hope & grace wine blog ~ living the Napa life…

“People often get caught up in the rigmarole of everyday life and go for years on end in denial or simply oblivious to to the fact that they need to relax and experience what life has to offer and engage an opportunity to smile and feel alive.” We do not suffer from this problem… Instead, we embrace the decadence that Yountville offers and we push the boundaries of indulgence as we walk in the footsteps of Bacchus…

That was the case for me last week, the Yountville Kiwanis Annual Crab Feed Fundraiser  packed up the town community center with a whopping 350 people for this annual fundraiser. As a prominent winery here in Yountville and a supporter of our community, we of course found a way to make this a company outing by getting a table and gorging on salad, pasta, Dungeness crab and fabulous wine. We enjoyed several bottles of hope & grace 2009 Sauvignon Blanc, 2009 Chardonnay, 2010 Dry Riesling and our 2008 Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir…and we all had an absolute blast. I would tell you more but the story now goes, “What happens at the Yountville Crab Feed STAYS at the Yountville Crab Feed”. Just this once… I will break the rules with a few pictures (our secret)…

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