Presenting Sponsor: Leading Sponsor: Have a question? Visit our Frequently Asked Questions PageAuction FAQs Need help? Email Cambria Kirby at ckirby@upvalleyfamilycenters.orgEmail Cambria
Previous Item Next Item

There's History in the Making

$610 current bid
8 Bids

Description of the Item:

Register or sign in to buy or bid on this item. Sign in and register buttons are in next section

Want to place a bid?

REGISTER NOW

Already have an account?

6 Watchers

  • Vintage Tasting and Tour for four (4) at Seavey Vineyard

  • Estate Collection Tasting for four at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

Seavy Vineyard: Enjoy a private tour of their historic winery and cave and a private vertical tasting of five of their estate-produced wines. You will get a rare glimpse into a small, family-operated vineyard and winery that has never bought a grape and produces wine entirely on-site. A perfect afternoon for both beginners and experienced collectors and oenophiles.

In the 1870s - when Conn Valley Road was little more than a wagon trail - the land which they now farm was planted with grapes to make a "Claret of high repute." This wine was judged by the St. Helena Star to be "as fine as one might find anywhere." Commonly known as the Franco-Swiss Farming Company, this was the pioneering vineyard and winemaking operation of Conn Valley. After roughly thirty years of producing great wines, the company dissolved due to the impact of a phylloxera infestation and Prohibition. For more than a half century, cattle roamed the land and grain was farmed but no more grapes were cultivated until Bill and Mary Seavey acquired the land in 1979.

Bill and Mary set out to revive the original vineyard, planting the south-facing hillsides of Conn Valley near Lake Hennessey. By 1990, they had remodeled an 1881 stone dairy barn into a small winery and began producing small quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Small blocks of Merlot and Petit Verdot were also added along with a second winery building which includes an underground wine cave.

"Seavey is one of the great, unheralded, under-the-radar terroirs in all of Napa Valley…Bill and Mary were visionaries with regard to what could be achieved on these dry-farmed hillside vineyards tucked away in Conn Valley, east of the Meadowood Resort." - Robert Parker, Jr.

Stags Leap Wine Cellars: Spend a wonderful day at The FAY Outlook & Visitor Center. Enjoy indoor or outdoor wine tastings with stunning panoramic views of FAY Vineyard and the Stags Leap Palisades. Their Estate Collection flight, a seated and guided hour-long
experience, showcases our finest Napa wines from FAY and S.L.V. estate vineyards, including our highly collected CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvignon.

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars was established in 1970 with the purchase of the S.L.V. vineyard. Only six years later, the 1973 S.L.V. Estate Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded the highest honor at the Judgment of Paris blind tasting, besting First Growth Bordeaux Chateaux. This achievement solidified Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and the Napa Valley as places that crafted world-class wines.

Today, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is a quality benchmark for California Cabernet Sauvignon. It offers unrivaled Napa Valley wine experiences where guests enjoy first-rate hospitality and expansive vineyard overlooks that are perfectly paired with some of the most widely-recognized and coveted Napa Valley wines in the world.

"Considered a Napa Valley first-growth estate, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars pushes the boundaries of winemaking and produces wines of unparalleled quality."

Donated By Seavey Vineyard, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars