One-of-a-kind Wine Experience Opens in Napa Valley

A visit to the Conn Creek AVA Room is a tasting tour of Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon, all in one stop, from Carneros to Calistoga.

ST. HELENA, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Conn Creek Napa Valley is proud
to announce the long awaited opening of our unique AVA Room and Barrel
Blending Experience to the public. This tasting, blending and bottling
experience has historically only been accessible to the wine trade, until
today. Now, by appointment only, wine lovers of all levels can taste their way
through Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon all in one stop, from Carneros to
Calistoga and Spring Mountain to Howell Mountain. The AVA Barrel and Blending
Experience is a guided two-hour seminar that provides an educational overview
of the Napa Valley's 14 renowned sub-appellations. During the seminar,
participants taste barrel samples of Cabernet Sauvignon from these
sub-appellations, as well as the other Bordeaux blending varietals, before
creating a bottle of their own blend to take home that same day. Winemaker
Mike McGrath categorized the Cabernets by flavor and richness -- starting with
the softest and ending with the boldest -- to help guide the tasting and
blending experience.

The dream of creating the Conn Creek Napa Valley AVA room began many years ago
while we were searching for the best Cabernet Sauvignon grapes to create our
flagship wine called Anthology. This quest led to the discovery of many
exceptional single-vineyard sites that, in turn, formed the basis for the Conn
Creek Napa Valley AVA Program. Today, Conn Creek sources fruit from prized
vineyards in nearly all of the Napa Valley's 14 AVAs. The next logical step
was to showcase these wines in one room, providing consumers a rare
opportunity to learn, taste, and blend wines from many distinctive regions
that make up Napa Valley.

The cost for this exceptional experience is $95 per person, which includes a
guided walk-around barrel tasting, instructions on blending techniques, the
opportunity to blend, cork and take home a custom bottle of wine, and a
tasting of Conn Creek's current releases. Appointments for the AVA room are
limited to two times per day (10:30am and 2:00pm) for up to 10 people, daily
except Wednesday.

http://www.ConnCreek.com

SOURCE Conn Creek Napa Valley

Steve Burns, +1-707-938-9703, steve@odonnell-lane.com, or Sue Furdek,
+1-707-261-8614, sue.furdek@cask23.com, both for Conn Creek Napa Valley