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The Napa Back Road
It’s a Silver Celebration for 2012 Solano Wine & Food Jubilee
The 2012 Solano Wine & Food Jubilee will celebrate its 25th
anniversary when the event returns to the Nut Tree Complex in
Vacaville on April 27. In honor of this silver celebration, event
organizers promise an array of enhancements that should make
the Wine & Food Jubilee – already Solano County’s must-do
social event of the year – an even hotter ticket to obtain.
The Solano Wine & Food Jubilee is the primary fund-raising
event for the programs of NorthBay Hospice & Bereavement, and
over the past 24 years the gala affair has raised more than $2
million. These funds have enabled NorthBay to provide physical,
emotional and spiritual care for the terminally ill, allowing these
patients – and their families – to live their final days as peacefully
and as comfortably as possible.
The Jubilee, as the area’s premiere food and wine tasting event,
will offer ticket-holders an opportunity to spend hours tasting an
array of sweet and savory foods from the region’s most notable
restaurants and food merchants, paired with pourings from
numerous top-flight wineries and breweries.
There are also several exciting new 25th anniversary twists
planned, including a raffle with $35,000 in cash and prizes. The
top prize in the raffle is an Electra Glide Ultra Limited motorcycle
in Vivid Black donated by Harley-Davidson ($23,999 MSRP), and
$11,000 in additional cash prizes. Making this deal even more
enticing is the “buy two, get the third free” offer.
The 2012 Silent Auction is sure to include many “25-themed”
items, including such things as signed movie posters, an entire
start-up wine cellar, sporting event tickets, exotic jewelry, artwork,
travel opportunities and wine-tasting events.
The Time Bandits, the area’s most popular and in-demand
band, returns for the 2012 event. This nine-piece rhythm and
Don’t Miss Suisun Valley Wine Country
If this is one of your many visits to the wine country, you are
no doubt looking for something a little different. So why not
change things up and take the road less travelled through Suisun
Valley “The Napa Back Road”. We all no doubt have our favorites,
but we are always looking to one up our friends back home. Yes,
that never ending search for something new and refreshing, but
still preserving all that made you first fall in love with the whole
“Wine Country Experience.”
If you are staying in downtown Napa, do you realize you are
just approximately 15 to 20 minutes away from a valley that
preserved what Napa was in the 1960s? However, the wines at
such places like Vezer Family Vineyard and the Blue Victorian
blues and rock band is known for their mastery of dance tunes
from the ‘70s to today, and they may be joined by several special
guests.
As in the past, the event will be held under an enormous tent,
through a joint arrangement with Total Home & Garden Show.
This year, the show will be held at the Nut Tree the weekend
before the Jubilee, from April 20 to 22. This large venue means
there will be plenty of food, wine and brew vendors on hand.
Organizers will also offer a limited number of “VIP Table for
Eight” packages that include many of the benefits afforded VIP
ticket-holders – early admittance, special treats on arrival, and
access to the “VIP Lounge” – for $1,000. This reserved package
must be purchased before March 23, 2012.
The Solano Wine & Food Jubilee’s Presenting Sponsors for
2012 are Patt & Al Shaw, Dr. Lee Freeman, Burger King Restaurants,
Gold’s Gym, Iron Steed Harley-Davidson and the Nut Tree.
The event benefits NorthBay Hospice & Bereavement, which
provides its services to all regardless of their ability to pay, and
includes access to an integrated program of physical, emotional
and spiritual care for the terminally ill.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available, and for a
minimum of $1,000 a sponsor can enjoy early entrance to the
Jubilee, an invitation to a private reception at the event, hotel
accommodations and limousine service.
The Solano Wine & Food Jubilee, a black tie-optional affair
(denim discouraged), gets under way at the Nut Tree Complex
beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, for those ages 21 and over, must
be purchased in advance and are $75 each, or $100 at the door,
if still available. To purchase tickets, call (707) 646-3133, or go
online at www.wineandfoodjubilee.org.
Winery take advantage of both the old traditions, such as 100%
hand punched down wines, along with implementing the important
new techniques learned from those great California winemakers
over the last 50 years.
This Suisun Valley has been a long-time held secret in the wine
country. In fact, many of the locals try to continue this secret,
simply because it is where they go to still experience those old
feelings of days gone by. Suisun Valley is where you can find
wines that would sell for over $150 a bottle at the popular better
known tourist destinations in Napa, for $30 to $60. These same
wines have 94, 95 and 97 point rankings and medals from the
greatest national and international competitions!
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