Carlo Cavallo
Chef-Proprietor, Meritage

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Executive Chef Carlo Cavallo opened Meritage Martini Oyster Bar & Grille in 1999, which is now considered one of the wine country best restaurants. It is the perennial winner of Best Seafood Restaurant in Napa and Sonoma County since 2000. Chef Carlo has won consecutive Best Overall Martini awards in 2009, 2010 and 2011 at Martini Madness showcasing his mixology skills. Carlo is the winner of 2009 Best Beef in America Chef's Challenge put on by National Cattlemen's Association. For Carlo, Meritage offers the perfect venue to blend his European heritage with California’s wine country farms and artisan food purveyors

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We feature Southern French & Northern Italian regional cuisine with a focus on local sustainable ingredients. The menu has wonderful selection of handmade pastas, risotto, poultry, well-executed meats, and wild game selections. Farm to table heart healthy vegetarian dishes, Oyster bar with live Dungeness crab and Maine lobster tank, accompanied by an award winning martini and wine list.

Eat, drink and exalt the enchantments of Sonoma’s famed green fruit at this year’s Feast of the Olive Dinner. At the savory standout of Sonoma Valley’s 2011-2012 Olive Season, the best local chefs and winemakers pair up to prepare unique menus for each candlelit table of guests.

In the glow of Ramekins’ banquet room, you’ll feel like family as you feast with friends, compare notes with your neighboring table or engage in an intimate conversation with your table’s own culinary luminaries. It’s a personal and not-to-be-missed artisan affair.