Quintessential Napa Valley Epicurean Odyssey with Alpha Omega
Alpha Omega owners Robin and Michelle Baggett invite two couples to experience an epicurean odyssey through Napa Valley, enjoying California’s famous wine country in new and exciting ways. Spectacular wine tastings, an opportunity to show off your own wine blending skills, culinary adventures, and exclusive access are among the pleasures in which you’ll partake.
Spend your days touring, tasting, and dining at notable wineries, with a few Vintner-favorite surprises thrown in for good measure. Also, take home a cache of beautiful Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon magnums imbedded with the fingerprints of some of the greatest winemakers of the world, Andy Erickson, Chris Carpenter, Phillip Melka, and Thomas River Brown.
Here is what you can expect with this trip:
Accommodations
The private Caspar Estate, nestled in the hills above Rutherford with a bird’s eye view of Alpha Omega, will be your home during this unforgettable four-night visit. With Alpha Omega pulling out all the stops, including personal concierge service and chauffeured transportation, you’ll want for nothing. Except never to leave.
Dinners
The culinary scene in Napa Valley stretches from vineyards to must-experience restaurants and is home to the historic Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. Prepare to be wowed when a CIA Master Chef specially prepares an intimate feast at your home base, Caspar Estate, that includes wine service from a world-renowned sommelier who will pour “Legendary Wines from Rutherford” during the evening.
No trip to Napa Valley is complete without a visit to its culinary capital, Yountville, where Alpha Omega’s Vintners will join you for a French supper at three Michelin-starred Chef Thomas Keller’s popular Bouchon Bistro.
Exclusive Alpha Omega Experience
Start one of your days with a sparkling tour of hillside vineyards with your winery host, Alpha Omega, at their Thomas Vineyard, perched on the western hillside of the valley. A rare blending opportunity with the winemaker to create your own version of Alpha Omega’s flagship wine, ERA, follows. You’ll be rewarded with a magnum of your unique blend. Your day at Alpha Omega continues with a tasting of highly allocated Single Vineyard wines capped off by a farm-to-table luncheon in the vineyard.
Lunches and Tastings
Michelin-starred The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil boasts the region’s most stunning restaurant view with vistas of mountains and vineyards as far as your eyes can see. Your dining partner during a lovely luncheon on the terrace will be Alpha Omega Vintners and Vintner Robin Lail, the doyenne of Napa Valley, a true living legend whose great-granduncle, Gustave Niebaum, founded Inglenook in 1879 and pioneered fine winemaking in Napa Valley.
Before your luncheon, Robin Lail will personally guide you through a tasting of 100-point wines from her own winery, Lail Vineyards. Following lunch, Vintners Robin and Michelle Baggett will personally share their members only experience with you at the acclaimed Napa Valley Reserve for the ultimate cave tour and wine tasting.
Caspar Estate will tour you through their vineyards and olive orchards, followed by a tasting of their stunning Cabernets and a Napa style vineyard picnic lunch with their olive oils and farm raised honey.
A Baggett favorite is a must-see-and-taste experience at the famous, Howard Backen-designed Lokoya Winery high on the slopes of Spring Mountain.
Head to the luxurious Four Seasons Resort for a tasting at the resident boutique winery: Elusa.
After winning the bidding war, you can work with your new best friends at Alpha Omega to plan your itinerary to make the most of your epicurean odyssey In Napa Valley. You’ll return to Nashville with tons of memories and some special souvenir magnums from your visits. You’ll also have the magnum of ERA, blended under the guidance of Alpha Omega’s winemaker.
This trip for 2 couples includes:
4-night stay at Caspar Estate
Exclusive blending experience with Alpha Omega winemaker
Personal concierge service
Chauffeured transportation
Dinners
Caspar Estate prepared by a CIA Master Chef and with wine service
Chef Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bistro
Lunches
Auberge du Soleil Restaurant
Curated wine-paired picnic lunch at Caspar Estate
Farm-to-table wine-paired vineyard lunch at Alpha Omega
Tours and Tastings
Lail Vineyards
Napa Valley Reserve
Lokoya Winery
Elusa Winery
Alpha Omega
Caspar Estate
To Take Home after your Trip:
Alpha Omega ERA Napa Valley (1.5L) (2 bottles)
Caspar Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5L) (2 bottles)
Elusa Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5L)
Lail Vineyards J. Daniel Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5L) (2 bottles)
Lokoya Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5L)
Alpha Omega ERAPersonal Blend (1.5L)
Restrictions: Trip to take place on mutually agreeable date. Trip restrictions apply, see Trip Guidelines in the Auction Rules and Reference section of the catalog.
Donated by Michelle & Robin Baggett, Alpha Omega, Caspar Estate, Robin Lail, Lail Vineyards, Napa Valley Reserve, Lokoya Winery, Elusa Winery