Winery Experiences: Savor SLD

⊠Back to our Roots!

Come by Baldacci Family Vineyards for some BBQ and Cabernet. We will be serving some of our favorite Stags Leap District Cabernets from our cellar and pairing them with local favorites grilled on the BBQ. As we inch closer to our new tasting room we invite you to enjoy our patio and hear about the exciting things to come at Baldacci Family Vineyards while Michael Baldacci pours you special selections of the family cellar, just don't tell Tom! We hope you will join us from 12:00-4:00 as we sip and Savor the Stags Leap District.

⊠Vineyard to Vintner passholders are invited to a rare, seated, vertical tasting of our Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon hosted by winemaker, Elizabeth Vianna, in our Estate Barrel Room. Please reserve by calling 707-257-2641 ext. 3218 and note your time preference (11am, 12pm, 1:30pm and 2:30pm).

As Cabernet Sauvignon enthusiasts, passholders will also be treated to limited library wine offerings that stand the test of time and prove the cellar-worthiness of Stags Leap District. Guests will also be granted access to our Club areas, enjoy LIVE music and feast on gourmet cheeses and small bites throughout the day. To add to the revelry, we are offering guided Vineyard excursions, weather permitting, for those that want to explore our estate vineyards. We look forward to this afternoon every year and hope you'll join us.

⊠Vineyard to Vintner passholders are invited to “Savor SLD” with scrumptious wood-fired pizzas served alongside our 2018 Sauvignon Blanc, 2016 Soul Fire Cabernet Sauvignon, 2017 and 2007 vintages of our Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon, and a special taste of our flagship wine, Poetry. Jason Lede and Director of Vineyard Operations, Allison Cellini Wilson, will be on hand to share information about the estate and what makes the Stags Leap District a world-class growing region for Cabernet Sauvignon. Guests will relax in our picturesque Front Row outdoor lounge space, usually reserved for wine club members. Live music provided by solo guitarist Alec Furhman. Join us on Sunday, from 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., for a memorable day of delicious food, music and some exceptional examples of Stags Leap District wines.

⊠Family and tradition have always been the definition of Ilsley Vineyards. Our Napa family roots go back over 100 years, we have just completed our 65th harvest and this year is our 20th anniversary of winemaking. We would be honored to have you celebrate with us! This is the only time each year that we open our property to the public so spend the afternoon with the third and fourth generation of the Ilsley family, while we pull library wines from deep in our cellar. Enjoy our well-known family hospitality while sipping our exceptional wines perfectly paired with family recipe sliders and, of course, our famous Seis Primas Cookies! We look forward to welcoming you from 11 am to 4 pm. Set your GPS to 6270 Silverado Trail and look for the Ilsley vintage truck!

⊠V2V guests are invited to our beautiful hillside home to taste many of the Lindstrom Cabernets and Pinot Noirs. We will once again be serving Gerard's outstanding Paella along with the Lindstrom Nicali blend. This is the only time each year that we open up our property for tastings and we always love getting to host the V2V participants. We promise a fun day of exceptional wines, tasty food and beautiful views. Please join us on Sunday from 10:00 to 4:00.

Use Odette estate entrance and continue to the bottom of signed driveway. A shuttle will be provided to take you up the hill.

⊠Nancy and I look forward to hosting you on this special Savor Sunday giving us our once a year opportunity to visit with our loyalists and new friends alike. With our home currently under renovation, we have a treat awaiting you at our neighbor’s iconic vineyard estate, Steltzner Vineyards. We will be featuring our Rose of Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and our estate Cabernet Sauvignon. Together with the Steltzner family featuring live fire cooking on the plancha, this will be the ultimate place to spend your Sunday and cap off an extraordinary weekend. We look forward to personally welcoming you from 12:00 - 4:00 pm. Drop-ins are welcome, but if possible please send RSVP to wines@steltzner.com or call us at 707-252-7272. We will be at 5882 Silverado Trail, just around the bend and a little bit further down the road past Malk Family Vineyards.

— Brian and Nancy Malk

⊠ Vineyard to Vintner Guests will be hosted in the private courtyard at the front of our Estate with vineyard views and get a chance to taste through our current releases and a special pour of one of our Reserve wines. The wines will be accompanied by a variety of artisan cheeses and custom made chocolates. We look forward to hosting you!

⊠Please join us on Sunday, April 26, 2020, for the end of V2V weekend. Winemaker Michael Beaulac will be your host as you saunter through our Cabernet Caves and Cellar 47. You'll enjoy a taste of our 2018 Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon directly from the barrel and of our current vintage Stags Leap District Cabernet while listening to live music. Winery Chef Susan Lassalette will prepare delicious bites to pair with some of our most exclusive wines. We welcome all visitors with V2V passes for complimentary tastings and special pricing.

⊠ With so many remarkable wines in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, we dared to be different by focusing on our Petite Sirah. For the 2020 Vineyard to Vintners - Savor SLD, guests are warmly invited to visit from 11:00 - 4:00 for our "Petite Sirah Serenade". Join us to taste through over a dozen vintages of our luscious Petite Sirah wines, all poured from magnums. Revel & lounge amidst our property designed by famed Venetian architect Hundertwasser and enjoy a specially selected barrel tasting with our Winemaker BR Smith.

⊠ The Regusci family and team invites you to our home ranch and winery on Sunday, April 26. Come and enjoy several of our premier estate-grown wines, ranch inspired small bites and an unforgettable experience. Savor the beautiful serene Spring season with breathtaking views of the iconic palisades, sweeping vineyards and hillsides. Visitors with V2V credentials are welcomed as family. We hope to see you then.

⊠ Silverado Vineyards & Laura Werlin — a pairing that will make you melt

Melted cheese. Just say the phrase and mouths water. Pair it with single-vineyard Napa wines from Silverado and you have the perfect Sunday. James Beard award-winning author and cheese expert Laura Werlin will present delectable mac & cheese recipes from her book, "Mac & Cheese, Please!" and gooey grilled cheese sandwiches from her book, "Grilled Cheese, Please!" This session is also about celebrating wine with cheese in its unmelted glory too. You'll taste all the cheeses that go into the recipes on their own, along with exclusive wines from the Silverado portfolio such as new varietals, library vintages, and not-yet-released wines. The pairings will be presented with unparalleled views from Silverado's private terrace nestled in the hills off the Silverado Trail. Come hungry!

Two Sessions (11:00 AM, 1:30 PM)
Sessions will fill up quickly so please RSVP to PR@silveradovineyards.com

If you can't make it for the sessions, stop by anytime between 10:00 and 4:00 and taste the exclusive wines on the terrace! We'll save some cheese for you.

⊠Vineyard to Vintner weekend ticket holders will be graciously greeted and offered a complimentary tasting of our Estate wines in our FAY Outlook & Visitor Center. Upon arrival, let the concierge know you are a V2V guest.

⊠ Please join us at Stags' Leap Winery for an extraordinary complimentary tasting experience while taking in breathtaking views of our estate vineyards on the historic Stags' Leap Manor House porch, which dates back to 1890, and has been beautifully restored in recent years. During the tasting, you will enjoy incomparable wines. Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignons from past and present vintages will be featured, along with our iconic Petite Sirahs. Special pricing on bottle purchases and large format bottles will be available just for V2V ticket holders. We look forward to toasting and celebrating the glorious wines of the Stags Leap District with you.

⊠Spend the afternoon with founder Richard Steltzner, and second generation vintner Allison Steltzner, at our historic Stags Leap District vineyard estate tucked just below the famed Palisades. In addition our neighbors at Malk Family are renovating so we decided to invite Brain, Nancy and the team to host alongside us for this year's V2V. They will bring their entire portfolio from including Rose, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignons. Two incredible vintners, one iconic vineyard setting, absolutely unbelievable wines. V2V guests gain exclusive access to this private vineyard property for an afternoon where you can taste, savor and surround yourself in all things Stags Leap. A sneak peak of the highly anticipated 2017 releases from Steltzner Vineyards and our newest Stags Leap project, Bench Vineyards. We are also including a preview of our highly allocated 2017 "The Heron", single barrel, single block Cabernet Sauvignon. Winemaker Mike Smith will be on hand to share this vintages story. Live fire cooking on the plancha, an installation by our artist in residence Vincent Connors and a retail "pop up" of Heron House Yountville, the new home of Steltzner Vineyards and Bench vineyards, opened this winter. The ultimate way to spend your Sunday and cap off an extraordinary weekend. We look forward to welcoming you from 12:00 - 4:00 pm. Drop ins are welcome, if possible please send RSVP to wines@steltzner.com or call us at 707-252-7272. We are located at 5882 Silverado Trail, around the corner and little bit further down the road past Malk Family Vineyards.