A Celebration of Food and Wine
By
Carol & Joe Davis
Dining Detectives
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We
were pleased to attend the first annual Flavor
Napa Valley Food and Wine event at the Culinary Institute
of America in Saint Helena.
The
Greystone Building, formerly the Christian Brother's Winery, was
all decked out for this tasting trek along the Napa Valley Appellation
Trail.
There
were more than 100 wineries and over 25 Napa Valley restaurants
offering tastes as well as access to Celebrity Chefs and Winemakers
who were happy to chat and have their photo taken.
We
decided to taste the fabulous cuisine first then go back to sample
the wines. We met and enjoyed the cuisine created by the following
Celebrity Chefs; Christopher Kostow from The
Restaurant at Meadowood, Michael Chiarello from
Botega, Masaharu Morimoto from Morimoto Napa,
Chris Jones from Brix, Neela Paniz
from Neelas, Clint Davies from Fish Story, Dave
Cruz from Ad Hoc, Robert Curry from
Auberge du Soleil, Steven Tevere from Farm, Almir
Da Fonseca from Greystone, Michael Collins
from Siena, and Brandon Sharp from Solbar.
All
of the cuisine was outstanding including the exceptional Beef
Bourguignon, Spicy Ahi Tacos, delicious Lamb Chops and sumptuous
Braised Pork Shoulder.
Napa
Valley's world class wines were next on our agenda. There was
no way to taste all of the hundreds of wines but we did find a
few favorites. We enjoyed the Grgich Hills and Chimney Rock Cabernet
Sauvignons and the Provenance and Flora Springs Sauvignon Blancs.
Flavor
Napa Valley was truly a Grand Tasting that one should
not miss in 2012!! www.FlavorNapaValley.com
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