Stag's Leap Wine Cellars hosts private corporate events, catered lunches and dinners, and private cave tours with tastings served standing or seated. The winery publishes no guest numbers, so group size is set with its event team for each format. The estate sits at 5766 Silverado Trail in Napa, California, in the Stags Leap District of the Napa Valley.
Seminars and company events
The winery sells private corporate events and catered corporate events. It also runs a corporate mailing list and year-round wine gifting for companies, which can turn a client event into a longer gift program. Three formats are on offer: a private cave tour and wine tasting, a private lunch served by winery staff, and a private dinner. A specialized event planner works with the host on wine pairings, decoration and the order of the day.
For a team outing or a client day, the cave tour is the usual core. The tour spends about ten minutes underground, where the temperature stays between 50 and 55 degrees, so guests should bring a layer. It passes the Round Room and a Foucault pendulum on the way to the dining areas. The estate gives no figures for meeting rooms or audiovisual equipment, so a working session with screens should be checked with the team before you book.
Weddings and receptions
The estate does not host weddings or wedding-related events. Its visit page explains that the Napa County Winery Definition Ordinance excludes social events of this kind. Company receptions built around a tasting, a lunch or a dinner remain possible within the formats above.
Rooms and capacities
Three settings are named for private meals. The Cave Great Room is a temperature-controlled dining room inside the caves, with hammered copper sconces and quartzite floors. FAY Lake is an outdoor setting facing the Stags Leap Palisades, used for lunch-and-tour events. The FAY Vineyard offers dining among the vines. The FAY Visitor Center serves as the indoor fallback when the weather turns. The estate also mentions smaller indoor and outdoor spaces without naming them. No capacity is published for any of these settings, so confirm numbers with the team.
Catering
Lunches and dinners are catered and planned with the event team, and lunches are served by the winery's own staff. Only Stag's Leap Wine Cellars wines may be poured, because of the winery's permits, and outside alcohol is not allowed. Special diets can be handled with advance notice. A minimum spend applies to catered lunches and dinners; ask the team for the current terms.
History and setting
The estate became known worldwide in 1976, when its 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon took the top red wine honor at the Judgment of Paris tasting. The result helped put the Napa Valley on the international wine map, and the winery is now marking fifty years since that tasting. Guests look out over the S.L.V. and FAY vineyards, with the rock face of the Stags Leap Palisades behind them. All guests must be 21 or older: infants and children are not admitted, and only certified service animals are allowed. There is no dress code; most visitors choose wine country casual, between resort and business wear.
Getting there
The winery is on the Silverado Trail, on the east side of the Napa Valley, north of the city of Napa. Parking is on site, but the estate recommends carpooling or a shuttle for groups and sets no limit on shuttle or bus size. It advises against counting on ride-hailing apps for the return trip, so plan transport both ways before the event.
