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Charity
wine auctions are a great source for rare and unusual bottlings. While
prices can get quite steep at the big name live auctions (although you
shouldn't forget the tax breaks, nor the karmic returns on your philanthropic
self indulgences.. ), it is often well worth checking out the attendant
silent auctions for more affordable gems. March
1st to 6th:
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noted otherwise all events are in the Napa Valley. through April 3-- Boston Wine Festival Many tastings & dinners over the next few months. April 7/8/9/14/16/19/20/May 11/13-- California Wine Fair, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, St John's, Canada April 22 -- Napa Valley Grapegrowers Seminar "Ahead of the Curve", $150, 7:30-1pm. Solage, Calistoga, 707-944-8311 April 16-19-- Pebble Beach Food & Wine, Pebble Beach, California June 4-7, 2009-- Auction Napa Valley under the Chairmanship of the Trefethen Family July 17-25-- Festival del Sole September 14-18-- Napa Valley Vintners Taste Napa Valley Trade Tasting: Chicago
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Ongoing--"Trees: Perspectives & Interpretations" by renowned contemporary photographers Photography Exhibition Mumm, 8445 Silverado Trail, 707-967-7740 Every Friday-- Wine & Cheese Pairing. Wineries of the Napa Valley 1285 Napa Town Center, Napa $10. 10-6 (707) 253.9450 Every Saturday-- Ceja Salsa Saturday: Classes 7:30-8:30pm, Dance Party to 10pm, Ceja Vineyards Wine Tasting Salon and Lounge, 1248 First St. Napa, 707-226-6445 St Helena Library Every Wednesday-- a film, book reading/discussion, lecture, tasting etc etc, 707-963-5244 First Wednesday: Independent/Foreign film:; second Weds-- Elsie's book club- open to all; Every Monday-- 7pm Free Film: classics/favorites/oldies following a theme. St Supery offer occasional special tastings: every Sunday-- 11am Detailed Behind the Scenes Tour $30, , 8440 St. Helena Hw, Rutherford (707)963.4507 Napa Valley Museum March 5-- Alfredo Tofanelli Opening (til April 18); 11th-- After Hours party(every 2nd Thursday of the month) 5:30-8:30, $10; 13th-- Card & Paper Sculpture making with Jennifer Garden & Kit Croucher; 27th --"Life & Times of Rosie the Riveter", 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville, 2-4pm (707) 944.0500x.101 Cakebread Vintner Dinners: March Grgich Cellars Vintner Dinners, Tastings & Events: 4th Wine Train Vintner Lunches-- 5th- Paradigm; 12th- Markham; 19th- ZD; 26th- Elizabeth Spencer Franciscan
-- March 6-- "What’s That Wine?" Blind tasting competition,
5-7pm, $15; March 13-- Funkalicious Cheeses: All Month--Boston Wine Festival Vintner Dinners & Tastings, Boston, MA 2- Fisher; 4- Long Meadow Ranch; 5- Cabernets; 18- Phelps; 19- Trinchero; 23- Silverado; 24- Viader; 25- Turley; 26- Hall; 30- Trefethen; 31- Tom Eddy All Month -- New Orleans French Qtr. Wine Festival,2- Clif Lede; 16- Phelps; 17- Viader; 23- Darioush; 24- Trefethen; 504-648-6119, Maison Dupuy Hotel, 1001 Rue Toulouse. March 2-- Retrospect- not your typical history lesson, 12pm, Goodman Library, 1219 First St, Napa March 2-- Napa Community Garden Annual Meeting, 6:15pm, Napa City-County Library, 707-257-6154 March-- Oxbow School Visiting Artist Lectures: - 2nd--David Hillard; 16th-- - Brad Brown; 23rd-- Susan Martin; 30th--Robilee Frederick; 7pm Napa River Inn 500 Main St, Napa March-- A/K/A Tasty Tuesdays: Meet the winemaker, taste a flight: 2nd-- Diamond Terrace; 9th: Snowden; 16th: Chappellet; 23rd: Sawyer; 30th: Tres Sabores; 6:30-8pm, a/k/a Bistro, 1320 Main St, St. Helena. 707-967-8111
March 3-- Mick LaSalle & Carla Meyer Oscar Talk, Napa Valley Film Society, 7pm, $20, Silo's Jazz Club, Napa Mill March 4-- "Blind" Bottle Night, 5pm, Back Room Wines, First & Main St, Napa March 5 -- Iron Wine Competition, Back Room Wines, First & Main St, Napa, $10, 5-8pm (707) 226.1378 March 5-7 -- Follies du Valle: It's About Time, for childrens' arts scholarships, Lincoln Theater, 100 California Drive, Yountville, $25, Fri: 7pm, Sat: 2/6pm, Sun: 2pm, (707) 944.1300 March 6-- "A Chorus Line" Audition, 1pm, Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa March 6-- Salvestrin Vintner's Lunch,. Wine Train,1275 McKinstry Street, Napa, $154, 10:30am, (800) 427.4124 March 5-6-- Savor Dallas, $30-$375, various locations around Dallas, TX March 5/12-- Open Painting Workshop, 1pm, Napa Valley Art Association 1520 Behrens St Napa Mumm Photographic Lectures: March 6-- John Trotter: "The Future of the Colorado River", March 13-- Daniel Beltra : “Amazon: Forest at Risk” & Florian Schulz “Freedom to Roam, Keeping the Wild Connected”, 10:30am, Mumm, 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford March 6-- St Helena Rotary Winter Ball CIA, St Helena 5pm-Midnight $150, (707) 963.2209 March 5-6-- Portland Classic Wines Auction $750, Oregon Convention Center, 503-281-6633 ext. 103 March 7 -- Napa Valley Marathon: Calistoga to Napa via Silverado Trail 7am. (707) 226.7459 March 6 -- Starry Night Wine Auction for Vichy Elementary School Silverado Resort wine, food, music $65 5:30-10pm: (707) 253.3544 March 6-7 --Mustard, Mud & (Jazz) Music Festival.AND Calistoga Mustard Arts Fete Calistoga 1-6pm various venues along Lincoln Avenue. $20/$35 (707) 942.6333 March 5-7 -- Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef Contest Final, vote on the 10 finalists' signature dishes, celebrate the winners. Free, 5:30-8:30pm, (312) 787.9580, CIA, St Helena March 6-- Soroptimist Crab Feed Auctions, Dancing, 5:30pm, Napa County Fairgrounds Calistoga $50 March 6-- Rubicon Release Dinner, $250, Members Only, Rubicon Estate, Rutherford March 6 -- Stone Bridge School Dinner & Auction and music and dancing, Castello di Amorosa, $75 6-11pm. (707) 252.5522 March 6-- St Helena Jazz Choir Festival 10-4pm followed by House Jacks concert 7.30pm, $15, 707-963-7712, St Helena High School March 7 -- Oscars Gala Celebration, food, wine, Auction, prizes, music, dancing for Queen of the Valley Hospital's AIDS Outreach and Prevention Programs, Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, 5-11pm (707) 738.4040 March 7-- Oscars Live HiDef Telecast, Cameo Cinema, Main St, St Helena March 7 -- International Women's Day Salon, "The Earth Shakers: Women who changed the World in science, history, literature, religion and the arts" White Barn, 2727 Sulphur Springs Ave, St. Helena, $20, 3pm. (707) 251.8715 March 9-- Napa Valley Arts & Culture Alliance Mixer, 5pm, Zinsvalley, 1106 1st St, Napa March 11-12-- Napa Valley Intensive, $750, CIA, St Helena, 707-967-2565 March 13-- Green Elephant Rummage Sale, for Master Gardener Program, Connolly Ranch 3141 Browns Valley Rd, Napa March 13-- Ranch Style Breakfast for Rutherford Grange, $5, 7-11am, 8550 St Helena Hwy Rutherford (707) 265.9180 March 13-- Alta Heights' Gator Royale, 6pm, Chardonnay Hall Napa Expo, Fairgrounds, Napa March 13 -- River Rendezvous Auction, $40, 6:30-10:30pm, .Meritage Resort, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa (707) 738.2991 March 14-- Oxbow Market Carnaval, 3pm, 610 First St, Napa, (707) 226.6529 March 14 -- When Irish Wines Are Smiling, . Rutherford Grange Hall, Hwy 29, Rutherford, $30, 2-5pm (707) 254.5152 March 13-- Yountville Elementary School Red & White Affair, $75, Silverado Vineyards, 6121 Silverado Trail, Yountville, 6-10pm, 707-944.0996 March 13 -- Napa Valley Symphony Quartango. Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville $25-$55, 8 p.m. (707) 226.8742 March 14-- "Unbridled" Tom Scheibal Opening Reception, 2-4pm, Show continues til April 28, Robert Mondavi, 7801 St Helena Hwy, Oakville, 707-968-2200 March 15-- Howell Mountain Vintners & Growers Association Tasting, 2-6pm, $45, Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, CA 707-965-2665 or 707-252-6229. March 18-- Tasting Room Sales Training, 9-11.30am, $45, Napa Chamber of Commerce Conference Room, 1556 First St, Napa (707) 253-3219 March 14-16-- Camp Schramsberg Spring Blending Session, $1,100, Monday Dinner Only: $95, Schramsberg Vineyards, 1400 Schramsberg Rd, Calistoga, (800) 877-3623 March 14-- Family Winemakers of California Tastings, $55, Del Mar Fairgrounds, March 16-- Pasadena Convention Center, (trade only), 866-465-3995. March 15-- Taste
of Madison, 7-9pm, $65, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison
Ave, Ferguson Recreation Center, March 11-13 - Red, White & Snow Culinary, Wine & Ski Festival for National Ability Center, Park City, UT March 12 -- Mustard Festival Spicy Soiree Awards black tie, music, dancing, mustard dishes, and wine. $125 7-10pm, Black Stallion Winery, Silverado Trail, Napa. (707) 944.1133 March 13-14 -- Mustard Festival Marketplace $40 11-5pm, Riverfront Napa. March 14 -- Merryvale
St. Patrick's Day Barrel Tasting, Irish appetizers & live music.
1000 Main Street, St. Helena March 13 - CIA Vintners Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honouring Napa Valley DVD star Andy Beckstoffer, Seminars, Tastings, Lunches, Reception & Dinner, CIA, $500, 707-967-2305 March 13--St Helena Montessori School's Festa Primavera, Safari theme.4:30–9pm, $110, Silver Oak Cellars, Oakville, 707)963-1527 March 14-- Food & Wine Pairing Seminar, 3:30-6pm, $95, CIA, St Helena, 707-967-2320 March 16 -- Davies Dukes Concert, Free, 6-8pm, Oxbow Market, Napa, (707) 226.6529 March 17 -- Hurley's St. Patrick's Day, traditional fare (inc Guinness) 6518 Washington St, Yountville (707) 944.2345 March 17-- Lolo's fundraiser day for Grace Church New Orleans mission trip, St Helena March 18-- Arts Council Napa Valley Membership Mixer, 6pm, Rutherford Grange Hall, 8576 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford March 20-- An Affair to Remember Gala: for Kids, 6pm, Black Stallion Winery 4089 Silverado Trail Napa March 19 -- Napa County Farm Bureau and the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner's "Day at the Farm", educational fair for children. petting zoo, farm equipment and sheep sheering. Napa Valley Expo, Napa, Free, 9-1pm (707) 255.7667 March 20-21 -- Spring Release Weekend at Wineries of Napa Valley 5 Boutique Napa wines paired with a spring roll 1285 Napa Town Center, Napa,: $10, 4-6pm. (707) 253.9450 March 20-- Silverado Vineyards Magnum Mania & Cooking Class, 6121 Silverado Trail, Yountville, (707) 257-1770 March 20 --Mustard Festival's Taste of Yountville: Food samplings Music all over town. 11-5pm. (707) 944.0904 March 20 -- "Paris Icons" Opening Reception, Free, 6:30-8:30pm, Mumm, 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford: (707) 967.7740 March 22 -- Chamber Music in Napa Valley presents Yefim Bronfman, piano, , 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St, Napa (707) 226.2190 March 23-- N.California Screenwriter's Expo & Pitch Fest, 8am, Silverado Resort 1600 Atlas Peak Rd, Napa March 23-- Sequoia Grove Vintner Dinner, $150,
Campton Place Restaurant, San Francisco, 415-955-5574 March 22-25-- Taste Napa Valley S.California, Napa Valley Vintners Taste Napa Valley Trade Tasting, 11-3pm: 22nd: Napa Valley Grille, 1100 Glendon Ave, Los Angeles, CA 24th: Fairmont, 4500 MacArthur Blvd, Newport Beach, CA 25th: NTC Promenade, Corky McMillin, 2875 Dewey Rd, San Diego, CA March 26-27--Vin Nebraska Wine Tasting and Hors D'oeuvres, Auction 5-9pm $85, Happy Hollow Country Club 1701 South 105th Street Omaha, NE March 27 -- Napa Valley Mustard Festival grand finale $125, 7-11pm, Rubicon Estate, Rutherford March 27 -- Justin-Siena Wine Auction, Charles Krug, St Helena. Auction, Tasting & Dinner $50-$150, 5pm (707) 255.0950 ext. 569 March 27-- Far Niente Open House, 10-3pm, $50, 707-944-2861, 1350Acacia Drive, Oakville March 27-- Nickel & Nickel Release Party, $30, 707-967-9600 x514, 8164 St Helena Highway, Oakville March 30-- Wine Country Hospitality Symposium, featuring Cindy Pawlsen, $99, 8-5pm, Up Valley Campus, St Helena March 21-23 - Prowein Dusseldorf, Germany March 25-27-- High Museum Wine Auction, Atlanta, GA March 28-April 30-- Mustard Festival Photo Exhibit Mumm (I think- please doublecheck!) Silverado Trail, Rutherford March 27--Starving Artists Ball: Havana Nights, 6pm, Tucker Farm Center 1201 Tucker Road Calistoga March 27 -- UC Master Gardeners: Fruit Tree Maintenance workshop, Free, 9:30-11:30am, 1710 Soscol Ave, Napa (707) 253.4221 March 27 -- Peju Grand Reserve Celebration, food & music.$125, 6:30-10:30pm, St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford (800) 446.7358 March 27 -- Rutherford Grange Crab Feed, Auction $35, 2-3:30pm (707) 265.9180 March 27-28 --Orchid Sale, 9-4pm. (707) 251.1630 March 28-- Really Really Free Market (Last Sunday ea. Month) 12pm Veterans Park Main and 3rd Street March 25-27--High Museum Wine Auction, Noon, Atlanta, GA April 17-- MacArthur's California Barrel Tasting, 12:30-3pm/6:30-9pm, $150, Mandarin Oriental, 1330 Maryland Ave S.W., Washington DC, 866-674-3716
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