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Dining in the Napa Valley
Day 1 - Exploring Downtown Napa
- Begin your culinary experience by enjoying the Inn's Gourmet
breakfast.
- If you are joining us on a Tuesday make your way down to Copia's parking lot to enjoy Napa's weekly farmers market.
- Then make your way across First Street and into Copia - the Center for Food, Wine, and the Arts, where you can spend a day or an hour exploring the gardens, art galleries, and taking part in cooking demonstrations and wine classes.
- While at Copia be sure to have lunch at Julia's Kitchen,
the only restaurant named after Julia Child, and featuring the
innovative cuisine of executive chef Victor Scargle.
- Make your way back downtown and over to the historic Hatt Market Place and Mill to sample the delicacies at Sweetie Pies and do a little wine tasting and shopping at Napa General Store, a wonderful gourmet market.
- Join us back at the Inn at 5:30 p.m. for wine and hors d'oeuvres before you head out to dinner and indulge in the
various delights of Zuzu, a fabulous Spanish Tapas restaurant.
Day 2 - Upvalley Cuisine
- After breakfast, drive up valley to the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone (CIA)
which will be on your left, on the immense property that once was the Christian Brothers Monastery.
- Tour the grounds and wander through halls of the school itself
or take part in cooking demonstrations. Sample the "chef's daily tastings" with your lunch at the Wine Spectator Greystone restaurant.
- Be sure to browse through the gourmet store as well.
- After lunch, travel back down Hwy 29 stopping at Dean & Deluca to shop
for unique culinary gadgets and sample some of their gourmet wine country
fare.
- Stop in at the St. Helena Olive Oil Co. to try your palate at olive oil tasting and
another opportunity to take home a few more culinary delectables.
- A true culinary adventure wouldn't be complete without
experiencing the world renowned cuisine of Thomas Keller at
The
French Laundry. (Hint: Reservations must be made exactly two months
in advance; start calling at 10am sharp!) However, if you are unable
to get reservations there, try Keller's other restaurant Bouchon, where you
will enjoy less formal French fare.
- Once back at the Inn indulge in a night cap of port and home-baked chocolate chip cookies before heading off to bed.
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