Details Unveiled and Tickets On-Sale for Flavor! Napa Valley

Posted on 04. Jul, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Charity events, Food & Wine, Napa Valley events, Special Wine Events

When Flavor! Napa Valley was announced in April, there were two small hitches. First, the news did not include the line up of exactly what the four-day food and wine festival would include when it took place Nov. 17-20 at the Silverado Resort & Spa in Napa and the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone [...]

Chic, Adults-Only Summer Camp for Foodies and Wine Lovers

Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Special Wine Events, Wine Tours

For kids, a great camp is often the highlight of summer. So, figured Ramekins Culinary School owners Sarah and Darius Anderson, why not offer an equivalent adventure for adults? Except in this case, their Sonoma camp may be the highlight of a lifetime. Wine Country Cuisine Camp begins next Monday, running June 27 to July [...]

Good News for Gourmets: OxBow in Napa Welcomes Three New Restaurants

Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, New in California Wine Country, New in the Wine Country

It’s been called a mini Ferry Building Marketplace. And right before its grand opening in 2007, while supporters cheered that it would bring new energy for the railroad track area off downtown Napa, critics liked to suggest that the town wasn’t ready for such a high-end concentration of restaurants, wine bars, farmers market products and [...]

$100 Million Picnic Lunch – Kenzo Estate Opens

Posted on 24. May, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine

With its $100 million price tag, it’s a terrific place for a picnic lunch. Of course, Japanese tycoon Kenzo Tsujimoto had grander ideas than just sack lunches for his new Napa winery, which he finally opened May 1 after 20 years of planning and construction. And the chairman and founder of Japan’s Capcom Co. video [...]