Napa Valley Mustard Festival 2005
January 29 - April 9
A Sensational Season of Wine Country Events to celebrate the bounty of Napa Valley.
Over 500 chefs, winemakers, award-winning mustard companies, artists, actors, and sponsors present world class products, tantalizing works of art, and entertainment at more than 20 events in incomparable settings for 11 continuous weeks.
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Fields, vineyards and rolling hillsides vibrant with wild mustard in bloom provide a breathtaking backdrop for this Season of Sensational Wine Country Events. Each event on the Mustard Festival calendar provides a tasteful adventure through America's capital of food and wine.
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January 29 ~ Mustard Magic ~ The Grand Opening Event
Launch the season at Mustard Magic, the opulent grand opening event on Saturday, January 29, 7 p.m. at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena - and the Institute's West Coast campus, Napa Valley's historic treasure. Don a mask for the extravaganza magnifique, Napa Valley's most creative event of the year. Napa Valley Mustard Festival Host Chef Victor Scargle, Executive Chef, Julia's Kitchen, and Host Winemaker, Wayne Donaldson, Vice President, Winemaking and Vineyards, Domaine Chandon, will be among the Napa Valley celebrities on hand to greet guests.
Stroll through candlelit rooms built of stone and lined with casks, discovering food, wine, art, and tableau vivants, where actors in costume will surprise you at every turn. Watch for trapeze artists performing in mid-air in the three-story atrium. Step across Monet's green bridge as ballet dancers unfold like water lilies on the mezzanine. Make your way to the Art Competition Gallery in the barrel room where the first person to claim a work of art takes it home. Savor music on every floor and dance to Mardi Gras-inspired Cajun swamp boogie blues. After sampling an abundance of sumptuous hors d'oeuvres enjoy a gourmet buffet in the Culinary Institute of America's famed teaching kitchen ~ then raise your paddle high at the live auction in the starlit Ball Masqué on the third floor. You'll enjoy Mustard Festival memories at winemaker dinners, luxurious trips, art, and an enhanced wine collection during the months to come. Mustard Magic proceeds benefit Culinary Institute of America educational programs.
February 5 and 6 ~ A Weekend of Fine Art
Add to your art collection during A Weekend. Galleries throughout Napa Valley will feature special exhibits and receptions. Meet the artists juried into the Festival's Fine Art Competition at a reception at St. Supéry on Saturday evening, February 5, at 5 p.m. The exhibit will be open to the public through March 24, 2005.
February 18 ~ Grand Dîner à Domaine Chandon
Assemble with fellow gourmets to indulge in 7 sumptuous courses at Grand Dîner à Domaine Chandon on Friday, February 18, 6 p.m. at Domaine Chandon in Yountville. Host Chef Victor Scargle, Domaine Chandon Executive Chef Ron Boyd, 2004 Napa Valley Mustard Festival Award Winning Chef Kelly Macdonald, Executive Chef of the Napa Valley Wine Train, and Ken Frank, Executive Chef and Owner, La Toque will be among the line up of celebrity chefs. Each course pairs a vinter and chef to ensure a perfect marriage of tastes. The event includes a silent auction featuring exquisite food and wine lots.
March 11 ~ The Awards, A Tasty Competition!
Meet world champion mustard makers, dance to live music, taste original mustard recipes by Napa Valley chefs, and help select the Napa Valley Mustard Festival's People Choice Chef of the Year at The Awards, A Tasty Competition! ~ on March 11, 7 p.m. at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa.
March 12 and 13 ~ The Marketplace, the Signature Event
Celebrate the mustard season and taste mustards from around the world at The Marketplace, Napa Valley Mustard Festival's Signature Event, on Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa. Highlights of this rain or shine Festival for connoisseurs include celebrity chef cooking demonstrations sponsored by Viking Range; a Sunset Magazine pavilion; and a KGO Newstalk AM 810 live remote broadcast of Dining Around with Gene Burns. Artful activities include fine arts and crafts presented by juried artists and artisans, and live performances of jazz, world, and classical music. Proceeds from The Awards and The Marketplace benefit COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts educational programs, and enable the Napa Valley Mustard Festival to continue its work on behalf of the community.
February 12 ~ March 3 ~ The Community Events
Don't miss this array of community and non-profit events, which further enrich the Mustard Season Calendar. The Napa Valley Museum's Angel Gala will be held on Saturday, February 12. Cravings Creations at Vintage 1870 in Yountville will be held on Saturday, February 19. Savor St. Helena will be held in downtown St. Helena on Saturday, February 26. Mustard, Mud, & Music - A Calistoga Jazz Festival - will be held throughout the community of Calistoga on Saturday, March 5. A Taste of Yountville will be held in downtown Yountville where the main street will be closed for festivities on Saturday, March 19. Volunteer Center of Napa Valley's Masquerade Ball will be held at V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena on Saturday, March 19, 7 p.m. Festival events will not be held on Easter weekend, March 26 & 27; or the weekend of April 2 & 3 during nearby Sonoma's Cinema Epicurea, 8th Annual Sonoma Valley Film Festival.
April 9 ~ The Photo Finish ~ The Grand Finale Event
View the season's beauty captured by photographers from far and wide at The Mumm Napa Photo Finish, the inevitably "sold out" and wildly exuberant Napa Valley Mustard Festival Grand Finale Event, to be held at Mumm Napa in Rutherford on Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. Taste a heady array of fine wines along with sweets, savories, and barbecue; vie for the purchase of a favorite photograph from among some 300 entries; and revel in the party until the last dance.
For tickets and information, guidelines for the art, photography, and mustard competitions, and a complete calendar of events call (707) 259-9020.
