Explore recipes from our estate kitchen featuring seasonal ingredients, Napa Valley wines, estate olive oils, and food pairings designed for sharing. From simple appetizers to dinner party favorites, discover recipes inspired by the way we cook and entertain in wine country.
This classic French dish cooks slowly for hours marrying the sweetness of the vegetables and the rich meat to create a delightfully flavorful bowl, perfect for winter evenings and easy to share for holiday gatherings. Pair with Proprietary Red Wine or Kith & Kin Cabernet Sauvignon for a cozy evening at home.
A light and refreshing dish paired with our gourmet products – perfect for a warm summer day!
Tangy homemade barbecue sauce to add to all of your favorite grilling recipes!
This not-too-sweet Carrot-Coconut Bread is carrot cake’s grown-up cousin. With our luscious Blood Orange Olive Oil, shredded coconut, and sliced almonds it’s wonderfully moist and absolutely crave-able.
This delicious gazpacho was a hit at our recent Wine Release Party, and pairs perfectly with our Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.
Who doesn’t love a BLT? With slow-roasted tomatoes, creamy French cheese, and fresh arugula, this is a refined take on the American classic in perfect bite-sized pieces. Pair with our Estate Cabernet Sauvignon for a deliciously savory, rich bite.
Our Club Manager Christina calls this “Harvest Jambalaya” because her winemaker husband often works late during harvest and this is one of his favorite dinners to come home to. Full of fresh late summer and autumn vegetables with a bit of flavorful heat to warm you up from the inside, this hearty dish pairs wonderfully…
Perfect for a cool autumn night, this Veal Osso Buco is classically comforting and satisfying. It tastes even better the day after – although it’s hard not to finish it all at once. Pairs wonderfully with our Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.
Our Estate Chef’s marinated red pepper and fontina cheese panini is a wonderful use of late-summer red peppers and garden-fresh basil. It’s easy to make and delicious! Get our featured oil and pairing in our Spring Essentials Set.
Created by our Estate Chef to pair perfectly with our Proprietary Malbec, this Brisket Burger is topped with applewood-smoked bacon, Vidalia onion, creamy brie, and fresh arugula. It’s burger bliss!
Deliciously summery, this Heirloom Tomato & Burrata Salad will use the best and brightest from your summer garden and is an absolute vision when plated!
This is a new addition to our Il Pranzo menu and has fast become a guest favorite! It’s perfect for those summer grilling days.
This delicious Green Olive Tapenade is a part of our Vino & Olio tasting experience. It’s so easy to make a makes a light and cool summer appetizer!
Summery, elegant, and delicious, our Estate Chef has created a gorgeous dish that is full of garden-fresh flavors that pair wonderfully with our Estate Sauvignon Blanc.
This delicious spread is one of our most requested recipes from our Vino & Olio tasting experience and makes wonderful use of those summer red peppers from the garden!
This grilled corn on the cob with chili-lime butter ups the ante on your backyard barbeques. The combination of chili and lime adds delicious spice to the sweet smokiness of the grilled corn, pairing wonderfully with our Reserve Sauvignon Blanc.
This beautiful Brassica Salad is as bright and colorful as summer itself and pairs perfectly with our Estate Sauvignon Blanc.
This sunny and flavorful vinaigrette works well as a marinade and as a dressing for any salad that could use the sweet acidity of the magical Meyer Lemon.
This has been one of our most-requested Il Pranzo recipes to date! Our Estate Chef’s creation is perfect for those summer grilling days, and pairs wonderfully with our Kith & Kin Cabernet Sauvignon. The creamy, cheesy polenta plays perfectly off the vibrant flavors found in the grilled chicken.
These Chocolate-Cabernet truffles are incredibly decadent and perfect with a glass of our Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon. What could be more perfect?
Sopes are thick tostada that is only fried to cook the outsides while keeping the inside soft and delicious. Estate chef’s Chili-Braised Beef Shortrib Sope with radish, goat cheese, cilantro, and Chili Oil makes a fantastic appetizer and pairs wonderfully with our Proprietary Red Wine!
This delicious flatbread recipe was a hit at our recent Spring Wine Release Party! With juicy braised short rib, smoked gouda, and pickled chilies, it was amazing paired alongside our newly-released Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.
This Chocolate Mousse Pie recipe comes from our Trade Assistant Nicole’s great aunt Trudy. Nicole’s mom Teresa made this pie every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but we think it’s a welcome treat anytime!
Our recipe collection is inspired by the connection between food, wine, and hospitality at Round Pond Estate in Napa Valley. Many recipes are developed by our estate chefs and culinary partners using seasonal ingredients, estate olive oils, wine vinegars, and wines produced from our Rutherford vineyards.
The archive includes a wide range of recipes for entertaining and everyday cooking, from grilled meats and seasonal salads to olive oil cakes, appetizers, pasta dishes, and wine pairing ideas. Many recipes are built around ingredients commonly associated with Napa Valley cooking, including fresh produce, olive oil, herbs, citrus, and locally inspired wine pairings.
Visitors to Napa Valley often look for ways to recreate wine country meals and entertaining experiences at home. Recipes featuring olive oils, wine pairings, and seasonal California ingredients remain especially popular because they are approachable, versatile, and designed for sharing around the table.
