August 30, 2024
Forty-three boxmakers, suppliers, friends, and spouses gathered for a reception on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at the Silverado Resort in Napa, California. So began the second Foundation for Packaging Education fundraising event. The group took great advantage of being in the heart of California wine country.
The reception opened with wonderful food and a wide variety of wines, including those from Sanglier Cellars. This winery is a passion project of Jana Harris of Harris Packaging and her husband, Zach Campbell. Campbell served as the sommelier for the evening.
Day 2 saw about half of the group tee off on the Silverado’s esteemed golf course, which hosts a Professional Golfers’ Association of America tour event each year. The foundation’s golfers lived up the course’s slogan: “The perfect game isn’t determined by your scorecard, but by where and who you play with.”
After a brunch, nongolfers made an excursion to the Culinary Institute of America, where they took a cooking class taught by professional chefs. The result of the class was a lunch prepared by the participants, which included starters, lamb, cod, duck, steak, sides, dessert, and, of course, wine.
After just enough time to relax and perhaps nap, the group was ready for dinner on the Napa Valley Wine Train. The line runs through the heart of wine country, where attendees took in breathtaking scenery, vineyards, and vistas, all while enjoying a three-course meal and, of course, wine.
Day 3 began with brunch, followed by a tour and tasting at Chateau Montelena. It was this winery’s 1973 chardonnay that stunned the world by winning the “Judgment of Paris” in 1976, where a California winery, for the first time, bested French wines in blind taste tests. This beautiful property was a great setting for enjoying several different varieties of their fine wines.
Back on the bus, the group went to Beringer Bros. Winery, noted for being in continuous operation from 1876 through today, including through Prohibition, when the winery had permission to lawfully produce sacramental wines. The visit to this lovely property began with a wine welcome, followed by a delicious lunch, and then a tour and tasting in Beringer’s renowned castle and cave-based cellars.
The Foundation for Packaging Education thanks all of the participants for making this event so fun and memorable.
The Foundation for Packaging Education has a simple and vital mission: It supports the development and dissemination of employee education and training resources for workers in the corrugated, folding carton, rigid box, and related supply chain industries. In other words, the foundation exists to educate your team members to ensure a quality, trained workforce and the future of your enterprise.
Please consider a tax-deductible gift or pledge to the Foundation for Packaging Education today at www.packaginged.org/donate.
