May 4, 2017
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Thursday May 4th 11:50AM Depart PHX, Flight# 3414 2PM Arrive at Oakland Airport 4PM Arrive at Harvest Inn 6PM Cocktails & Dinner
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Friday May 5th 7AM-9AM Breakfast at Leisure *Your Chosen Activity* 6PM Yountville Dine Around 8:30PM Dessert & Entertainment
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Saturday May 6th 7AM-9AM Breakfast at Leisure 10AM Peju Winery Tasting Tour & Lunch 2PM qt Leisure
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Sunday May 7th 7AM-9AM Breakfast at Leisure 10:30AM Depart to Airport 2PM Departs Oakland, Flight# 3421 4PM Arrive at PHX Airport
Napa Valley... is Waiting For You More than 400 wineries dot the fertile soils of Napa Valley, one of the world’s premier viticultural regions and famous for its prized Cabernet Sauvignon. But wine, as visitors quickly discover, is only the beginning. Stay in lavish resorts, charming bed & breakfasts or modern hotels. Find top-rated chefs at scores of restaurants who work alongside the farmers who tend this land. Take a hot air balloon ride or taste the bounty of the valley on a wine tour. Whatever your pleasure, the result is something understated and exceptional. Welcome to Napa Valley.
The Napa Valley enjoys a year-round average daytime temperature of 70° Fahrenheit
Welcome to Harvest Inn Harvest Inn by Charlie Palmer belongs to the historic St. Helena community, California’s pioneering winery center that has maintained the character of its heritage stone buildings and leafy cottage neighborhoods even as the wine business thrived over the last century. Drawing inspiration from the authenticity of St. Helena’s preservation, Harvest Inn also expanded accommodations while retaining its original charm and ambiance. Founded in 1975 with just 25 rooms in what is now known as The Grove neighborhood, over almost 40 years Harvest Inn added three additional neighborhoods, each with its own personality, designed to offer a different experience of vineyard life. Voted #3 hotel in Northern California by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards, Harvest Inn by Charlie Palmer is an idyllic resort designed to celebrate the vineyard way of life, with 78 luxurious accommodations nestled into five uniquely crafted neighborhoods, two secluded swimming pools, and a plush spa with indoor and outdoor facilities. Surrounded by the lush landscaping of expansive clipped lawns and serene shaded groves, partially forested by towering redwoods, Harvest Inn also is home to gardens of agricultural botanicals. Although well situated in proximity to the hub of activity in historic St Helena, Harvest Inn offers picturesque privacy and a “let’s get lost” feeling of total relaxation. In classic California fashion, the architecture and land are in harmony, making Harvest Inn an integral part of the terrain. The distinctive mixing of heritage and modern style seen in the richly stained wood, leaded glass panels, and exterior stone as well as Tudor stucco with timber framing adds up to a storybook setting that is both rustic and elegant. As comfortable as it is beautiful, Harvest Inn welcomes both families and friends with its charming warmth and friendly ambiance.
Sonoma Golf Club At its heart, is a treasured “core golf ” experience set on 177 acres of rolling terrain highlighted by massive oaks, lakes and sweeping vistas of the Mayacamas Mountains and neighboring vineyards. You’re sure to appreciate how the balance and blend of long and short holes creates a perfect rhythm as you move through the round. Considered a fair but formidable test, unique challenges help keep you focused on the task at hand. We believe you’ll particularly enjoy the distinctive set of Par 3’s that offer a great diversity of aesthetic beauty and personal challenge. In fact, three of them are over 200 yards from the back tees. The back nine offers the intrepid golfer some extra excitement with the reachable Par 5 13th and 16th holes. The uphill 11th is a wonderful, short Par 4 followed by the lengthy Par 4 12th that is fairly difficult to stick in two. The finishing hole demands that you navigate a stretched dogleg with a prominent fairway bunker to a green guarded by huge oaks and fronted by a small creek. At the end of each round, you’ll know you’ve been treated to an unforgettable golfing experience. Just like the premier wines from the nearby vintners, the course has aged well. Sonoma Golf Club was the host of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship; the prestigious season ending tournament of the PGA Champions Tour from 2003-2009. Winners in Sonoma were Jim Thorpe 2003, 2006, 2007, Mark McNulty 2004, Tom Watson 2005, Andy Bean 2008 and John Cook 2009
Harvest Inn Spa Relax at our luxurious Wine Country retreat. During your stay, you’ll experience the essence of Napa Valley’s transformative power and have the option to choose from one of the comforting mind-body therapies designed to holistically relax and rejuvenate in a sublime setting. The award-winning spa features serene indoor facilities and an outdoor cabana room nestled amidst a grove of Redwood trees, where you’ll take in vineyard and mountain views during the treatment of your choice.
Flora Springs Winery Estate Flora Springs Estate is one of Napa Valley’s most historic wineries, offering tastings and tours in a gracious setting that includes our Ghost Winery and hillside caves. This guided tour and tasting offers an exclusive look behind the scenes at our estate winery, including Flora’s private gardens, our historic Ghost Winery and our hillside caves where you will taste wine directly from the barrel. Your experience will conclude with a leisurely seated tasting of some of our finest current release wines in our tasting room or, weather permitting, in our sun dappled courtyard.
CHEESE MAKING CLASS with
Sheana Davis
Peju Winery Tour Tasting For over thirty years our family has been welcoming guests to our Rutherford estate to enjoy our beautiful grounds and taste our delicious wines. Today, a new generation is carrying on the tradition of hospitality and a focus on producing some of Napa Valley’s most exquisite estate-grown wines. We hope you make Peju your preferred destination on your next Napa Valley wine-tasting trip. The Winery Tour and Reserve Tasting is a private and seated experience that takes you through a flight of our most elegant Peju wines. Upon arrival, you will begin with a tour of our Rutherford Estate grounds, where you will learn about the Peju family, the winery’s history and our winemaking practices before sitting down for a tasting of our current release Rutherford Reserve wines. This tasting includes a selection of Peju reserve and limited production wines, as well as a charcuterie plate and other seasonal small bites.
Additional Information SWA / Check-in and Baggage Your ticket will automatically “Check-In� for you 24 hours prior to our departure. You do not need to print your boarding pass prior to coming to the airport. Make sure you bring your proper government-issued ID to the airport. You must check-in at the SWA ticket counter to receive your boarding pass and check your baggage. Southwest Airlines allows 2 checked bags. Golf clubs under 50 Lbs. count as a checked bag-please plan accordingly. Additional checked bags are $75, at your expense. It is important that you arrive at the airport at least an hour and a half before departure. Upon arrival at Harvest Inn, please register your credit card at check in for your incidental personal expenses.
What to Wear The weather in Napa Valley is pleasant in May and has an average low of 55 and a high of 78. You may want to bring a light jacket or sweater for the cooler evenings. The dress code for our trip is casual with the exception of Friday evening which we recommend business casual.
Additional Information Personal Expenses Airfare, hotel, cocktails and dinners are planned and are covered on Thursday and Friday nights as part of the trip. Saturday enjoy all that Napa Valley has to offer on your own. Each person on the trip will receive $150 spending money. Breakfast is served every morning in the Harvest Inn dining room. Charges to your room / incidentals are your responsibility and a credit card is required.
Cocktail Hours and Dinner Thursday and Friday, Sysco will provide a cocktail hour-open bar. Beer, wine and all mixed drinks will be available. Thursday dinner at Harvest Inn is a casual buffet. Friday’s evening dinner is a dine around in Downtown Yountville Napa Valley is a great food town and if you would like recommendations for places to go for dinner, please let us know or you are also welcome to contact the concierge at the Harvest Inn for their suggestions as well.
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