On July 16, 43 box makers, suppliers, friends, and spouses gathered for a reception at the Silverado Resort in Napa, California during the Foundation for Packaging Education’s second fundraising event in the heart of California wine country.
The reception opened with wonderful food and a wide variety of wines, including those from Sanglier Cellars. This winery is a passion project of Jana Harris of Harris Packaging and her husband, Zach Campbell, who served as the sommelier for the evening.
Day two saw about half the group tee off on the Silverado’s esteemed golf course, which hosts a PGA Tour event each year. The Foundation’s golfers lived up the course’s slogan, “the perfect game isn’t determined by your scorecard, but by where and who you play with.”
After a brunch, non-golfers made an excursion to the Culinary Institute of America where they took a cooking class taught by professional chefs. The result of the class was a lunch prepared by the participants, which included starters, lamb, cod, duck, steak, sides, dessert, and, of course, wine.
After just enough time to relax and perhaps nap, the Group was ready to eat again, this time dinner on the Napa Valley Wine Train. The line runs through the heart of wine country taking in breathtaking scenery, vineyards, and vistas all while enjoying a three-course meal and, of course, wine.
Day three began with brunch, followed by a tour and tasting at Chateau Montelena. It was this winery’s 1973 Chardonnay that stunned the world by winning the “Judgement of Paris” in 1976 where a California winery, for the first time, bested French wines in blind taste tests. This beautiful property was a great setting for enjoying several different varieties of their fine wines.
Back on the bus, the group went to Beringer Brothers Winery, noted for being in continuous operation from 1876 until today, including through Prohibition, when the winery had permission to lawfully produce sacramental wines. The visit to this lovely property began with a wine welcome, followed by a delicious lunch, and then a tour and tasting in Beringer’s renowned Castle and cave-based cellars.
The Foundation for Packaging Education has a simple and vital mission – it will support the development and dissemination of employee education and training resources for workers in the corrugated, folding carton, rigid box, and related supply chain industries. In other words, the Foundation exists to educate your team members to ensure a quality trained workforce and the future of your enterprise.
To make a tax-deductible gift or pledge to the Foundation for Packaging Education visit packaginged.org.
