WELCOME
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he Napa Valley has become a destination for travelers from around the world. When people plan their visits to Northern California, their to-do list often includes time spent in San Francisco, a visit to Yosemite and, of course, a tour through Wine Country.
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Explore Napa’s historic landmarks.
Being such a popular destination, the region has seen the rise of inns and hotels that in their own way match the opulence and refined taste of the valley’s legendary wineries. They are well-appointed, private and offer a range of amenities from vineyard views to downtown convenience. Inn owners and concierges are experts on where to find the finest meals or the most luxurious spa treatments, the best bike trails and shopping spots, and they know about the events the whole family can enjoy. We invite you to explore this issue of Inside Napa Valley to discover what the valley has to offer, indoors and out. As always, we’ve included maps, a list of wineries and a calendar of upcoming events. Inside Napa Valley is a quarterly publication distributed without charge at locations in Napa County. For a treasure trove of information about the world famous Napa Valley, including more on restaurants, wineries, services for residents and real estate opportunities, we invite you to visit our Web site, www.insidenapavalley.com.
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IN THIS ISSUE
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Moveable Feasts
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‘The Many Moods of Christmas’
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The Uptown Theater
13 Olive Oil Party 17 A Garden of Kitchen Gadget Delights 19 What’s Cooking? 29 A Sweet Start to 2010 52 What Does a Food and Wine Writer Serve People During the Holidays? 58 Barreling Into Beauty 63 All You Need: An Oven and a Wine Bottle Opener of Events 23 Calendar Christmas Parade & More!
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61 A Dog’s Christmas 64 Mmmm, Gingerbread
Photo by:
Robinson Kuntz
B & B:
McClelland-Priest; Celeste Carducci, Owner
Decor by: Marie Ferrini, Ferrini Design and Terisa Brooks
MAPS
32 Downtown Napa 40 Napa Valley Appellations 42 Napa Valley Wineries 54 Downtown Yountville 56 Downtown St. Helena 60 Downtown Calistoga
DIRECTORIES 34 Napa Valley Dining
45 Napa Valley Wineries Additional photographs provided by The Napa Valley Regsiter file photography.
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Moveable Feasts Holiday tours highlight the season
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By Inside Napa Valley Staff
HE FIRST TWO WEEKENDS OF DECEMBER OFFER A CHANCE TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT — AND EXPLORE NAPA HISTORY AS WELL. TWELVE OF NAPA’S BED AND BREAKFAST INNS WILL OPEN THEIR DOORS TO THE PUBLIC DEC. 5 FOR THE INNKEEPERS’ THE HOLIDAY YOUR. THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON DEC. 12 IS THE 21ST
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Celeste Carducci is only the third owner since 1879 of the historic McClelland-Priest House, which will open its door for the B&B tour Dec. 6.
Photo by J.L. Sousa
CANDLELIGHT TOUR, THIS YEAR A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF NAPA COUNTY LANDMARKS AND THE NAPA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Historic inns
This is the fourth year for the bed and breakfast tour, which innkeeper Jim Beazley, “gives locals a chance to peek into places they may pass everyday.” Napa’s inns will be decorated for the tour, which takes place 2-6 p.m. At each stop, visitors will find offerings of food and wines, along with entertainment that ranges from the acclaimed Napa High School choir to jazz quartets. A full list of the participating restaurants, wineries and a map of the event is on the group’s Web site, www.napaholidaytour.com. Transportation will provide rides between areas at no extra charge.
The parlor at La Belle Epoque, which is one of Napa’s historic inns.
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“Innkeepers love to share their property,” Beazley said. “These are treasures. We really are stewards of these properties that are Napa landmarks. Some have been so carefully and beautifully restored. This is Napa’s legacy.”
The Candlelight Tour
Each year, the annual Candlelight tour focuses on a different section of historical Napa. This year’s tour begins with a sneak peek of the restoration work at the Uptown Theater on Third Street. Following a presentation and Q&A with the Uptown’s owners, the Candlelight Tour continues by showcasing some of the classic examples of vernacular architecture along the “Alphabet streets” west of Jefferson Street and north of Napa creek. The tour starts with a dessert reception at the Goodman Library on First Street, where, between 4 and 8 p.m., programs will be given out. The Uptown Theater tour is 4:30-5:30 p.m. The homes on the Alphabet streets are open 5:30-8 p.m.
Photo by Tsutomu Fujita
A Santa Claus doll stand on fireplace at John & Kellie Prittie’s house in Napa as featured in the 2008 Candle Light tour.
Photo by Tsutomu Fujita
The living room at John & Kellie Prittie’s house in Napa. Historic Napa is the focus of the annual candle light tour Dec. 12.
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Special collaboration between Napa High School singers and the Napa Valley Symphony presents...
By Inside Napa Valley Staff
‘ The Many Moods of Christmas ’
Travis Rogers leads the Napa High School Chamber Choir through practice while readying themselves for next month’s Christmas show at Lincoln Theatre with the Napa Valley Symphony. Photos by Jorgen Gulliksen/Register
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uring the holidays, some of the hottest tickets in town are the hard to find ones to hear the Napa high choirs in concert.
This holiday tradition in which more than 400 students perform a rich variety of music from popular carols to sacred classics packs the District Auditorium and is usually sold out early in the school year, as soon as tickets are on sale. This year, however, there is another option for those who want to get into a holiday mood by hearing great music. In his last year as music director of the Napa Valley Symphony, Maestro Asher Raboy will lead the Napa Valley Symphony to perform “The Many Moods of Christmas” with the Napa High Concert Choir Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville. This marks the eighth — and last — collaboration for Napa High with Raboy, who has made reaching out to young people one of the hallmarks of his 20-year tenure with the symphony. The 135-voice Napa High School Concert Choir is the largest of 14 vocal ensembles at the school conducted by Travis Rogers and Jamie Butler. The ensemble is composed of junior and senior students who have had previous experience singing in a Napa High choir.
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The group has toured internationally many times and will be performing in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, France by special invitation in March, 2010. The choir has won numerous awards at international, national, state, regional and local events. The Concert Choir and Chamber Choir have earned the first place award at the California Golden State Invitational High School Choral competition nine times since 1996. Featured selections on the concert will be the first and fourth suites of “The Many Moods of Christmas” by Robert Russell Bennett and Robert Shaw, which include arrangements for choir and orchestra of nine different classic Christmas carols. The choir and symphony will also jointly present “Arise, Your Light Has Come” by David Danner, “Angels We Have Heard On High” and “Joy To the World” arranged by Mack Wilberg, “Candlelight Carol” and “What Sweeter Music” by John Rutter and the “Halllelujah Chorus” from “The Messiah” by George F. Handel. The Napa High School Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Vocal Music Workshop and the Barbershop Quartets will also perform a wide variety of a capella holiday music. Tickets at $35 each for reserved seating are now available at the NHS music office, 2475 Jefferson St. Napa 253-3705 or through the Lincoln Theater Box Office, 944-1300 or go to www.lincolntheater.com.
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Napa’s Historic Movie-House By REBECCA YERGER Inside Napa Valley Correspondent
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tanding on the corner of Third and Franklin streets, the Uptown theater is a local vestige of Hollywood’s Golden Era. Opened in 1937, this downtown Napa icon is undergoing an extensive rehabilitation.
The newspaper ad for the August 1937 opening called it “The last word in ultra modern theatre construction ... All Napa welcomes its magnificent new deluxe theatre.”
In 1945, Borg sold Napa’s theaters — the Fox and Uptown — to the Blumenfeld theater chain. Malloy continued as manager for another year. “I didn’t like working for a circuit,” he said. “Everything had to be just so. There was no flexibility or creativity. It was not very interesting anymore.”
The first film to be shown at the Uptown was “Ever Since Eve” starring Marion Davies and Robert Montgomery. The Uptown opening was truly grand for Napa with searchlights, banners and more. The admission price was 35 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
The Blumenfeld company upgraded the Uptown’s projection equipment to a Cinemascope system in 1954. To accommodate the Cinemascope specifications, the original 23-foot screen was replaced with a 40-foot movie screen.
Native Napan, the late Thomas C. Malloy, was the Uptown’s first manager. He oversaw the theater’s construction and all the opening details.
Blumenfeld made even more changes over time. In 1973, the Uptown was divided into two theaters. Thirteen years later, in 1986, it was divided again into four theaters.
Agreeing with the opening ad’s descriptions, he added, “The original plan was to have a stark red lobby at the Uptown. However, at that time there was a growing fear of the ‘Russian Red Menace.’ I talked with Lawrence Borg (the Uptown owner) about it and suggested, with current feelings, maybe red was not a good idea. So it was toned down to a salmon pink.”
The 1990s brought numerous management-ownership changes. The Uptown’s ownership transferred from Blumenfeld to the Tocchini and Bernardini partnership in 1990. In1998, three Napans, Gabe Meyers, Joe Peatman Jr. and Bob Vogt, took over its lease and management. In 1999 they bought the Uptown and in turn sold it to the current owners, Francis Ford Coppola, George Altamura and partners in 2000.
Malloy also enjoyed watching artisan Dick Echles create the Uptown murals. Another of Mallory’s Uptown memories involved the cast and crew of the movie “They Knew What They Wanted,” starring Carol Lombard and Charles Laughton. Filmed locally in 1940, they needed a place to view the “dailies.” Arrangements were made with Malloy to use the Uptown for 45 minutes between the matinee and evening shows.
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Malloy added, “One scene I remember vividly was a sunrise over the valley. It was a beautiful scene with the fog in the western hills and the sun shining on the fog and hills.”
Since then the present owners have invested heavily in the Uptown’s rehabilitation. The exterior work was completed in 2005. Four years later, in 2009, artisan Philip Slagter finished the restoration of the theater’s 10,000 square feet of murals. While there is still plenty of work to be done, Holiday CandleLight tour ticket holders will be given an early holiday gift — a sneak peek into this iconic Art Deco theater.
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Olive Oil
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By SASHA PAULSEN Inside Napa Valley Editor
As the wine industry began
“oleotecas,” education sessions on olive
promptly deteriorate what started out as a
to revive in California in the
oil, which have proved a hit with his guests.
high quality oil.
’60s and ’70s, St. Helena’s
Pasquale, an international leader in an effort
Wine Country Inn was
to create standards for olive oil production,
As a result, De Filipi said, what most
among the first to offer classic Napa Valley
is also working with the Culinary Institute of
Americans often think of as olive oil bears
hospitality: With its antiques and vineyard
America, to create an oleoteca at the St.
little resemblance to the real thing. To prove
views, fireplaces and gardens, spa services,
Helena school.
her point, she conducted a blind tasting, beginning with an oil guests agreed, based
bountiful breakfasts and afternoon wine tastings, it retains the home-like comfort its
Back in the Napa Valley, De Filipi is a
on it smell and taste, seemed like the olive
founders by Ned and Marge Smith, wanted
radio commentator and Pod caster on the
oil they know.
when they opened in 1975. Today, with their
subject of Italian cooking and olive oils, and
son Jim in charge, it is still in the vanguard of
increasingly she is being asked to conduct
providing interesting experiences for guests
sessions, which like Pasquale’s oleoteca, are
— including something not on most agendas:
eye-openers on the subject.
“It’s because olives, like grapes, are a fruit,” De Filipi said, “and the same things that
an olive oil tasting party. “I am not a wine snob,” De Filipi said. “But I Drinking olive oil? How much fun can that
“It’s rancid,” De Filipi told the startled guests.
affect grapes affect the quality of the oil.”
am an olive oil snob.” Heat, light and oxygen can destroy olive oil,
be? With more and more producers selling olive
she said, just as it would affect wine. “You
Actually, it proved to be an afternoon of
oil, and shelves of grocery stores stocking a
wouldn’t leave a bottle of wine open sitting
enlightenment, and fun too.
range of oils in all sizes and prices, it’s still
by the stove to use now and then,” she said.
often hard to know just what you might be The tasting was conducted by Diane De
buying, De Filipi said.
Olive oil should be packaged in dark glass and in small amounts, she noted. Once
Filipi, a former manager of the Wine Country Inn, who has gone on to create a diverse
People may often assume that the pricier the
opened, its shelf life is about two months.
career in hospitality. Owner of Ask Diane
oil is, the better it’s quality, but in fact, “price
“Olive oil that’s put in clear glass containers
concierge services, she also leads annual
is no guarantee,” according to DeFilipi.
has probably already begun to deteriorate before you buy it,” she said.
cooking excursions to Italy; and it was there, she says that her own education in olive oil
In fact, she told Wine Country Inn guests,
began.
it’s perfectly legal to sell, as “extra virgin
So what is good stuff, properly packaged
olive oil” something that is no more than
and stored, like?
At the Villa Campestri, a four-star inn in
a blend of oils with a little olive oil added
Tuscany, owner Paolo Pasquale conducts
in. In addition, inadequate packaging can
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De Filipi poured a sample of a Spanish
on the tongue,” she said, and it finishes
Twenty minutes is all that’s needed to infuse
olive oil and the difference between it and
with a “robust, peppery, picante — slightly
a small amount of oil with rosemary or other
the first, unnamed, rancid blend of oils was
burning sensation” at the back of the throat.
ingredients.
“Coughing is not unusual with good oils,”
• When possible, look for the international
she said.
standard for extra-virgin olive oil, which
staggering. Good olive oil, she noted, can be detected
requires that the free fatty acid level does
by its appearance as well as smell and taste. Its desirable colors are light and dark green
For shoppers confronted with a bewildering
not exceed 0.8 percent. You often have
or a rich gold. Its smell is grassy, herbaceous
selection of oils — that you can’t taste or
to look for fine print on labels, and many
and sometimes fruity. Tasting it has a “fruity
smell, she offered several tips, in addition
manufacturers omit the information entirely,
roundness” that is buttery but not “greasy.”
to the packaging in small dark bottles.
but when you find it, it’s a sign that it’s been
“It has a bitter-sharp tartness that is pleasant
Outstanding extra virgin olive oils are
produced by highest standards by people
coming from producers around the world,
who know their business, she said.
“
she said.
I’m not a wine snob... but I am an olive oil snob.
“
Diane Di Filipi leads a class in olive oil tasting at the Wine Country Inn.
“It’s not required because consumers haven’t • “Don’t overlook olive oils from New
yet pushed for this,” she noted.
Zealand and Australia” where immigrants from Italy brought both trees and producing
It’s something that may well change as more
know-how to start the industry there.
and more people attend “oleotecas.”
• Avoid infused olive oils, which are often pricey. These are typically inferior oils
The Wine Country Inn is at 1152 Lodi Lane,
disguised with an addition of citrus or herbs,
St. Helena, 963-7077. For more information
she said. “Would you add anything to good
about olive oil tastings or excursions
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Italy, contact Diane De Filipi at askdiane@
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A Garden of
KitchenGadget Delights New kitchen store opens in Napa, serves valley
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Lynn Campagna has opened Napa Valley Kitchen Gallery on Lincoln Avenue in Napa specializing in unique kitchen and houseware items for the home. Her grandfather owned Johnny’s Market in the 1950s on Third Street in downtown Napa. Photos by J.L. Sousa/Register
tep inside the somewhat unprepossessing storefront on Lincoln Avenue, across from the high school and next to the pool supply store, and be prepared for some pleasant surprises at Lynn Campagna’s Napa Valley Kitchen Gallery. For one thing, long drives Upvalley — to the CIA at Greystone, for their line of pots and pans or for Viking appliances, or to Marin for specialty items like Barefoot Contessa and Stonewall Kitchen products at the closest Williams-Sonoma — are suddenly a thing of the past, unless you particularly relish the drive. Campagna, a passionate home cook who comes from deep Napa roots, felt that the town was “big enough” to hold both her longtime dream cooking store and the venerable and well-known Shackford’s, which has been a Napa fixture for 30 years. The store owner credits her grandfather Giovanni “Johnny” De Maria and the stories passed down in her family for her excitement about food, cooking and retail, though she never met him. De Maria was the driving force behind Johnny’s Market on Third Street (where Edward Jones Investment is today), which began as a pushcart business selling the tomatoes he grew in fields in the Bel Aire section of Napa. He opened a small store, expanding from produce to fish to a deli to liquor to small groceries, and by the time he died in 1960, his store was a well-known Napa institution. His granddaughter’s shop, Napa Valley Kitchen Gallery, stocks many items desirable to the home cook, sophisticated and otherwise. They all come with Campagna’s personal seal of
By LILY G. CASURA Inside Napa Valley Correspondent
approval. “I’ve either used, owned or tested everything in this store,” she said. Many of the items can be found in Napa only at her store — like the extremely popular Gel Mats, priced at $99 and $199, or the Mauviel cookware, which the Food Network’s Tyler Florence and Giada DeLaurentis both use — as did Julia Child, says Campagna. Shoppers looking for cooking and baking items, or gift ideas for the holidays, won’t be disappointed. Campagna has quite a few “finds,” including the poultry infusion roaster from barbecue company Santé, that lets you roast and baste a bird at the same time. Priced at $24.99, and collapsible to fit in a small space, the roaster is already a hot seller. Other hot sellers are the curiously spaghetti-looking and highly eco-conscious scrub sponges, made of peach pits, corn cobs or walnut shells, by Japanese industrial designer Hiroki Hayashi. The sponges, two to a package for $8.99, last for months, use little detergent, and harbor fewer bacteria. Over time, they just break down and get replaced. “It’s great when we can do things for our community by using recycled products,” says Campagna. Other than one shop in Calistoga, Campagna’s store is the only place to find this item locally. She carries many of the brands you’d expect from a major kitchen store, such as Cuisinart, Le Crueset, Nordicware and Emile Henry, but there are also plenty of unique items: the “Shun” line of Japanese knives that some local sous chefs favor; Roos handblown glassware from Sausalito; the Rosanna line of - cont’d on next page
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painted porcelain that’s been featured several times on Oprah’s favorite things; and the elegant dishtowels that Pamela Cassidy and her three daughters hand-paint. Campagna said that in stocking her store, she made an effort not to duplicate Shackford’s but rather to carry items that aren’t at the kitchen supply store. As result, the cross-pollination between the two, where Shackford’s and Campagna refer customers to one another regularly, is going strong. “I’d rather see the money stay in the community,” she says. “We are the backbone of America,” Campagna adding, speaking of both her store and Shackford’s. “We are small business. There are big box retailers, and that works; and then there are specialty stores: That’s what we are. And that’s what I want to keep the spirit of alive, because I think it’s what’s important.” Giving back to the community is a priority, says Campagna, who worked on her business plan for the store for five years before finding a location she could afford. She says she knows what it’s like, from her childhood, to be on the other side of the coin, where there isn’t enough food to eat or perhaps a new coat to wear for winter, so in addition to sponsoring a food drive for the local food bank — customers who bring in two canned items get 10 percent off their purchase — she’s also planning a “gently used” coat drive, and after the holidays are over, devoting the back part of the store to a “cookbook co-op,” where those who bring in a cookbook to donate can pick one up in exchange. But first there’s her planned Open House, scheduled for Dec. 5, and a cookie contest, geared to children. Whatever the seasonal focus may be, though, Campagna’s intent is clear. “I want to get people energized that cooking is fun, baking is fun — it doesn’t have to be a big sloppy mess, and stressful. It’s fun! Look at Julia Child — she took a sip of wine, she dropped the bird sometimes, it wasn’t perfect takes.” Others may call the kitchen, “the heart of the home,” but to Campagna, the heart has always been, instead, the dining room table — and the flurry of life that happens around it, when time stops, and good friends and family can be together, savoring the moment, over something they’ve cooked. “This is my passion,” she says. “This is what I love to do, and I hope the community will give me a chance.” The Napa Valley Kitchen Gallery is at 1403 A Lincoln Ave. For more information, call 253-2828 or e-mail NVkitchengallery@ gmail.com. 18
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nnie Baker — “Annie the Baker” — makes cookies “for those who like cookie dough more than the cookie” and finds they are selling as fast as she can bake them. Melinda Kelly, inspired by memories of her grandmother, makes sweet and savory turnovers she calls handpies. Roberta Quick, aka “The Canning Lady,” has turned a bounty of San Marzano tomatoes into sauces that have tasters exclaiming “wow!” These three Napa Valley women are part of a growing trend of people who are turning their specialty in to a tasty profit. It’s an enterprise that requires a huge amount of effort — from learning the rules to finding the markets, but the payoff can be satisfaction as well as profits. Kelly, who lives in St. Helena, said the birth of her son had her remembering the raspberry turnovers her “Dramoo” made from scraps of dough left over from pie crusts — “watching, smelling and ultimately eating” her grandmother’s treats. Searching everywhere she couldn’t find anything except “commercialized frozen turnovers, nothing homemade with fresh local ingredients” and nothing close to the delicious pies she remembered. So, she set out to make her own — and to find out what went into starting a business. While simultaneously single-handedly raising her toddler, she set about perfecting her recipes — acquiring permits, renting kitchen space, designing a logo and building her market. Six months later, she has found accounts and delivers her pies to inns, grocery stores, wineries, dinner parties, children’s birthday parties, and for special events. “The company is of the mindset that if someone
wants one, Handpies will deliver,” Kelly said. “The Napa Valley is understandably very food and wine centric. Both the residents and many visitors sincerely enjoy and expect hand–crafted, made-fromscratch, fresh foods.” Finding a professional kitchen in which to work is often the first hurdle. “It is illegal in California to sell any food items made out of one’s own home,” said Mike Beatty, owner of Napa Valley Rental Kitchen in Napa. Beatty, who five years ago launched his own Napa Valley Toffee Company, found these kitchens were in such short supply, he decided to open one, not only to deal with the orders coming in for his product but to make it available for others. “My kitchen is designed for local, and mostly new, start up food companies trying their hand at making their own food item and getting them into the local stores, and beyond,” he said. “You know, the item that has been in their family for years, or the item that they created and everyone told them to sell it, and now they want to do just that.” His 1250 square feet facility contains stoves, ovens, mixers, freezers, fridges, and tables,” he said. “Knowing that I was the only kitchen around offering this type of service on a full time basis, and knowing that I would be attracting new business with not much capitol to spend,” he focused on keeping the rates low and the time commitments manageable. - cont’d on next page
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“I have had a steady increase in kitchen renters and currently have more then I have ever had since I opened four years ago,” he said. Among his clients is Annie Baker, a former pastry chef from Mustard’s Grill who honed her baking skills at the Culinary Institute of America. On a recent morning she was scooping her dough in the rounded mounds on trays at Beatty’s kitchen as she discussed the challenges and rewards of launching a food line.
While looking for a commercially licensed kitchen to produce the treats for his Napa Valley Toffee Company, Mike Beatty decided to create a space where both he and other cooks can work together in a shared space. Now about 15 people work in three different cooking stations in Beatty’s Napa Valley Rental Kitchens on California Blvd. Photo by Jorgen Gulliksen
She devoted considerable time to creating her recipe for cookies that tasted like that delectable stolen bit of cookie dough, “I don’t like flat and crisp,” she said. “I don’t do cakey.” Her five varieties — chocolate chunk, toffee milk chocolate, “doodlesnickers,” peanut butter with mini chocolate peanu butter chips and oatmeal chocolate chip — proved a resounding hit when she introduced them at farmers markets in St. Helena. “I think it’s a taste people are drawn to,” she said. “It’s that feeling when you bite into it of ‘Ah, this is it.’” In Baker’s case, keeping up with the demand is keeping her hopping. With the ends of this year’s farmers markets, fans can find her cookies at Sunshine Market in St. Helena, Napa Style in Yountville, and at Ritual Coffee Roasters and Tillerman Tea at the Oxbow Public Market. At Ritual Coffee Roasters, vendors say, it doesn’t matter how many cookies they order, they’re gone as soon as they put them out.
Diane Padoven has been renting space at Napa Valley Rental Kitchen during the past year for her small business Napa Farmhouse 1885. Photo by Jorgen Gulliksen
Contacts Handpies: Melinda Kelly (917) 544-4149 www.ilovehandpies.com
napa Valley Rental KitcHens 520 California Blvd. 224-4907 www.nvfinefood.com
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tHe canning lady: RobeRta QuicK (707) 294-2083 annie tHe baKeR www.AnnietheBaker.com (707) 812-5566 napa Valley toffee co. www.nvfinefood.com
Still, Baker said, she’s resisting those her urge her to rapidly expand. “This is my product,” she said, “It’s my name on it.” Getting the word out about a product and finding shelf space for it in stores requires a lot of foot work, but in food-centric Napa Valley, word spreads rapidly about something special. No sooner than Roberta “Birdy” Quick sold her first few jars of her “Tomato Sugo” sauce at a recent AIDS walk, than people were talking. “Have you had the tomato sauce that Birdy is making and selling under the ‘Canning Lady’ name?” someone e-mailed the Napa Valley Register. “ OMG...we bought two jars at the Napa Valley AIDS Walk, and had one over pasta noodles last night... YUMMY!” The Canning Lady takes the idea of home canning to a new level, said long-time food writer L. Pierce Carson. Her products use signature San Marzano tomatoes, which the Italians maintain are simply the best, Hers are grown and harvested at a biodynamic farm in Lake County. Her commercial canned items are: San Marzano tomatoes (with only salt and lemon juice added) — $8 per quart; Tomato Sugo (tomato sauce with tomatoes, candy onions, Silver Rose garlic, a variety of sweet peppers, a little red wine and seasoning) — $12.
here’s just a sample of other local products from small producers: Marge Caldwell makes panforte, an Italian dense spice cake, which is a specialty of Siena, Italy. “My panforte, which I call a healthy Napa Valley power bar, is totally hand-made in small batches in a friend’s commercial kitchen in Napa,” she said. Her Napa Cake company sells her cakes to Sunshine Market in St. Helena and Perbacco Restaurant in San Francisco. It’s also available through Lucy’s Kitchen catering in Napa, www. lucyfoodnapa.com. dan Menzel, owner of Red Rock Cafe, sells barbecue sauce created from the Red Rock recipe, used at the popular Napa eatery. It’s available at his Napa restaurants, at 1010 Lincoln (at Main Street) in Napa, and his brother’s Red Rock, located in north Napa on Byway East. Osprey seafOOd sells quite a few items made from scratch among them: crab cakes, New England clam chowder; ceviche; Hawaiian poke; smoked trout paté; salmon burgers; cioppino sauce; fish stock: cocktail sauce; tartar sauce; Louis dressing for salads and salmon spread. The shop is
at 1014 Wine Country Ave. (Hwy. 29 and Wine Country Avenue in front of Ranch Market). Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. BOuntiful Vegan produces “intention cookies” with positive thoughts packaged with their cookies. You can find them at Vallergas Market, the Jessel Gallery and Whole Foods in Napa, and Cameo Theater and Sunshine Market in St. Helena. www.bountifulvegan.com
Handpies, canned tomatoes and sauces and cookies are among the products created and sold locally. Photos by J.L. Sousa
Physical therapist agnes pease is also the owner of Napa Valley Tea Co. Find out about her products at agnes@napatea.com. anette’s ChOCOlate faCtOry 1321 First St. and inside the Oxbow Public Market on First Street in Napa has been producing local specialties, including beer, wine and brandy
brittles, truffles and wine chocolates for 19 years, and gained a national following. Wine country caterer Melissa teaff has launched the Napa Cookie Company with her signature product, the Wine Snap, a shortbread biscuit created to go with wine, cheese “and the good life.” www.napacookieco.com.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS november 27 FESTiVAL OF LighTS Yountville lights up with an all-day holiday fair that includes food, wine, entertainment visits with Santa Claus, carolers, carriage rides and shopping. In the evening the town is set aglow with thousands of sparkling white lights. 2-6 p.m. For more info, 944-0904.
november 28 hOLiDAyS iN NApA The 46th annual Napa Christmas parade begins at 5 p.m. on First Street at Franklin and ends at the Oxbow Public Market, where Santa will be on hand, along with entertainment, free hot chocolate and cookies. Pre-parade entertainment starts at 4 p.m. For information, visit www.napadowntown.com or call 257-0322.
december 3 giFT FAiR The Brown’s Valley Elementary School’s Holiday Gift Fair, 2-8 p.m., features professional artisans, serious home crafters and favorite vendors from the farmer’s market. All proceeds go to grade five’s Outdoor Education Program. 1001 Buhman Ave., Napa. For info, call 265-6335.
december 4-5 A hOLiDAy ShOppiNg ExTRAVAgANzA Shop for gifts from local artists at the Grange on Hagen Road in Napa (just past Vichy Avenue). Friday, 1-8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
december 4-6 hOmE FOR ThE hOLiDAyS Jessel Gallery, Jessel’s Treasures and Michael Holmes Designs host Home for the Holidays Dec 4, 5-8 p.m.; Dec. 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Dec. 6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1019 Atlas Peak Road, Napa. For info, 257-2350.
december 4 muRDER mySTERy DiNNER ThEATER The Napa Valley Wine Train presents dinner and a murder. Tickets $135; 5:50- 9:30 p.m. For more details, call (800) 427-4124.
DON VAppiE’S CREOLE JAzz SERENDADERS Classic jazz and Creole compositions, Don Vappie’s Creole Jazz Serenaders recreates the real spirit of early jazz at the Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa; Tickets $25/$30; 8 p.m. Info, 226-7372.
december 5 SOuNDS OF ThE SEASON A dinner show and silent auction benefits the Vintage High School choral music program. Wine and hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7. The talented Vintage singers will provide musical entertainment. Tickets $65 per person; Tickets $120 per couple. Reservations, 299-2520.
AmERiCAN ChRiSTmAS Twelve American Idol finalists perform at the Lincoln Theater Napa Valley in Yountville. 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $49, $39, $29. Call 944-1300 or visit www.lincolntheater.com for info.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS december 5 FESTiVAL OF TREES The Napa Valley Symphony League presents the 17th annual Festival of Trees Fashion Show and Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at The Meritage Resort. Tickets $85. Call 226-8742 for reservations. Seating is limited.
COOkiNg wiTh JuLiE Create a festive, elegant dinner by including a few French classics including Cheese soufflés, Filet Mignons & Bordelaise Sauce, Aligot, Roasted Broccoli, and Pears in Red Wine with Star Anise. Tickets $135, 4-8 p.m.For info, call 227-5036.
hiSTORiC BED AND BREAkFAST iNN hOLiDAy TOuR Visit 12 historic inns in Napa, which all will be decorated for the holidays. Food, wines and entertainment will be provided at each stop, along with transportation. $55. For advance purchase and information, visit www.napaholidaytour.com. TRACTORS ON pARADE Napa Valley Lighted Tractor Parade december 6 in Calistoga features a wide range COOkiNg wiTh JuLiE of small to gigantic equipment Learn how to make chocolate truffles lighted and decorated bearing and experiment with exotic flavors. every0thing from kids to Santa. This These will make great hostess gifts weekend begins Calistoga’s Classic Christmas Season, which runs through for the holiday season. Tickets $85; 1-3:30 p.m. Info, 227-5036. December. 6 p.m. Info, 942-6333.
MuSiC AT ThE COLLEgE Napa Valley College instrumental and choral music students present an afternoon concert at 3 p.m. in the Little Theater. $1 all seats.
december 10 SEVEN COuRSES OF ChRiSTMAS Experience a feast straight out of a Dickens’ novel on the Napa Valley Wine Train. $172 to $192 per person; 5:50 - 9:30 p.m. Info, (800) 427-4124.
december 12 pOSADA NAViDEñA A festive traditional and holidaythemed Ballet Folklórico celebration by the renowned Compañía Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville. 7 p.m. Tickets are $35, $25, $20; children 12 and under $12. Call 944-1300 or visit www.lincolntheater.com for info. hOLiDAy CANDLELighT wALkiNg TOuR This annual tour, sponsored by Napa County Landmarks and Napa County Historical Society, begins with a sneak peek of the Uptown Theater and then continues along the Alphabet Streets of Napa. Tickets $30; 4-7 p.m. For more info, call 255-1836.
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A Christmas tree in the formal parlor of the historic McClelland-Priest House on Randolph Street in Napa owned by by Celeste Carducci. She bought the home in 1988, and is only the third owner since 1879. Photo by J.L. Sousa
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december 13 “Spirit of Light” The Napa Valley Chorale presents its holiday concert, “Spirit of Light,” at 3:30 and 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St., Napa. Tickets are $25, and may be purchased by calling 261-6165 or online at www.napavalleychorale.org.
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“the Many MoodS of ChriStMaS” Wine train Santa expreSS The Napa High Morning Concert Santa boards the Napa Valley Wine Choir and Chamber Choir, contrain along with carolers and other ducted by Travis Rogers and Jamie friends (including one with a nose Butler, present “The Many Moods that glows so bright). Tickets are of Christmas” with the Napa Valley $20-$40. Two children ride free with Symphony, conducted by Asher each adult; 3:30- 5 p.m. For info, call Raboy on at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln (800) 427-4124. Theater in Yountville. Reserved seat tickets are $35 and available both the december 18-20 NHS music office, 2475 Jefferson St., during school hours and at the Lincoln gLuhWein! Theater Box Office. Call 944-1300 or Enjoy a complimentary glass of visit www.lincolntheater.com. gluhwein, a warm, mulled red wine at Back Room Wines, First & Main Streets, Napa; 4-8 p.m. For more info, call 226-1378.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Julia Hynote, dancing the role of Clara, and Jacob Kreamer as the Cavalier, rehearse for the Napa Regional Dance Company’s production of “Nutcracker.” Photo by J.L. Sousa
december 19-20 NApA’S “NuTCRACkER” Napa Regional Dance Company presents its version of the holiday classic. Dec. 19 at 2 and 7 p.m. and Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville. Tickets, $15-$25. Info, 944-1300 or www.lincolntheater.com.
december 19 VOENA: VOiCES OF ThE SEASON A multi-ethnic celebration with 100 singers, ranging in age from 6 to 18 at the Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa; $15, 12 and under; $20, adult; 7:30 p.m. Info, 226-7372.
december 21 CANDy CANE CAROL SiNg Napa Valley Chorale hosts its popular Candy Cane Carol Sing for the whole family, beginning at 6 p.m. This event is free, and features sing-along carols, special performances by Chorale members, homemade cookies and cider. First United Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St., Napa.
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december 24 Christmas EvE aftErnoon soCial Stop by Back Room Wines for a complimentary sip of wine with owners Dan Dawson, Holly Krassner and Back Room’s extended Napa-family. First & Main Streets, Napa, 2-5 p.m. For more info, call 226-1378.
december 31 onE singular sEnsation Marvin Hamlisch on solo piano presents an evening of songs perfect for celebrating the new year at the Napa Valley Opera House. A festive party in the Café Theatre follows the performance, with dancing, dessert and champagne. 1030 Main St. Napa; Tickets are $165 (show and party) $95 (show only); 8:30 p.m. Info, 226-7372. nEw YEars EvE on thE winE train The Napa Valley Wine Train celebrates its 20th anniversary with a “roaring 20th” party. $225-$255; 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. For more info, call (800) 427-4124.
january 3 nEw shanghai CirCus Astonishing athletes – acrobats, jugglers and contortionists – defy gravity and execute breathtaking feats in the grand Chinese tradition at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville. 4 p.m. $29 and $39; children 12 and under 15. Visit www.lincolntheater.com or call 944-1300 for more info.
january 11 Blood swEat & tEars The famous rock group makes a stop on their 2009 World Tour at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville. 8 p.m. $49, $39, $29. Call 944-1300 or visit www.lincolntheater.com.
january 17 “goodnight moon” A musical adaptation of Margaret Wise Brown’s classic work in which a small bunny experiences the gentle, reassuring bedtime ritual. The wonderful illustrations by Clement Hurd come to life on stage with lively musical numbers and colorful characters. 3 p.m. All seats $10. Call 944-1300 or visit www.lincolntheater.com.
january 20 ChamBEr musiC in napa vallEY Faure Piano Quartett performs at the First United Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St., Napa 7:30 p.m. For info, 226-2190.
january 21 YEstErdaY and todaY: a BEatlEs triButE A top Beatles cover band from the New York-metro area recreates the sound of the Beatles’ music down. Not a Beatles look-a-like band, Yesterday And Today is a group of dedicated professional musicians. 8 p.m. $25, $20; Call 944-1300 or visit www.lincolntheater.com.
january 31 “thE russians arE Coming” The Napa Valley Symphony, under the direction of Maestro Asher Raboy, presents two major works from the Russian repertoire: Symphony 5 by Dmitri Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto 1, Op. 47, with pianist Valentina Lisitsa as soloist. Lincoln Theater, Yountville. Tickets $29 - $59; 3 p.m. Info, 226-8742.
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By SASHA PAULSEN Inside Napa Valley Editor
ccording to my grandmother, if you want to insure a new year will be a good one, it’s important to start it off with something sweet. And when it comes to questions of sweet things, there’s no better resource in the Napa Valley than the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena.
The renowned cooking school, which opened its West Coast campus in the historic Greystone building almost 15 years ago, has had a busy year. While it first offered only a pastry and baking program and advanced courses for professionals, this year it was able to expand its curriculum and welcome the public to a broad series of cooking programs, from week-long, intensive boot camps to fun weekend cooking classes. The campus also offers a range of wine classes at its Rudd Center for Wine Education. But its baking and pastry training programs remain central to its curriculum, and CIA instructor John Defilippi volunteered to share some of his ideas for welcoming 2010 in an especially sweet way. Defilippi worked at Auberge du Soleil before joining the staff of the CIA, where his specialty is cakes for weddings and other important events. Originally from Southern California, he said he learned his skills by “working with great chefs” in a series of restaurants. While there’s nothing like on-the-job training, he said, the advantage of the CIA program is “you have time to ask questions.” Creating his special occasion cakes, he said, is not as hard as the elegant results may suggest. “What’s difficult is teaching people they have a creative streak,” he said.
To encourage home dessert makers, he came up with three enticing ideas for a cozy New Year’s Eve at home, beginning with one that this father of two thought might be fun for a family: It’s the traditional camp favorite, S’mores – those melted marshmallow, chocolate and graham cracker delicacies. Defilippi, however, gives this dessert a few special touches by using homemade graham crackers and marshmallows, and using a chocolate fondue to put it all together. You can use store-bought ingredients as well, he noted, but making the crackers and marshmallows is easier than a home cook might expect — and could well be an activity to keep kids busy on a winter vacation day. To put a little sparkle in a New Year’s Eve dessert, Defilippi suggested a super easy idea: Pop Rocks truffles. “It?s not my idea,” he said, “but I like it.” It turns out that the little exploding candies don’t explode when wrapped inside a chocolate ganache. But once a person bites into one, it’s a different story. Defilippi suggests serving these with a sparkling wine but notes here the pairing will be best if the wine is on the sweeter side. In general, when serving wines with desserts the rule of thumb is to serve a wine that is sweeter than the dessert. His third idea, an elegant Champagne sabayon with citrus is made of three things, segments of clementines, now in season, a shortbread cookie, made with clementine zest, and a sabayon sauce. Both the sabayon and the cookie can be made ahead of time, he noted. The only somewhat difficult element is the sabayon, he said, because it requires “10 minutes of vigorous stirring — and knowing when it’s done.” - recipes on next page
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New Year’s D New Year’s S’mores Chocolate Fondue, Homemade Graham Crackers & Homemade Marshmallows
Once you have your three ingredients, you have some leeway in how you assemble the final dessert, a decision that that will undoubtedly appeal to youngsters. The marshmallows can be dipped into the fondue using fondue forks and then sandwiched in between graham crackers. Or if you have a fire going on Christmas Eve and want to toast marshmallows, you can then put a melted marshmallow on the graham cracker and drizzle it with sauce from the fondue. Or invent your own creation!
Homemade Marshmellows Ingredients 2 packages powdered gelatin (Knox brand) 1/2 cup cold water 3/4 cup corn syrup
1 1/2 cups sugar 1/4 cup honey 1/3 cup water 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Preparation Stir gelatin into cold water, let stand for 5 minutes or longer. Combine the sugar, corn syrup, honey and water into a heavy bottom sauce pan and cook to 252 degrees. (A candy thermometer is a necessity here.) Pour cooked syrup into a mixing bowl and let cool to 212 degrees, then immediately add the gelatin and whip on high for 8 minutes. Add in the vanilla extract. Spread the mixture onto an oiled parchment or wax paper in a layer about 1/2-inch thick. Smooth the top. Let set for at least 6 hours in a cool room. Lightly oil a knife and cut into 1-inch squares. If you wish, dust the marshmallows with an equal mixture of powdered sugar and cornstarch to prevent them from sticking.
Chocolate Fondue Ingredients 2/3 cup cream 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup corn syrup 1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 tsp. salt 6 oz bittersweet chocolate 2 Tbsp. butter 1 tsp. vanilla
Preparation Bring cream, corn syrup, sugar, cocoa powder, salt and half of the chocolate to a boil. Cook on low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add butter, vanilla and remaining chocolate, stir and allow to cool somewhat. Serve warm in a fondue dish.
Store in a sealed container.
Homemade Graham Crackers Ingredients 3 Tbsp. brown sugar 3/4 of a stick butter, unsalted and room temperature 1/2 Tbsp. honey 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup cake flour 1/4 cup whole wheat flour 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp. salt
Preparation In a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter, sugar and honey for 5 minutes. Sift together the dry ingredients and add them into the creamed sugar and butter mixture. Mix slowly until all is combined. Roll out the dough on wax paper until approximately 1/4 inch thick. Chill. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Flip the chilled dough over onto a parchment or foil, peel off wax paper. Cut into desired shapes or sizes. Remove excess dough, and separate shapes so they bake evenly. Place the parchment on top of a cookie sheet. Bake the crackers for approximately 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove and cool completely.
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s Desserts
By John DefIlIPPI Culinary Institute of America
Champagne Sabayon with Clementine supremes & shortbread
Photo by J.L. Sousa
Clementine Supremes
Champagne Sabayon
to make a clementine supreme, peel the fruit, and using a sharp paring knife, carefully separate the segments from the skin. slightly warm the segments.
Ingredients 4 egg yolks 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup Champagne
approximately 1 clementine per plate
Place shortbread cookie on a dessert plate. arrange warm supremes on top of the cookie. spoon sabayon over the top of the supremes and garnish with pomegranate seeds.
Preparation Preheat double boiler. In a metal bowl whisk yolks and sugar together. add Champagne and whisk. Place the bowl over double boiler and whisk vigorously over boiling water for approximately 10 minutes. Place the sabayon in a mixing bowl and whip on high speed with a mixer until the bottom of the bowl is cool to the touch. Cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes to an hour to chill.
Clementine Shortbread Dark Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp. vanilla Zest of 2 clementines Pinch of salt
Preparation Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar for 5 minutes. add the zest and vanilla and mix for one minute. stop the mixer and add all of the flour and the salt. Mix slowly until it is combined. roll out the shortbread dough on wax paper until approximately 1/4 inch thick. Chill. Flip the chilled dough over onto a parchment or foil, peel off wax paper.
with Pop rocks & Champagne
Photo by J.L. Sousa
Ingredients 2 cups bittersweet chocolate 1/3 cup cream 7 tbsp. butter, room temperature 1 tbsp. Grand Marnier 2 packages Pop rocks
Preparation Chop chocolate fine and place in a 2-quart metal bowl. add the cream to the chocolate and place over a double boiler with gentle heat. stir the chocolate-cream mixture just until the chocolate is melted, then immediately remove from the heat. Do not overheat it. whisk in the butter until combined. stir in the Grand Marnier and then the Pop rocks. refrigerate until cool and somewhat firm to the touch.
Cut into 3/4 inch by 6 inch strips. remove excess dough, separate the strips on the parchment or foil so they bake evenly.
transfer the mixture to a piping bag and pipe bite-size pieces onto wax paper, or scoop out portions with a 1/2 oz. cookie scoop. Chill until firm.
Place the parchment or foil on a baking sheet and bake the shortbread for approximately 7 minutes or until light golden brown. remove and cool completely.
Quickly roll the truffles between the palms of your hands to form balls. when all are shaped, toss them in cocoa powder and chill. warm to room temperature for serving.
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6476 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.2487
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1320 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
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Cantinetta Piero
6774 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.8080
707.967.8111
CC Blue Sushi Bar & Restaurant
1148 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.9100
1517 Thrid Street Napa, CA 94559
707.258.1827
Celadon
500 Main Street, Ste. G Napa, CA 94559
707.254.9690
All Season’s Bistro
1400 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.9111
Checkers Restaurant
1414 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.9300
Ana’s Cantina
1205 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.4921
Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen
1327 Railroad Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.1200
Angele
540 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.252.8115
Cole’s Chop House
1122 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.224..6328
Annaliên
1142 Main Street Napa, California 94559
707.224.8319
Compadres Rio Grille
505 Lincoln Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.253.1111
Armadillo’s
1304 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.8082
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1310 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7088
Auberge du Soleil
180 Rutherford Hill Road Rutherford, CA 94573
707.963.1211
Cucina Italiana
4310 Knoxville Raod Napa, CA 94558
707.966.2433
Azzurro Pizzeria & Enoteca
1260 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.255.5552
Cuvee
1650 Soscol Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.224.2330
Bank Cafe & Bar at the Westin
1314 McKinstry Street Napa, CA 94559
707.257.5151
Don Perico Mexican Restaurant
1025 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.252.4707
BarBersQ
3900-D Bel Aire Plaza Napa, CA 94559
707.224.6600
Downtown Joe’s
902 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.258.2337
Bayleaf Restaurant
2025 Monticello Road Napa, CA 94558
707.257.9720
Elements Restaurant
1400 Second Street Napa, CA 94559
707.224.4518
Bistro Don Giovanni
4110 Howard Lane Napa, CA 94558
707.224.3300
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610 First Street, #10 Napa, CA 94559
707.256.3700
Bistro Jeanty
6510 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.0103
Etoile
1 California Drive Yountville, CA 94599
800.736.2892
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1408 Clay Street Napa, CA 94559
707.252.2230
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4048 Sonoma Highway Napa, CA 94559
707.299.4882
Boon Fly Café
4048 Sonoma Highway Napa, CA 94559
707.299.4870
Fabrizio’s Restaurant
806 Fourth Street Napa, CA 94559
707.226.1900
Bosko’s Trattoria
1364 Lincoln Avenue Yountville, CA 94515
707.942.9088
Fazerrati’s Pizza Restaurant
1517 Imola Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.255.1188
Bottega Ristorante
6525 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.945.1050
Filippi’s Pizza Grotto
645 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.254.9700
Bouchon
6534 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.8037
Firewood Cafe
3824 Bel Aire Plaza Napa, CA 94559
707.224.9660
Bounty Hunter Wine Bar & Bistro
975 First Street Napa, CA 94559
800.943.9463
First Squeeze
1126 First Street Napa, CA 94558
707.224.6762
Brannan’s Grill
1374 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.2233
Foothill Grill
2766 Old Sonoma Road Napa, CA 94558
707.252.6178
Brix
7377 St. Helena Hwy Yountville, CA 94558
707.944.2749
French Laundry
6640 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.2380
Buckhorn Grill
1201 Napa Town Center Napa, CA 94558
707.265.9508
Flatiron Grille
1440 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.1220
Buster’s BBQ
1207 Foothill Blvd Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.5605
Cafe 29
3000 Highway 29, Ste. B St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.9919
Cafe Sarafornia
1413 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.0555
California Pizza
2410 Jefferson Street Napa, CA 94558
707.252.3636
Frida’s Mexican Grill
1533 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94558
707.252.3575
Calistoga Inn, Restaurant & Brewery
1250 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.4101
Fume Bistro & Bar
4050 Byway East Napa, CA 94558
707.257.1999
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540 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.259.0762
Gillwoods
1313 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.1788
Gillwoods Cafe
1320 Napa Town Center Napa, CA 94559
707.253.0409
Go Fish Restaurant
641 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.0700
Golden Harvest
61 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.9888
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Highway 29 Cafe
101 Cafe Court Napa, CA 94503
707.224.6303
Hog Island Oyster Company (Oxbow Market)
641 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.251.8113
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6518 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.2345
Hydro Bar & Grill
1403 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.9777
Jonesy’s Famous Steak House
2044 Airport Road Napa, CA 94558
707.255.2003
JuJu’s
3375 California Way Napa, CA 94558
707.226.6537
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976 Pearl Street Napa, CA 94559
707.258.9666
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1631 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
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3070 Jefferson Street Napa, CA 94558
707.253.7909
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1923 Lake Street Calistoga, CA 94515
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644 First Street, Bldg B Napa, CA 94559
707.259.1128
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6 Cuttings Wharf Road Napa, CA 94559
707.253.7038
1010 Adams Street St. Helena, CA 94574
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Mount St. Helena Brewing Co.
21167 Calistoga Street Middletown, CA 95461
707.987.3361
La Taquiza Fish Tacos
2007 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558
707.224.2320
Mustard’s Grill
7399 St. Helena Hwy Yountville, CA 94599
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1314 McKinstry Street Napa, CA 94559
707.257.5157
Napa Valley Grille
6795 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.8686
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1730 Yajome Street Napa, CA 94559
707.257.1514
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1275 McKinstry Street Napa, CA 94559
707.253.2111
The Little Gourmet
1040 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.257.7700
Neela’s Indian Cuisine Restaurant
975 Clinton Street Napa, CA 94559
707.226.9988
Market
1347 Main Street. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3799
Nicola’s Deli & Pizzeria
1359 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.6272
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900 Meadowood Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3646
Oakville Grocery
7856 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
707.944.8802
Martini House
1245 Spring Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2233
Old Adobe Bar & Grille
376 Soscol Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.255.4310
Olive Tree Inn
221 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.252.7660
Pacific Blues Cafe
6525 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.4455
Pacifico Restaurante Mexicano
1237 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.4400
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1506 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.9649
Pasta Prego Trattoria
3206 Jefferson Street Napa, CA 94558
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Small World
932 Coombs Street Napa, CA 94559
707.224.7743
707.224.9011
Squeeze Inn Burgers
3383 Solano Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.257.6880
1339 Pearl Street, Ste. 104 Napa, CA 94559
707.224.9161
Sushi Mambo
1202 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.257.6604
Pete’s Pancakes
7787 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
707.945.0730
Sweetie Pies
520 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.257.7280
Pica Pica Maize Kitchen (Oxbow Market)
610 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.251.3757
Tacos La Playita
1851 Old Sonoma Road Napa, CA 94558
707.257.8780
Pizzeria Tra Vigne
1016 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.9999
Taqueria Rosita
1214 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.253.9208
Press
587 St Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.0550
Tanya’s Taqueria
601 Jefferson Street Napa, CA 94558
707.224.9000
Puerto Vallarta Restaurant
1473 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.6563
Taylor’s Refresher
933 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3486
Redd
6480 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.2222
Taylor’s Refresher (Oxbow Market)
610 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.224.6900
Red Hen Cantina
4175 Solano Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.255.8125
Terra
1345 Railroad Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.8931
Red Rock Cafe
1010 Lincoln Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.226.2633
Thai Kitchen Restaurant
1222 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94558
707.254.9271
Red Rock North
4084 Byway East Napa, CA 94558
707.253.2859
That Pizza Place
1149 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.968.9671
Rings Restaurant in Embassy Suites
1075 California Blvd Napa, CA 94559
707.253.9540
Tra Vigne Restaurant
1050 Charter Oak Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.4444
Ristorante Allegria
1026 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.254.8006
Trancas Steakhouse
999 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94558
707.258.9990
Rotisario (Oxbow Market)
610 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.226.7700
Triple S Ranch & Restaurant
4600 Mt. Home Ranch Rd Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.6730
Ubuntu
1140 Main Street Napa, CA 94558
707.251.5656
Uva Trattoria
1040 Clinton Street Napa, CA 94559
707.255.6646
Vercelli Ristorante Italiano
1146 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3371
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Rutherford Grill
1180 Rutherford Road Rutherford, CA 94573
707.963.1792
Villa Corona
3614 Bel Aire Plaza Napa, CA 94558
707.257.8685
Ristorante La Strada Italian Cuisine
6240 Napa-Vallejo Hwy American Canyon, CA
707.226.3027
Villa Corona
1138 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7812
Siam Thai House
1139 Lincoln Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.226.7749
Villa Romano
1011 Soscol Ferry Road Napa, CA 94558
707.252.4533
Siena at Meritage Resort
875 Bordeaux Way Napa, CA 94558
707.251.1950
Wah Sing Chinese Restaurants
1449 Imola Avenue W. Napa, CA 94559
707.252.0511
Silverado Brewing Company
3020 St. Helena Hwy N. Ste. A St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.9876
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1226 Washington Street Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.4712
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755 Silverado Trail Calistoga, CA 94515
707.226.0800 866.942.7442
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1106 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.224.0695
Soo Yuan Restaurant
1354 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.9404
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Olabisi
A Napa tradition located in the heart of one of the premier wine countries in the world, Napa, Ca. The family’s first store opened in 1947 when surrounding Napa was mostly fruit orchards. We have been at the center of the wine industry since its beginnings in the Napa Valley. Our wine selection has grown over the years to make JV one of the most coveted places to retail wine.
“...when you’re drinking wines with friends you can pull out a bottle of Olabisi and tell them the story about this hot new winery...They are ripe, rich wines that are remarkably elegant and graceful. Osborne…shows a deft hand for crafting wines of subtlety and finesse.”
-James Laube, Wine Spectator
974 Franklin Street 257-7477 www.olabisiwines.com
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Oxbow Wine Merchant and Wine Bar 610 First Street 257-5200 www.oxbowwine.com
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Stonehedge Winery 1004 Clinton St. 256-4444 www.stonehedgewinery.com
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Taste at Oxbow Open 7 Days a Week 708 First Street 265-9600 www.tasteatoxbow.com
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Uncorked at Oxbow Open 7 Days a Week 605 First Street 927-5864 www.uncorked-at-oxbow.com
Olabisi is an African girls given name meaning “joy multiplied.” It is also the name of a boutique Napa winery founded in 2002 by winemaker Ted Osborne and his wife Kim Wedlake. Their hip new tasting room, is open Mon-Sun, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Located in the heart of Napa Valley at the Oxbow Public Market on a namesake bend of the serene Napa River, The Oxbow Wine Merchant & Wine Bar is the perfect place to relax and taste some of the most interesting wines from all over the world. Open Sun-Mon until 8 p.m., Tue-Thur until 9 p.m., and Fri-Sat until 10 p.m. Wine Bar fare also available.
Stonehedge’s mission is to produce wines that are worlds apart from wines produced by the large producers or corporate conglomerates. Stonehedge’s philosophy is to produce elegantly handcrafted wines that are affordable by the majority of the population.
Taste at Oxbow wine tasting salon offers a complete downtown Napa experience, featuring the wines of Waterstone and Mahoney Vineyards, along with gourmet food and boutique retail items. Created with green components in mind, Taste at Oxbow’s spacious lounge features sustainable elements, including energy efficient light fixtures, chemical-free paints and organic retail items. We offer wine tasting as well as wines for sale by the glass or bottle. Uncorked at Oxbow is one of Napa’s newest state of the art tasting salons, located in what was once the Italian section between First and Third Sts.in the early 1900s. The tasting salon featuring Ahnfeldt award winning wines, is a renovation of what was originally 3 historic cottages that were put together to form a larger home. The tasting salon features a grand salon, two glass enclosed tasting rooms for small groups, plus a bonded glass enclosed barrel room for barrel tastings and blending sessions.Wine, Art, Music and Fun creates the perfect blend at Uncorked at Oxbow. “Come and Get Uncorked with Us !”
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The life of wine begins in the soil: Describing Napa Valley’s Appellations
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Howell Mountain This elevated district gained its grapegrowing reputation in the 1870s and continued until Prohibition, then renewed its viticultural heritage in the 1960s.
west and the Vaca Range to the east. They meet at the Napa River. The result: good drainage and gravelly soil. Cabernet sauvignon grows well here.
breezes extend the growing season and offer what some consider the perfect balance of hot and cool climates. A wide variety of grapes are grown in this versatile area.
Spring Mountain District Viticulture was established here in the 1870s. Its soils are distinct even from the land to its north on Diamond Mountain. Its eastern exposure translates to cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Its temperature range is less than in St. Helena.
Atlas Peak Elevated from 760 feet to 2,663 feet on the Vaca Range, it is described as “an elevated valley surrounded by volcanic mountains of relatively shallow relief.”
Los Carneros Perhaps the coolest area in the Napa Valley, this land slopes to the San Pablo Bay, just three miles away. The rocky, clay loam creates a grape with intense flavors. The area is best known for its pinot noir. Boundaries of the Carneros AVA extend into Sonoma County.
St. Helena This AVA lies within a narrow portion of the upper Napa Valley. The resulting interaction of climatic factors affect grapes grown in this floor area. Within its boundaries from Bale Lane to the north and Zinfandel Lane to the south, there is a fairly uniform steep gradiant. Chiles Valley In the mid-1800s, the Mexican government gave a land grant to Joseph Ballinger Chiles. And that land lies within this AVA in which vineyard was one of its earliest agricultural operations. The soil, climate and elevation present a microclimate unique from the Napa Valley. Rutherford This area gained a world reputation for its “Rutherford Dust” which imparts earthy qualities to cabernet sauvignon. Oakville This mid-valley area is warmer than the area to its south but still enjoys cool evenings thanks to the valley’s proximity to the San Pablo Bay. Its soils flow from the Mayacamas to the
Mt. Veeder One of the largest AVAs inside the Napa Valley appellation, this 15,000-acre area rises to 2,677 feet on the eastern slope of the Mayacamas mountains. It has a variety of soil types, all distinct from the valley floor as well as the Sonoma side of the mountain range. Yountville This AVA encompasses about 8,260 acres of which nearly 2,500 acres are planted to grapes. The AVA gained federal approval earlier this year at which time it held within its borders seven wineries and 43 growers. Stags Leap District This AVA contains 2,700 acres with only half of that planted to grapes, primarily cabernet sauvignon. It’s tucked into a three-mile by one-mile area bordering the Silverado Trail and defined by the jagged outcroppings of the Vaca Range to the east, the Napa River to the west and south. Oak Knoll District Established in 2004, his appellation with 3,500 acres of vines is at a low elevation just north of the city of Napa. Cool, coastal
Wild Horse Valley Like Carneros, this AVA crosses county lines. It encompasses a valley 5.3 miles long and 1.67 miles at its widest. First planted in grapes in 1881, its climate is influenced by the bay and ocean winds. Napa Valley Boundary lines follow the Napa County lines except for the eastern portion near Lake Berryessa. The AVA includes the areas historically linked to Napa Valley wine growing tradition. Diamond Mountain This district is located entirely in Napa County in the Mayacamas mountain range, east of Calistoga. It is comprised of 5,300 acres of which 464 acres are planted vineyards. Grape farming in this AVA began in 1863, and some of the world’s finest wines are produced here because of the uniqueness of soil and climate conditions.
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NAPA VALLEY WINE DIRECTORY WINERY
ADDRESS
PHONE
WINERY
ADDRESS
PHONE
13 Appellations A Dozen Vintners Wine Tasting
4006 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
866.484.4783
Beringer Vineyards
2000 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.4412
3000 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.0666
Bouchaine Vineyards
1075 Buchli Station Road Napa, CA 94559
800.654.WINE
Acacia Vineyard Ackerman Family Vineyards Adams Ridge Winery Adastra Vineyards Aetna Springs Cellars
2750 Las Amigas Road Napa, CA 94559
707.226.9991
2101 Kirkland Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.226.6600
3181 Kingston Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.226.3185
2545 Las Amigas Road Napa, CA 94559
707.255.4818
7227 Pope Valley Road Pope Valley, CA 94574
707.965.2675
Ahnfeldt Wines Alatera Vineyards Allora Wines Alpha Omega Altamura Winery
P.O. Box 6078 St. Helena, CA 94574
707.965.2675
2170 Hoffman Lane Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.2620
3244 Ehlers Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.6071
1155 Mee Lane Rutherford, CA 94574
707.963.9999
1700 Wooden Valley Road Napa, CA 94558
707.253.2000
Amezetta Anderson’s Conn Valley Vineyards Andretti Winery Arger-Martucci Vineyards
1099 Greenfield Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.1460
680 Rossi Road St. Helena, CA 94574
800.946.3497
4162 Big Ranch Road Napa, CA 94558 1455 Inglewood Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
707.261.1717 x227
Artesa Winery Astrale e Terra Atalon August-Briggs Winery
1345 Henry Road Napa, CA 94559
707.224.1668 or 707.254.2140
5017 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.255.1134
3299 Bennett Lane Calistoga, CA 94515
800.224.4090
333 Silveraro Trail Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.4912
Baldacci Family Vineyards Ballentine Vineyards Barlow Vineyards Barnett Vineyards Beaucanon Estate Beaulieu Vineyard Bell Wine Cellars
6236 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.944.9261
2820 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7919
4411 Silverado Trail Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.8742
4070 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7075
1006 Monticello Road Napa, CA 94558
707.254.1460
1960 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573
707.967.5230
6200 Washington St. Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.1673
Benessere
1010 Big Tree Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5853
Bennett Lane Winery
3340 Highway 128 Calistoga, CA 94515
877.MAX.NAPA
707.963.4334
Black Stallion Winery 4089 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558 707-253-1400 www.blackstallionwinery.com
Bourassa Vineyards Bremer Family Winery Broman Cellars Brookdale Vineyards Brown Estate Buehler Vineyards Burgess Cellars Cafaro Cellars Cain Vineyard & Winery Cakebread Cellars Calafia Cellars Caldwell Vineyard
Cardinale Estate Cartlidge & Brown Carver Sutro Casa Nuestra Winery & Vineyards
190 Camino Oruga, Suite 5 Napa, CA 94558
800.499.2366
975 Deer Park Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5411
945 Deer Park Road St. Helena, CA 94574
800.514.4401
4006 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.258.1454
3233 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2435
820 Greenfield Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2155
1108 Deer Park Road St. Helena, CA 94574
800.752.9463
2591 Pinot Way St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7181
3800 Langtry Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.1616
8300 St. Helena Hwy. Rutherford, CA 94573
800.588.0298
629 Fulton Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.0114
169 Kruezer Lane Napa, CA 94559
707.255.1294
Calistoga Cellars 1371 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515 707.942.7422 www.calistogacellars.com 7600 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
800.588.0279
205 Jim Oswalt Way, Suite B American Canyon, Napa 94503
707.552.5199
3106 Palisades Road Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.1029
3451 Silverado Trail North St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5783
Castello di Amorosa 4045 N. St. Helena Hwy Calistoga, CA 94515 707.967.6272 www.castellodiamorosa.com Caymus Vineyards Ceja Vineyards
8700 Conn Creek Road Rutherford, CA 94573
707.967.3010
1016 Las Amigas Road Napa, CA 94559
707.255.3954
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NAPA VALLEY WINE DIRECTORY WINERY
ADDRESS
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WINERY
ADDRESS
PHONE
Chappellet Vineyard
1581 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7136
210 Camino Oruga Napa, CA 94581
707.226.1600
Charbay
4001 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.9327
Dominari Downing Family Drinkward Peschon Duckhorn Vineyards Dutch Henry Winery Eagle and Rose Estate Ehlers Estate Elan Vineyards Elke Vineyards Elyse Wineries Esser Vineyards Etude Wines Failla Falcor Wine Cellars
Charles Krug Winery 2800 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574 Chateau Boswell 3468 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574 Chateau Montelena Winery 1429 Tubbs Lane Calistoga, CA 94515 Chimney Rock Winery 5350 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558 Cliff Lede Vineyards 1473 Yountville Crossroad Yountville, CA 94599 Clos Du Val 5330 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558 Clos Pegase Winery 1060 Dunaweal Lane Calistoga, CA 94515 Cloud View Vineyards 1677 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574 Conn Creek Winery 8711 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.2229
Continuum Constant Diamond Mountain Vineyards Corison Winery Cosentino Winery
6795 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.8100
2121 Diamond Mountain Rd Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.0707
987 St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.0826
7415 St. Helena Hwy Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.1220
Cuvaison Estate Wines
4550 Silverado Trail N. Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.6266
Cuvaison Estate Wines- Carneros D.R. Stephens Estate Darioush Winery David Arthur Vineyards Del Dotto Vineyards Delectus Winery Destino Wines Detert Family Vineyards Diamond Oaks
1221 Duhig Road Napa, CA 94599
707.255.7321
1860 Howell Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2908
4240 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.257.2345
1521 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5190
1455 St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2134
908 Enterprise Way, #C Napa, CA 94558
707.255.1252
707.963.5472 707.942.5105 707.257.2641 x1 800.428.2259 707.261.5225 707.942.4981 707.963.2260 707.963.5133 x210
1325 Imola Ave W., PMB 500 800.862.1737 Napa, CA 94559 1746 Vineyard Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
877.817.0466
1595 Oakville Grade Oakville, CA 94562
707.948.3010
Domaine Chandon 1 Californina Drive Yountville, CA 94599 707.944.2280 www.chandon.com Domaine Carneros Taittinger by
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1240 Duhig Road Napa, CA 94559
707.257.0101
3212 Jefferson Street, PMB 189 707.237.3444 Napa, CA 94558 1547 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.6156
1000 Lodi Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
888.354.8885
4310 Silverado Trail Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.5771
1844 Pope Canyon Road Pope Valley, CA 94567
707.965.9463
3222 Ehlers Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5972
4500 Atlas Peak Road Napa, CA 94558
707.252.3339
2210 Third Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.246.7045
2100 Hoffman Lane Napa, CA 94558
707.944.2900
4040 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.1300
1250 Cuttings Wharf Road Napa, CA 94558
707.257.5300
3530 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.0530
2511 Napa Valley Corporate Dr.
707.255.6070
Napa, CA 94559
WINERY
ADDRESS
PHONE
WINERY
ADDRESS
PHONE
Fantesca Estate & Winery 2920 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.968.9229
HdV Wines
588 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94581
707.251.9121
Far Niente Farella Vineyard Fleury Estate Winery Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards Folie a Deux Winery Folio Winemaker’s Studio
1350 Acacia Drive Oakville, CA 94562
707.944.2861
436 St. Helena Hwy, South St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3542
2222 Third Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.254.9489
3500 Highway 128 Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.4956
950 Galleron Road Rutherford, CA 94573
707.974.9951
3104 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558
707.226.8320
677 S. St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574
800.913.1118
4411 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558
707.255.1144 x237
7481 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
707.944.2565
4038 Big Ranch Road Napa, CA 94558
707.257.7555
1285 Dealy Lane Napa, CA 94558
707.256.2757
6512 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
888.552.WINE
Forman Vineyards Franciscan Oakville Estates Frank Family Vineyards Frazier Winery Fre Wines Freemark Abbey Winery Frog’s Leap Winery Gargiulo Vineyards
1501 Big Rock Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3900
850 Rutherford Road Rutherford, CA 94573
800.929.2217 x318
1178 Galleron Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.3993
6204 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.2139
1091 Larkmead Lane Calistoga, CA 94515
800.574.9463
70 Rapp Lane Napa, CA 94558
707.255.3444
277 St. Helena Hwy S. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3104 x4208
3022 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574
800.963.9698
8815 Conn Creek Road Rutherford, CA 94573
707.963.4704
575 Oakville Crossroad Napa, CA 94558
707.944.2770
Girard Winery Tasting Room Godspeed Vineyards Goosecross Cellars Graeser Winery Greenfield Winery Grgich Hills Groth Vineyards Gustavo Thrace Hagafen Cellars Hall Wines Hans Fahden Vineyards
6795 Washington Street Yountville, CA94599
707.968.9297
Heitz Cellars Helena View Johnston Vineyards Hendry Ranch Wines Hess Collection Winery Hill Climber Vineyards Hill Family Estate Honig Vineyard & Winery Hopper Creek Vineyard & Winery Hourglass Wines Humanitas Wine Company J. Kirkwood Winery Jarvis Winery Jessup Cellars Joel Gott Wines Joseph Phelps Vineyards
3655 Mount Veeder Road Napa, CA 94558
707.254.7766
1119 State Lane Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.1986
255 Petrified Forest Road Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.4437
205 Jim Oswald Way American Canyon, CA 94503
707.552.0362
1829 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573
800.532.3057
750 Oakville Crossroad Oakville, CA 94562
707.944.0290
1146 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.257.6796
4160 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.252.0781
401 St. Helena Hwy S. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.2620
4855 Petrified Forest Road Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.6760
Hartwell Vineyards Havens Wine Haywood Winery
5795 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.255.4269
2055 Hoffman Lane Napa, CA 94558
707.261.2000
27000 Ramal Road Sonoma, CA 95476
800.325.2764
1104 Adams Street, Suite 103 707.968.9332 St. Helena, CA 94574 1081 Round Hill Circle Napa, CA 94558
707.259.0349
1020 Borrette Lane Napa, CA 94558
707.252.4523
2970 Monticello Road Napa, CA 94558
800.255.5280 x150
6740 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.8523
945 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3365
200 Taplin Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2745
Judd’s Hill Juslyn Vineyards JV Wine & Spirits Kelham Vineyards
2332 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.255.2332
2900 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.265.1804
301 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.253.2624
360 Zinfandel Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2000
Kent Rasmussen Winery Kirkland Ranch Winery Kuleto Estate Ladera Vineyards Laird Family Estate Larkmead Vineyards
1001 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5667
1 Kirkland Ranch Road Napa, CA 94588
707.254.9100
2470 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94575
707.963.9750
150 White Cottage Road S. Angwin, CA 94508
707.965.2445
5055 Solano Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.257.0360
1100 Larkmead Lane Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.0167
Levendi Estates Lineage Vineyards Longfellow Wine Cellars
4225 Solano Avenue, Ste. 633 877.LEVENDI Napa, CA 94558 3022 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574 860 Kaiser Road Napa, CA 94558
800.963.9698 888.533.5569
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ADDRESS
PHONE
WINERY
ADDRESS
PHONE
Louis M. Martini Winery
254 South St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574
707.968.3361
Nickel & Nickel
8164 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
707.967.9600
Luna Vineyards Lynch Vineyards Madonna Estate Madrigal Vineyards
2921 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.255.2474
1040 Main Street, Suite 103 Napa, CA 94558
707.251.8822
5400 Old Sonoma Road Napa, CA 94559
707.255.8864
3718 N. St. Helena Hwy Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.6577
Mahoney Vineyards Markham Vineyards
708 First Street Napa, CA 94558
707.265.9600
2812 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5292
Mason Cellars Mayacamas Vineyards McKenzie-Muller Vineyards & Winery Melanson Vineyard
714 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.255.0658
1155 Lokoya Road Napa, CA 94558
707.224.4030
2530 Las Amigas Road Napa, CA 94559
707.252.0186
1537 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94954
Mendelson Vineyard
809 Coombs Street Napa, CA 94559
*By Appointment Only
Noah Vineyards
6204 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.0675
Oakville Ranch Vineyards O’ Brien Estate
7781 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.944.9665
1200 Orchard Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.252.8463
Off the Map Wines OnThEdge Winery Opus One Winery
8576 Highway 29 Rutherford, CA 94573
707.967.1003
1255 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.963.5926
7900 St. Helena Hwy. Oakville, CA 94562
707.944.9442
707.963.7404
Ovid Napa Valley
255 Long Ranch Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3850
707.255.7825
Palmaz Vineyards Paloma Vineyard Paoletti Vineyards Paraduxx Patz & Hall Wine Company Peacock Family Vineyard Peju Province Winery Peter Michael Winery Phillip Togni Vineyard
4029 Hagen Road Napa, CA 94559
707.226.5587
4013 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7504
4501 Silverado Trail Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.0689
7257 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.945.0890
Merryvale 1000 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574 707.963.7777 www.merryvale.com MJA Vineyards/ Serene Cellars
647 Greenfield Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3394
Mi Sueno Winery
910 Enterprise Way, Suite M Napa, CA 94558
707.258.6358
Michael-Scott Wines Milat Vineyards Miner Family Vineyards
2993 Brookwood Drive Napa, CA 94558
707.226.1622
1091 St. Helena Hwy S. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.0758
7850 Silverado Trail Oakville, CA 94562
800.366.WINE x17
Monticello Vineyards
4242 Big Ranch Road Napa, CA 94558
707.253.2802 x18
Moss Creek Winery
6015 Steele Canyon Road Napa, CA 94558
707.252.1295
Mumm Napa Valley
8445 Silverado Trail Rutherford, CA 94573
707.MUM.NAPA
Napa Cellars Napa Redwoods Estate Napa Wine Company Neal Family Vineyards
7481 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
707.944.2565
4723 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558
707.226.1800
7830-40 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
707.944.1710
716 Liparita Road Angwin, CA 94508
707.965.2800
Newton Vineyard Neyers Vineyards
2555 Madrona Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.9000
2153 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.8840
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Nichelini Winery, Inc. 2950 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574 707.963.0717 www.nicheliniwinery.com
851 Napa Valley Corporate Way, Ste. A 707.265.7700
Napa, CA 94558
3100 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.0770
8466 St. Helena Hwy. Rutherford, CA 94573
707.963.3600
12400 Ida Canyon Road Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.4459
3780 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3731
Phoenix Vineyards & Winery
3175 Dry Creek Road Napa, CA 94558
877.374.6364
Pillar Rock Vineyard Piña Cellars
6110 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.945.0101
8060 Silverado Trail Oakville, CA 94573
707.738.9328
PREMIUM LISTING POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Contact Kostecka, Advertising Director Pine Ridge Winery Norma 5901 Silverado Trail 800.575.9777 Yountville, CA 94599 at 707.256.2228 or email nkostecka@napanews.com
WINERY
ADDRESS
PHONE
PlumpJack Winery Pope Valley Winery Prager Winery Port Works & Pride Mountain Vineyards Provenance Vineyards Quintessa Quixote Winery Raymond Vineyard Cellar & Redmon Family Vineyards Regusci Winery Renteria Wines Revana Family Vineyard Reverie Vineyard Winery & Reynolds Family Winery Ritchie Creek Vineyard Robert Biale Vineyards Robert Craig Wine Cellars Robert Keenan Winery Robert Mondavi Winery
620 Oakville Crossroad Oakville, CA 94562
707.945.1220
6613 Pope Valley Road Pope Valley, CA 94567
707.965.1246
1281 Lewelling Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7678
4026 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.4949
1695 St. Helena Hwy. Rutherford, CA 94573
707.968.3633
1601 Silverado Trail Rutherford, CA 94573
707.967.1601
6126 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.944.2659
849 Zinfandel Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
800.525.2659 x1
1185 Starr Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
707.968.9252
5584 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.254.0403
1106 Clark Street Napa, CA 94559
707.253.7686
2930 St. Helena Hwy, North St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.8814
WINERY
ADDRESS
PHONE
Rutherford Grove Winery 1673 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573 800.963.0544 www.rutherfordgrove.com Rutherford Hill Winery 200 Rutherford Hill Road Rutherford, CA 94573 800.963.1871 www.rutherfordhill.com
1520 Diamond Mountain Road 707.942.6800 Calistoga, CA 94515
S.E. Chase Family Cellars Saddleback Cellars Saintsbury Salvestrin Estate Saviez Vineyards Sawyer Cellars School House Vineyard Schramsberg Vineyards Schweiger Vineyards Seavey Vineyard Sequoia Grove Vineyards Shafer Vineyards Sherwin Family Vinyards Signorello Vineyards Silver Oak Cellars
2252 Sulphur Springs St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.1284
7802 Money Road Oakville, CA 94562
707.944.1305
1500 Los Carneros Avenue Napa, CA 94559
707.252.0592
397 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5105
4060 Silverado Trail Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.5889
8350 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573
707.963.1980
3549 Langtry Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.4240
1400 Schramsberg Road Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.4558
4015 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.4882
1310 Conn Valley Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.8339
8338 St. Helena Hwy Napa, CA 94558
800.851.7841
6154 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.944.2877
4060 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.1154
4500 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.255.5990
915 Oakville Crossroad Oakville, CA 94562
800.273.8809
Silver Rose Winery Silverado Vineyards Smith - Madrone
400 Silverado Trail Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.9581
6121 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
800.997.1770
4022 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2283
Sparrow Lane
1445 Summit Lake Road Angwin, CA 94508
707.815.1813
3266 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.258.2558
4024 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.4661
4038 Big Ranch Road Napa, CA 94558
707.257.7555
880 Vallejo Street Napa, CA 94559
707.252.2250 x1
3660 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.9177
7801 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
888.766.6328
Robert Pecota Winery Robert Sinskey Vineyards Robinson Family Vineyards Rocca Family Vineyards Rombauer Vineyards
3251 St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574
707.942.6625
6320 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
800.869.2030
5880 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.944.8004
1130 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
707.257.8467
3522 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5170
Round Pond Rubicon Estate Winery
87 Rutherford Crossroad Rutherford, CA 94574
707.963.9634
1991 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573
800.782.4266
Spencer Roloson Winery
176 Main Street, Suite D St. Helena, CA 94574
707.968.9863
Rudd Vineyards & Winery 500 Oakville Crossroad Oakville, CA 94562 Rustridge Winery 2910 Lower Chiles Valley Rd St. Helena, CA 94574
707.944.8577
Spottswoode Estate Vineyards & Winery
1902 Madrona Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.0134
707.965.9353
Spring Mountain Vineyard 2805 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.4188
Rutherford Wine Co.
707.968.3200
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St. Clement Vineyards St. Helena Winery St. Supery Vineyards
2867 St. Helena Hwy. North St. Helena, CA 94574
800.331.8266
Truchard Vineyards
3234 Old Sonoma Road Napa, CA 94581
707.253.7153
100 Pratt Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574
877.245.6006
Tudal Winery
1015 Big Tree Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3947
8440 St. Helena Hwy. Rutherford, CA 94573
800.942.0809
Tulocay Winery
1426 Coombsville Road Napa, CA 94558
707.255.4064
Staglin Family Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Stags’ Leap Winery
1570 Bella Oaks Lane Rutherford, CA 94573
707.944.0477
8210 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562
800.887.6285 x18
5766 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
866.422.7523
1183 Dunaweal Lane Calistoga, CA 94515
800.505.4850
6150 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
800.640.5327
Turnbull Wine Cellars Twomey Cellars V. Sattui Winery Van Asperen Vineyards
1111 White Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.7774
1680 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.5251
Sterling Vineyards Stonefly Vineyards Stonegate Winery
Steltzner Vineyards Tastings & Cave Tours By Appointment: 707.252.7272 Open 10 to 4:30 5998 Silverado Trail, Napa 1111 Dunaweal Lane Calistoga, CA 94515
800.726.6136
3780 Hagen Road Napa, CA 94558
707.252.3294
1183 Dunaweal Lane Calistoga, CA 94515
707.603.2203
Stonehedge Winery Stony Hill Vineyard Storybook Mountain Vineyards Stratford Winery Sullivan Vineyards Summers Winery & Vineyards Summit Lake Vineyards Sutter Home Family Vineyards Swanson Vineyards Tasting on Main
1004 Clinton Street Napa, CA 94559
707.256.444
3331 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.2636
3835 Highway 128 Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.5310
3222 Ehlers Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3200
1090 Galleron Road Rutherford, CA 94573
877.244.7337
1171 Tubbs Lane Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.5508
2000 Summit Lake Drive Angwin, CA 94508
707.965.2488
277 St. Helena Hwy S. St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3104 x4208
1271 Manley Lane Rutherford, CA 94573
707.967.3500
1142 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.1042
Terra Valentine The Terraces Toad Hall Cellars TOR Wines Trefethen Vineyards Trinchero Winery
3787 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574 1450 Silverado Trail South St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.8340
1978 W. Zinfandel Lane St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.6754
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1241 Adams Street, Ste. 1045 707.963.3100 St. Helena, CA 94574 1160 Oak Knoll Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.255.7700
3070 North St. Helena Hwy. St. Helena, CA 94574
800.473.4454
277 St. Helena Hwy S. St Helena, CA 94574
707.963.3104
Van Der Heyden Vineyards 4057 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.257.0130
Venge Vineyards Viader
424 Crystal Springs Road St. Helena, CA 94574
707.967.1008
1120 Deer Park Road Deer Park, CA 94576
707.963.3816
Vincent Arroyo Winery Vine Cliff Winery Vintner’s Collective Vinum Cellars Volker Eisele Family von Strasser Winery
2361 Greenwood Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.6995
7400 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
707.944.1364
1245 Main Street Napa, CA 94558
707.255.7150
135 Camino Dorado, Suite 6 Napa, CA 94558
707.254.8313
3080 Lower Chiles Valley Rd St. Helena, CA 94574
707.965.9485
1510 Diamond Mountain Rd Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.0930
Waterstone White Cottage Ranch
708 First Street Napa, CA 94559
707.265.9600
1217 Edwards Street St. Helena, CA 94574
707.965.0516
White Rock Vineyards Whitehall Lane Winery Whitford Cellars William Cole Vineyards William Harrison William Hill Estate Winery Wing Canyon Vineyards X Winery Young Ridge Estate
1115 Lome Vista Drive Napa, CA 94558
707.257.7922
1563 St. Helena Hwy St Helena, CA 94574
800.963.9454 x19
4047 East 3rd Avenue Napa, CA 94559
707.942.0840
2849 St. Helena Hwy. North St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.6100
1443 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574
707.963.8310
1761 Atlas Peak Road Napa, CA 94558
707.265.3024
3100 Mount Veeder Road Napa, CA 94558
707.265.8798
1405 Second Street Napa, CA 94559
707.204.9522 x9
945 Lincoln Avenue Napa, CA 94558
707.265.8400
Zahtila Vineyards ZD Wines
2250 Lake County Hwy Calistoga, CA 94515
707.942.9251
8383 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558
800.487.7757
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When you write about wine and food, people often ask you for recommendations about wine, and about wine and food pairings. And when you live in the Napa Valley, they generally assume you’ll recommend Napa Valley wines. Well, I love Napa Valley wines, and drink a lot of them. I can’t think of any greater pleasures than a Porterhouse steak with a 10-year-old Napa cabernet, but my waist, pocketbook and cardiologist limit the times I can enjoy that combination.
What does a food and wine writer serve people during the holidays? By PAUL FRANSON Inside Napa Valley Correspondent
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Loving Napa cabs with steak doesn’t mean I’m chauvinistic, however. Great — and perfectly good — wines are made all over the world these days, and when you are thinking of wines for the holidays, many are perfect mates. Let’s consider a number of holiday happenings: Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, open houses, full-out parties, Christmas eve, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I’ll start out by saying flat-out that every one of those occasions should begin with sparkling wine, and a party or open house can continue with it.
Sparkling wine is also necessary for a traditional New Year’s Day brunch with eggs Benedict, but many people enjoy other meals. I often serve my family prosecco and cava when they come over for our weekly dinner — two great sparkler values — but for special occasions, we have to step it up a notch. For many people, the ultimate is Champagne, perhaps a fine brut rosé if you’re feeling flush, and there’s no question that Champagne does have a different aura and taste. Nevertheless, Napa Valley wineries produce some excellent sparkling wines, some of which I think compare to all but the top wines from Champagne. I love the wines from all of the local producers, and they’re all my friends, so I wouldn’t dare pick a favorite publicly. Note, however, that most wineries have different levels, starting from the basic wine you can often find discounted at Safeway, which is still very good. You can move up to Schramsberg’s J. Schram — they have just introduced a rosé and call their pinot noir version simply “reserve.” Then there’s Étoile from Domain Chandon, which also just introduced a Tête de Cuvée. Other special sparklers include DVX from Mumm or Le Rêve from Domaine Carneros. Some other wineries in Napa Valley make a little sparkly, too, including Artesa, Cliff Lede, V. Sattui and Frank Family. All are good, but you probably can’t buy them except at the winery, hardly a hardship since you’ll probably have to taste first! Obviously, some very nice sparklers come from Sonoma and Mendocino, too.
Beyond bubbles Beyond the sparkling aperitif, let’s look at the meals separately. In our family, we always have a traditional turkey dinner for both Thanksgiving and
Christmas. That might be boring to some people, but I love it and it’s only twice a year! This year, we’ll be having Thanksgiving at my son-in-law Steve’s mother’s home. She’s from Finland, and fixes both an American and a Finnish feast side by side. Both holiday meals, with their wide assortment of tastes from sharp to sweet, smoky to caramel, are a perfect match for big Napa Valley chardonnay, one of the few times I’d choose an oaky, butterscotch, caramel-flavored wine — but not one that’s over the top. A Carneros pinot noir works too, and a syrah can be great, since it’s probably not very tannic. Many people like riesling with such a meal. Trefethen, Stony Hill, Smith Madrone and V. Sattui and Castello di Amorosa all make nice ones, mostly pretty dry. A touch of sweetness isn’t bad with such a feast, either, and Ste. Michelle in Washington makes some nice ones including Eroica (and it is an honorary Napa winery since it owns in partnership with Antinori Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Conn Creek and Villa Mount Eden). I wouldn’t bring out the best wine you have, however, since all those flavors might conflict — and chances are some of your guests would prefer white zinfandel anyway, which actually is a pretty good match: I always have some for my daughter’s sister-in-law, as it’s her favorite (and my sister’s). Oddly, my usual Napa Valley favorite white, sauvignon blanc, doesn’t seem to fit so well except with appetizers like oysters and other seafood. I don’t know how it started, since we’re not Italian, but we always have Italian food, generally lasagna, for Christmas Eve. If my daughter Wendy is cooking, as she will be this year, it will be vegetarian, but it doesn’t matter: Lasagna goes with a range of reds, including the increasingly rare Napa Valley zinfandels and petite sirahs. A merlot or a southern Italian red is perfect, too.
In fact, a touch of sweetness complements this rich tomato-y preparation, and many of these wines exhibit that character, though the wineries hate to admit it, since wine snobs lurk everywhere. We also drink sparkling wines while we’re opening Christmas presents (and when I take the grandkids on the Wine Train’s Santa Express, shocking some other travelers, though we now go in the evening.) For open houses, a wine punch with lower alcohol can be tasty, particularly if it’s made with sparkling wine or water, but I don’t serve eggnog. Yuck. New Year’s Eve is the time for a really fine meal, perhaps the aforementioned steak, leg of lamb or osso buco with saffron risotto. That’s the time to bring out the good red, followed at midnight by bubbly, of course. Many people have Bloody Marys on New Year’s Day for good reason, or watch football with pizza or Mexican food, so beer is probably a great choice. I really like local NapaSmith beer, which you can now buy in bottles at stores. I usually honor my roots — and don’t want to tempt fate — by serving a traditional Southern New Year’s meal: black-eyed peas, collards, rice and cornbread with some porky product, likely ham. That’s not a particularly wine-friendly meal; my family would have had sweet iced tea (after Bourbon) but a rosé works, particularly one with bubbles. And a final recommendation: Slightly sweet Muscat wines — not the syrupy fortified wines — are the perfect ending for a meal and wine to serve at afternoon parties. St. Supéry, Mondavi, Benesser, Summers, Sterling, Judd’s Hill, Palmaz, Madonna Estate, Martini, V. Sattui and Castello di Amorosa all make delightful versions available at the wineries, and most offer free tasting and discounts to Napa Neighbors. Just don’t waste any on the cabernet-only wine snobs; they’re a pain in the glass.
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Barreling into Beauty Repurposed wine casks create functional art By LILY G. CASURA Inside Napa Valley Correspondent
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he homey interior of Jill and Jim Brandt’s Napa General Store in the old Napa Mill building is filled with many one-of-a-kind artistic, functional creations, built by local artists and craftspeople. Jill Brandt says they specialize in work that is “unique, useful and earth-friendly,” and created by “authentic American artisans” that also speaks to and about “Napa itself.” While it’s no stretch to say that virtually everything in the store is in some way beautiful, lovely, or desirable to own, some of the most interesting items on display are what several local artisans are doing with that quintessential item from the industry that put Napa on the map: the wine barrel. Wine barrels are typically made of oak, and they have only a short lifetime of service, after which a big question mark remains about what happens next. As the county and the country go greener, finding a second or third life for these omnipresent barrels is important, and in the hands of Napa General Store’s artisans, they’re creating objects of real beauty — instead of the sawn-in-half planters or mailbox stands we’ve come to see a little too frequently. Nothing is boring about how barrel staves are put to use in these creative objects. There are gently arched barrel staves with votive candles; there are staves made into religious crosses; there are precisely-fitted, architectural-looking wine racks made only from staves, along with tables, lazy Susans, cheese boards, serving
David Cendejas of DCustom Barrel Design tries out one of his custom wine barrel stave chairs at the Napa General Store. Photos by J.L. Sousa
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Candle holders made by David Cendejas of DCustom Barrel Design out of wine barrel staves on sale at the Napa General Store.
trays — and both straight-backed and rocking chairs, even childsized chairs. Local craftsman David Cendejas, who by day is a cellar worker at Stag’s Leap winery, builds gorgeous barrel stave chairs, with flared, tapered backs, and aesthetic, architectural lines, in rich, warm tones that come from the wine itself. His first chair, says his wife, Patrizia, was made for her: in fact, all four of their children, ages 10 through 24, serve as informal consultants for his designs, and also helpers. If you’ve ever seen Adirondack chairs made from snow skis, or surfboards, you have an idea about what Cendejas’ work might look like. But that’s only the beginning, because his work has more than local flavor, it also has a strong environmental sensitivity. Cendejas, who creates his chairs using only hand tools, not machinery, says “I use everything from the barrel; I don’t waste any single piece.” Every bit of the chairs as he makes them currently comes from an actual wine barrel, even the metal pieces at artistic intersections in the chairs’ structures are taken from repurposed hoops that hold the barrel staves together. A beautiful rocker stained a lovely (and actual) cabernet-like reddish brown, sits on smooth, curved staves from a 500 liter barrel, that provide the gentle, but sturdy, rocking motion for the chair. Cendejas says after three years of making these chairs, wineries now call him to tell him they have supplies ready: more barrels that he can use. He loves ones that have their cooperage stamps (showing who made the barrels), and he favors barrels at least five or six years old, for the “weathered, rustic
look” that customers appreciate. The staves (and the chairs) take their lovely hues not from paint, but from the color the wine the barrels contained actually stained them. Cendejas sands the staves smooth but not too smooth, then finishes the chairs for use indoors or outdoors (he prefers that customers specify, because the finishes are different). Cendejas, who is originally from Mexico, says that his mother wants him to come back some day and build her a chair for her very own. As Cendejas’ work, so representative of the Napa Valley and its most important natural resource becomes more popular, at Napa General Store and beyond, his mother may very well need to put her request in early. The chairs could easily become a focal point for any artistic, eco-conscious Napa Valley interior. Napa General Store 540 Main St., Napa (707) 259-0762 www.napageneralstore.com
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By CHARLES NEAVE Inside Napa Valley Correspondent
don’t think it is a secret that the pet product industry in this country is a multi-billion dollar affair. Or that it ranges from such staples as kibble, biscuits and water bowls to holiday costumes, funny hats or plush antlers for Fido. The unenlightened might say you are spoiling them, but that is what many dog lovers do. Your dog loves you, you reciprocate, and suddenly little Bowser is getting his portrait painted and you are singing him songs. This is not, to employ an egregious pun, that far-fetched. Both occur with significant regularly, though to varying degrees. But combine those last two occurrences, the songs and the art, and you come to a new book by famed animal portraitistto-the stars Ron Burns, and local author Andy Demsky. Called “Rufus Rhymes: Modern Lullabies for Dog Lovers,” it is a slim, colorful, enjoyable book containing a pair of songs — lullabies — with new lyrics set to tunes any three-year-old knows by heart.
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“I think Ron’s style works so well with dogs because the bright colors he uses captures something that you instinctively love about them,” Demsky said. “The brightness of their personalities, their love of play, their love of fun. He starts each of his paintings with the eyes and when he gets that right, the rest of the dog more or less falls into place” Rufus, whom Burns rescued from a shelter, was not just his companion for many years, but his muse and his inspiration. Part of Rufus’ legacy is that if you purchase one of the books on the Web site (www.rufusrhymes.com) a portion of the proceeds benefits Napa Humane. “That is just something I knew I had to do,” the artist said recently. Demsky added, “Pets loom large in the lives of children. Often kids fall in love with the family pet early on and see that relationship (almost) as important as their parents. When my son was first learning to talk, he was trying to say our dog’s name before ‘mama’ and ‘dada.’ So when you’re talking about dogs, you’ve got their attention. What I would hope is that parents use the book as a springboard for some fun with words and ideas, such as making up songs and poems about their own pets.”
And if you want a Ron Burns painting of your own Rufus? You might want to start saving up now. Prices start around the $30,000 mark, a figure Elizabeth Taylor and Tony LaRussa, among others, seemed to have no trouble paying. Closer to home and much less expensive, local artists Lynne Tuft (Napa) and Mylette Welch (Sonoma) have also made names for themselves for their skilled and often whimsical animal portraits. Or you could do what John Shafer, of Shafer Vineyards, did, and that is take up art and create your own. A self-taught sculptor who began the discipline later in life, he crafted a life-size sculpture of his yellow lab, Tucker, that greets visitors to the winery every day, rain or shine. There are, of course, a whole list of other alternatives. At Fideaux in St. Helena, wearables that include handsome dog scarves, healthy and festive Christmas treats, baskets of toys of every shape and size, and, of course, special dog beds, are all predicted to be big sellers come December. At Vineyard Dog in Napa, near the Napa Opera House, owner Natalie Bradshaw said that pet attire will certainly be popular. “Fleece coats because they look great and are so warm, sweaters made from recycled cotton and wool, - cont’d on next page
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raincoats in a wide range of colors that are fleece-lined.” She also carries a bakery case of seasonal and healthy treats and unique toys, including one called Hide-a-Squirrel, good for hours of fun. On a larger scale, chains like Petco, Pet Food Express, World Market and Target have begun to carry more whimsical pet items. I can personally attest to the fact that one of Target’s rugby shirts looks quite handsome on a certain English setter, as does the rain slicker from Fideaux (orange on one side, polka dot on the reverse). Don’t forget, very few dogs are much concerned with price tags. If you think your pal might need some training to make the holidays go smoother, and to make both your lives a little easier, Patrice Mendoza owner of Camp Rawhide suggests perhaps a 10-day daycare-and-train program (which also leaves your days dog-free so you can go Christmas shopping), or for young puppies, an in-home consultation to start, before they develop bad habits. Of course, dogs never have bad habits, do they? There is also the option of buying a boxed set of old Lassie episodes, or the more recent film “Marley and Me,” but in my experience dogs, especially if they have their head on your lap, fall asleep during movies almost as quickly as I do. Read them a book, play fetch or tug-of-war with a rope bone, or let them entertain themselves and they are happiest, even if they’re not wearing a little cardigan sweater. As long you’re there, sing them a lullaby and wish them a “happy holiday.” That is the wonderful thing: they are grateful and they make you smile, during the holidays and all year long.
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Smells are mood changing. The miseries of a cold, rainy day disappear once you smell creamy tomato soup bubbling on the stove. Broken hearts loose a pang or two with the smell of warm chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven. The first smells of spring energize the spirit. No time of year is more attuned to deliciously mesmerizing smells than the winter holidays. Pine needles, gingerbread cookies and fried potato pancakes can instantly bring on the holiday spirit. For wine and food lovers, there is double the pleasure: the smells of favorite foods paired with the aromas of a perfectly matching wine. Just grab your corkscrew and get out your cookware. You may end up repeating these food and wine pairings every year, creating your own holiday traditions! Pair the toasty, apple and warm tropical fruit smells of a Chardonnay with the buttery fresh ocean smells of Sautéed Scallops: Rich California Chardonnays pair wonderfully with rich scallops. The scallops are easy to prepare—just give them a touch of salt and the tiniest pinch of paprika, and sauté them in a small amount of butter until firm inside and brown on both sides. To complete the meal, place the scallops on a bed of frisee or other salad, and add a few slices of avocado. Wine notes: If you love less toast and oak in your Chardonnay, the wine will still pair well with scallops since the body of a Chardonnay from Napa Valley is generally rich. Another white wine that is full of body, but huge on aromatics, is Gewurztraminer. If you like hedonistically fruity and spicy wines, choose a Gewurz with your scallops, but replace the butter with olive oil for sautéeing them. Pair the aromas of a ripe cherry and earthy wine with the earthy mushroom and cooked bacon smells of Stuffed Mushrooms: Napa Valley Pinot Noirs pair well with any type of mushroom (the smaller, the easier to eat, however). Pull out the stems and stuff caps with a mixture of bread crumbs, dried oregano, salt, and
bits of bacon which has been cooked until almost crisp. Chop up the stems and add those too if you hate waste! A touch of melted butter will make the mixture pliable for scooping into the mushroom caps. Bake on a large cookie tray at high heat until mushrooms are soft and bread crumbs are browned on top. The bacon will finish cooking here. Make sure your dinner is hours away—your guests might not be able to stop this sip and nibble fest. Wine note: Pinot Noir from the cooler Carneros region can be deliciously fruity and earthy at the same time. Fantastic with these mushrooms! Pair the aromas of a rich, fruity, and spicy Syrah with the warm smells of oregano, basil and black pepper-spiced Roast Beef cooking in the oven: Napa Valley Syrah wines are rich and ripe, and often jam-packed with dark berry flavors, black pepper spice and deliciously earthy notes. Each bite of the spiced beef pairs nicely with the spices in the wine, and the rich and nearly luscious flavors of many Napa Valley Syrahs pair wonderfully with the rich meat. Sear your cut of Beef Roast on both sides over high heat on the stove top. Put in a roasting pan and surround with quartered onions, cut carrots and celery. Sprinkle everything with generous amounts of salt, black pepper, oregano, basil—really anything you want to add—and pour in a cup or two of dry red wine—again, anything you have on hand. Cook the roast to desired doneness. Remove meat, and broil onions, carrots and celery right before serving so that there is slight black charring. This charring pairs nicely with the deep flavors of Syrah. Wine Note: Napa Valley is producing quite a bit of Syrah these days, so finding one will be easy. The wines tend to be big and ripe. If you would like something a little less powerful, Pinot Noir will also pair nicely with the Roast Beef. With just an oven and a corkscrew, you can now go ahead and create the perfect holiday mood. Bon Appétit and Happy Holidays. 63
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Mmmm, Gingerbread
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Sometimes it comes in handy, having the CIA in our backyard. Not long ago I was lamenting the sad truth that I had never been able to make a gingerbread house that didn’t look like it had been through a California earthquake. Try as I might, gravity interfered. The roof would slide off, the sides would fall in. I’d prop the pieces together with books, but when the royal icing finally did dry, sometime in the middle of the night, the house had rearranged itself to a sad thing that would never provide shelter to a gingerbread family. Even candy couldn’t disguise the gaps and holes. Fortunately the Culinary Institute of America knows a thing or two about building gingerbread houses. Each year, the school’s baking and pastry program at the Greystone campus in St. Helena hosts a special program for local school kids, who visit the institute for a lesson from the pros and leave with their own house and a supply of goodies for decorating, which they finish back in their classroom. The students’ final products are put on view at the institute’s annual open house in December.
Our aspirations were far less grand. When we arrived at the CIA, Jörin had assembled all the pieces to create two gingerbread houses — one a classic house with a chimney and the other a super simple a-frame house that would only require four pieces. Here was the first lesson: Use a dough designed to make a house, not a gingerbread cookie dough. This dough, when baked, was edible but tough as rock candy. “You could make a castle with this,” Jörin said. “The stiffer the dough, the less likely it is to change shape as it bakes,” he said.
Chef Robert Jörin, an instruction and leader of the school’s Baking and Pastry Arts program, also provided a lesson and recipes for Inside Napa Valley readers.
Next, be sure of your templates, the patterns for your pieces. Make them out of cardboard to hold up, and check that the pieces fit together.
“This is my favorite time of year to teach,” said Jörin.
For those who have trouble getting the cutout pieces to a cookie sheet, he suggested rolling out the dough on the cookie sheet. You can also roll it out on parchment paper, and then lift the parchment paper onto the cookie sheet. This is also the time to cut out windows.
A native of Switzerland, Jörin trained as a pastry chef in his country, where his family has operated a bakery in Davos for more than 60 years. Among his other accomplishments, as part of the threemember Team USA, Jörin won the prestigious Coupe de Monde de la Boulangerie in February 1999. But he got his first training in building gingerbread houses in Asia, where upscale international hotels like the Hilton like to provide lavish creations — sometimes two stories high, Jörin said — for travelers and expatriates to enjoy. His creations there were made with plywood and nail guns, he explained; that’s one way to insure it doesn’t fall apart.
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Once the pieces are baked, check them against the templates and trim them as soon as they come out of the oven if they have spread while baking. You can use scraps to make gingerbread fences, trees, and people to live in the house.
Photos by J.L. Sousa
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1) Frosted mini-wheats make up the ‘snow covered’ roof of a Culinary Institue of America gingerbread house created by CIA instructor Robert Jorin. 2) Caramels, nuts and pretzels help create this reindeer for a gingerbread house under construction at the Culinary Institue of America. 3) Culinary Institue of America instructor and Certified Master Baker Robert Jorin offers tips on how to make a gingerbread house for the holidays. 4) Patterns used to cutout the gingerbread make for an easier time according to Culinary Institue of America instructor and Certified Master Baker Robert Jorin. 5) Candied orange peel and star anise are used in creating a holiday gingerbread house at the Culinary Institue of America.
Then it’s is time to make the eggnog for a decorating party, he noted.
All the trimmings “Now comes the fun part,” Jörin said. Decorating your creation. Here are come of Jörin’s suggestions: 4
Refrigerate the pieces to cool and harden, he suggested.
Staying together Now comes the tricky part, as far as this writer is concerned: Sticking it together in a way that holds. Jörin’s solution, possibly inspired by his Swiss heritage: Chocolate.
• Drizzle red food color on a star anise to make a wreath • Consider nuts and other items in addition to candy. Frosted Mini Wheats make a great thatched roof. Vanilla Wafers are another idea. He showed us one roof made out of pecans, dusted with powdered sugar for snow. Its chimney was made of white chocolate chips and beans imbedded in royal icing.
He melts chocolate wafers that you can find at baking supply stores and pipes a thin line of chocolate as the first line of adhesive as he puts the pieces together. Why? Because it dries quickly. “It’s instant gratification,” he explained.
• Tootsie Rolls are multi-purpose. Stacked, they can make a woodpile outside the house. Bend two Tootsie Rolls up and set them side by side to make a sleigh. Tootsie Rolls now come in colors; one gingerbread house we saw used pastel ones to make fence posts. Candy canes, arranged with the curve of the cane up, can also make sleighs.
For smaller houses, such as the A-frame, he bakes a round large cookie for the foundation. Larger houses are safer on solid, moveable surfaces such as flat platters, baking sheets or cutting boards.
• Inverted ice cream cones frosted green make great trees.
Once the pieces are assembled and you know they’re going to hold, his next step is to go over the thin chocolate with the standard assembly ingredient, royal icing that hardens to something like concrete — but needs more time than the first row of chocolate. Icing is the other key — frosting out of a can, for instance, is too soft for this work. His recipe for royal icing is made with pasturized egg whites, available at most grocery store. “It’s safer,” he said. You can buy special bags for piping icing, or use a zip-close plastic bag. Spoon the icing into the bag, seal it, snip off one corner (large or small depending on the flow of icing desired), then gently squeeze. Children may prefer cups of icing applied with a plastic spoon.
• Sticks of gum or fruit tape make tiles, steps or shutters. Licorice makes great trim.
Doubtlessly, however, the biggest hit was the reindeer made of caramels with pretzel legs and pecan antlers. Bits of Tootsie Rolls, again, make good eyes and a snip of a gumdrop becomes the nose. You can also use marshmallows to make the deer, as well as snowmen with a Hershey’s Kiss for a cap. “There’s no limit to your creativity,” Jörin said. “Just open your pantry and see what you can put on your gingerbread house.” - recipe on next page
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Gingerbread House
By Chef RoBeRt JöRIn Culinary Institute of America
Gingerbread House Dough Ingredients 1 2/3 cup honey 2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
2 Tbsp. ground ginger 1 Tbsp. baking soda 1 cup milk 10 cups bread flour
Preparation Heat honey, sugar and the spices to 130 degrees. Dissolve baking soda and milk. Sift the flour, add it and knead for about 10 minutes in the Kitchen Aid mixer with a dough hook. Place the dough on a floured cookie sheet and chill overnight.
Royal Icing Ingredients 5 cups powdered sugar 1/2 cup pasteurized egg whites 1 tsp. lemon juice
When you are ready to use it, first knead the dough briefly to get it smooth. Roll it out on a lightly floured table to 1/4 inch and cut into desired shapes with cutters or stencils/templates. Prick with a fork and brush with milk. Bake in a 350 -375 degree oven until golden brown and firm (about 10-15 min.) Cool, put together with melted chocolate and decorate with royal icing as desired.
Preparation Whip the egg whites and slowly add the powdered sugar. Whip till stiff peaks form. Add the lemon juice. Keep in a covered container or cover with a wet towel. Color if desired.
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