This is weekly feature post I will now do every Thursday to tell you about upcoming events in Yountville and the surrounding areas. This way readers have a little more time to plan to attend one of these events. Please visit and enjoy one or more of these and tell them Curtis sent you. Thanks!!!!
- January 18 - 22 -- The American Institute of Wine & Food 2012
Wine Education:The grand Savor Wine Country special events include: exclusive tours and wine tastings, private chefs dinners at restaurants, cooking classes and the Celebration Dinner and Auction with guest of honor Margrit Mondavi. 1314 McKinstry Street, Napa
Fee: varies; $65 - $300 Time: varies; evening dinners and day events Phone Number: (415) 781-5700 - January 19 -- An Evening with Ron Kauk @ Velo Vino
Lecture: An evening with Ron Kauk, Hosted by Gary Erickson founder of Clif Bar and Clif Family Winery. The evening will include a slide show of Ron's epic climbs and Winemaker Bruce Regalia will be here to talk about the Climber Limited blend. Enjoy light appetizers and great wine! 709 Main St., St. Helena
Fee: Free to attend, $5 wine by the glass Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm Phone Number: 707-968-0625 - January 19 -- World Cheese Tour Guided Tasting
Food Education: Join San Francisco Chronicle cheese columnist Janet Fletcher in this sit-down guided tasting of seven exceptional French artisan cheeses--paired with French wine, of course. Become a more discriminating cheese buyer and taster in this fun class led by a noted cheese authority. 776 Technology Way, Napa
Fee: $45 Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Phone Number: 707-265-0404 - January 19 - 29 -- Fully Committed
Performing Arts: Perfect for the foodie Napa Valley, “Fully Committed” is a one-man show about the high end restaurant biz featuring well-known Bay Area actor Dan Saski bringing his skills to portraying 40 characters in this hilarious romp. 1637 Imola Ave., Napa
Fee: $20 general, $18 students/seniors Time: 8:00-10:00pm Phone Number: 707-255=5483 - January 19 -- Cigar Social at Baker Street Downtown
Celebration: Celebrate the New Year with us at Baker Street Downtown! Our first cigar social for 2012 features H. Upmann 1844 Reserve Cigars and Farmers Organic Gin. Hors d'œuvres, great deals, prizes, and specials mixed with good old fun and camaraderie. Bring a friend too! RSVP 707-255-4434. 1018 1st Street (at Main), Napa
Fee: Free Time: 6:00-9:00pm Phone Number: 707-255-4434 - January 19 -- Is it a WHITE wine or a RED wine?
Wine Education: Think you can tell a white wine from a red wine? Of course you can! But what if you couldn't SEE them? Come to Back Room Wines tonight and find out. We will serve you three pairs of wine in black stemware. Each pair will have one white wine and one red wine. Can you tell which is which? Guess correctly all three times and win a prize. 1000 Main Street, Napa CA
Fee: $15 Time: 5pm-8pm Phone Number: 707-226-1378 - January 20 - 21 -- Swirl & Sip Petite Syrah Release
Wine Education: Celebrate Nichelini’s first wine release of the New Year!--our famous, limited production Petite Sirah (104 cases). Unique food pairings specially created by Leona Marini, 4th generation Nichelini. 2950 Sage Caynon Road, St. Helena
Fee: Free Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: 707-963-0717 - January 20 -- Lucinda Williams @ Uptown Theatre
Live Music: Williams' voice is unmistakable. It's a voice that conveys experience without world-weariness, purity of spirit without naiveté. 1350 Third St., Napa
Fee: $50 Time: 8 p.m. Phone Number: 707-259-0123 - January 20 -- An Intimate Evening with Vi Bottaro
Lecture: Join us for “An Evening with the Artist: Vi Bottaro”. Visitors can hear how Vi started her photography career and learn about the complicated process of capturing the perfect image. Reservations are required. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville CA
Fee: $10/$5 Members Time: 5:30pm -7:30 pm Phone Number: 707-944-0500 - January 20 - 22 -- Robbie Burns Weekend at the Cedar Gables Inn
Celebration: The Robbie Burns Weekend is a celebration of the life & poetry of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. The weekend is punctuated by the Burns supper. We will be having fun spouting Robbie Burns Poems, eating lots of great food, drinking fabulous wine, eating dessert, and of course, drinking Scotch. 486 Coombs Street, Napa CA
Fee: $874 - $1043 for 2, includes tax Time: Check-in 3pm Friday/Check-Out 11am SundayPhone Number: 707-224-7969 - January 20 -- Pre-ZAP Zin Tasting at Back Room Wines
Wine Education: Come to Back Room Wines and taste Zinfandel! The annual (ZAP) tasting in San Francisco is coming up. Whether or not you are going, join us for this tasting and we'll provide you with all you need to know about this most Californian grape. Enjoy the quality and differences in personality between Zins from Napa, Sonoma, Lake & Amador counties. 1000 Main Street, Napa CA
Fee: $15 Time: 5pm-8pm Phone Number: 707-226-1378 - January 20 -- Benessere Vineyards dinner at Tra Vigne
Winemaker Diner: Winemaker Jack Stuart and Certified Sommelier Eric Hensel, will lead a tasting of Benessere Vineyards' wines and the Napa Rocks presentation about Napa Valley's terroir. Benessere's Italian varietals are paired with Tra Vigne's Italian food. RSVP by January 16 to Kimberlina Carpenter, 707/963-5853. 1050 Charter Oak Ave., St. Helena
Fee: $95 Time: 7:00 pm Phone Number: 707/963-5853 - January 20 -- Brown Bag Blind Tasting at Girard Winery
Wine Education: Brown Bag Blind Tasting: Come try an array of wines and test your sommelier skills. A specialized menu and awesome prizes. 6795 Washington St., Yountville
Fee: $25 Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Phone Number: 707.968. 9297x18 - January 20 -- Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking Class
- Oxbow Public Market
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. Apple, pear and walnut salad with blue cheese and zinfandel dressing, flounder, spaghetti squash, walnuts and sherry sauce, pink grapefruit sorbet.
Fee: $215 Time: 8:45am-4:30pm Phone Number: 707-227-5036 - January 21 -- Bourassa Dinner at Restaurant Cuvee
Wine & Food Education: Celebrating our 10th anniversary 4 Course Dinner prepared by Executive Chef Jordan Mackey Limited to 30 guests. Gift for each couple attending. Res 707-254-4922 Limousine Res- KMA Limo - 707-249-4477 Mention Cuvee Wine Dinner to receive KMA Dicount.
Fee: $90. per person Time: 6:30pm - 10 pm Phone Number: 707-254-5922 - January 21 -- Vintage Sports Boosters Annual Crab Feed
Benefit, Auction: Crab & Pasta Feed benefits Vintage High School athletics. Held at the Chardonnay Hall, Napa Expo. This fundraiser in support of all sports at Vintage will feature live and silent auction items and live music from WonderBread 5.
Fee: $65 per person Time: 6 p.m. Phone Number: (707) 480-7221 - January 21 -- Ode to Crab and Chardonnay @ St. Clement Winery
Food & Wine Education: 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. 2867 St. Helena Highway North, St. Helena
Fee: $35, $15 for wine club members Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Phone Number: 866-877-5939 - January 21 -- Pork & Pinot @ TopFlight
Food & Wine Education: Pork & Pinot Hosted by Kevin & Anne Murphy, Owner and Winemakers from Destino Wines. Enjoy pulled pork sliders while Kevin and Anne share the Destino story. 1285 Napa Town Center, Napa
Fee: $15 Time: 6-8 P.M. Phone Number: 707-258-9450 - January 21 -- Cabernet Bosché Release Party @ Freemark Abbey
Wine Education: Join us to celebrate the latest release of our exclusive single-vineyard designate, the 2007 Cabernet Bosché. We will pour the newly released vintage and say farewell to the 2006 release. Enjoy small bites served with a delicious selection of Freemark Abbey wines! 3022 St. Helena Hwy, N, St. Helena
Fee: $20 Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Phone Number: (800) 963-9698 x3707 - January 23 -- Robben Ford @ Napa Valley Opera House
Live Music: Robben Ford is one of the premier electric guitarists today, particularly known for his blues playing as well as his ability to be comfortable in a variety of musical contexts. 1030 Main St., Napa
Fee: $20/$25 Time: 8 p.m. Phone Number: 707-226-7372 - January 24 -- Spellbound @ Napa Valley Opera House
Performing Arts: A transcendent love story replete with taut excitement and startling imagery, Spellbound is classic Hitchcock, featuring stunning performances, an Academy Award-winning score by Miklos Rozsa, and a captivating dream sequence by Surrealist icon Salvador Dalí. 1030 Main St., Napa
Fee: $7 Time: 7 p.m. Phone Number: 707-226-7372 - January 24 -- 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. Goat cheese tart, endive salad, striped bass, cauliflower, white beans and shiitake mushrooms, apple tatin.
Fee: $215 Time: 8:45am-4:30pm Phone Number: 707-227-5036 - January 25 -- Robert Burns Dinner
Celebration, Dining: Chef Hurley brings a little piece of Scotland to the Napa Valley with this annual celebration on the country's national poet, "Rabbie" Burns. Join us for a traditional Burns Supper with all the graces, poems, and of course... Scotch! Reservations must be made by phone - call and ask to speak with the manager. 6518 Washington St., Yountville, CA
Fee: $55 Time: 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner Phone Number: (707)944.2345 - January 25 -- International Guitar Night @ Napa Valley Opera House
Live Music: Featuring Lulo Reinhardt, Adrian Legg, Marco Pereira and Brian Gore. The longest-running "mobile guitar festival" in North America. Each year, founder Brian Gore is joined by three of the world's foremost acoustic guitarists to perform their latest original compositions and exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting.
Fee: $25 / $30 Time: 8 p.m. Phone Number: 707-226-7372 - January 26 -- Eric Johnson @ Napa Valley Opera House
Live Music: Eric Johnson’s stature as one of the premier guitar players in contemporary music is his artistic trump card, backed by a Grammy Award and five nominations, platinum album, Top 10 hits like “Cliffs Of Dover,” praise from critics and the esteem of his peers. 1030 Main St., Napa
Fee: $20 / $25 / $30 Time: 8 p.m. Phone Number: 707-226-7372 - January 26 -- Tara McDowell Lecture at Nimbus Arts
Lecture: Tara McDowell lectures on Pop After Warhol. Artisanal wines and hors d'oeuvres complete the evening. 3111 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena
Fee: $30 Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Phone Number: 707/963-5278 - January 26 -- Pinot Noir Fan Club of Napa Valley
Wine Education: Tonight is the inaugural meeting of the Pinot Noir Fan Club of Napa Valley. Entrance fee for a meeting is a good bottle of Pinot Noir from anywhere; we strive for variety! As long as it's a good wine, we're happy. You may also choose from our selection of Pinot Noirs and buy one to contribute. As a last resort, you can pay $10 to taste. 1000 Main Street, Napa CA
Fee: A good bottle of Pinot Noir Time: 6pm-8pm Phone Number: 707-226-1378 - January 27 -- Montrose @ Uptown Theatre
Live Music: Music legends aren’t born easily. It has to be just the right band, with just the right sound, coming along at just the right time. That band was Montrose, and that sound was heavy, melodic, no-holds-barred rock and roll. 1350 Third St., Napa
Fee: $28/$35 Time: 8 p.m. Phone Number: 707-259-0123 - January 27 -- Back Room Blow Out XLV @ Back Room Wines
Wine Education: Back Room Wines hosts its 45th walk-around wine tasting on this Friday evening, a week before Super Bowl XLV. Come visit and taste with four local winery owners and/or winemakers. Enjoy eight excellent wines and learn about from those who know them best. This fun, popular event is one not to miss! 1000 Main Street, Napa CA
Fee: $10 Time: 5pm-8pm Phone Number: 707-226-1378 - January 27 -- Cornerstone Cellars Winemaker Dinner
Winemaker Dinner: Enjoy four-courses at Brix by Executive Chef Chris Jones, inspired by the wines of Jeff Keene. Alongside some of the best cuisine the Napa Valley has to offer, our winemaker will personally guide you through the most prized wines in our cellar. Limited to just 20 guests. 7377 St. Helena Hwy, Yountville
Fee: $125 Time: 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Phone Number: (707) 944-2749 - January 27 -- 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. Crostini with leeks and ricotta, chicken cooked under a brick, and pear clafouti with star anise.
Fee: $215 Time: 8:45am-4:30pm Phone Number: 707-227-5036 - January 27 -- The Rivalry by Norman Corwin @ Napa Valley Opera House
Performing Arts: Norman Corwin's riveting depiction of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, uses dialogue from the original debate transcripts to bring to life the fierce competition between the future President and the incumbent Senator as they tackled the day's most controversial issues - slavery and the American concept of freedom. 1030 Main St., Napa
Fee: $30 / $40 Time: 8 p.m. Phone Number: 707-226-7372
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