Another ‘Of Corks & Cookery’ Virtual Event

Elevated Home Cooking [10/17/2020, Saturday at 3:00pm PST]

Perfect for elevated home cooking enthusiasts, join Wine Country based Top Chef Alum Casey Thompson and Lindsay Hoopes as they prepare an over-the-top risotto -- Cacio e Pepe Rice with Pork Jowl, Green Peppercorn and Pork Skin. Skilled with many styles of cooking, this dish is inspired by Chef Casey Thompson’s Texas heritage and warm, comforting fall flavors. Having spent years learning about food and wine pairings, this collaboration is a match made in foodie oenophile heaven!

Wine pairings will include a choice of 2 bottles of Hoopes Vineyard Wines or 6 bottles, with 20% of all 6 bottle class registrations donated to Save The Family Farms. 

Join the talented Chef Casey Thompson and our wine expert Lindsay Hoopes as they chat about all things food and wine while crafting a sublime dinner paired with opulent wines.

Participation Options

Purchase access to the live virtual cooking class with your choice of option A or B with wine pairings.

6 BOTTLE BUNDLE WITH A DONATION TO SAVE THE FAMILY FARM

2 BOTTLES OF HOOPES VINEYARD WINES

Once your purchase is made for a class, you will be emailed a confirmation. Your email confirmation will contain a download link for Virtual Cooking Class PDF Kit . The Virtual Cooking Class PDF Kit contains the following documents:

• Shopping List

• Equipment List

• Cooking Procedure

• Unique Zoom Link for the class, as well as a password
  - Expires three days after the scheduled class giving you the option to watch and take notes on your own terms.

Paying It Forward

20% of proceeds will go to “Save the Family Farms” with a purchase of our 6 Bottle Bundle

Save the Family Farms is a group of owner-occupied grape growers, who grow grapes in Napa Valley, and produce less than 5,000 gallons of wine a year; we classify ourselves are “micro-producers.” Our members produce, on average approx. 1,000 cases of wine/year from fruit grown on estate vineyards. Current Napa County regulations take a one-size-fits-all regulatory approach, demanding small, family farms invest up to $10 million and several years of time trying for a use permit. 

Small family farms & vineyards are not designed to fit into a box designed for large scale winery facilities. Currently there is no reasonable path to compliance for Napa’s smallest wine producers (micro-wineries). This is having a severe impact on Napa’s Small Family Farms. Owner-occupied Small Family Farms—arguably the heart and soul of Napa Valley are on the decline. Data shows 200 small family vineyards have either gone out of business or sold to investors in the last decade; we assume a portion of these sales are directly related to the unfair regulations imposed on Napa's smallest growers.

 For Small Family Farms & Vineyards to survive in a winemaking industry increasingly dominated by absentee-owners, the Napa County must acknowledge Family Farms’ historical, cultural, and winemaking legacy by creating a reasonable path to compliance to Napa’s “micro-producers” so they may participate in limited tastings together with direct-to-consumer sales.

​Our goal is to create a new avenue for existing small family farms & vineyard growers to participate in a “Micro-winery Ordinance” in Napa County. We do not want to change the Winery Definition Ordinance (WDO).  We want to create an ordinance for Napa Valley’s smallest legacy producers, that so they can stay in business and be able to pass on to their future generations.

https://www.savethefamilyfarms.com/