Airfares and transportation from the airport are not included.
For your convenience we recommend renting a car.
Program includes:
• 4 Nights accommodation with private bath and daily breakfast.
• Farms and winery tour.
• 2 Hands on cooking lessons with Chef Yvon.
• Bread and French pastry making experience with Johann and Yvon.
• Cheese making lessons and tasting.
• 3 four course Dinners. Welcome Dinner includes wine and aperitif.
• 3 Lunches.
• Wine tasting and blending on the premises and tasting at local wineries with transportation.
An Example Itinerary.
Depending on season and themes itinerary details and order of activities may vary.
Day 1
Arriving early afternoon and getting acquainted, welcome aperitif, meet the host and staff, review of the programs. Chef Yvon will prepare a welcome Dinner with local foods paired with the LCV wines.
Day 2
After breakfast we will start the wine experience-from vine to bottle. Starting in the vineyard Yvon will introduce you to the growing cycle of the vines and how terroir, varietals and pruning techniques effect the finished product.
Next we visit the Winemaker's cellar to discover the fundamentals of the fermentation process, and the techniques for aging and blending wines.
Enjoy a lunch from an outside wood fire oven on the mesa.
During the afternoon we will visit a couple of growers for our farm to palate project and gather the fresh organic produce for the hands on cooking class and dinner tonight.
Return to the Inn to put together a local dinner.
Day 3 Breakfast with Yohann Gasparach our in house Bread and bakery teacher. He will demonstrate how easy it is to make a French baguette and other bread in your own kitchen!
Lunch will be based on your efforts this morning and also fresh pick from Joanna & Yvon’s garden.
Scenic afternoon on your own. Visit the Black Canyon National Park, Colorado National Monuments or relax in a hammock and schedule a massage. Dinner is on your own tonight.
Day 4 After Breakfast we will learn cheese making. The cheese produced during our class will be part of the lunch (Mozzarella, fromage blanc).
Lunch on the patio.
Visit some local wineries for tasting and meet the Winemakers. We will arrange transportation so you can enjoy your afternoon. Stop at local farms to pick up fresh organic produce for the farewell dinner tonight.
You can relax or get involved and learn more intuitive cooking in a fun atmosphere with Chef Yvon.
Aperitif in the vineyard and dinner on the patio overlooking the vines.
Day 5
Breakfast in the vineyard with one of Yvon’s specialties. Check out time is 11.00 am. We can store your luggage if you want to spend more time in the Valley.
It is also possible to bring along a non participating partner who can spend the day enjoying sightseeing, golf, hiking, biking, fishing in gold medals water, lake fishing on the Grand Mesa (the fishing is great!), rafting etc and then join the group at lunch or dinner time.
