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Pawsport Napa Valley

WineCountry Collective — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Napa Humane’s dog-friendly, passport-style wine tasting event is back! Pawsport Napa Valley, benefitting Napa Humane, will take place March 1-31, 2024. Pawsport holders are invited to enjoy unforgettable experiences at acclaimed Napa Valley wineries and tasting rooms, featuring 2-for-1 tastings, food pairings, discounts on bottle purchases, delectable treats for four-legged friends, and more! Pawsports are $60 per person and provide over $900 in experiences. Must be age 21 or up to attend.

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Things To Do: January Events In Napa Valley

blogger — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 09:00:44 +0000

St Helena’s Little Book Of Big Experiences
Now- March 31st

St Helena has crafted 25 exclusive, “money can’t buy” experiences with their winery, lodging and restaurant partners. This is the time to enjoy the laid back atmosphere of the valley when the vines have been harvested and the wine has been put to rest in the cellar. St. Helena’s top wineries, restaurants and hotels welcome guests to cozy up in this small town with their “Little Book of Big Experiences”. They’ve put together 25 Big Experiences that will entice you to visit once, twice or more and stay for several days each trip.

Insider Tip: While you can use this little book any time of the week, we recommend booking experiences Monday-Thursday, many properties are offering even more elevated offerings during midweek.

Calistoga’s Winter In the Wineries Passport
Now- February 5th, 2017

Enjoy “Tastes From The Top” purchase this wine tasting passport to enjoy the best of Calistoga wine in the off season.

The passport price of $50 includes wine-tastings at 15 Calistoga boutique and well-known wineries and discounts on lodging and shopping at the top of Napa Valley. Winter in the Wineries Passport Series is valued at an estimated $300 in wine tasting alone and considered the best value of tasting in Napa Valley.

Insider Tip: Included in the passport are many great Calistoga lodging discounts. Come for a long weekend and enjoy 2 or 3 wineries a day at a languid pace.

Cooking Classes at CIA Copia
Throughout January
The Culinary Institute of America at Copia
500 First Street
(707) 967-2530

The Culinary Institute of America at Copia has everything for food and wine lovers and everything in between. Located next to the Oxbow Public Market on First Street in downtown Napa, the CIA at Copia provides an array of food and wine experiences, including a new restaurant, culinary and beverage classes and demonstrations, a beautiful lifestyle store, private and public events, amazing tasting experiences, and more.

Insider Tip: This newly open location in downtown Napa has a wide array of wine tastings, an amazing retail shop and a can’t miss restaurant.

Napa Valley Truffle Festival
January 13th – 17th, 2017

The seventh annual Napa Truffle Festival will feature an exciting lineup of special guests from the food and wine world, including truffle cultivation experts, dog trainers and internationally-renowned master chefs, plus winery truffle lunches, cooking demos, wild mushroom forays, truffle orchard tours, dog training demos and one big Marketplace at Oxbow Public Market!New this year: Dig Truffles? Experience – taste, learn and experience all things truffle!

Join in the fun as truffles are discussed, examined, probed, prepared, demonstrated and, finally, paired with wines to feast upon for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Insider tip: This is your chance to get up close and personal with this culinary darling. From full weekend packages to a free marketplace, there are events for everyone.

V Sattui 2017 Barrel Tasting and New Release Party
January 28, 2017
111 White Ln,
St. Helena, CA 94574
(707) 963-7774

Enjoy a selection of over 60 wines from V. Sattui Winery in their gorgeous courtyards, and underground cave cellars. The event will feature exclusive Cabernets and Zinfandels, over 20 barrel samples from 2016, new releases for the upcoming year, and food pairings to best complement your wine. Barrel tasting is a form of wine tasting where a taster or winemaker samples the wine straight out of the barrel. This tasting process takes place either during the course of wines development or prior to bottling. This is an incredible opportunity to see how a wine ages gracefully and to pick the brains of V Sattui’s wine experts.

Insider Tip: Barrel tastings are a great way to sample a wide portfolio of wine at one time. This will be a drinking evening. We recommend booking transportation so you can focus on the wine! Check out our transportation options.

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St Helena’s Little Book Of Big Experiences

blogger — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:00:34 +0000

How is it already that time of year? The holiday season is coming up strong and we’d like to help you get your shopping list down to a manageable size. We’ve all learned our lesson with the dust buster and the “cool” new pots and pans and then that time we thought our partner would be totally excited about a new recliner. We could all use a little holiday gift giving inspiration. St Helena has got you covered, with the gift that keeps on giving all the way through March!

Give the Gift of Wine Country

St Helena’s Little Book of Big Experiences Gives the Gift of Wine Country. They’ve crafted 25 exclusive, “money can’t buy” experiences with their winery, lodging and restaurant partners. The Little Book is valued at over $1,000 dollars and you can get it for only $100. Put this little book under the tree, wrapped next to the Menorah or stuffed in a stocking for the ultimate holiday gift. Perfect for a week long excursion to the Napa Valley or multiple small weekend getaways, we’ve done all the planning for you. The best time to take advantage of the LBE, as we like to call it, is Sunday through Thursday. This is when the tasting rooms are less busy, you’ll always get a seat by the fire and the experiences are even more elevated. All you need to do is pack your bags. Now, let us introduce you to some of our incredible experiences.

Charles Krug Winery

The oldest winery in Napa Valley is also home to California’s first tasting room. Opened for public tastings in 1882 by Charles Krug, their tasting room has evolved into a world-class hospitality center, renowned for its exceptional wines, stunning design and storied heritage.

LBE Offering(Sunday-Thursday): Taste five Family Reserve and Limited Release wines and enjoy an exclusive barrel tasting of estate wines in the winery’s historic Redwood Cellar. Built in 1872 on an estate founded in 1861, the Charles Krug Tasting Room is a vibrant blend of old and new. Rustic, yet modern, the room pays tribute to the winery’s unique history.

Freemark Abbey

Freemark Abbey sources its grapes from select Napa Valley vineyards they’ve known for decades. Intimately familiar with the nuance, power and abundance of each specific site, their partnership with local vineyards is at the heart of all their wines. A trailblazer of Napa Valley winemaking, Freemark Abbey continues to evolve. Their property transformation is a sign of their inward commitment to crafting classic Napa Valley wines of superior pedigree and quality. Raise a glass to their 130th anniversary.

LBE Offering(Sunday-Thursday): They invite you to experience their recently restored historic stone winery. Guests will be greeted with a taste of their limited production wines to begin a historical walking tour of the estate highlighting the 130 year history. Your party will be seated in our courtyard for a tasting of limited release, single vineyard and library wines accompanied with artisan cheeses.

HALL Wines

HALL Wines represents critically acclaimed artisan Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from two Napa Valley tasting rooms and winery locations in both St. Helena and Rutherford. Owned by Craig & Kathryn Hall, its vineyard collection features five Certified Organic estates producing classic Bordeaux varietals. HALL’s highly rated wines include the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, selected as Wine Spectator’s #18 of the ‘Top 100’ in 2010, the HALL 2008 “Kathryn Hall” Cabernet Sauvignon that earned #2 Wine Spectator “Top 100” Wines, and its 2010 ‘Exzellenz’ earned 100 points by Robert Parker. Collectively, over 140 HALL Wines have been rated 90 points and above.

LBE Offering(Sunday-Thursday): Guests are invited to experience Hall St. Helena with a glass of HALL Sauvignon Blanc as your Wine Educator shares the background on Vintner’s Craig and Kathryn Hall, details about the modern art collection throughout the property, and HALL’s high tech winemaking practices. You will then be escorted to our historic Bergfeld Building, circa 1885, to enjoy a barrel sample of our flagship Kathryn Hall Cabernet Sauvignon with fruit sourced from the renowned Sacrashe Vineyard located in Rutherford. The experience concludes in the tasting room with beautiful views of the Bergfeld Vineyard and Mayacamas Mountains and a flight of award winning artisan wines.

Wydown Hotel

For many, arrival in wine country means relaxation is already in the air. Arrival at the Wydown Hotel takes that journey to tranquility one step further — because the Wydown already feels like home. Upon arriving from the bustling surroundings of St. Helena’s downtown Main Street, guests seem to love lingering in the Wydown’s welcoming lobby – also known as the Living Room – complete with comfortable couches, TV, games and books. Once they reach their spacious, beautifully-appointed rooms, guests often don’t want to leave. The attractions of St Helena are right outside — with Main Street’s world-class dining, art, tasting rooms and shopping — but inside the Wydown, reality is miles away. And relaxation is everywhere.

LBE Offering(Sunday-Thursday): When you purchase the Little Book of Big Experiences, you receive 15% off a one night stay or 25% off a two night weekday stay at the Wydown. Additionally, you receive 25% off any spa treatment at Health Spa Napa Valley, as well as complimentary room upgrades when available. Match this up with some of the other Experiences in this book and that’s very Big indeed!

This is just a small taste of what St Helena’s Little Book of Big Experiences has planned.

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