East Coast Food & Wine Invitational

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.

The two purchase options for the event are:

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 a 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.