Second Floor VMarketplace Yountville, CA 707.947.7057 lemondropsinc@gmail.com v 2 Full Cocktails – Beer & Wine Bar Wine enthusiasts, foodies and design lovers alike Washington Street, the Hestan Vineyards Tasting Salon offers an ultra-chic setting to showcase the winery’s limited edition, estategrown cookware. Napa Valley’s Hestan Vineyards shot to prominence in 2004 with the inaugural release of its flagship Hestan Cabernet Sauvignon, which received 95 points from wine critic Robert Parker, who lauded it as “Very impressive…full-bodied, opulent, pure, and expansive.” Hestan Vineyards is owned by Stanley and Helen Cheng, who purchased a 127-acre cattle ranch on the eastern slopes of Napa Valley in 1996 with the goal of growing world-class grapes. Over the course of several years they cultivated the rolling hills that encircle the estate’s 11-acre lake, taking advantage of the site’s diversity to plant small blocks of the five principal red Bordeaux varieties. Following the success of their Hestan Cabernet, the Chengs released two more labels from their estate vineyards, including Meyer, a second Cabernet Sauvignon label named for Stanley Cheng’s global cookware company, and Stephanie, a line of Bordeaux-style wines named for their daughter. Hestan also produces a Chardonnay from grapes planted at a tiny 2 1/2-acre vineyard the Chengs planted at the mouth of the Napa River, in the San Francisco Bay appellation. The 2007 vintage of their Hestan Chardonnay v have a new destination in Yountville. Just two doors north of Bouchon Restaurant on wines, side-by-side with exquisite collections of luxury 1 6525 Washington Street • Yountville, CA v(707)975-0222 • www.domainhomeandgarden.com was served in the White House by President Barack Obama at the 2011 state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao. All three of the winery’s labels are offered at the new salon. Designed by architect Farro Essalat, the salon is a visually arresting mix of cubic and barrel forms, soaring tiered ceilings and expansive windows that maximize the site’s small footprint. The architecture blends a complex array of sustainable materials including reclaimed woods, architectural steel, travertine, granite, porcelain floor tiles, Venetian plaster walls and the salon’s eye-catching signature—the striking hand-forged, barrel-shaped exterior copper wall. And finally, in a nod to Yountville’s dynamic culinary scene, the salon offers several exclusive collections of high-end Italian cookware, including stunning hand-hammered copperware from Ruffoni. Hestan Vineyards Tasting Salon is open Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Visitors can taste through Hestan’s limited-production portfolio, sampling current releases for $20/person, or the tasting salon exclusives and library wines as part of the $35/person reserve tasting. www.hestan.com. Hestan Vineyards Tasting Salon now open in Yountville Napa Valley Museum Gift Shop 55 President's Circle • Yountville, CA 94599 • www.thegrandhand.com JANUARY / F E B R UARY 2 0 1 4 73
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