Ember Coast
A long table set for a private group dinner among the Napa vineyards

For groups

A private estate, taken over.

Reunions, milestones, and offsites, on estates built to gather the whole group in private.

Design This Trip

Take over the private estate feel of Meadowood or a cluster of Montage Healdsburg bungalows, where a group can gather without sharing space with the public.

Build the days around shared experiences: a buyout-style tasting at Far Niente's caves, a chartered Napa Valley Wine Train car, and team rounds across Silverado's 36 holes of championship golf.

Privacy with a real sense of place.

Evenings center on long table dinners at PRESS among its ten thousand Napa bottles, giving a leadership offsite or milestone celebration both privacy and a real sense of place.

What’s inside

  • The private estate feel of Meadowood or Montage Healdsburg
  • A buyout-style cave tasting at Far Niente
  • A chartered Napa Valley Wine Train car
  • Team rounds across Silverado's 36 holes
  • Long table dinners at PRESS among 10,000 Napa bottles

A sample rhythm

  1. 01

    Gather

    Arrivals on the private estate and a welcome dinner among the vines.

  2. 02

    The shared tasting

    A buyout-style tasting in Far Niente's caves, then a chartered Wine Train car.

  3. 03

    Play

    Team rounds across Silverado's 36 holes, free afternoon after.

  4. 04

    The big night

    A long table dinner at PRESS among ten thousand bottles.

The Napa & Sonomawe’d build in

The pieces that fit this trip.

Where to stay

Hillside maisons and vineyard bungalows.

Wine Country keeps its great retreats tucked into the hills and the vines, from a Mediterranean hillside above Rutherford to oak-grove bungalows in Healdsburg, each a quiet world of its own.

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Rutherford, Napa

Auberge du Soleil

A Mediterranean-style hillside retreat above the valley floor with a Michelin-starred restaurant, private maisons, and olive-grove terraces, long regarded as Napa's original luxury resort.

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Forbes Five-Star

Calistoga, Napa

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley

A Forbes Five-Star resort along the Silverado Trail with its own producing vineyard, 85 rooms and suites plus private villas, Spa Talisa, and the Elusa Winery on site.

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Estate hideaway

Healdsburg, Sonoma

Montage Healdsburg

A 258-acre hideaway of 130 bungalow-style rooms set in rolling vineyards and oak groves, with Spa Montage, two pools, and the farm-to-table Hazel Hill restaurant.

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Private 250-acre estate

St. Helena, Napa

Meadowood Napa Valley

A serene members-and-guests estate tucked into a private wooded valley, offering croquet, tennis, a golf course, hiking trails, and refined accommodations away from the crowds.

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Five-room inn

Healdsburg, Sonoma

SingleThread Inn

An intimate five-suite inn above the three-Michelin-star SingleThread restaurant, where stays are paired with farm-driven dining from chef Kyle Connaughton and farmer Katina Connaughton.

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Spa-and-springs resort

Calistoga, Napa

Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection

A laid-back, design-forward Calistoga resort built around the geothermal-fed Spa Solage Bathhouse, mud-bath traditions, studios, and the Solbar restaurant.

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In the cellar

First Growths, old vines, and candlelit caves.

The estates that built the region's reputation open by appointment alone, from a Bordeaux-style First Growth in Oakville to hand-dug sparkling caves in Calistoga. Book well ahead, especially at harvest.

Historic 1885 estate

Oakville, Napa

Far Niente

A meticulously restored 1885 estate and gravity-flow caves offering seated tastings of benchmark Napa Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, reservation only.

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Bordeaux-style First Growth

Oakville, Napa

Opus One

The landmark Bordeaux-style partnership winery producing a single flagship red, with reservation-only tastings released on the first of each month and limited to small parties.

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Historic sparkling house

Calistoga, Napa

Schramsberg Vineyards

A historic methode traditionnelle sparkling-wine producer offering by-appointment cave tours and tastings through hand-dug 19th-century tunnels, reservation only.

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Chateau sparkling and Pinot

Carneros, Napa

Domaine Carneros

A grand Taittinger-founded chateau overlooking the Carneros vineyards, serving sparkling wines and estate Pinot Noir by flight or bottle on its terrace, reservations required.

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Old-vine Zinfandel landmark

Healdsburg, Sonoma

Ridge Vineyards, Lytton Springs

A solar-powered straw-bale winery surrounded by century-old vines, offering appointment-based seated flights of single-vineyard Zinfandel and estate reds.

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Cult Russian River Pinot

Healdsburg, Sonoma

Williams Selyem

The reference Russian River Valley Pinot Noir producer, with winery visits reserved for allocation list members by appointment only and a long waiting list to join.

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The signature days

Sunrise balloons, vintage rail, and e-bikes through the vines.

Some of Wine Country's best days drift above the valley at dawn or roll quietly between the rows, from hot-air balloons over Yountville to guided Sip 'n Cycle rides through Dry Creek.

Iconic sunrise balloons

Yountville, Napa

Napa Valley Aloft

A long-running hot-air balloon operator, flying since 1976, lifting guests over the valley at sunrise from the heart of Yountville.

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Top-rated ballooning

Yountville, Napa

Napa Valley Balloons

One of Napa's oldest and most highly rated balloon companies, offering dawn flights with decades of combined pilot experience.

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Pioneer balloon company

Napa

Balloons Above the Valley

The first hot-air balloon company in Napa, operating since 1976 with sunrise flights and optional sparkling-brunch packages.

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Vintage rail journey

Napa to St. Helena

Napa Valley Wine Train

A restored early-1900s train running a 36-mile round trip from downtown Napa to St. Helena, pairing multi-course gourmet meals and tastings with valley views.

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Guided wine tours

Healdsburg, Sonoma

Getaway Adventures and Wine Country Bikes

An operator running since 1991 offering guided regular and e-bike Sip 'n Cycle tours through Dry Creek, Russian River, and Calistoga with picnic lunches and winery stops.

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E-bike rentals and tours

Healdsburg, Sonoma

Wine Country Bikes

A Healdsburg-based outfitter renting high-quality road and e-bikes and leading one-day guided rides through Sonoma's vineyard valleys.

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On the course

Vineyard fairways and a coastal links.

Wine Country golf threads oak-lined fairways and working vineyards, from Napa's only 36-hole resort to a Jack Nicklaus mountain course and a windswept links above Bodega Bay.

36 holes of championship golf

Napa

Silverado Resort and Spa, North and South Courses

The only Napa Valley resort with 36 holes of championship golf, on two Robert Trent Jones-designed courses later redesigned by Johnny Miller, threading oak-lined fairways and water crossings.

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Vineyard-routed course

American Canyon, Napa

Chardonnay Golf Club

A scenic 1991 Algie Pulley design routed through more than 150 acres of working vineyards with no houses in sight, open for daily play.

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Rolling vineyard public course

American Canyon, Napa

Eagle Vines Golf Club

A rolling, vineyard-framed public course in the Napa hills offering wide valley views and an accessible alternative to resort play.

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Private Nicklaus mountain course

Santa Rosa, Sonoma

Mayacama Golf Club

An exclusive private Jack Nicklaus Signature course set in the Mayacamas foothills, regularly ranked among California's finest, accessed through membership or affiliated stays.

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Classic parkland course

Sonoma

Sonoma Golf Club

A storied 1920s championship course at the foot of the Mayacamas, long and tree-lined, that has hosted professional events and pairs with The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn.

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Coastal Scottish-style links

Bodega Bay, Sonoma

Links at Bodega Harbour

A dramatic Robert Trent Jones Jr. coastal links above Bodega Bay, with windswept holes finishing along the Pacific for a Sonoma Coast contrast to inland courses.

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Where to eat

Three-star tables and the harvest on the plate.

Few places in America concentrate this much great cooking: two of the country's defining three-star tasting menus, a wine cathedral, and terraces that look out over the vines that fill the glass.

Three Michelin stars

Yountville, Napa

The French Laundry

Thomas Keller's flagship and one of America's most celebrated restaurants, serving a daily-changing multi-course French tasting menu sourced largely from its own gardens across the street.

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Three Michelin stars

Healdsburg, Sonoma

SingleThread

An eleven-course Japanese-influenced kaiseki-style tasting menu built entirely around the seasonal harvest from the restaurant's own five-acre farm.

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One Michelin star

Geyserville, Sonoma

Cyrus

Chef Douglas Keane's reborn fine-dining destination set in a modern glass-and-concrete pavilion among the vines, moving guests from Champagne and canapes to the dining room and a chocolate room.

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One Michelin star

St. Helena, Napa

PRESS

A wood-fired Napa Valley grill and steakhouse holding one of the world's largest collections of Napa wine, roughly 10,000 bottles, alongside a Wine Spectator Grand Award list.

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Classic French bistro

Yountville, Napa

Bouchon Bistro

Thomas Keller's lively Parisian-style bistro serving steak frites, roast chicken, oysters, and raw-bar plates in a buzzy room beside the renowned Bouchon Bakery.

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One Michelin star

Rutherford, Napa

The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil

A Michelin-starred dining room and terrace with sweeping views across the Napa Valley floor, pairing seasonal Wine Country cuisine with one of the region's deepest cellars.

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Golden sunset light shimmering on the sea

Private Group Retreat

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