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

This event is outside of the Napa Valley

Thursday, April 23, 2026 through Thursday, April 23, 2026
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Dover Hall
1500 Manakin Rd.
Manakin-Sabot VA

Cost: $95 or $225

Contact: (804) 784-6051

Get ready to sip and savor the best wines from Napa Valley! Experience a curated, capped, and intimate gathering of winemakers and guests.

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: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (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: 6:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

$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
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
St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery - Elizabeth Parenteau
Taplin Cellars - Erin Robertson
THE GRADE Cellar - Thomas Thornton
The Vice - Malek Amrani