Time To Go Out: Napa Valley Restaurant Week

If all of the rain has kept you at home, and your attitude has changed from “good, we need it” to “jeez, enough already,” then we’ve got a great motivator to get out exploring again: Napa Valley Restaurant Week. From January … –> please click here to continue reading –>

St. Helena Showcase: bASH 2016 is cOMING

If you’re free on Saturday, April 9, you should go here now to purchase tickets for bASH 2016, an annual food and wine event from Appellation St. Helena. What is bASH? Well, it’s an amazing spectacle showcasing this northern Napa Valley community where 25 premium wineries join … –> please click here to continue reading –>

bASH 2015: Showcasing St. Helena’s Wine and Food Capabilities

If you’re free on Saturday, April 18, you should go here now to purchase tickets for bASH 2015, an annual food and wine event from Appellation St. Helena. What is bASH? Well, it’s a popular spectacle showcasing the Napa Valley community with over 35 … –> please click here to continue reading –>

bASH: basking in Appellation St. Helena’s bounty

If you don’t have anything planned yet for Saturday, April 19, you should go here now to purchase tickets for bASH, an annual food and wine event from Appellation St. Helena showcasing this northern Napa Valley community. What is the 2014 bASH?  Well, it’s basically … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Our Favorites of the Winemakers’ Favorites: Suggesting Some Wines from Napa Valley

Earlier this month, we spent an early evening under the oaks of The Grove at Silverado enjoying a collection of Napa Valley wines courtesy of the Napa Valley Wine Library Association’s Annual Wine Tasting.   Now in its 51st year, this … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Winemaker Favorites and Winemakers of the Future: The Napa Valley Wine Library Association’s Wine Tasting Event

Quick!  Name five classic Napa wineries!  Chances are your list included Beringer Vineyards, Cakebread Cellars, Caymus Vineyards, Charles Krug Winery, Domaine Chandon, Grgich Hills Estate, Heitz Wine Cellars, Joseph Phelps Vineyards, Louis M. Martini Winery, Schramsberg Vineyards, Whitehall Lane Winery, … –> please click here to continue reading –>

bASH Knocks It Out Of The Park, Again

Well, they did it again.  Last Saturday night, Appellation St. Helena presented bASH, a competition for pairing food and wine held at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone featuring wines from this Napa Valley appellation.  This was the second year … –> please click here to continue reading –>