The 20th Holiday in Carneros open house is Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The cost is $25.

Info, www.carneroswineries.org.

Big gift to UC Davis to be announced  

University of California, Davis, will announce a large mystery gift this Friday at “a ranch in St. Helena,” but details are a secret.

A tempest in a wineglass at JV

I recently mentioned that Whole Foods Market claimed that its 1,200 wine selections would be the largest in Napa Valley.

JV Wines & Spirit’s Jon Sevigny says that his store carries 3,600 different labels.

The store has relocated to the old Vallerga’s site at 426 First St. at the Silverado Trail with a wine-tasting bar with more than 40 wines by the glass.

Info, www.jvwine.com or 253-2624.

    

It’s happy hour at Locos Tex Mex Grill

Locos Tex Mex Grill has a happy hour Tuesday through Friday from 4-6 p.m.

The specials include $1 off all beers and select wines by the glass, with special appetizers.

Locos is at 1040 Main St., in downtown Napa, behind the Opera House.

    

Thanksgiving from Dean & DeLuca Catering

Dean & DeLuca Catering is offering a Thanksgiving menu tailored to locals again this year. It will cook the turkey, prepare the side dishes and have the pies ready — all with reheating instructions so that you just have to take the order home, heat it and serve it.

Other markets are offering similar deals.

Get details at www.deananddeluca.com.

    

Angèle’s cocktail list

It’s hardly news that cocktails are hot — particularly with younger consumers. Leslie Morris, the bar manager at Angèle, has just put together her new fall cocktail list including some old favorites and some new ones.

Stop by to try them.

    

More Krug vineyards certified organic

With the certification of Charles Krug Winery’s Page and Homefinders vineyards by California Certified Organic Farmers, the Peter Mondavi Family is now among Napa Valley’s largest producers of organic winegrapes. They have about 300 acres of certified organic vines.

The 23-acre Homefinders property and the 56-acre Page vineyard, both in Yountville, bring to seven the number of organic vineyards owned by the family and farmed for its Charles Krug label.

Info, www.charleskrug.com.

    

Vintners host wine professionals

Napa Valley Vintners has just hosted the fifth annual Master Napa Valley, a program that brings dozens of the industry’s most savvy wine professionals from the Court of Master Sommeliers and the Institute of Masters of Wine, to Napa Valley.

The vintners just topped 300 members, by the way. The Napa Valley Vintners has been very successful in promoting and protecting the Napa Valley name.

Wine seminar in Jan.

The Wine Market Council will present its third annual research conference, “The U.S. Wine Consumer: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Trends,” Jan. 18, 9 a.m. to noon at Copia.

Info, www.winemarketcouncil.com or call (650) 344-1403.

E-mail news to paul@napalirfe.com.