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Ode to Crab and Chardonnay – St. Clement Winery – Saturday January 21st

Bring a friend and to enjoy a delightful afternoon in the Winemaker’s Lounge of St. Clement with tasty bites of local Dungeness crab tarts, wontons and ceviche shots paired with St. Clement Chardonnays, highlighting our winery exclusive Abbott’s Vineyard Chardonnay. We’ll also feature crab bites paired perfectly with our flagship Cabernet, Oroppas.

Tickets: $35 per person; $15 Club Members

RSVP by Jan 17th at Tel: 707-265-5000

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Moveable Feast -Yountville. January 1st – February 29th

The culinary capital of the Napa Valley, Yountville will ring in 2012 with its third annual “Moveable Feast” promotion. As part of Moveable Feast, participating restaurants, hotels and wineries will offer food lovers the town’s world-famous culinary and wine experiences at a special value. Available Jan. 1 through Feb. 29, 2012, the offerings will include prix-fixe menus, wine tastings and travel packages that offer luxury hotel accommodations paired with world-class food and wine. We encourage visitors to take advantage of this opportunity to experience the town of Yountville and all that it has to offer.
See below for details regarding all of the fabulous packages and promotions associated with Yountville’s Moveable Feast: Continue reading “Moveable Feast -Yountville. January 1st – February 29th” »

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Weekend Wonderland at Peju Winery

Catch all the winter festivities this January 14th, 15th or 16th from 12-4pm daily when Peju is transformed into a winter wonderland! Bring your friends and scale our Alpine rock wall or glide down our miniature ski slope before enjoying a selection of gourmet chilis and stews, warm sliders and artisanal cheeses, frosty favorites and of course delicious Peju wines. Includes tasting flight of seven wines and live music provided by San Francisco’s favorite DJ Dave Gillis. All guests will also receive a bottle of 2004 Cabernet Franc (750 ml) and a Peju logo ski cap and are automatically entered into a drawing for our Taste of Tahoe restaurant gift certificate giveaways. Winter attire required.

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Paella & Flamenco Party at Gloria Ferrer’s Wine Caves – Saturday, Feburary 18

The magical wine caves of Gloria Ferrer Vineyards in Sonoma is the setting for an exclusive paella party and Spanish feast, featuring an all you can eat repast, prepared by paella experts, Bros Bar-b-que, private tour of the winery by night, and a flamenco dance performance by Sol Flamenco in the cave during dinner. Gloria Ferrer is hosting this event as a benefit for Ceres Community Project, a local non-profit organization that prepares healthy, nutritious meals for people struggling with cancer and life threatening illnesses and delivers them free to their homes throughout Sonoma County. All meals are prepared by local teen volunteers who are learning to cook healthy foods and care about making a difference in their community.

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Top Flight Winery and Beer Tasting Room – Stews and Brews – Saturday March 10

We are including a wee bit of Irish stew with your wine or beer tasting! We are featuring pints of our craft beers from array of local microbreweries and Napa Valley wines.

About Top Flight Wine and Beer Tasting Room –  Whether you’re a Napa local or a first time visitor, we encourage you to join us at our friendly, fun tasting bar centrally located in historic Downtown Napa. Our knowledgeable staff will happily guide you as you discover new wines and local craft beer while enjoying music, conversation and good company – all in a comfortable atmosphere.

Address1285 Napa Town CenterNapa, CA 94559

Phone(707) 253-9450

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Napa Valley Wine Train Murder Mystery – February 18th 2012

The Napa Valley Wine Train is pleased to announce a Murder Mystery play centering on the clandestine world of the gumshoe. Come prepared to mix and mingle, dress the part, or just get down to business and solve the murder.

The Detectives’ Club Annual Meeting on the Napa Valley Wine Train

Once a year the world’s greatest detectives gather at the home of Julius Fox in Napa, but this year for the 10th anniversary they are gathering on the Napa Valley Wine Train. They swap stories, brag of their accomplishments and a few, get drunk, engage in affairs, and behave in a most unseemly manner.

Last year, Julius Fox wrote down the best of the members’ stories and had them published. The book, called “The Detectives’ Club,” was an immediate best seller. Under the terms of the contract, any of the eight detectives who are alive at midnight tonight will share in the royalties – $5,000,000. Those who are no longer among the living will receive nothing for their estate. Check out this article written byThe Benicia Herald ‘Murder’ on the Wine Train a fun ride, delectable treat

Cast of Characters: Julius Fox, Honorary President of the Detectives’ Club; Dick Chuckles, Brilliant Detective and International Bon Vivant; Dora Chuckles, Dick’s Wife; Agatha Dimwitty, Great Aunt three-times removed to everybody; Nancy Grew, Famous Girl Detective; Dudley Hardly, One of the Famous Hardly Boys; Shirley Holmes, Great-Granddaughter of Sherlock Holmes; and Marmaduke the Mystic, Mystic from the Far East.

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A Taste of Yountville – Saturday March 24

If you’re in the gourmet “know,” you’ve most likely heard of Yountville, the tiny wine country hamlet filled with and surrounded by famous chefs and winemakers. With more gourmet restaurants and premium wineries than any other town of comparable size, Yountville will flaunt its “gourmet roots” on Saturday, March 24, noon to 5 pm.

A Taste of Yountville, an all-Yountville showcase, will feature traditional samplings of gourmet restaurant fare, olive oils, vinegars, mustards, fine wines, and micro-brews. Tasting tickets will be sold on-site. Live entertainment will filter throughout Yountville’s downtown area.

For more information call 707-944-0904 or visit the Yountville Chamber of Commerce.

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Chateau Montelena Winery House Party – Wonderbread 5 – January 28th

For the first time ever, the Chateau will open its doors for an upstairs/downstairs House Party On January, 28, 2012, we’ll open up the Chateau for our first-ever House Party, where our guests will have the run of the place (and the first glimpse at our newly renovated cellar). Upstairs, downstairs – there will be food and wine around every corner. We’ll be featuring slow-cooked rotisserie meats (think: pig, lamb, poultry and beef) to enjoy along with the Montelena classics, a special collection of older vintage wines from our library, and even a few limited-production winery-only wines. Join us to eat, drink and be merry and then stay to party the night away, dancing to the music of San Francisco’s Wonderbread 5, at the first great party of the New Year. Rock and Rotisserie 2012 – we hope to see you there.

For more information, please visit the official event page. price $45 location House Party 2012 telephone 707-942-5105

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V Sattui Winery Barrel Tasting Party – January 28

January 28, 2012
One of our most anticipated events of the year. The newly-made wines of the 2011 vintage will be just beginning to mature and will be available for sampling for the first time to determine the vintage’s quality and value. Members and their guests have first crack at purchasing Futures of these wines, some of which will be gone before the next party, and at a specially discounted price for this event only.

GREAT FOODS…and MUSIC, TOO!
Chef Shannon Kelly has designed a specially-matched menu of tasty hors d’oeuvres and small dishes to complement our award-winning wines. Shannon is a longtime favorite at V. Sattui and is accomplished at pairing great foods with our wines. And to add to the festivities, there’ll be a lively jazz ensemble, the Sonoma Jazz Collective, back once again with music to soothe the soul.

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Winter in the Wineries December 2nd – February 5th 2012

Discover Calistoga’s finest wineries, from big & renowned to small artisan wine producers, without the crowds of harvest time.

Enjoy tours, tastings and the chance to meet winemakers at seventeen local wineries in Napa Valley’s newest AVA with your exclusive “Winter in the Wineries” Passport between December 2, 2011 and February 5, 2012. Can be used once at each participating winery at any time and on any day you choose during regular tasting hours.

Come back as many times as you like during this two month window to try them all! (Please note that each person must be a passport holder in order to receive the free tastings; Must be 21 years old to purchase)

Your Passport also entitles you to special offers at participating restaurants and lodgings.

Passports are $50

Note: Passports will go on sale on November 18, 2011.
The Winter in the Wineries Event will run from Friday, December 2nd, 2011 – Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Call 707-942-6333 or click here for further info

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