Eat, See, Learn

A Conversation & Wine Tasting With Robert Mondavi Winery

Package includes: Lunch on the Vista Dome $129; Class and wines $36. Total $165

The Vista Dome lunch experience is a multiple course gourmet meal and three hour antique train ride in the historic 1952 Vista Dome: menu and overview. 

This event is an exploration of Napa’s modern wine history, and a tasting of Robert Mondavi Wines. Explore the romance and evolution of what is now one of the world’s top wine regions, and understand one of the principal players who brought his concept to the masses.

Class will include Napa Valley and Robert Mondavi history; grape and winemaking basics, wine sensory discussions, and a fabulous gourmet lunch crafted by Executive Chef Kelly Macdonald. All this takes place in the unique and rare Vista Dome, one of only ten rail cars of its type made by Pullman in 1952.

You will be seated with a glass of local sparkling wine and once your lunch order is placed, your journey through the Valley will begin. Well-known Wine Instructor Richard Miami of Robert Mondavi Winery will guide you through three wines and the magic of the Valley as you eat, laugh, learn and see.

About your Instructor- Richard Miami

Richard Miami, born and raised in St. Helena to a wine-growing family, has been working in Napa Valley for many years.He was both the Director of Special Events and tour guide trainer for Domaine Chandon and has consulted on tour guide training for wineries in Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. The former Film & Performance Manager for COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, Richard holds both a BA and MA in Theater Arts from San Francisco State University. Richard Miami is a wine educator at the Robert Mondavi Winery.