Wine Dinner with Anna Monticelli of Ilaria Wines

Join us for an evening with Anna Monticelli of Ilaria Wines, as we continue celebrating Women’s History Month with a lineup of women winemaker dinners.

Anna Monticelli will be with us for the evening, introducing her wines and sharing the story of her winemaking career.

In addition to our regular menu, our kitchen will create one-night-only specials complementing the night’s wines.

About Anna Monticelli
Anna's journey began at the University of California Davis, where she earned a degree in Viticulture and Enology. She spent her fourth year studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. After completing her degree in California, she returned to France to work the 2000 vintage at Château Cheval-Blanc. She was very fortunate to work for their technical director, Kees Van Leeuwen, one of theforemost viticultural professors in Bordeaux.

Anna then moved to the Napa Valley and spent two years as the assistant winemaker at Seavey Vineyard before working for five years as the assistant winemaker at Bryant Family Vineyard under the tutelage of philippe melka. In 2007, Anna became the winemaker at Piña Napa Valley, where she crafts single-vineyard designate Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wines and where she makes her Ilaria wines.

She and her husband, winemaker Mario Monticelli, have Italian winemaking projects in the regions of Piedmont, Tuscany, Abruzzo. and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. They travel to Italy with their three children to work on their wines there.