Cooking Classes

experiences at meadowood
Cooking Classes
Meadowood is proud to introduce a unique and tailored activity. A Meadowood Chef will guide guests through a hands­-on
cooking class, focusing on technique and the art of layering flavors. The experience may take place at Meadowood or in one
of our local winery partners’ kitchens. The class will tie in locally­-grown produce, some from the Meadowood Gardens, and
wines of Napa Valley.
pricing
fees
»Cooking class and lunch, $200 per guest
Includes a Meadowood apron, recipe cards, cooking class
ingredients, passed bites during class, and a 3 course plated lunch.
»Cooking class and dinner, $295 per guest
Includes a Meadowood apron, recipe cards, cooking class food
ingredients, passed bites during class, and a 5 course plated dinner.
»One complimentary glass of sparkling wine per
guest is included with our class at Meadowood.
»Other wines and beverages are not included
in pricing.
» For groups of 15 or more onsite, there is a $400 fee
for an additional chef.
»For classes at wineries, there is a $1000 fee for groups
of 15 or less. For larger groups, the fee is $1500.
featured winery partners
»Featured Winery Partners for hosting classes
include Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Silverado
Vineyards, Staglin Family Vineyard, Raymond
Vineyards, HALL St. Helena and Trefethen
Family Vineyards.
900 Meadowood Lane, St. Helena, Ca. 94574 Tel (707) 968-3125 www.meadowood.com
experiences at meadowood
It’s All About The Cocktail
6 or more guests, approximately 2 hours
mixolog y 101
Classic & Seasonal Recipes for the Home Bartender
This hands-on cocktail making class will be led by
Estate Events Beverage Director Scott Beattie and cover
the basic techniques for re-creating great drinks in your
home bar. We’ll discuss proper juicing, when to shake
vs. when to stir, making hand-cut crystal clear ice cubes,
stenciling bitters on egg white foam, and incorporating
fresh herbs and edible flowers into your drinks.
Eight stations will be set up, each one stocked
with all of the liquor, mixers, garnishes and special
equipment necessary to create a delicious cocktail.
Scott will lead you through a brief Mixology 101
presentation then demonstrate the making of each of
the eight drinks, each one designed to teach a specific
and important technique. Among the drinks included
in this season’s class are:
Cucumber Collins
Square One Cucumber Vodka, Lemon and Yuzu Juices, Seltzer,
Fresh and Pickled Cucumbers, Coastal Huckleberries
Coastal Pimm’s Cup
Pimm’s
St George Terroir Gin, Lemon, Ginger Beer,
Bitters, Cucumbers, Foraged Bay Laurel
#1,
Ginger Shrub Mule
Russian Standard Vodka, Ginger Shrub, Lime Juices, Bitters,
Ginger Beer, Nutmeg
Walter’s Manhattan
Templeton Rye, Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage Bourbon,
Carpano Antica, Bitters, Hand Cut Ice Cube
Millionaire
Smith and Cross Rum, Rothman and Winter Apricot Liqueur,
Plymouth Sloe Gin, Handmade Grenadine, Lime, Bitters
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Sazerac
High West Double Rye, Sugar, Bitters, Absinthe, Lemon Zest
Pisco Sour
Encanto Acholado and Oro Italia Piscos, Lime,
Egg White, Stenciled Bitters
Agricole Mojito
Neisson Agricole and Mt Gay White Rums, Mint,
Lime, Sugar, Seltzer
6 to 12 guests $600 plus $75 per guest
13 to 24 guests $1,200 plus $75 per guest
the lighter side of cocktail-making
Live Basil Gimlet
Blade Gin, Basil, Lime, Agave
Moroccan Cosmo
Hangar One Mandarin Orange Blossom Vodka, Lime,
Cardamom, Pomegranate
Gin and Tonic
209 Gin and Fever Tree Tonic Waters (there are several!),
Squeeze of Lime
Cucumber Collins
Square One Cucumber Vodka, Lemon and Yuzu Juices, Seltzer,
Fresh and Pickled Cucumbers, Coastal Huckleberries
There is no reason why a great tasting cocktail needs
to be full of sugar and calories. Quite to the contrary!
Lowering the sweet (sugar) and raising the sour (citrus)
in a drink will have the effect of amplifying all the
wonderful flavors suspended in the glass. This class
will focus on making drinks with lighter spirits; vodka,
gin, 100 percent blue agave tequila and light rum. We
will fuse these spirits with fresh squeezed citrus, herbs
and vegetable juices, lighter mixers and low doses of
all-natural sweeteners. These fresh ingredients make for
more healthful versions of our favorite indulgences.
Mojito
Charbay Vanilla and Flor de Cana Rums,
Lime, Mint, Cane Sugar, Seltzer
Ginger Shrub Mule
Russian Standard Vodka, Ginger Shrub, Lime Juices, Bitters,
Ginger Beer, Nutmeg
Tommy’s Margarita
Arette Reposado Tequila, Lime, Agave
6 to 12 guests $600 plus $75 per guest
13 to 24 guests $1,200 plus $75 per guest
900 Meadowood Lane, St. Helena, Ca. 94574 Tel (707) 967-1251 www.meadowood.com
experiences at meadowood
Cocktails + Culinary
6 or more guests, 2 to 3 hours
Combine the culinary delights of our Cooking Classes with the artistic cocktails of our Mixology Classes
to achieve the perfect entertaining experience. Meadowood Estate Events Beverage Director Scott Beattie,
alongside Estate Events Chef Daryl Muromoto, will lead you through classes filled with crafty blends
and small bites. Transform your next at-home gathering into an awe-inspiring affair with a collection of
take-away recipes.
the garden experience
A Tour of Our Garden, Healthful and Delicious Seasonal Food and Cocktails
We are fortunate to have our own garden at Meadowood,
which produces more than 200 varieties of vegetables,
fruits, herbs and flowers year round. Your afternoon
will afford you the chance to tour the garden with
Head Gardener Christine Kim, harvest the freshest
ingredients, bring them back to Meadowood and work
alongside Chef Daryl Muromoto as he leads you
through several delicious, healthful recipes. This is a
great opportunity to enjoy ingredients that are full of
nutrients, each at its pinnacle of flavor, and picked in
its prime season.
Next, Scott Beattie will guide you through selected
recipes from his groundbreaking book, “Artisanal
Cocktails,” which the New York Times hailed as the
“indispensable cookbook of farm-to-glass cocktails.”
Just as with the cooking segment of the day, the season’s
bounty will be a focus as you marry fruits, berries and
herbs with small-batch, hand crafted spirits, many
of which come from local distilleries here in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
6 to 12 guests $600 plus $125 per guest
13 to 24 guests $1,200 plus $125 per guest
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cocktails & croquet
Classic English Appetizers, Aperitif Cocktails, and California Golf Croquet
There’s no better way to spend an afternoon at
Meadowood than dressed in white, sipping a Bay Laurel
Pimm’s Cup, snacking on tea sandwiches, and mentally
preparing yourselves for a bit of serious competition
on our croquet lawns. The afternoon will begin with
a short cocktail demonstration with Scott Beattie. You
will learn how to perfect the Pimm’s Cup, Cucumber
Collins and Meadowood Mule—each one ideal for
the afternoon’s festivities. Chef Daryl Muromoto will
show you how to build the tastiest cucumber-radish
sandwich and how to achieve the perfect crust on puff
pastry sausage rolls.
Then the fun truly begins. Resident Croquet
Professional Mike McDonnell will give you the essential
rules of California Croquet and break everyone up into
teams. The competition can be fierce, even between
people who don’t normally consider themselves to be
competitive. Bragging rights awarded to the winning
teams and all participants will receive a complete list
of recipes for the afternoon’s cocktails and snacks.
6 to 12 guests $600 plus $170 per guest
13 to 24 guests $1,200 plus $170 per guest
the latin-inspired garden party
Hand-Made Tortillas, Rancho Gordo Bean Dishes, Latin-Inspired Cuisine and Cocktails
Here in the Napa Valley we are fortunate to have a
great resource in Steve Sando and his company, Rancho
Gordo. They have been staunch proponents of the
local heirloom bean movement and supply a variety of
specialty products, beans being the main attraction. We
will be focusing on proper cooking techniques while
making pinto beans, refried black beans, scarlet runner
beans in chili sauce, and Portuguese bean soup. You
will also learn how to make hand-made tortillas from
Rancho Gordo’s corn masa.
This class will explore making cocktails with the
native spirits of Mexico, Chile and Peru. You will have
the chance to sample a few of the better versions of
these spirits “neat” after a brief primer on each spirit
group. Then you will be making some of the most
iconic cocktails in the Latin World, as well as some
of the more contemporary concoctions using Tequila,
Mescal and Pisco—Margarita, Paloma Hermosa,
Ultima Palabra, Anticuado (Mexican Old Fashioned),
Pisco Sour, Pisco Punch, Peruvian Negroni.
6 to 12 guests $600 plus $125 per guest
13 to 24 guests $1,200 plus $125 per guest
900 Meadowood Lane, St. Helena, Ca. 94574 Tel (707) 967-1251 www.meadowood.com