Join us as we celebrate the holiday season with a few of our favorite things! Enjoy our award-winning wines with small bites created by Winery Chef Tom Sixsmith and his team, shop for gifts from local artists and vendors, listen to holiday music and much more.
General Public Tickets: $60 per person
Wine Club Tickets: $25 per person for two tickets. Please login and Wine Club discount will be applied to any additional tickets.
Sunday, December 8, 2024
1:00pm – 3:30pm
Please note: All guests must be 21 years and older. Reservations are available for parties from 1 to 8 guests; please inquire for larger groups. Seating and service are family-style.
Dress: Wine Country casual. This event takes place both indoors and on our covered terraces. We recommend a jacket or wrap.
A delicious blend of rice, vegetables, seafood, meat and spices, Paella originated as farm laborer’s food in Spain – cooked by the workers in the open air with ingredients that were ready at hand. We’ll enjoy fresh-shucked oysters and stunning vineyard views as we watch the chefs from Paella del Reyes prepare two different paellas in the traditional way, in giant pans over an open flame. Then, we’ll feast on paella paired with Black Stallion Winery’s portfolio of luscious Pinot Noirs, and finish off the evening with a dessert buffet and Flamenco guitar performance.
General Public Tickets: $145 per person
Wine Club Tickets: $125 per person for two tickets. Please login and Wine Club discount will be applied to any additional tickets.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
4:30pm – 8:00pm
Please note: All guests must be 21 years and older. Reservations are available for parties from 1 to 8 guests; please inquire for larger groups. Seating and service are family-style.
Dress: Wine Country casual. We recommend a jacket or wrap for dinner seating outside on our terrace.
In the small towns and villages of Provence, the annual garlic harvest is celebrated with the Grand Aioli, a traditional summer fête set at long tables in the village square. Join us as we celebrate our own Wine Country harvest with this leisurely feast showcasing grilled meats, seafood and fresh garden produce served with golden aioli and select winery-exclusive wines.
Watch the sun set over the vineyards as you enjoy live music and talk with friends old and new. We’ll end our enchanting late-summer evening with an assortment of French-inspired desserts.
General Public Tickets: $155 per person
Wine Club Tickets: $130 per person for two tickets. Please login and Wine Club discount will be applied to any additional tickets.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
6:45pm – 10:00pm
Please note: All guests must be 21 years and older. Reservations are available for parties from 1 to 8 guests; please inquire for larger groups. Seating and service are family-style.
Dress: Wine Country casual. We recommend a jacket or wrap for dinner seating outside on our terrace.
Please join us for a very special evening featuring the exquisite culinary creations of celebrity Chef and author, Preeti Mistry. Chef Preeti will present three Indian inspired vegetarian dishes featuring Rancho Gordo beans and paired with Black Stallion wines. This walk-around wine and small bite tasting will take place on the beautiful garden terrace on the grounds of Black Stallion Estate Winery. Chef Preeti will be present throughout the evening to provide insight on the culinary selections and answer questions and the Black Stallion team will guide you through the wine selections. Rancho Gordo founder Steve Sando will be present as well to talk beans. Both Rancho Gordo beans and Black Stallion wines will be available for purchase at the tasting.
The event is limited to 75 guests and tickets are $75 per person for wine club members and $100 for non-members. To purchase tickets, please visit the Black Stallion Estate Winery website, email to info@blackstallionwinery.com or call 707.227.3249. Sorry, no pets and guests must be 21 years of age or older. Cancellations after September 12 can’t be refunded.
General Public Tickets: $100 per person
Wine Club Tickets: $75 per person for two tickets. Please login and Wine Club discount will be applied to any additional tickets.
Acclaimed chef, author and speaker Chef Preeti Mistry is honored to have been twice nominated by the James Beard Foundation as “Best Chef of the West” 2017 & 2018. They were the Co-Founder & Exec Chef of Navi Kitchen and Juhu Beach Club (both closed) as well as the co-author of The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook. Born in London and raised in the US, Preeti held Exec Chef roles at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco and Google HQ in Mountain View, CA. They were a contestant on Top Chef Season 6. Preeti has been featured in numerous publications including Food & Wine Magazine, NY Times, Time Magazine, Bon Appetit, SF Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, Vogue India, Eater, Harper’s Bazaar in addition to Anthony Bourdain’s PARTS UNKNOWN on CNN.
They have been a keynote speaker and panelist at numerous events including WSJ Talks, Cherry Bombe 2014, 2017 & 2018, Eater Young Guns 2019, FAB Charleston Keynote 2019 and James Beard Foundation Summit 2019. In April 2021 Preeti launched a podcast, ‘Loading Dock Talks’ in partnership with award winning podcast team ‘Copper & Heat’. Most recently Preeti created a Chef in Residency program featuring BIPOC chefs making an impact in the industry for J Vineyards called “Shifting the Lens”. Preeti and their wife, Ann Nadeau, live in Sebastopol, California and spend time caring for their apple orchard and growing organic herbs and veggies.
Accolades/Awards: • James Beard Nominee Best Chef of the West 2017 & 2018 • Best Chef of the East Bay 2017: East Bay Express • Anthony Bourdain Parts Uknown; Bay Area 2015 • 30 Chefs to Watch Out For, Plate Magazine 2016 • Frequent Speaker & Featured Chef (Wall Street Journal Talks 2016, Stanford Innovation Conference 2017, Cook It Raw 2015, Cherry Bombe Jubilee 2014, 2017 & 2018, Star Chefs Intl Congress 2016, FAB Charleston Keynote 2019, Eater Young Guns 2019) • Women In Hospitality United Advisory Board Member • Cherry Bombe 100 List • 100 Most Influential Asian Americans 2017
About Steve Sando
Steve Sando is the founder and president of Rancho Gordo. His company has created a market for heirloom beans, corn and chiles in the United States of America with production on the west coast, Mexico, and Europe. He works closely with chefs and farmers to create viable markets for indigenous products of the Americas.
Steve is the author of several books on heirloom beans. His company sells beans and other products directly to consumers via the Internet, to retail stores, and restaurants, across the country.
Our Roots
From the late 1800s until the early 1900s The Silverado Trail was home to cattle and horse ranching. In the 1960s, Richard Tam and Ben Hardister built the Silverado Horseman’s Center covering 32 acres along the southern end of Silverado Trail. The original facility featured an equestrian center with an indoor riding arena, 36 horse stalls, a grandstand for indoor riding events. The property also included an outdoor arena with a grandstand that sat 3,000 people, a half mile race track, recreation buildings, private paddock, riding trails and a stallion breeding station. The center thrived until the 1970s when it was sold to a local land developer. In October 2005, Exclusive Estates Wine Group purchased a portion of the original parcel and began production on a state-of-the-art winery that opened in July 2007. Inspired by the early history of the area and the equestrian center that once thrived on the property, the winery was named Black Stallion Winery. Today, the original building that housed the indoor riding track sits directly behind the tasting room and barrel cellar and is used for the winery’s wine production.
Winegrowing in the Napa Valley
Napa Valley is known as the premier wine growing region of America. Before there were grapes, Napa Valley was home to fruit and nut orchards. By 1909, there were over 500,000 fruit and nut trees established in the Valley, predominantly pears, figs, and walnuts. Early pioneer George C. Yount is said to have planted the first wine grapes in Napa Valley in the late 1800’s. The combination of Mediterranean climate, geography and geology of the Valley were found to be extremely conducive to growing high quality wine grapes. In 1919, with the enactment of Prohibition, vineyards were abandoned and many winemakers found other trades during the next 14 years, with a handful of wineries continuing to operate by producing sacramental wines. With the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, Napa Valley’s wine industry began its renaissance.
The Silverado Trail
The first permanent road referred to as “the old back road” was built from Napa to Calistoga in 1952. Around 1858, silver mining became popular in the hills at the northern end of the Valley. Mr. Patchett, a local landowner, saw an opportunity to sell wine to the miners flocking to the area and began producing wine with the help of a cider press. By 1872, elder miners moved to the southeastern corner of Mt. St. Helena creating Silverado City. Several businesses and a hotel grew up around the claim and the population swelled to 1,500. The silver vein had played-out by 1875 ending the short lived silver rush, and the miners moved on. While on his honeymoon, Robert L. Stevenson found an abandoned shack in Silverado City in 1880, by then a ghost town. Short on cash, he and his bride stayed for 3 weeks. In 1883, he published Silverado Squatters, memoirs of his stay in Silverado City where he calls the old back road The Silverado Trail. In 1921, the old back road was officially named the Silverado Trail.
The Chinese Laborers
After the 1849 discovery of gold in California, the first wave of Chinese immigrants started coming to the Napa Valley. They planted and cultivated the land, as well as constructed the Napa Valley Railroad which operated between Vallejo and Calistoga. The train was instrumental in the transportation of silver and mercury ore mined in the Upper Napa Valley. They also dug by hand some of the Valley’s earliest wine caves. When the railroad was finished in 1869, many Chinese laborers hoped to return to farming, which many of them had done in China. While some of them were able to buy small plots in California, thousands found work for the next decade building the levees.
The Wappo Indians
The Native Americans known as the Wappo were some of the earliest inhabitants of Northern California and are believed to have settled in the Napa Valley beginning around 2000 B.C. The Wappo made flour from acorn and also used roots, bulbs, and grasses in their diet. They also fished and hunted for deer, elk and antelope to survive. Their houses were dome-shared structures, made of grass thatch over bent poles. Known for their basket making skills, the Wappo were a peaceful people with deep respect for their elders and devotion to their children. By 1855, fewer than 500 Wappo remained in the Napa Valley.
Our impressive Barrel Room is the setting for this wine tasting for groups of 9 or more. We’ll curate a selection of 4 limited-release, winery-only wines for your group. Your host will discuss the wines, the history of the winery, our vineyards and wine production, and will walk you into the Barrel Cellar (production activity permitting).
Daily, by appointment, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (last reservation at 3:30 pm)
Price: $75 per person, plus 15% recommended gratuity
Please email concierge@blackstallionwinery.com or call the Tasting Room at 707 227-3250 for availability and to book a reservation. This experience can accommodate groups up to 32 guests.
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