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As this is a blind tasting, the wines will not be revealed until the scores are tallied. Please know that all wines are exceptional and represent some of the most sought after in the world. These wines are exclusive to VIP Judge and Judge's Tickets only.

The wine selection has been a long process and chosen by two impartial Masters of Wine. This process was agreeable to Steven Spurrier for the Judgment of Napa 2021.

American Express, Visa, Mastercard, and Discover.

Due to limited availability, we recommend securing tickets as soon as possible via TOCK. If you have questions or concerns please email JonEvent@CulturedVine.com.

TOCK charges both per-transaction fees and automatically remits required taxes for events in St. Helena, California, acting as a marketplace facilitator to comply with state and local tax regulations.

You will receive a ticket via email after purchase. There will be registration on location prior to the event where you will receive your credentials. Photo ID is required. Only the ticket holder can pick up credentials.

There will be no ticket sales at the door. All tickets must be purchased in advance.

You would purchase one Judge's Ticket and one Premier Ticket.

All ticket purchases are final and non-refundable. To ensure the integrity and quality of the Judgment of Napa experience, the event requires a minimum attendance threshold. If ticket sales do not reach at least 80% of capacity, the organizer reserves the right to cancel the event. In this case, all guests will receive a full refund to their original form of payment, and will be notified promptly.

Force Majeure. No Party shall be liable or responsible to the other Party, nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement, for any failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of this Agreement when and to the extent such failure or delay is caused by or results from acts beyond the impacted Party’s (“Impacted Party”) reasonable control, including, without limitation, the following force majeure events (“Force Majeure Event(s)”) that frustrates the purpose of this Agreement: (a) acts of God; (b) flood, fire, earthquake or explosion; (c) war, invasion, hostilities (whether war is declared or not), terrorist threats or acts, riot or other civil unrest; (d) government order or law; (e) actions, embargoes or blockades in effect on or after the date of this Agreement; (f) action by any governmental authority; (g) national or regional emergency; (h) strikes, labor stoppages or slowdowns or other industrial disturbances; (i) epidemic, pandemic or similar influenza or bacterial infection (which is defined by the United States Center for Disease Control as virulent human influenza or infection that may cause global outbreak, or pandemic, or serious illness); (j) emergency state; (k) shortage of adequate medical supplies and equipment; (l) shortage of power or transportation facilities; and (m) other similar events beyond the reasonable control of the Impacted Party.

You may resell your ticket. If you do, please contact JonEvent@CulturedVine.com to coordinate an alternate guest for credentials.

Your ticket must match the attendee's name. If you have sold or given your ticket to someone else, please contact Cultured Vine at JonEvent@CulturedVine.com so that we may have an updated manifest of guests.

Yes. You must have a valid photo ID and must be 21 years of age at the time of the event.

No video equipment except for your phone. Large signs, chairs, or coolers are not permitted. No weapons of any kind. You may bring snacks or non-alcoholic beverages so long as they fit in a purse-sized bag or backpack. Food will be provided.

Pets are not permitted at the event.

We will accommodate individuals with certain medical conditions and handicaps. Please contact JonEvent@CulturedVine.com for details.

Once you have purchased your ticket, the email provided with your purchase will automatically receive event details and updates as they progress, including any weather, traffic, or schedule changes on the day of the event.

By attending this event, the individual named below ("I" or "me") grants Judgment of Napa ("event") and its affiliates and licensees the irrevocable, transferable, perpetual right and license to publish, print, display, record, and use (by photography, film, tape, aural devices, and any other method of device) my name, voice, image, and likeness, while at event, (the "Materials"), and use such Recordings in perpetuity throughout the universe and for any purposes in any and all media now or hereafter advised. Event shall be the exclusive owner of all rights, including copyright, in the Materials. I hereby irrevocably transfer, assign, and otherwise convey to event my entire right, title, and interest, if any, in and to the Materials and all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the Materials arising in any jurisdiction throughout the universe in perpetuity, including all registration, renewal, and reversion rights, and the right to sue to enforce such copyrights against infringers. I acknowledge and agree that I have no right to review or approve Materials before they are used by event, and that event has no liability to me for any editing or alteration of the Materials or for any distortion or other effects resulting from event's editing, alteration, or use of the Materials, or event's presentation of me. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, I hereby irrevocably waive all legal and equitable rights relating to all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, suits, damages, and expenses, including but not limited to claims for copyright or trademark infringement, infringement of moral rights, libel, defamation, invasion of any rights of privacy (including intrusion, false light, public disclosure of private facts, and misappropriation of name or likeness), violation of rights of publicity, physical or emotional injury or distress, or any similar claim or cause of action in tort, contract, or any other legal theory, now known or hereafter known in any jurisdiction throughout the world (collectively, "Claims"), arising directly or indirectly from the production, exhibition, exploitation, advertising, promotion, or other use of the Materials, and I hereby covenant not to make or bring any such Claim against event and forever release and discharge event from liability under such Claims.