The tasting room is located in Isla de Maipo and resides in a Tuscan-style manor house that was inaugurated in 2001 to receive guests who want to get to know our winery and wines through tours, tastings, and special events.
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Category: Napa Valley
The tasting room is located in Isla de Maipo and resides in a Tuscan-style manor house that was inaugurated in 2001 to receive guests who want to get to know our winery and wines through tours, tastings, and special events.
Meadowood is a center of social, cultural and viticultural life in Napa Valley and a second home for those who enjoy the beauty and hospitality of the wine country. The property features championship croquet lawns, seven tennis courts, a nine-hole walking golf course, hiking trails, swimming, a full-service health spa, a wine educator, an annual cultural affairs calendar, guest rooms, suites and cottages and Michelin two-star dining in The Restaurant at Meadowood.
Located in the world-renowned Napa Valley, it’s no surprise that Napa Downtown has more than its fair share of top-flight wine and food choices. In fact, Napa Downtown boasts 18 wine tasting rooms (see list below), all within easy walking distance, offering a sip of virtually thousands of boutique, limited release and rare wines from Napa Valley and around the globe.
In May 2007 Jim Gunther and Jamie Cherry of San Francisco, CA, took the reins as the new innkeepers of The Inn On First, a contemporary Bed and Breakfast Inn. Jim and Jamie bring a fresh look and fervor to excel in service to their guests. What distinguishes their luxury Bed and Breakfast Inn from any other in Napa Valley is the touch of San Francisco style they have added to the decor, and their focus on hospitality as a personalized gift to their guests.
Opened in February of 2009, this luxurious 62 room hotel, spa and restaurant has impressed even the most finicky of critics. With a modern elegant design, incorporating advanced environmental technologies and materials, the Bardessono is undoubtedly the “greenest” luxury hotel in America. Bardessono also includes a highly acclaimed restaurant and personalized spa treatments, which are offered both in the spa and in the special seclusion of each room.
Rooms include flat-screen TVs, modern furniture and walls adorned with fine art. All rooms have large bathrooms that include heated flooring, double sinks, large soaking tubs and separate showers. Many of the guest rooms will also feature fireplaces and balconies.
Owner Bruno Berthelin welcomes guests to his wine shop and boutique, ‘Au Plaisir Dit vin’ for wine tastings, wine purchases, wine accessories and above all, friendly conversation. Mr. Berthelin has spent twenty years as a passionate Wine Merchant, ‘a Servant to awaken your senses’. His expertise with the local wine industry allows him to offer hundreds of wines from throughout Burgundy in addition to offering his advice on tours, tastings, local tourism and more.
Pierre Lafille and his daughter Delphine are maintaining the spirit that has been present since the first Lafille took over the vineyard from M. Bardou (who himself was from a long line of winemakers) in the 1870s: to conscientiously work on this noble product for the pleasure of connoisseurs. The winegrowers in the cultivate contrasting vines with skill and passion in order to produce flamboyant wines that are still harmonious and natural. The wines that Pierre Lafille makes reveal an excellent maturity of these influences. The Domaine produces red and white wines of high quality and have won several gold medals in different tastings.
The restaurant is located in an old 16th century gallery, where there used to be a small market. It was born in the twenties and at the time it was called ‘Old Tavern’. Over the past few years it has expanded with the typical Florentine cuisine, based on country traditions. Here you can find ‘the original Florentine steak’, the restaurant’s pride. Other local dishes are available too, such as the ‘Florentine tripe’ and an assortment of dishes made from the freshest local produce, cheeses and meats.
The elegant, Michelin Starred Ristorante, with clothed tables, frescoed walls and a welcoming fireplace, serves what has been described as light Mediterranean cuisine. Its selection of meat and fish dishes are inspired by seasonal local produce, offered in tasting menus or à la carte. A complete list of Castello Banfi wines rounds out the experience.