WHERE TO EAT

Bardessono is a newly defined experience in hospitality that weds "deep green" with luxury, a subtle aesthetic, privacy and graciousness.  This 62-room hotel with its restaurant, bar pool and in-suite spa butler program models hospitality after the ending expressions of land and family that fostered and sustained the original Bardessono family farmstead.  More than simple warmth and welcome, Bardessono is built upon the possibility of an intelligent exchange between traveler and host.  Service, surroundings and intention define an experience every guest will come to know as uniquely their own.

 

The newly planted orchards and gardens on at Brix sits on 16 prime Napa Valley acres providing seasonal fruits and vegetables for the restaurants daily-changing menu.  Our new Executive Chef Anne Gingrass-Paik, presents a contemporary, garden-inspired menu flecked with French and Italian accents.  With a world-class wine list and sweeping views of the gardens, vineyards, orchards and Mayacamas Mountains, Brix offers a thoroughly authentic and entirely enjoyable wine country experience.

"Tuscan cuisine is simple, elemental, well-balanced and rooted in the soil. It is straightforward, honest cookery without frills. It uses the best ingredients, letting them speak without adding anything that might distract." Cantinetta Piero is modeled after the convivial attitude of the people and the open-air lifestyle of Tuscany. The foods of Tuscany are at the heart of Cantinetta Piero. Its menus focus on seasonal ingredients and regional products including seafood and shellfish from the nearby coast, game and meat dishes from the inland and mountain regions, and beautiful, fresh local produce. Under a 15-foot vaulted brick ceiling with massive beams, the entrance to the restaurant leads guests past a wine display to tables, a pizza bar with authentic wood-burning oven, and the open kitchen with its salumi curing room. The dining experience is casual, inviting and stimulating to the senses. The restaurant opens with a wall of glass doors 20 feet long miraculously sliding away to reveal the outdoor dining area ringed by olive trees. A cocktail bar, the width of the room, serves classic and contemporary cocktails, as well as wines from Italy and California, displayed in a ceiling-high, glass-fronted wine room. Approachable, fun, lively, modern Tuscan food from a Napa Valley point of view.