Flambeaux Wine and The Harris Gallery Partner to Produce Off-Season Dinner Experiences
October 30th – (Healdsburg – CALIF.) — Flambeaux Wine has partnered with The Harris Gallery to produce TOWN, a series of off-season, monthly wine, food, art and overnight stay experiences set to take place November 2023 through March 2024. TOWN, which stands for “Traveling Off-Season for Wine Night,” will feature a uniquely-themed dinner at a different Sonoma County destination each month. Dinners which start at $250 per person include wines, and weekend package options are now available at TOWNDinners.com.
“At Flambeaux, we are committed to showcasing the magic, beauty and bounty of Sonoma County,” said Flambeaux Vintner and Co-Owner Art Murray. “Since founding our winery eight years ago, our family has enjoyed forging so many meaningful relationships with like-minded local businesses in the wine, food, art and lodging space. It is clear that people who visit us and try our wines are moved by one thing, the experience that can be enjoyed only in Sonoma. With this in mind, the TOWN Dinner Series we co-founded with Alexander (A3L3XZAND3R) Harris and his family provides the opportunity to participate in themed dinners that unite art, wineries, restaurants and overnight lodging experiences during a less-visited time of year.”
Partnerships with the finest hotels in Healdsburg make it possible for TOWN participants to reserve travel packages, allowing them to attend a chosen dinner and stay one night, or if desired, for an entire weekend of specially curated activities. Three TOWN dinners will take place in Healdsburg, while two will be held in the similarly charming nearby towns, of Sebastopol and Geyserville.
Every dinner will be different, but the goal will be the same: Create a magical, interactive, themed dinner experience that highlights seasonally-driven culinary artistry carefully paired with the some of the best Sonoma County wines. Only the finest restaurants in the Healdsburg area have been chosen to host these dinners, and in addition to the highly-rated and coveted wines of Flambeaux and The Harris Gallery, each dinner will also feature a guest winery considered to be among the preeminent in Sonoma County:
TOWN Dinner #1 – Little Italy – Thursday, November 16, 2023
Town: Geyserville
Restaurant: Diavola
Winery Hosts: Flambeaux Wine, The Harris Gallery Wine
Special Guest Winery: A. Rafanelli Winery
Hotel Partners: Hotel Healdsburg, H2 Hotel, Harmon Guest House, Hotel Trio, Montage Healdsburg, The Madrona
TOWN Dinner #2 – Thai-ing a Bow on the Holidays – Thursday, December 21, 2023
Town: Sebastopol
Restaurant: Khom Loi
Winery Hosts: Flambeaux Wine, The Harris Gallery Wine
Special Guest Winery: TBD
Hotel Partners: Hotel Healdsburg, H2 Hotel, Harmon Guest House, Hotel Trio, Montage Healdsburg, The Madrona
TOWN Dinner #3 – Dinner of Dreams – Thursday, January 18, 2024
Town: Healdsburg
Restaurant: Dry Creek Kitchen/Hotel Healdsburg
Winery Hosts: Flambeaux Wine, The Harris Gallery Wine
Special Guest Winery: Lambert Bridge Winery
Hotel Partners: Hotel Healdsburg, H2 Hotel, Harmon Guest House, Hotel Trio,
TOWN Dinner #4 – Raising the Bar – Thursday, February 15, 2024
Town: Healdsburg
Restaurant: TBD
Winery Hosts: Flambeaux Wine, The Harris Gallery Wine
Special Guest Winery: Gary Farrell Winery
Hotel Partners: Hotel Healdsburg, H2 Hotel, Harmon Guest House, Hotel Trio, Montage Healdsburg, The Madrona
TOWN Dinner #5 – Seven Deadly Sins – Thursday, March 28, 2024
Town: Healdsburg
Restaurant: Hazel Hill / Montage Healdsburg
Winery Hosts: Flambeaux Wine, The Harris Gallery Wine
Special Guest Winery: Aperture Cellars
Hotel Partners: Montage Healdsburg, Hotel Trio
Founded by the Murray family, originally from New Orleans, Flambeaux prides itself on making hand-crafted, limited-production wines that capture the essence of the Flambeaux Dry Creek Valley Estate Vineyard, as well as other world-class Sonoma County vineyards. The Flambeaux are the dancing torchbearers of New Orleans Carnival during Mardi Gras, representing tradition, light, dance and joy.
Art and Nicole Murray, co-founded Flambeaux in Healdsburg, California along with his parents Steve and Pattie Murray, and daughters Alys, Elizabeth, Nia and Lila Murray. At Flambeaux, Winemaker Ryan Prichard (who now also makes wine at Three Sticks, and has worked at Williams Selyem, Copain Custom Crush and Medlock Ames) employs the Murray family’s philosophy of allowing the grapes to evolve and naturally grow into what they become. With this minimalist approach, the fruit ends up as the best of itself and results in intriguing and exciting wines.
For more information visit FlambeauxWine.com
