You and your guest will receive a personal private tour at each of these wineries and taste highly allocated wines, several of which are not available to the general public. Note: While the winemakers are often around their winemaking facilities, this experience doesn't guarantee meeting any of the winemakers.

As a token of the good things to come, all three of these cult winemakers have signed one barrel head for you that will be shipped to your home. This handsome piece of winemaking history will look spectacular hanging in your home cellar!

Visit the Cult Winemakers Vineyards of Napa Valley:

Fantesca Estate & Winery (St. Helena)
In 2004, owners Susan and Duane Hoff launched Fantesca Estate as a boutique Napa Valley winery dedicated to creating distinctive wines which, like the Fantesca character of Renaissance Italian theater, are rich with allure and excitement. Not open to the public, the estate vineyard and winery operation encompasses 53+ acres (nine of which were planted for Cabernet Sauvignon and one acre for Petit Verdot), located in Napa Valley's Spring Mountain District just a mile above the historic town of St. Helena. Their cross-shaped wine cave, rumored to be an abandoned silver mine, stretches 298 feet through Spring Mountain's eastern ridge and provides ample room to age Fantesca's boutique-style Napa wines, currently housing Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay vintages. Fantesca produces just over 800 cases of Cabernet and 1,000 cases of Chardonnay each year.

Winemaker Heidi Peterson Barrett:
In 2008, Fantesca proudly welcomed an exciting new addition to their winemaking team, celebrated veteran winemaker Heidi Peterson Barrett, whose stellar Napa Valley resume includes winemaking stints at Screaming Eagle, Dalla Valle, and her own La Sirena. Fantesca's Chardonnay is the only Chardonnay that Heidi makes. Heidi is the only winemaker in the world to receive five perfect 100-point scores from the major wine writers. Wine critic Robert Parker refers to her as "The First Lady of Wine".

Vineyard 29 (St. Helena)
Owners Chuck and Anne McMinn acquired the stewardship of Vineyard 29 in 2000 and began its evolution from a single vineyard to a full scale winery. They rely on unmatched vineyard sites and classic winemaking techniques to create their 29 Estate, Aida Estate and CRU wines. Each of these wines are hand-crafted in small lots in their technologically sophisticated, gravity-flow winery and caves in St. Helena. The 29 Estate vineyard is just north of the town of St. Helena, located on an eastern-facing slope at the base of the Mayacamas mountain range that forms the western boundary of the Napa Valley. Their Aida Estate vineyard is located two miles north of the 29 Estate vineyard on Highway 29, on a historic property that has produced wine since the 1920s when Petite Sirah vines were first planted. A superb blend of function and aesthetics, a walk through the Vineyard 29 caves may be as much a soothing experience for humans as it is for the wines. 13,000 square feet of man-made and immaculately maintained cave space serves not only as a dramatic showplace for their wines, but provides precise regulation of temperature and humidity for aging each barrel and bottle.

Winemaker Philippe Melka:
Bordeaux-bred and mentored by the world's most revered wine masters, Philippe Melka's first job out of school was at Château Haut Brion. From there, he took a position with the reputable Moueix Company and was sent to Dominus Estate in Yountville to study soils. After further deepening his expertise with a stint at Château Petrus, he returned to Napa full-time. For the past 15 years, Melka has served as a winemaking consultant for some of Napa's most highly regarded properties, including Vineyard 29, Hundred Acre, Dana Estates, Gemstone Vineyard and Lail Vineyards. Philippe proved instrumental in thinking through the winery design, with the aim of arriving at a design that would help him produce the best wine possible. Melka is recognized as one of the wine industry's leading winemakers. Robert Parker named him one of the world's nine most important winemakers, while Food & Wine declared him Winemaker of the Year in 2005. In 2007, Hundred Acre's Ark Vineyard Cabernet received a coveted 100-point score, and in 2009, Parker also awarded Melka's Dana Estates Cabernet with a perfect score.

Corra Wines (St. Helena)
After more than 20 years as an independent winemaker and consultant, Celia Welch launched her own brand, Corra, in 2004. Corra Cabernet Sauvignon is produced in miniscule quantities each year, using exceptional Napa Valley vineyard sites located on the rocky slopes of Pritchard Hill, and on the western benchlands of Oakville and Rutherford. While production may be limited, strongly favorable reviews of Corra have sent it onto the radar screens of wine collectors both nationally and internationally. Named for the Celtic goddess representing prophecy, Corra Cabernet will age with grace and confidence. Corra is not open to the public.

Winemaker Celia Welch:
After a number of years working in California and internationally, Celia has developed a consulting portfolio of top-shelf estate vineyards from Napa to Calistoga and all points in between. Celia has either consulted or made wine for over a dozen of Napa Valley's most coveted brands, such as Scarecrow (100 points from Robert Parker for the 2007 vintage), Staglin Family Vineyard, Lindstrom, Keever Vineyards, and D.R. Stephens. Celia was named Food & Wine Magazine's Winemaker of the Year in 2008.

Pure Luxury Wine Tours
The premier Wine Country transportation service committed to perfection. You will receive eight consecutive hours of chauffeured luxury sedan service, inclusive of taxes and driver's base gratuity.

Enjoy the Pure Luxury experience with a prompt, courteous, and knowledgeable chauffeur in an immaculate vehicle that radiates comfort and luxury. Pure Luxury Transportation, fully insured and licensed, recently received two Green Ride Global Awards of environmental excellence for overall greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

Andaz Napa Hotel
Enjoy a 3-night stay in a classic king room (one king bed) at this 141-room boutique hotel located in downtown Napa. Andaz Napa lives in a city where the celebrated vineyard lifestyle is given a relaxed urban twist. Rustically elegant yet exceptionally personal, staying at Andaz Napa puts you in the center of it all, offering a treasure of historic sites, world-class wine tasting venues and gourmet California cuisine. Take a short walk to Main Street for eclectic tastes, shopping and entertainment, including the new Oxbow Public Market, where artisan food and wine is at its best. Centrally located in the revitalized West End, the Andaz Napa is within minutes to gourmet dining options, galleries, shopping and 15 local tasting rooms featuring some of the finest wines the region has to offer.

Sample farm-to-table fare and local vintages inside the Andaz Farmers Table restaurant, and enjoy a different style of wine list, one that looks to find new and upcoming wines of the region that will delight even the most knowledgeable of palates at the Mercantile Social wine bar. The Terrace is an outdoor urban oasis with an alluring fire pit, hardwood decking, porch swings and comfy loungers. You may also enjoy complimentary access to the Exertec Health and Fitness Center, located an easy half-block away. A fresh, relaxed take on modern travel, the Andaz hotel (formerly AVIA) is part of the Hyatt family and offers the highest levels of service and a sophisticated sense of place.

American Airlines
This package includes round-trip coach class service for two from any American Airlines destination in the 48 contiguous United States to San Francisco, CA, subject to availability. A minimum of three nights or a Saturday night stay is required. AAdvantage miles may be earned in accordance with the terms and conditions of the AAdvantage frequent flyer program. Miles cannot be utilized to upgrade these coach class certificates to a higher level of service. The following blackout dates apply:

2013: Nov 22-27; Nov 30-Dec 2; Dec 20-23, 27-31.
2014: Jan 1-2; Mar 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 28-31; Jul 3-6; Nov 21-26; Nov 29-Dec 1; Dec 26-31.

Airfare will expire one year from the date of purchase. Airfare taxes and a $25 per person processing fee are the responsibility of the purchaser.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Must be booked a minimum of 60 days in advance. Reservations are subject to availability. Certificates cannot be replaced if lost, stolen or destroyed. All purchases are non-refundable. Packages cannot be resold. Ground transportation is not included unless where specified.