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Chanel & Mike

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Welcome to our wedding website- so excited for you to join us in our celebration!

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Sat
Aug 22
2020

5:00 pm
TO 12:00 am

25771 North Saint Mary's Rd
Mettawa, IL 60048
United States

8479184711
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Things to Do & Some of Our Favorite Things
St. Helena

Restaurants & Tasting Rooms

Gott's Roadside is definitely a must while in Wine Country! Their burgers are delicious and the milk shakes are to die for! This is a great place to stop if you are out wine tasting! But do beware there is always a line but it is worth the wait.
Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch in St. Helena: Another one of our absolute favorite restaurants in Wine Country! Enjoy the ambience and a delicious meal made with fresh ingredients from their farm, ranch, and vineyards.
Model Bakery: For almost ninety years The Model Bakery has been a Napa Valley mainstay, serving discerning residents and visitors alike. Offering the best breads, pastries and coffee, it all began at the flagship Main Street location in St. Helena, then branched out to the Oxbow Public Market in Napa and is now operating in the newly opened Mini Model in Yountville. So if you are close to any one of these areas might we suggest one of "OPRAH'S" favorite things and try their amazing english muffins! They are to die for.

Yountville

Restaurants & Tasting Rooms

Washington Street in Yountville is one of our favorite areas! Shopping, amazing restaurants and some really great tasting rooms. 

RESTAURANTS:
Thomas Keller has 4 amazing restaurants and a bakery in Yountville and it seems the list keeps growing! He just opened up La Calenda Mexican Restaurant and the food and margaritas are delicious.
If you are looking for more of a French Bistro feel might we suggest Bouchon! We love sitting at the bar and ordering Steak Frites! You can then walk next door to Bouchon Bakery and have dessert or get pastries for the morning. Their sandwiches are pretty good too if you want to grab and go for a wine tasting.
If you continue down Washington Avenue you will see AD hoc. If you happen to stay in town through Monday or come in early make a reservation for Monday night it is Fried Chicken night and it is world famous! If not, their family style menu is the same for all and changes nightly so check out their website and see if one of the nights sound good to you!
SIDE NOTE: Thursday-Saturday you can still get the yummy fried chicken from 11am-2pm in their back garden known as Addendum. Also on the menu is barbecue pork ribs or pulled pork sandwich, each accompanied by two house-made sides. Sit and enjoy at their picnic tables.

Another one of our favorite Yountville restaurants is Bistro Jeanty, a cozy and delicious French bistro on Washington Street!

Last but definitely not least is the world famous French Laundry. You will need to make reservations at least 3 months in advanced.
Restoration Hardware, yes the design and furniture store just opened a restaurant and tasting room! The restaurant is gorgeous, the food is great and they are open for Lunch or Dinner. You will love the ambience!

Also in Yountville is Celebrity Chef Michael Chiarello and he has 3 restaurants as well. Bottega his upscale Italian Restaurant with a great patio for dining. Ottimo is a casual cafe and market place (lots of great finds to add to your kitchen) you can sit on the patio at the V Marketplace and enjoy pizza, salads or sandwiches. His newest addition to Yountville is Coqueta -- you might be familiar with the one on the waterfront in San Francisco but now you can enjoy the same great menu in Yountville. This restaurant serves up Spanish Tapas so it is a great place to share many of the fabulous dishes!

TASTING ROOMS:
JCB Salon: The JCB Tasting Salon experience is a one-of-a-kind tasting room and retail store that encompasses the unique JCB approach that unites exclusive Napa Valley wines, luxury, and style, curated and created by Jean-Charles Boisset. It is a destination that unites wine tasting with retail fashion and lifestyle.

Airports & Rental Cars

Airports Near Napa Valley
The Napa Valley is located near several airports:
34 miles from Sonoma County Airport (STS)
70 miles from San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
63 miles from Oakland International Airport (OAK)
75 miles from Sacramento International Airport (SMF)
94 miles from San Jose International Airport (SJC)

RENTAL CARS:
All major airports offer car rental stations to help visitors get to the Napa Valley. In the city of Napa, you will find Enterprise, Avis, or Budget for car rental services.

Airport Shuttle Service:
San Francisco Airport and Oakland Airport both have shuttle buses that run a fixed route schedule from the airport to the City of Napa. To access a schedule, contact Evans Transportation: (707) 255-1559 or California Wine Tours: (800) 294-6386
The only non-hotel shuttle to the Napa Valley available from the Sacramento Airport is the Fairfield Airporter: (877) 424-7767.

Traffic Tips:
To avoid rush-hour traffic when driving - set your trip to drive at unusual times - especially late night (after 8pm).

WINERIES to Visit

Silver Oak Cellars
915 Oakville Cross Road
Oakville, CA 94562
(707) 942-7022

Visitors to our tasting room are greeted by our iconic water tower, Glass House Library displaying wine vintages dating back to the 1970s, an American Oak barrel chai and a History Gallery with memorabilia from our original winery. The winery is wrapped in hand-quarried limestone with a chipped face reclaimed from an 1800s flour mill in Coffeyville, Kansas.Our Oakville winery is located between the Silverado Trail and the town of Oakville on the original site where Silver Oak was founded out of a dairy barn in 1972. Since 2008, our state-of-the-art winery has served as the production facility for our Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.

Cakebread
8300 St. Helena Hwy
Rutherford, CA 94573
(707) 963-5221
The Cakebread family, owners of Cakebread Cellars in Rutherford, is among the most creative and successful winery families in the Napa Valley, producing world-class wines. Founded in 1973 by Jack and Dolores Cakebread, the winery is a family operation built on quality, consistency and continuity. Enjoy wine tasting and food and wine pairings at the beautiful Cakebread Cellars winery.

Alpha Omega Winery
1155 Mee Lane
Rutherford, CA 94573
(707) 963-9999

Alpha Omega began its journey in 2006 to be recognized as one of the great wine estates in the world. Founded by Robin and Michelle Baggett, Alpha Omega handcrafts wines from historic vineyards throughout Napa Valley.Alpha Omega, a family-owned boutique winery, is in the heart of Napa Valley on the Rutherford Bench. Surrounded by vineyards and mountains, the beauty of this modern, farm-style winery is as captivating as its wines.

Chimney Rock Winery
5350 Silverado Trail
Napa, CA 94558
(707) 257-2641

What starts in the vineyard comes to fruition in the winery. Winemaker Elizabeth Vianna is deeply cognizant and intimately familiar with the estate's vineyards and she fully captures the estate's unique terroir through meticulous vineyard management and careful, artistically minimal winemaking principles. This “non-interventionist” style of winemaking allows the winemaker to fully utilize that which this wonderful and unique Stags Leap soil is capable of delivering. The end result offers wines that are pristine and authentic in terms of varietal character, accompanied by a velvety taste in the mouth and astounding softness, balance, and cohesion.

Hotels
Lincolnshire Marriott Resort

Room Block Information

We have reserved a room block for guests. Please use the link below to make a reservation within the Dorée/Emerson Wedding Block.

Gifts
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