Flavor! Napa Valley 2012, a Five-Day Celebration of Wine, Food & Fun as its tag will have it, happens this year from November 14-18 in the heart of California’s golden wine country. Area resorts are getting the jump on the action by offering an array of food, lodging and ticket packages to make the festivities into a complete vacation experience.
More than 30 events are scheduled over the course of these days, made all the more appealing and convenient with the following package options at properties in Napa, Sonoma and surrounding villages. In addition, all guests with confirmed reservations at a Napa Valley hotel or inn during this time will automatically receive 20% off Appellation Trail tickets and select ticket packages.
Ticket and accommodations packages include:
* Silverado Resort and Spa: accommodations in a one-bedroom Fireplace Suite, breakfast for two in The Grill, a signature culinary welcome gift and tickets to First Taste Napa: A Downtown Napa Tasting on Wednesday, November 14.
* Napa River Inn: Tickets to Taste Napa: A Downtown Napa Tasting on November 14th are included in all stays over the festival period at Downtown 
Napa’s Napa River Inn. Receive 20% off room rates during the festival, as well as a daily breakfast from Sweetie Pies bakery.
* Milliken Creek Inn & Spa: Guests staying at Milliken Creek between November 1 and 24 for two nights receive a third night at 50% off the best available rate when booking online by entering the promotional code FESTIVAL. Daily gourmet breakfast for two and sunset Magic Hour wine and cheese reception, late-night cordial bar and guest passes to Synergy wellness and fitness center are all included in the rate.
* Auberge du Soleil: For Friday and Saturday night stays, save 10%, and for Sunday through Thursday stays save 20% on room rates. All Flavor! guests will receive a special welcome amenity from the chef and a signature culinary keepsake.
* Villagio Inn & Spa and Vintage Inn: Mention Flavor! Napa Valley when placing reservations during the festival to receive 20% off of room rates. This offer is available from Wednesday, November 14 through November 18, 2012, and includes a number of complimentary amenities such as bottle of wine upon check-in, champagne buffet breakfast, daily afternoon tea and access to Spa Villagio’s facilities.
* Hotel Yountville: Guests booking a four-night stay during the festival receive 10% off regular room rates. Those booking a five-night stay during the festival receive 15% off of regular room rates. All guests enjoy complimentary parking and wireless Internet throughout the resort, as well as a complimentary bottle of Napa Valley wine.
* Harvest Inn: Harvest Inn’s “Savor! Napa Valley” package puts festivalgoers just minutes from festival headquarters, the Culinary Institute of America, and within easy reach of other festival venues throughout Napa Valley. The two-night package includes accommodations in gracious, newly renovated guest rooms, most with a fireplace, daily Napa-style breakfast, a basket filled with wine country treats including a bottle of local wine, a cookbook from the Inn’s vast selection and wine tasting for two at two wineries.
* Mount View Hotel & Spa: Try the ‘Taste of Calistoga’ package for two, which includes one night in a king guestroom, a Couples Mineral Mud Bath, a prix-fixe three course dinner at Barolo Restaurant, wine tasting for two at two local boutique wineries, admission for two to the Old Faithful Geyser, continental breakfast in bed and 10% off additional nights. During Flavor! rates per couple start at $348 for stays Monday – Thursday, and at $398 for stays Friday – Sunday.
Tickets-only packages include:
* Friday of Flavor! (1-day package)
Culinary demonstration with Larry, Brian, Marc and Sean Forgione
Top Taster™ blind wine tasting competition
The Appellation Trail: Tasting Napa Valley
* Flavor! Foodie (3-day package)
First Taste Napa: A Downtown Napa Tasting
Culinary demonstration with Larry, Brian, Marc and Sean Forgione
The Appellation Trail: Tasting Napa Valley
Culinary Demonstration with Michael Chiarello and Christina Kaelberer
* Flavor! Napa Valley Wine Lover (4-day package)
First Taste Napa: A Downtown Napa Tasting
Welcome Dinner
The Appellation Trail: Tasting Napa Valley
Wine Tasting with Kerrin Laz
Wine Tasting with Jon Bonne
Dinner with Napa Valley Winemakers
Terroir to Table™: A Sustainable Brunch
Prices for special Flavor! Napa Valley event ticket packages without hotel accommodations, range from $350-$955 per person. The purpose of this annual event is to feature world-class Napa Valley wines alongside Napa Valley’s master chefs and graduates of The Culinary Institute of America’s culinary education programs. For more information and full descriptions of all events and packages, visit www.flavornapavalley.com.
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