laube wrote that “Inglenook is to Napa what Margaux is to Bordeaux – one of wine’s crown jewels.” On September 24th, Christie’s New York will offer wine collectors a rare opportunity to bid for some of these “crown jewels,” as the auction house presents a special selection of legendary bottles direct from the private cellar of Inglenook owner Francis Ford Coppola, including two bottles of the legendary 1941 vintage. This autumn’s auction coincides with a particularly exciting period for Inglenook, marked by Francis Ford Coppola’s recent reacquisition of the historic name and the appointment of a new Estate Manager and Winemaker, Philippe Bascaules. Inglenook is an important cornerstone of the Napa Valley. Ever since its inception in 1879, Inglenook founder Gustave Niebaum promised to make wines that would “be so