TIMELESS TOWNS OF ALASKA 13 NIGHTS DEPARTS MAY 05, 2022 SEVEN SEAS MARINER

• We will return to Alaska for the first time in 2 years with a very special Spotlight program featuring the very best wines of California and Oregon! 
• Our Spotlight experience will be built around the exclusive and private world of the Harlan Family Domain, the premiere winemakers who produce Harlan Estate, Bond, Promontory, and The MASCOT wines in the Napa Valley, California. Founded in 1984, the Harlan Domain is a winegrowing estate in the western hills of Oakville, California consisting of 240 acres of natural splendor set above the fabled Oakville bench lands.

 Bill Harlan, the founder and owner of the Harlan Domain, is also co-owner of the Meadowood Resort and Spa and The Napa Valley Reserve, an exclusive private club in the heart of the Napa Valley.  Harlan, arguably the most influential figure in the Napa Valley, is a former adrenaline junkie who raced motorcycles, taught flying lessons, docked a schooner on seven continents, and played professional poker.  In 1975, he founded Pacific Union, one of the premiere real estate brokers in the San Francisco Bay Area.  He eventually became a real estate mogul in Napa and developed an appreciation for wine.  In the 1990s his eponymous hillside winery redefined the style of Napa reds and helped spawn the so-called Cult Cabernet movement—an elite group of boutique wineries selling opulent reds for hundreds of dollars to eager collectors.

• Harlan Domain wines have grown in reputation and recognition.  Robert Parker said, “These wines possess all the elements of greatness – individuality, power combined with elegance, extraordinary complexity, remarkable aging potential, and compelling richness without ponderousness.”   The wines from the Harlan Domain are considered the finest wines produced in the world.

• Promontory, the wine has become one of the most buzzed-about on the market since its first release, the 2009 vintage. It breaks with many of the traditions of the Harlans’ prestige labels, starting with the viticulture. The grapes are grown in line with the natural principles of the Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka. The wine, made by David Cilli, ages for five years in large Austrian casks, instead of the expected French barriques. About 1,000 cases are produced each year, with plans to increase to 4,000 or 5,000 cases. A bottle of Promontory sells for $450 to subscribers, and about $600 retail—about half the cost of a bottle of Harlan Estate. “We think of it as a mineral expression of  cabernet, rather than a fruit expression of cabernet,” Will Harlan says of Promontory. “The property is further south, higher in elevation and has a unique topography that almost creates its own weather patterns. It makes for a fresh, foresty, much wilder-seeming wine.”

• Our adventure will begin with an optional 3-day VIP pre-sail program to St. Helena, the headquarters of the Harlan domain in the heart of Napa Valley.  This Pre-cruise experience will be a fantasy for any Regent guest with a passion for food and wine. Guests will experience exclusive access to Harlan properties and experiences including Southridge Napa Valley, The Charter Oak, Promontory Winery and the Napa Valley Reserve.   Activities will include presentations, blending sessions, private tastings, extraordinary wine dinners and tours – most not available to the public. The schedule will accommodate additional free time for spa treatments, work out facilities, local tasting rooms, tennis, golf and shopping.   Guests will leave St. Helena with first hand experience of life in the middle of wine country with the most influential winemakers in all of Napa Valley.  Information on this optional tour will be posted to the Regent website this summer.  Registration is limited to 40 guests.    

• Amanda Harlan, Bill’s daughter, will be our ambassador for our Harlan onboard experiences to Alaska.   David Cilli, the winemaker at Promontory, will also lead the Bond tasting flights and the Promontory Wine Dinner at Prime Seven.   Additional dinners will include wines from the exclusive Napa Valley Reserve at a special pairing dinner in Chanteuse.  Guests will sign up for the private tastings and dinners with Harlan wine pairings.  More information and registration will open the summer via Destinations and On-board Activities.  

• The various tastings and meals will be complimented by presentations about the history of the Harlan Domain and winemaking in Napa Valley.  Guests will also be treated to a special on board lunch featuring the best wines of Oregon when we visit Astoria.

• Additional activities to be announced.

Special 30th Anniversary Voyage!

For more than three decades, Regent has been elevating ocean travel as the only, truly all-inclusive luxury cruise line. To celebrate these last 30 years — and as we look to the decades ahead — Regent and Artful Travelers have curated and enhanced this sailing. Experience the ultimate in luxury travel on this 30th Anniversary Voyages, including commemorative pins and gifts, an anniversary party on each cruise, double past guest savings, specialty drinks and one-of-a-kind dining options alongside enhanced entertainment and more.  See https://www.rssc.com/30-Anniversary-Voyages for more details.