It’s a weekend of wine country fashion! Join me at Jessup Cellars in the heart of Napa Valley for Dress to the Vines, a four-day celebration of fashion, wine and perfume. I’ll be doing perfume pairings with Jessup wines and Sonoma Scent Studio fragrances. We’ll dish on the latest wine country style and talk about how Napa Valley influences fashion with industry insiders, magazine editors and stylists. If you are a wine fashionista like me, you won’t want to miss this ground-breaking event that puts style on par with wine, food and art in wine country.
On Thursday night, August 15, I’ll be part of a panel talking all things fashion and wine country. To kick off the event, I’m pairing three Jessup Cellars wines with perfumes from wine country based Sonoma Scent Studio that will highlight different aromatic notes in the wines. While wine and perfume together are usually considered taboo, we’re using perfume to build an aroma memory to help teach wine appreciation and to learn about the aromas that help you identify a particular wine varietal, and to give you a vocabulary to help you talk about what you like in a glass of wine.
Here’s the press release for the Dress to the Vines Weekend and ticket information:
Jessup Cellars Introduces Dress to the Vines Weekend –Four Days of Activities Lead into Fall Fashion & Harvest Travel Season
Meet the Masters of Wine Fashion & Get the Who, How & When
The Jessup Cellars Dress to the Vines August installment of its TasteMaker Speaker Series expands to a weekend long celebration of fashion, wine, food, forum and art. The weekend kicks-off early on Thursday, August 15th with Defining Wine Country Fashion: The Who, How, When with Masters of Wine Fashion panelists Kaye Cloutman, Editor-in-Chief of GEV magazine; Karri Grant, Consulting Fashion Stylist; Mary Orlin, Huffington Post’s Wine Fashionista; and moderated by Melissa Haines of ZinLif Style. Tickets are $35 each and include the interactive fashion forum, wine tasting and fragrance pairings, meet-and-greet, and artisan cheeses and salumi.
“We hear it all the time from visitors, ‘What is wine country casual?’” says Cynthia Carey, curator and house artist at the Jessup Cellars Tasting Gallery. “Those more passionate about style want details, like what to wear for an afternoon of wine tasting, for fine dining, where to shop, what designers to follow. This is what our Dress to the Vines weekend is all about – bringing together our Masters of Wine Fashion to share their knowledge and insight in fun and interactive ways, while we all enjoy great wine, food and thematic art.”
In partnership with CellarPass.com, complete information about the weekend’s celebrations and tickets are available by accessing the winery reservation site’s newly launched ticketing service at www.CellarPass.com/Jessup-Cellars. An overview of the Dress to the Vines weekend of activities follows below, with media passes, high-resolution photographs, and interviews available upon request.
Friday, August 16th: Revealing the Scents & Sights of Fashion, through Wine
The weekend continues on Friday with Revealing the Scents & Sights of Fashion, through Wine to officially launch Jessup Cellars month-long Dress to the Vines art exhibition. The after-dinner mixer features a meet-and-greet with visual artist Cynthia Carey and wearable art designer Rory Castillo. Huffington Post’s Wine Fashionista, Mary Orlin, will share her Jessup Cellars/Sonoma Scent Studio wine and fragrance pairings as a new way to experience wine and build scent memory.
General Tickets $20 @ http://www.CellarPass.com/Jessup-Cellars
Complimentary for guests who participate in Jessup’s dinner promotions at restaurant partners
Includes Wine Tasting, Fragrance Pairings, Artisan Cheeses, Salumi & Desserts
Saturday, August 17th: Dress to the Vines Fashionista Dinner & After Party
Saturday evening is the night to step up and step out with Jessup Cellars Dress to the Vines Fashionista Dinner & After Party. This special evening of taste, style and art begins with a winemaker dinner at Bouchon Bistro’s beautiful courtyard, followed by the after party at Jessup Cellars. Additional restaurants throughout Yountville will offer dinner specials on Jessup Cellars wines as a lead-in to the after party, where guests will converge to show-off their best style, meet the weekend’s artists and designers, taste Jessup wines, immerse themselves in the art and fashions, and groove to DJ Durojaiye Versatile…then finish the evening with delicate desserts fit for a fashionista.
Dress to the Vines Fashionista Dinner at Bouchon Bistro & After Party $150 /
General Tickets $20 @ http://www.CellarPass.com/Jessup-Cellars
Complimentary for guests who participate in Jessup’s dinner promotions at restaurant partners
Includes Meet & Greet, Wine Tasting, Music by DJ Durojaiye Versatile & Desserts
Sunday, August 18th: Fall Fashion Release: A Designers Market
The weekend of activities wraps on Sunday with Jessup Cellars Fall Fashion Release: A Designers Market. The winery will convert its back lot into a sip-and-shop outdoor designers and boutique market featuring the works of Cari Borja and Colleen Quen. Sonoma Scent Studio and local boutiques will join the preview to fall fashions.
Wine Tasting $20 / Designers’ Market Complimentary
