Day 4: Symposium 2015
TAKE-HOME DAY
Friday, February 20, The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone
7:45 – 8:45 AM Checkout, coffee and pastries
Meadowood Reception Lodge
(Bags may be checked here for pickup mid-day.)
8:15 & 8:45 AM Two shuttles depart for CIA Greystone
Meadowood Reception Lodge
(Parking not available at CIA Greystone)
9 – 10:45 AM Vintage Perspective and Retrospective Tasting
Rudd Center
Symposium attendees participate in a walk-around blind tasting for media and trade of 10 vintages of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 2003-2012
Part of Premiere Napa Valley activities
11 AM – NOON Send-Off Session and Toast
Ventura Center
Don’t miss the symposium’s grand finale! US poet Laureate Billy Collins will introduce the attendees with the most-outstanding entries in the writing challenge he presented on Wednesday, and they will read their works. Editors on the faculty will share the best writer pitches they heard, the assignments they plan to give to attendees, and why.
12:15 & 12:45 PM Two shuttles depart for Meadowood
Greystone Main Entrance
*Requires advance signup: Contact Julie Sigourney at jsigourney@meadowood.com after January 15, 2015.