Without a Care

From at-home happy hour wine and food pairings to full-flavored at-home dinners, getting creative in the kitchen can be a delicious act of kindness for yourself and for loved ones. Get inspired by these Napa Valley wine and food pairings.

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Whether you’re all about strategy and board game, love creative word play or are a cutthroat card game competitor, wine adds a delicious layer of fun to a classic game night. Get ready to connect, laugh, compete and toast with these fresh wine and board game pairings.

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“If you’re itching to fire up your grill in anticipation of spring, look no further than this miso-marinated hanger steak with roasted potatoes, miso mayonnaise and crunchy kale salad. For this recipe, I used white miso rather than red, which has a delicate flavor profile...

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This Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Sweet Potatoes is a dreamy recipe to cook with your favorite culinary partner in crime. Inspired by the golden blooms of mustard sprouting up between our vineyard rows, Far Niente Chef Sarah Walz encased the tenderloin with toasted mustard seed to give it a Napa Valley twist. Slice it thin; top with our classic red wine shallot sauce. Then fill your glasses with the luscious, briary fruit flavors and cocoa-spice accents of our Bella Union Cabernet Sauvignon and let the evening unfold.

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We incorporate a full bottle of Dolce Napa Valley into the recipe for this bountiful Pear Vineyard Cake, which absolutely makes it our new favorite holiday indulgence. And the fact that we put our late harvest wine in the cake doesn’t stop us from enjoying...

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This Braised Lamb Shank with Lentils takes its inspiration from French terrines and Moroccan tagines, in which you fill a heavy, often earthenware, pot with root vegetables, garlic, spices and a generous shank or round of protein, allowing everything to cook together until the air fills with...

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