East Coast Food & Wine Invitational 2026 | Grand Tasting + VIP Experience

Get ready to sip & savor the best wines from Napa Valley! Meet the Winemakers at Dover Hall and sample the very best from their vineyards

The East Coast Food & Wine Invitational Public Grand Tasting + VIP Experience is a curated, capped, intimate gathering where Napa Valley makers themselves travel east to pour for the people who love their wine. So, you get to enjoy Napa without fighting TSA lines!

Your two purchase options are explained below:

PUBLIC GRAND TASTING EVENT: 6pm-8pm (dinner not included)

$95 per person for a two-hour Food and Wine Grand Tasting event featuring 20+ member wineries from the Napa Valley Vintners. This event includes the following:

• Explore the guest levels of Dover Hall on a self-guided QR code tour
• Meet the best from the Napa Valley Vintners (listed below)and enjoy each of their amazing wines being showcased during the Grand Tasting
• Enjoy world-class culinary samplings from Executive Chef Leah Randolph, Virginia's Chef of the Year
• Engage in lively conversation with fellow wine enthusiasts

VIP EXPERIENCE PACKAGE: 6pm-10:30pm

$225 per person for access to the 2-hour Grand Tasting experience, followed by an incredible Four-Course Winemaker Dinner at Dover Hall with a surprise guest joining your table. This ticketed event includes the following:

• Explore the guest levels of Dover Hall on a self-guided QR code tour
• Meet the best from the Napa Valley Vintners (listed below)and enjoy each of their amazing wines being showcased during the Grand Tasting
• Enjoy world-class culinary samplings from Executive Chef Leah Randolph, Virginia's Chef of the Year
• Engage in lively conversation with fellow wine enthusiasts
• PLUS... Four-Course winemaker dinner experience following the Public Grand Tasting.

More about the Public Grand Tasting event...

In partnership with the Napa Valley Vintners, 20+ member wineries have been invited to participate in this experience, hosted at Dover Hall—recognized by Condé Nast Johansens as the “Best Venue in North America for Weddings, Parties, and Celebrations” in both 2025 and 2026.

What makes this format rare is the access. Only winery owners, winemakers, or principals will represent each producer — no brand ambassadors, no staff pourers. Guests will have conversations with the person who intimately knows each and every wine, without getting on a plane to Napa. That is the single most valuable thing this event offers, and it cannot be replicated at any standard tasting room experience.

MEET THE ROCKSTARS!

• Aratás Wine - Stephanie Douglas
• Chimney Rock Winery - Elizabeth Vianna
• Cliff Lede Vineyards - Jason Lede
• Crosby Roamann - Sean McBride
• Fairest Creature - Yvette Zhang
• Flora Springs - Ingrid Greiser
• Gamble Estates - Katie Myers
• Inglenook - Todd DeVincenzi
• JAX Vineyards - Dan Parrott
• Keenan Winery - Reilly Keenan
• Long Meadow Ranch Winery - Jennifer Horsley
• Oleandri Wines - Fred D'Amato
• Raymond Vineyards - Thane Knutson
• Reynolds Family Winery - Steve Reynolds
• Rockmere Vineyards - Chet Pinckernell
• St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery - Elizabeth Parenteau
• Taplin Cellars - Erin Robertson
• THE GRADE Cellar - Thomas Thornton
• The Vice - Malek Amrani

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For questions, please send an email to both Brett@napavintners.com and Marketing@doverhall.com