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Seasons at the CIA Greystone

When the Culinary Institute of America was looking to create a second campus for continuing education back in the 1980s, it scouted out more than 50 locations in the Wine Country of Northern California. The school settled on the historic Greystone edifice, a former Christian Brothers winery in St. Helena, and opened its doors in August of 1995. Since that time, the CIA Greystone campus has served as magnet for food-and-wine aficionados, from local chefs like Michael Chiarello and tourists to… Read More »