The Yountville Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Chandon and the Tasting Rooms and Wineries throughout Yountville are thrilled to bring back Taste of Yountville. Taste of Yountville will highlight delicious wines crafted by our Yountville Tasting Rooms and Wineries. This intimate event is limited to 250 guests. Each winery will be pouring a red and white wine from 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The VIP Reception, will take place from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. before the event opens for General Admission ticket holders. At the VIP Reception you will have access to one additional library wine from each Tasting Room or Winery. The Chandon Culinary Team will be showcasing their skills with Farm to Table bites. This event will take place outside at the welcoming Chandon Gardens. Should weather occur, this event will be moved indoors. We invite you to join us for a fantastic afternoon enjoying great wine, meeting new friends and building new memories. Event Website

Brian Baker is well known in the wine industry as a Sales and Profitability specialist and has given many talks and workshops on the subject. He is also a managing partner of Cultivar Marketing, which provides wine sales and marketing consulting. We recently reached out to Brian to discuss the future of the tasting room, especially in the face of COVID-19 quarantine.   Milton Cornwell: Thank you for agreeing to the interview, Brian! There is a lot I want to discuss with you, especially with all the changes we’re seeing with coronavirus [COVID-19] and how wineries are embracing technology. I can’t help but compare this to Y2K—that event fundamentally changed how companies embraced technology. Are we in a similar kind of moment now?   Brian Baker: It is a pivotal moment, if that’s what you mean. Disruptive events like these have disruptive consequences. They also create opportunities. Coming out of this crisis, winery-owned tasting rooms have a c