Yountville turns up the heat this winter with its second annual Moveable Feast program, available January 1 through February 28. This tasty town-wide program offers lodging of up to 30 percent off, prix-fixe meals, and private VIP wine tours/tastings. From the new Hotel Yountville to the LEED platinum-certified Bardessono, 11 area hotels are set to seduce every sense. Add in three-course lunches and dinners at top-tier restaurants including Ad hoc, Bottega, Cantinetta Piero, and many others, and a getaway to Napa Valley’s “culinary crushpad” is ripe for the picking. (707/944-0904, www.yountville.com)
Where To Stay:
Turndown was never so tasty at Hotel Luca, with a $299/double mid-week package combining lodging, breakfast, three course-dinner at Cantinetta Piero, and private wine tasting for two at nearby Ma(i)sonry. At the southern end of town, the new Hotel Yountville Resort and Spa offers a mid-week getaway including a premium king guestroom, dinner for two at Mustard’s Grilland, and wine tasting at Hope & Grace Winery for $350/double, $450/double on weekends.
For romance on the rails, Napa Valley Railway Inn features a $195/double package in a classic 100-year-old railcar suite set along the original Napa Valley Railroad track (1870) combined with a three-course lunch at Hurley’s Restaurant and VIP wine tasting at seven wine lounges throughout town. Bed and breakfast is also a bargain at the two Four Sisters Inns — historic Maison Fleurie (1873) and Lavender. Enjoy a deluxe king guestroom, lunch for two at Bottega, and VIP wine tasting at Hope & Grace Winery, daily breakfast and afternoon hors d’oeuvres for $305/double at Maison Fleurie, and $280/double at Lavender.
Spa time hits a high note at Villagio Inn & Spa, with elegant Tuscan-style guestrooms, Champagne breakfast buffet, three-course lunch at the Michael Chiarello’s Bottega Restaurant, and VIP tasting at V Wine Cellar for just $360/double. Sister property Vintage Inn offers a similar deal. Nearby, bed down at the Bordeaux House with breakfast, a VIP wine tasting at Goosecross Cellars, and three-course lunch at Hurley’s Restaurant for $165/double.
Thomas Keller fans can tap into the deal at Napa Valley Lodgesteps with a king fireplace guestroom, Champagne breakfast buffet, VIP wine tasting at Hope & Grace Winery, and early dinner at Ad Hoc starting at $275/double.
Those with an eco-chic bent have a home base: Bardessono, one of three LEED platinum properties in the world. The inn fires up the season with a king spa suite, three-course dinner at the restaurant crafted by executive chef Sean O’Toole, and VIP wine tasting at Hill Family Estates for $430/double.
Where To Dine:
The town’s top toques celebrate the season with a variety of Moveable Feast menus. These three-course repasts are available throughout January and February at the following restaurants (restrictions apply):
Ad Hoc: Three-course dinner menu, $39/person, 5-6pm only
Bardessono: Three-course lunch menu, revolving seasonal menu, $24/person
Bardessono: Three-course dinner, revolving seasonal menu $50/person
Bistro Jeanty: Three-course lunch menu, $55/couple
Bistro Jeanty: Three-course dinner menu, $70/couple
Bottega: Three-course lunch menu for $39/person
Bouchon Bakery: Complimentary chocolate bouchon with coffee order
Bouchon Bistro: Three-course dinner menu, 10pm to midnight only, $25/person
Cantinetta Piero: Three-course dinner menu, $30/person
Hurley’s Restaurant: Three-course lunch menu, $24/person
Mustard’s Grill: Three-course dinner menu, $32.95/person
