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Upcoming Events in Yountville and Surrounding Napa Valley Areas January 13, 2011

By Curtis Van Carter

Real Estate Agent with Better Homes & Gardens Wine Country Group DRE # 00770113

January 13, 2012 04:07 AM

This is weekly feature post I will do every Friday to tell you about upcoming events in Yountville and the surrounding areas. Please visit and enjoy one or more of these and tell them Curtis sent you. Thanks!!!!

January 13 -- Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking Class
Food Education: Cooking with Julie. We meet at Oxbow Public Market to purchase our provisions, then a private tasting and then back to the kitchen for a hands-on cooking class. Beet Soup, pork tenderloin with cider sauce, roasted parsnips, and brussel sprouts with pancetta, lemon posset.
Fee: $215 Time: 8:45am-4:30pm Phone Number: 707-227-5036
January 13 - 15 -- Napa Valley Truffle Festival
Festival: The Napa Truffle Festival,brings together two complementary aspects the best chefs in the world known for their truffle cuisine, and the best truffle scientists in the world recognized for their expertise and data on truffle cultivation. The Westin Verasa Hotel, Napa CA
Fee: $40-$1,250 Time: Varies Phone Number: 877-734-7829
January 13 -- Under Twelve Buck a Bottle Tasting at Back Room Wines
Wine Education: Taste "value" like only Back Room Wines can deliver. We will pour seven exceptional wines, all on sale for under $12/bottle this evening. Taste amazing-value red & white wines from around the world. You'll see that yes, you CAN drink well on a budget. Come partake in this fun and popular Back Room Wines tasting event! 1000 Main Street, Napa CA
Fee: $10 Time: 5pm-8pm Phone Number: 707-226-1378
January 13 -- Napa Valley Singles Convention @ Silo's
Celebration: Meet new friends at the Napa Valleys largest gathering of singles in 2012! Only $10 at the door. Adults of all ages. Dress to impress! Lucky Friday the 13th of January, 2012, 7:30pm-Midnight. 7:30pm – Entertaining Keynote Address with author Jeannine Kaiser on 30 Secrets to Finding True Love. 9pm-Midnight – Dance Party. 500 Main St., Napa
Fee: $10 Time: 7:30pm-Midnight Phone Number: 415-507-9962
January 14 -- Sliders & Suds @ TopFlight
Celebration: Sliders & Suds & Trivia. Enjoy a juicy tri-tip slider with you Craft beer flight. there will be a pop quiz! So be ready. 1285 Napa Town Center, Napa
Fee: $15 Time: 4-6 P.M. Phone Number: 707-253-9450
January 14 -- Free screening of "The War Horse" Movie
Celebration: St. Helena’s newest tasting room---Bello Family Vineyards---is underwriting a free screening of the movie War Horse (rated PG-13). Free tickets will be available at The Cameo’s box office beginning January 5. The Bello family, proprietors Christopher Bello and Stephen Bello, will be on hand to greet moviegoers. 1340 Main, St. Helena CA
Fee: Free (tickets must be picked up in advance) Time: 8pm Phone Number: 707-963-9632
January 14 -- Rose Care and Pruning
Garden Education: Winter is the best time to prune your roses. Learn about pruning techniques from a certified Rosarian. Bring your rose questions. 1710 Soscol Ave., Napa
Fee: $5/person Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Phone Number: 707-253-4221
January 14 - 15 -- RSV First Weekend
Celebration, Wine Education:Cold Dark Void Yet Simple and Intriguing! Join us at the winery during the first weekend (on the 2nd weekend) in January for the official release of the 2008 SLD Estate Cabernet Sauvignon paired with delicious bites from the Vineyard Kitchen. Robert Sinskey Vyds, 6320 Silverado Trail, Napa, CA
Fee: $25 Time: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Phone Number: (800) 869.2030
January 14 -- Family Fun Day Chinese Paper Lanterns at NV Museum
Celebration: Celebrate Chinese New Year by making dragon paper lanterns at Napa Valley Museum! Visitors will experience cultural traditions of Chinese New Year by making their own dragon paper lanterns. Explore the popular Chinese Trunk and listen to traditional Chinese music. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville CA
Fee: $5 Time: 2pm-4pm Phone Number: 707-944-0500
January 14 - 16 -- Weekend Winter Wonderland at PEJU Winery
Celebration: Climb on our Alpine rock wall, Ski down our miniature ski slope, Eat gourmet winter favorites & Taste delicious Peju wines. Day pass includes access to all the above, a tasting flight of seven wines, live music by DJ Gillis, a bottle of '04 Cab Franc and a Peju logo ski cap. Winter attire required. 8466 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford
Fee: $25 + tax per day pass ($75 value) Time: 12:00 pm thru 4:00 pm Phone Number: 707-963-3600
January 14 -- Citizen Cope at Uptown Theatre
Live Music: An intimate solo acoustic performance by Citizen Cope. “Rawness improbably balanced by a mixture of danger and delicacy,” says one Rolling Stone writer, “is what gives Citizen Cope his edge. As a singer, songwriter and producer, he stands alone—an artist immune to corruption.” 1350 Main Street, Napa CA
Fee: $35 Time: 8pm Phone Number: 707-259-0123
January 15 -- Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil Truffle Dinner
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Food & Wine Education: Can't get enough of this seasons truffles? The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil Truffle Dinner. A gastronomic adventure! Five truffle courses paired with five wines.
Fee: $225 - $350 Time: 6:30 p.m. Reception, 7:30 p.m. Dinner Phone Number: 707-967-3111
January 15 -- DEVO at Uptown Theatre
Live Music: More than three decades after the release of its visionary debut, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo, and a full 20 years since its last studio album, Devo is back with the aptly titled Something for Everybody. 1350 Main Street, Napa CA
Fee: $75 Time: 8pm Phone Number: 707-259-0123
January 15 -- Montreux Reunion @ Napa Valley Opera House
Live Music: Playing together for the first time in 20 years, the Montreux Band revisits the music that defined Northern California in the 1980's. Darol Anger, Barbara Higbie, Mike Marshall and Michael Manring were in their 20's when they created a new genre of music that rocketed from their "Live at Montreux" recording.
Fee: $25 / $30 Time: 7 p.m. Phone Number: 707-226-7372
January 17 -- Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking Class
Food Education: Cooking with Julie. We meet at Oxbow Public Market to purchase our provisions, then a private tasting and then back to the kitchen for a hands-on cooking class. Cauliflower steaks with pancetta, mussels, fennel, chorizo and white wine broth and blood orange tart.
Fee: $215 Time: 8:45am-4:30pm Phone Number: 707-227-5036
January 18 -- Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet @ Napa Valley Opera House
Live Music: When it comes to contemporary traditional Cajun music, there is BeauSoleil. For the past 34 years Lafayette, Louisiana's BeauSoleil has carried the torch of tradition while continuing to chart uncharted waters with ingenuity and innovation. 1030 Main St., Napa
Fee: $30 / $35 Time: 8 p.m. Phone Number: 707-226-7372

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Chris Ann Cleland

Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA

Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

That Oxbow Tour and Cooking Class sounds like fun. Right up my alley.

Jan 13, 2012 07:25 AM

Curtis Van Carter

Better Homes & Gardens Wine Country Group - Yountville, CA

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Chris Ann

If I every get back to Arlington, I will drop by the office and you can whip me something up, LOL. We could go to McDonald's, ha. thanks for the comment cheers cvc

Jan 14, 2012 04:15 AM

Upcoming Events in Yountville and Surrounding Napa Valley Areas January 13, 2011

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