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Arroyo Dr.West St.Tulocay St.Food and Wine Festival includes50 Chefs, over 125 Vintners andAdds two days of Hands-on immersionsFollowing a successful 2011 debut, an impressive array of NapaValley-based celebrity chefs, restaurants, vintners, sommeliers andWiNE COuNtRY tHiS WEEK | NApA VALLEYFlavor! Napa Valley Food & Wine Festival, Nov. 14-18Play Winemaker for a Day at Our Bottle Blending Day CampWork with one of our winemakers to create your ownpersonal cuvée from 4 barrel samples. Bottle, cork &label your wine to take with you the same day.24-hour advance notice is required.2332 Silverado Trail, Napa CA 94558 www.juddshill.com 707-255-2332Tasting room is open daily by appointment from 10-4pm for friendly, seated tastingsClay StJohnAnthonyCalistoga AveFranklin StRandolph StWineries ofNapa ValleyTown CenterOlabisi/TrahanX WineryUptownTheatreRandolph StCejaCoombs StStonehedgeWinery 1313 MainUva TrattoriaItalianaVintner’sCollectiveFirst St.Second St.Brown StThird St.Main St.Clinton St.Pearl St.Caymus St.COLE’S CHOP HOUSENapa Valley Opera HouseBack Room WinesBounty HunterRare Wine Co.NAPA VALLEYWINE TRAINSoscol AveTASTE AT OXBOWWATERSTONEMC KINSTRYGustavo Thrace/ToolboxMasonOxbow Public MarketCa’ Momi EnotecaMark HeroldUncorkedat OxbowD O W N T O W NN A P Aartisan food producers are Michael Chiarelloset to once again headlinethis year’s Flavor! NapaValley food and winefestival, scheduled forNovember 14-18.Napa Valley ChefMichael Chiarello, theoriginator of the Flavor!Napa Valley concept, isjoined again this year byfellow Napa Valley chefssuch as Thomas Keller,Christopher Kostow, CindyPawlcyn, Jeffrey Jake andMasaharu Morimoto.Visiting graduates of TheCulinary Institute ofAmerica include ScottConant, returning for hissecond year, along with Geoffrey Zakarian, Johnny Iuzzini, CharliePalmer, Larry Forgione and all three of his sons – Marc, Sean andBryan – cooking a course together at the opening night tribute dinnerto their father, a chef often referred to as the “godfather of Americancuisine.”According to festival producer Herb Karlitz, one of the festivalhighlights is a two-day tasting of wines “that have and continue toput Napa Valley on the map, reaching back to the post-Prohibitionwines of the ’40s through the present day.”On day two, attendees experience special tributes to legendarywinegrower Andy Beckstoffer and winemaker Heidi Barrett. Ticketsare on sale and the festival’s net proceeds support student programsand scholarships at the CIA at Greystone Campus in St. Helena, NapaValley.For more information, along with a complete lineup of festivalevents and activities, visit www.flavornapavalley.com.Fourth StFifth StLook for us on Facebook and become a Fan!Main St.CELADONNapa General StoreThird St.37