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Programs
The program listing is ambitious and exciting, including lectures, presentations and demonstrations on a variety of wine, food, garden and arts subjects. Free programs included in the general admission are offered daily.
A Saturday in mid December will offer a discussion of a "Great Growth" with Master of Wine Joel Butler; a tasting and discussion of olives; a talk about "Victorian Christmas" with the Director of the Design Gallery at UC Davis; and a cooking demonstration and book signing with Georgeanne Brennan. The January 2002 programs will highlight the Asian influence in our cuisine. February will celebrate Carnival and Mardi Gras. I expect more offerings in the performing arts as warm weather returns. There will, quite literally, be something for everybody. Copia is extraordinary. It is a special gift to all who enjoy wine, food and the arts, and a wonderful addition to the City of Napa and the wine country. It is also a monument to the vision and wisdom of Robert Mondavi, its Founder. Copia "…will be good for the Valley, good for our children, and it can turn the Napa Valley into a world-renowned gathering place for wine makers, chefs, food lovers, and prominent artists from around the globe. It’s a noble idea and vision, and I’m pouring my heart and soul into making this center a reality. And I’m sure the result will be another enriching step in the evolution of the Napa Valley and in the quality of life and culture in America." Robert Mondavi I could not agree more. califusa COPIA:
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The
opening weekend programs included such luminaries as the beloved Julia
Child and Hugh
Johnson (left),
co-author of "The World Atlas of Wine." Notable chefs Joyce
Goldstein, Barbara Tropp
and Cindy Pawlcyn
have been scheduled for upcoming visits. Alain
Ducasse, Thomas Keller, Nobu Matsuhisa, Marion Cunningham
and Alice Waters
will help create a weekend program in collaboration with Gourmet Magazine.
Wine programs will be coordinated by the Curator of Wine, Peter
Marks, a Master of Wine
himself, and will tap the extraordinary local talents and resources. Jeff
Dawson, Curator of the
Gardens, oversees the management of the more than three and a half acres of
gardens and orchards, and will offer programs that will focus on the growing
of foods from earth to table.
