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Close your eyes, point to any one of the more than 800 wineries on the Napa Valley and Sonoma County winery maps, and there is little doubt that your blind selection yields a wonderful wine tasting experience. Most of the region’s wineries welcome guests with open arms, offering gracious hospitality within their verdant vineyards. But a few wineries and winemakers go a step further, immersing wine lovers in the vinous process while revealing their secrets to success. Others roll out a virtual red carpet, creating elegant, otherworldly environments in which to escape, if only for an hour or two. And one Napa Valley vintner soars (quite literally) to new heights with her elevated wine tastings. If you are one not easily gratified by a routine sampling of Napa Cab, these wine tasting experiences are for you.

Immortal Estate 100-Point Experience

Immortal Estate is a luxury Sonoma wine brand from Tim Martin of Tusk Estates and Randy Nichols, developer of Napa’s new Auberge Resort at Stanly Ranch Carneros. Their 100-Point Experience takes place in Napa at a private, undisclosed Rutherford location and includes pours of four vintages of their flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, Impassable Mountain, including the 2013 and 2016 vintages, which were each rated 100 points by both Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate and critic Jeb Dunnuck. This immersive dive into these world class wines is for groups of four to eight. ($500 per person)