Located in California's lush Napa Valley, the CIA's California campus features a wide variety of innovative professional development programs. Our teaching kitchens are among the finest professional education facilities in the world. Programs are centered in a demonstration theatre and around a series of cooking islands in the . . .
This stately country Victorian residence -- known since 1900 as Elmshaven -- was built in 1885 by railroad developer and executive Robert H. Pratt and served as a vacation home to the Pratt family until 1900. Ellen G. White, one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, purchased the home in 1900 and lived here until her death in 1915. During her life . . .
The Silverado Museum, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, which houses one of the world's most distinguished collections of Stevensoniana, opened its doors to the public on December 14, 1969, thus commemorating the 75th anniversary of the death of the author of such beloved classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and . . .
Dr. William J. Casey, a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine graduate, came to San Francisco to complete his training and establish a private practice. In 1975 he opened a new winery in St. Helena, which he named St. Clement in homage to his ancestors who arrived in the new world on two ships, the Ark and the Dove, in 1634. On the first land they touched . . .
Wine appellations are the Holy Grail to winemaking in Napa Valley. To learn about what they are please visit: The Wine Appellations