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JEFFERSON STFlavor! Napa Valley Food & Wine Festival, Nov. 14-18Food and Wine Festival includes50 Chefs, over 125 vintners, andAdds Two days of Hands-on immersionsFollowing a successful 2011 debut, animpressive array of Napa Valley-basedcelebrity chefs, restaurants, vintners,sommeliers and artisan food producers areset to once again headline this year’s Flavor!Napa Valley food and wine festival,scheduled for November 14-18.Napa Valley Chef Michael Chiarello, theoriginator of the Flavor! Napa Valleyconcept, is joined again this year by fellowNapa Valley chefs such as Thomas Keller,Christopher Kostow, Cindy Pawlcyn, JeffreyJake and Masaharu Morimoto. Visitinggraduates of The Culinary Institute ofAmerica include Scott Conant, returning forhis second year, along with GeoffreyZakarian, Johnny Iuzzini, Charlie Palmer,Larry Forgione and all three of his sons –Marc, Sean and Bryan – cooking a coursetogether at the opening night tribute dinnerto their father, a chef often referred to as the“godfather of American cuisine.”According to festival producer HerbKarlitz, one of the festival highlights is a twodaytasting of wines “that have and continueto put Napa Valley on the map, reachingback to the post-Prohibition wines of the’40s through the present day.”On day two, attendees experience specialtributes to legendary winegrower AndyBeckstoffer and winemaker Heidi Barrett.Tickets are on sale and the festival’s netWASHINGTONJACKSONMADISON STGirard 1 JESSUP CELLARSPEDRONIMa(i)sonrySTARKEY ST29Blankiet EstateDomaine ChandonCALIFORNIA DRWASHINGTON STYouNTviLLEWEBBER STYOUNT STHill FamilyEstateHope and GraceRASGALLERIESSOMERSTONCornerstone CellarsPage Wine CellarsYOUNTVILLE CROSS RDTo Silverado Trailproceeds support student programs andscholarships at the CIA at GreystoneCampus in St. Helena, Napa Valley.For more information, along with acomplete lineup of festival events andactivities, please visitwww.flavornapavalley.com.KeeverVINEYARD VIEW - PRIVATEElyseHOFFMANWASHINGTON STBell Winewww.WineCountryThisWeek.com39