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Same race  ·  New name

THE WINE HALF MARATHON IS NOW EPICURA RUN

If you ran the wine half marathon in Napa Valley, or you have been looking for it since, you are in the right place. The Wine Half Marathon – Napa Edition is now Epicura Run – Napa Valley. Same race, same private vineyard roads, same weekend in May. The 2027 edition runs Saturday, May 8, 2027.

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A large group of finishers posing with medals and wine glasses in front of the 2026 Wine Marathon backdrop in Napa Valley
Finishers at the 2026 edition — the same race, under its old name and old sign.

WHAT CHANGED,
AND WHAT DIDN’T

Exactly as it was

  • 13.1 miles through working Napa Valley vineyards, on roads closed to the public the rest of the year
  • The same founders, Tiffany and Guillaume Eicholz, and the same team
  • Winery hosts along the course, pouring for runners as they pass
  • A finish-line celebration with food, wine and music rather than a medal and a parking lot
  • One weekend in May, in Napa Valley

What is new

  • The name: Epicura Run – Napa Valley, with the race itself called The Epicura Half
  • A field capped at 500 runners, so the vineyards stay walkable
  • Epicura Village at the finish, with tastings from every winery on the course
  • Epicura Experiences: smaller runs, tastings and lunches through the rest of the year
  • One home for everything, at epicuraevents.com

Why the name changed

THE RACE OUTGREW
ITS OWN NAME

The first edition was a half marathon with a name that said so. What people actually turned up for was the whole day — the vineyards, the hosts, the long afternoon at the finish. Runners kept describing it as an experience rather than a race, and the old name only covered the first two hours of it.

Epicura is the name for all of it: the half marathon in May, and the smaller runs, tastings and lunches that now run through the year. The race has not moved, changed hands or changed shape. It has a name wide enough to hold what it became.

257

runners in the first edition

79

cities represented

14

states represented

100%

of survey respondents would recommend it