Joie Restaurant Restaurant Month in the Valley Hurley's Restaurant, Yountville Set-price menus featured during January NNapa Valley Restaurant month, January 2013. With twelveapa Valley celebrates its legendary food and wine scene duringstars from the 2013 Michelin Guide to celebrate, this center of wine and culinary excellence offers unique dining opportunities featuring multi-course set-price menus that specialize in perfectly pairing farm-to- table freshness with the terroir expression of hand-crafted Napa Valley wines and artisanal produce. Whether craving a taste for truffles or terrines, oysters or olive oil, braised beef cheeks or broiled bass, with nearly three dozen of the most celebrated restaurants participating throughout the Napa Valley, including Fish Story and La Toque in Napa, Hurley’s and Lucy’s in Yountville, the Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil and the Grill at Meadowood in St. Helena, and All Seasons Bistro and Borolo in Calistoga, there is certain to be something to delight your inner culinary adventurer. Fish Story, Napa Stay and Dine Lodging Packages make it easier to stay a little longer If you don’t live locally, many of the Napa Valley's gracious hoteliers and cozy B&B's have made it easier to stay a little longer for even more legendary foodie experiences with “Stay and Dine” lodging packages. Check out the offerings from the Westin Verasa or the Inn on First in downtown Napa, Harvest Inn in St. Helena, Mount View Hotel & Spa in Calistoga, and others at VisitNapaValley.com. Napa Valley Cabernet Season A high point of Napa Valley’s Cabernet Season, January’s Restaurant Month is one of the most wonderful times of year to be in the Napa Valley. It’s a time when the slower pace of the growing season allows local residents to relax and enjoy the colorful natural beauty of the dormant vineyards and miles of nature preserves in the surrounding hills and mountains. Verdant The Kitchen Door, Napa emerald-green grasses in the hills, brilliant wild yellow mustard, purple lupine, crimson clover and golden poppies lining roadsides and vineyards prove that spring starts here. Mild temperatures invite you into the outdoors to hike, bike, walk and wander. Spectacular “clouds” of starlings swoop, careen and climb up and down the valley as they pluck the remnants of the season's harvest from the vines. Beautiful sunny days turn to cool, pleasant evenings when a seat by the fireplace and a bottle of extraordinary Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and other wines, paired with slow-cooked braises, hearty sauces, and warm conversation, provide a perfect menu for relaxation and romance. To learn more about Napa Valley cabernet season and all things to enjoy in the Napa Valley, go to visitnapavalley.com. J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 25
NVLife Jan-Feb 2013
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