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YOUNTVILLE, Calif.

04-05-2011

 

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YOUNTVILLE, Calif.

-Napa Valley's Culinary Crushpad-

2011 Editorial

READY POOL-Hotel YountFOR ITS CLOSE UP: The oh-so-swank Hotel Yountville debuts (Spring/2011) with 80 chic guestrooms and suites tucked among heritage oaks, vintage olive groves, hidden fire pits and sexy 4,000 sq. ft., Acqua Spa. Think poolside pedis, complimentary iPads and 24-hour cappuccino service backed with "Duck 'N Donuts" - that's confit baby - and Kurobuta pork belly Benedict at the guest-only Hopper Creek Kitchen. 

 

LOCAL JUICEThe French Laundry launches an iPad wine list showcasing nearly 20,000 bottles in a quick and breezy format.  Bell Wine Cellars offers Napa Valley's only Cabernet Sauvignon Clonal Tasting showcasing four distinct clones paired with small bites ($75/per).  True cork dorks can belly up for their Blending Seminar ($150/per) and depart with a custom magnum in tow.  Sense Yountville pops the cork May 7, 2011 with a hyper-focused Yountville AVA event paired with the town's top toques.  Limited to 350 epicureans, this is sure to be another sell out ($150/per). 707.531.7053.

Hillstone Rest. Group

R&D KITCHEN rolls into town this winter following Hillstone Restaurant Group's total redux of the former Napa Valley Grille space. The new restaurant will offer seating for 130 in a classic wine country interior/exterior layout fresh with water features, fire pits, two bars, sculpture garden and rolling wine-barrel roof. www.rd-kitchen.com.

 

SLITHER INTO SUMMER:  Fire up the ovens at Cantinetta Piero's new "Pizza Secrets Classes," rolling out June-December.  The 21st Annual Father's Day Invitational Auto Show (6/19) roars into V MarketplaceHurley's Restaurant Friday's Patio BBQ (June/10-Sept.), delivers a communal/corkage-free time; Yountville 4th of July Celebration & Fireworks (7/4); Bastille Day celebrations at Domaine Chandon andBouchon (7/10 & &/14) and Festival del Sole featuring the Russian National Orchestra (7/15-24) round out the options.

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