DEAR Napa Valley Travellers
This trip is under construction - the trip will be offered on a first to deposit basis.
Deposit is currently refundable - once the trip is firmly priced - all deposits will go hard.
This status will be updated on this website.
We intend it to include
- 3 nights in Yountville: Friday, Saturday & Sunday
- Group Transportation inside the Napa Valley - Maximum 10 Guests
- All Winery visits: approx 8 top winery tastings
- All Lunches
- Dinner at the French Laundry Sunday Night *** (all inclusive)
What will be additional and optional:
- Thursday (winery, dinner and hotel package)
- Dinners will be optional and additional: Friday and Saturday.
- Gratuities for service providers and tour operators.
- Air & transfer to the Napa Valley
Estimated Costs and Deposit: $200 Deposit is refundable at this time.
Single Room $6750 (estimated)
Double Room $12,000 (estimated)
(3 day - covered costs per day is approx $2000 per person per day - double occupancy)
If you are not able to attend - request a full deposit refund minus 3.5% credit card fee.
At a date to be announced - the deposit will not allow for any cancellation and a non-refundable full payment will be due. This date will require a larger deposit and all those that have been deposited will be required to confirm and pay in full or cancel.
Our commitment - we are working on something very special, logistically clever and unique in both the set of wineries we select, the type of visits we get, and the passion we have for making our trips very meaningful. Many people go to Napa Valley and taste with wineries... but we work so much harder than that to offer a special set of experiences that few may experience. Owners, Winemakers, Personalities.... we aim to see, taste, and experience a really special set of places making the greatest wines in the Napa Valley.
AGENDA (may change but this is our flow)
Optional Arrival Thursday Jan 29th - check in to the hotel at 3pm and depart for our first winery experience & dinner after (all will be optional). Press is our restaurant target.
Friday, Jan 30th - we depart for our first special winery at approximately 10am following breakfast. We will have a full afternoon of unique visits...lunch... and ideally we will return to the hotel to rest before dinner - dinner will be optional. Ciccio is our dinner target
Saturday Jan 31st - 10am departure to a special winery - Lunch with a special winery - tour and tasting at a special winery - return to rest before dinner. Ad Hoc is our dinner target.
Sunday, Feb 1st - 10am departure to a special winery for tour and tasting then to a special winery for a festive lunch and tasting. We return to Yountville to conclude our weekend with dinner and wine INCLUDED at The French Laundry. We will get back in time to rest and dress for the dinner - upscale dinner attire (suit and tie) is required at The French Laundry.
Monday, Feb 2nd - check out at your leisure
Wineries: We are asking you to trust us at this time - Even if you have visited Napa often - it is highly unlikely that you would put together a package as ambitious as this! We do get some pretty special and exclusive treatment... This will take us a month or more to schedule. .. as greatness takes time.
Hotels: There are many very expensive hotels, we plan to stay in Yountville at a nice place. We do this so we can really enjoy the restaurants of Yountville. We seek a property that is nice, quiet, clean, safe, comfortable, convenient, and with great linens...... We check all those boxes, we are good!
Dinner Plans: We intend to max out in Yountville and Dinner meals are going to be optional. Ad Hoc, Ciccio, Press and places of this ilk. Of course breakfast and Bouchon Bakery is right there!... and we will be with the wineries for lunch.
Saturday Night - we will plan an optional dinner - you can join us or make alternative plans.
Sunday Night - the trip will end with a special dinner at the French Laundry**** We put a few asterisks because there is always a chance the restaurant will use this time to renovate... but our confidence is high. Typically renovations and vacations are done Jan 1-21 and they are open after... so we go with confidence that we will be eating with Thomas Kellar on this date. We like to finish with the Laundry as it is a long, slow, food intensive experience that can impact you for a few days after... if you do it right :)
We would not select this weekend if we didn't believe the laundry would be available and should we find out it is not - we will offer refunds of deposits and reschedule.