Sparkling wine since 1973. The California outpost of the legendary house, with a tasting room that opens to gardens and views of the Mayacamas. Less ceremony than the appellation suggests; you can drop in for a glass on the patio or book a full tasting.

Chandon

Glass or flight by the garden, walk-ins welcome.

Walk-in patio tasting

Howell Mountain Cabernet, made in a deliberate small-batch style. The tasting room sits on Washington Street with a quiet patio out back. Book ahead for the seated flight or stop in if a stool is open.

Cornerstone Cellars

Four-pour seated tasting, reservations recommended.

Howell Mountain flight

Know for their single AVA Cabernet Sauvignons, Handwritten was founded around the idea that every vintage is signed by hand. Tastings happen at the SOYO House on Washington — small groups, considered pairings, no marketing voice.

Handwritten Wines

Founder Mark Herold built Handwritten around the idea that every vintage is signed by hand. Tastings happen at the SOYO House on Washington — small groups, considered pairings, no marketing voice.

Bread + butter pairing with Cabernet flight.

SOYO House tasting

A modern tasting salon on Washington, named for the same family behind the cookware. Estate Cabernet from Napa hillsides, served in a room of clean lines and good light.

Hestan Vineyards

Estate tasting

Family-owned since 1981. The tasting room is relaxed in the way only a family operation can be — no script, no pretense. The secret garden tour is worth asking about.

Hill Family Estate

Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome when space allows.

Secret garden tour

Boutique artisan winery on the north end of Washington. The room is intimate; the wines lean toward elegant Cabernet and Bordeaux varietals. Frequently has live music on weekends.

Hope & Grace

Artisan flight

Jean-Charles Boisset's tasting salon — wine, jewelry, French savoir-faire under one roof. Bubbles and caviar is the move. Reservations strongly recommended; the room is small and the experience is theatrical.

JCB Yountville

Bubbles & caviar

Ultra-premium Cabernet and Petite Sirah in a tasting room that doubles as a rotating art gallery. The wines and the walls both reward attention.

Jessup Cellars

Seated tasting with rotating exhibition viewing.

Art + wine tasting

The only beer tap house in Yountville. Open seating inside and out, dogs welcome, beers brewed at origin from single-source malts. Walk-ins are the default here.

Mad Fritz Brewing Co.

Open seating, dogs welcome, no reservations needed.

Walk-in tap house

The bacon tasting is real and worth the booking. Wines come from estate vineyards in Coombsville and Calistoga, with bacon flights from the ranch's own pork program.

Priest Ranch

Bacon + wine tasting

Restoration Hardware's tasting room, set inside the Maisonry stone building. Tables hold up to six; the room is designed for slow conversation. Tastings include house pours and library selections.

RH Wine Vault

Reservations required. Tables limited to 6 guests.

Library tasting

Boutique tasting room steps from the Welcome Center. Single-vineyard Cabernet, Sauvignon Blanc, and a thoughtful Pinot from Sonoma. Pairs wine tastings with curated home décor displays.

Silver Trident Winery

Estate flight

Stone cottage tasting room with a fireplace inside and a sprawling courtyard outside. Estate Cabernet from Stags Leap and Howell Mountain. Reserve the cottage for an unhurried hour.

Stewart Cellars

Cottage tasting

Inside V Marketplace. A casual wine bar that doubles as a tasting room and bottle shop. Drop in for a glass between vineyards.

V Wine Cellar

Glass pours and flights, walk-ins welcome.

Wine bar

Master Sommelier Kevin Vogt's tasting room and bottle shop, in the same complex as the Welcome Center. Wines from across Napa and beyond, curated by someone who's earned the credentials to curate.

Wine Country Connection

Walk in for a flight or browse the selection.

Tasting + bottle shop

Thomas Keller's family-style restaurant. One menu, four courses, every night different. Sundays bring fried chicken; if you only have one Keller meal in you, this is the gentlest entry.

Ad Hoc

Classic French bistro from Chef Philippe Jeanty, open for over 20 years. Red awnings, flower boxes, blooming red geraniums — the kind of place you walk past and immediately want to sit at. Lunch is the move.

Bistro Jeanty

Bar seating

Italian, by way of Calabria, in the V Marketplace courtyard. Chef Michael Chiarello's restaurant carries on his vision since his passing in 2023 — handmade pasta, wood-fired everything, a fireplace on the patio.

Bottega

Thomas Keller's French bistro, opened 1998. The red zinc bar, the steak frites, the mussels. Late-night dining (until midnight on weekends) makes it the rare Yountville option after most kitchens close.

Bouchon Bistro

California-Italian inside a renovated 1916 grocery building. Wood-fired pizzas, pastas, and a backyard garden in summer. Reservations help on weekends.

Ciccio

Mediterranean in the historic brick depot. Chef Rebecca Weitzman cooks from peak-season ingredients with restraint. The Aperol cocktails are the namesake; the burrata is the order.

Clementine

Happy hour

The restaurant inside Bardessono Hotel. Garden-driven menu — much of it grown on property. Quiet patio under olive trees; the kind of dinner that doesn't need to be loud to be memorable.

Lucy Restaurant & Bar

Thomas Keller and Chef Jeffery Hayashi's Asian-inspired room. Started as the Regiis Ova caviar lounge; evolved into a full restaurant focused on Japanese technique and California ingredients. Hokkaido uni toast, Miyazaki wagyu, the best caviar selection in the valley.

RO Restaurant & Lounge

Wed-Sun 4-6pm. Walk-ins welcome at the lounge.

Portion of dining room held for walk-ins.

Lounge seating

Croissants, macarons, the chocolate bouchons that started it all. Lines form before opening; the rhythm of the town starts here. Coffee and pastries to go, or sit at the small bar inside.

Bouchon Bakery

Walk in, point at what you want. The way it should be.

Bakery counter

LEED Platinum-certified, the highest-rated green hotel in the country. Rooms have private courtyards and outdoor showers. Houses Lucy Restaurant and a serious spa.

Bardessono Hotel & Spa

Boutique hotel on Washington Street, walkable to everything. Old World charm with new World service; recently refreshed rooms and a pool tucked behind ivy.

Hotel Yountville

Recently renovated boutique hotel on the north end of Washington, with a courtyard restaurant and bar that locals frequent. The in-room offerings are curated like a tasting menu.

North Block Hotel

The premier hot air balloon operator in Yountville, launching from V Marketplace. Sunrise rides over the valley floor, vineyards still in shadow. Book well ahead; weather-dependent.

Napa Valley Aloft

Spa at The Estate Yountville, with treatments designed around Veuve Clicquot's brand identity. Massages, facials, hydrotherapy. Book ahead — limited rooms.

Rendez Veuve Spa

Self-guided walking tour of 30+ sculptures and installations through downtown Yountville. Free, always available, no reservation needed. Pick up a paper map at the Welcome Center or just start walking — most pieces are visible from Washington Street.