If you had to ask me to describe my ideal walk-around wine tasting experience, I would say it would take place outdoors on a lawn in a gorgeous setting, mostly in the shade, with excellent wines being poured by the people who made them, accompanied by excellent tidbits of cheese and bread and charcuterie.
That pretty much exactly describes the annual tasting put on by the Napa Wine Library Association. This association, which exists to maintain a truly excellent selection of books on wine for the Napa community, counts many winemakers amongst its members, and as a fundraiser (and frankly, a member benefit) the Association puts on a wine tasting every year.
Held outdoors in the grove at the Silverado Resort, it’s quite the idyllic experience, and a great chance to taste a whole bunch of Napa wine in one setting, which, for members of the general public, isn’t that common of an event.
This year’s event happens to coincide with the association’s 60th anniversary, and as such will feature 60 wineries pouring more than 120 different wines. Each winery has been invited to pour a current release wine, and an older library vintage. Silver Oak winery will be pouring its 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon, and both Dunn vineyards and Arrow & Branch will be pouring 2011 red wines.
This year the event will be held on Sunday, April 28th and will last half an hour longer than usual, from 3:30 to 6:00 PM. It will also include a silent auction for the first time, a benefit for the organization itself.
Wineries pouring: Alpha Omega Winery, Antinori Napa Valley, ARNS, Arrow & Branch, Bevan Cellars, Burgess, Cakebread Cellars, Castlevale, Caymus Vineyards, Chaix Wines, Clif Family Winery and Farm, Coquerel Family Estate Wines, Cornerstone Cellars, Crocker & Starr, Dalla Valle Vineyards, Dunn Vineyards, Ghost Block Estate, Green & Red, Grgich Hills Estate, Hagafen Cellars, Haynes Vineyard, Heitz Cellar, Hendry, Hyde Vineyards Estate, Ink Grade, Jericho Canyon, Kaiser Family Winery, Levendi Winery, Lorenza Wine, PARADIGM Winery, Pride Mountain Vineyards, Progeny Winery, Robert Biale Vineyards, Romeo Vineyards & Cellar, Scalon Cellars, Shifflett, Schramsberg and Davies Vineyards, Signorello Estate, Silver Oak Cellars, Smoking Gun Wines, Snowden Vineyards, Spottswoode Estate, St. Supéry Estate, Stony Hill, Summit Lake Vineyards, The Crane Assembly, The Terraces, The Vice Napa Valley, Trefethen Family Vineyards, Tres Sabores, Truchard Vineyards, Turley Wine Cellars, Turnbull Wine Cellars, V12 Vineyards, VGS Chateau Potelle, Villa Ragazzi, Vinum Cellars, and Whitehall Lane.
60th Annual Napa Wine Library Association Grand Tasting
Sunday, April 28th—3:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Silverado Resort & Spa
1600 Atlas Peak Road
Napa, CA 94558 (map)
Tickets for the event (which include membership to the NVWLA) run $175 (or $330 for two). You can think of it as buying membership in a worthy organization for $150 and then getting to go to the tasting for a mere $25! Either way, best to make arrangements online in advance.
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