10 Best Hotel Bars in Napa and Sonoma
As befits a destination with Napa and Sonoma's agricultural bounty, "farm-to-bar" cocktails are all the rage in Northern California's Wine Country. When vino-weary travelers need a change-of-pace palate cleansing, these 10 bars oblige, often with a fabulous indoor or outdoor view. The best part is that they're all located in your hotel.
Swiss Hotel
Why it made the list
Step back in time at the Swiss’s wood-paneled bar across from Sonoma Plaza. A Hemingway relation reportedly helped create the signature Glarifee coffee drink.
Bardessono
Why it made the list
The Yountville hotel's organic culinary garden supplies some of the fruit and herbs that go into the frisky seasonal cocktails at Lucy's Restaurant & Bar, where you can sip in the swank lounge or outside on the patio. Tip-top top-shelf spirits and cognac selection, too.
Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa
Why it made the list
Luxurious design and exclusive wines by the glass keep connoisseurs contented at the Fairmont's 38° North Lounge, a classy oasis a 10-minute drive from Sonoma Plaza.
Hôtel Les Mars
Why it made the list
The bar at the opulent hotel's Chalkboard Restaurant pulls in Healdsburg locals for festive happy hours whose themes and drinks lineups change every few months, but all evening it's cocktail-lovers' heaven here.
Archer Hotel Napa
Why it made the list
The bar at Charlie Palmer Steak in downtown Napa spills into the Archer's lobby, a new-fashioned hangout for local movers and shakers and Wine Country tourists. When the rooftop bar debuts in Spring 2018, the party moves upstairs.
h2hotel
Why it made the list
Cocktails based on seasonal local produce and herbs are the specialty of the h2hotel's Spoonbar. Cantina doors that open out to the Healdsburg Avenue sidewalk enhance the convivial atmosphere.
Solage
Why it made the list
The bartenders at the spa resort's Solbar restaurant conjure up Calistoga's most creative libations, starting with the signature Sex in the Valley cocktail. The bar bites prove equally sexy.
Las Alcobas Napa Valley
Why it made the list
When the temperature's right, sipping a late-afternoon cocktail on Acacia House restaurant's veranda rates as one of St. Helena's supreme pleasures. The handsome decor and sink-into-it seating of the inside space invite lingering, too.
Meadowood Napa Valley
Why it made the list
The meticulously crafted cocktails at the bar of Meadowood Napa Valley's destination restaurant complement the culinary elegance experienced in the dining room. You can also dine at the bar on exquisite "snacks" or partake of the three-course menu served there.
Auberge du Soleil
Why it made the list
In good weather the cocktails at the Auberge resort's Bistro & Bar pair well with the full Napa Valley views from the lofty outdoor deck. If a chill's in the air, cozy up to the fireplace inside.
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