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U.S. News & World
January 2012
#3 in Best Napa Valley Hotels
Bardessono ranks #3 out of 39 Napa Valley Hotels based on an evaluation of expert ratings and awards, as well as user reviews. The hotel scored high enough to make the exclusive U.S. News list of the Best Hotels in the USA.
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The Huffington Post
January 2012
Luxury Eco-Resorts Combine Green and Glamour
Travel can have a negative impact on the planet, but that doesn't mean you have to give up on seeing the world completely. While an eco-friendly vacation may bring to mind images of roughing it in the wilderness, there are many resorts that are both green and glamorous, where you can enjoy luxury with a conscience.
Examiner
January 2012
Top Ten Spa Finds of 2011
Best Amenities: Poolside experience. Soak in the sun while relaxing on a deluxe cabana by the side of Bardessono's beautiful pool. Immediately upon arriving, attendants will offer you cold lemon water, plentiful towels and menus for drinks and treats. It's hard to beat the gracious service or the incredible views, both of which are a perfect example of the complete eco-fabulous Bardessono experience.
Condé Nast Traveler
November 2011
2011 Readers' Choice Awards (PDF)
Best in the World. Here they are, the final winners sifted from more than 8 million votes cast in our annual Readers' Choice Awards survey, swept up together to form travel's apex of excellence. Top 200 U.S. Hotels – #17, Bardessono, Napa Valley – 92.3.
City A.M.
November 2011
San Francisco: the foodie's dream (PDF)
Bardessono's USP is its eco-friendly policy – it's one of only two hotels in the US to be LEED certified by the US government – but thankfully none of this is at the expense of luxury.
Ecosalon
November 2011
Places & Spaces: Bardessono, Yountville, California
Imagine going away on vacation without leaving the faintest trace? This is not a plot point for an episode of CSI, in which, should the aforementioned happen would make for the most unpleasant vacation ever. We're talking footprint, your carbon one, while still relaxing, getting pampered, and using no fossil fuels.
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PeterGreenberg.com
October 2011
Yountville, CA: An Ideal Starting Point for Seeing Napa
The best hotel in Yountville is the Bardessono, a 62-suite ultra-modern energy efficient hotel in a serene, relaxing and luxurious environment. Built 4 years ago, it's just off the main street behind the city hall. It's not inexpensive but worth it and it makes you feel good that it's LEED Platinum certified.
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Vogue.com
October 2011
Five Eco-Friendly Ideas for Your Next (Guilt-Free) Getaway
In California's Napa Valley, the new Bardessono resort stuns with its visionary architecture—all wood, glass, steel, and concrete—and ecological correctness…Bardessono is so forward-thinking in combining luxury and ecology that it is one of only two hotels in the U.S. to be awarded Platinum status by the organization Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
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Destinations
October 2011
Wine Country: Post-Harvest (PDF)
As Crush season wanes and the colorful leaves start to fall, it's a great time to head to the wine country. autumn events include the Napa Valley Film Festival, November 9–13, and Flavor! — a four-day farm-to-table feast benefiting the scholarship program at Culinary Institute of America at Greystone (CIA), November 17–20.
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Techsperts
August 2011
A hotel that treats the environment as well as its guests
If you've traveled recently, you've likely experienced hotels attempting to reduce their expenses as energy costs skyrocket. There's the card on your bed suggesting that your towels and linens not be recycled each night to help the environment, and reminding you to turn off the lights when leaving the room.
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Madwell Musings
August 2011
A Perfect Pairing of Nature and High Design
In February, a wall of air plants greeted me in the lobby of the gorgeous and eco-friendly hotel Bardessono in Napa, CA, and, boom—I was inspired. A perfect pairing of nature and high design, air plants are basically living, breathing, three-dimensional murals. And since I haven't been able to get them out of my head, I've decided it's time to get in on the action for my own home.
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Los Altos Town Crier
July 2011
Wending Through Wine Country
Our base of operations for the event [introduction of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550 four-door coupes to stateside automotive journalists] was the Bardessono Hotel, Restaurant and Spa which manages to maintain a rural atmosphere while set in picturesque downtown Yountville. The Bardessono is distinctive for its use of rustic textures and materials as the basis for its interior and exterior design. It boasts a comfortable bar and lounge, first-rate restaurant and in-room spa services for guests.
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TABLE HOPPER
July 2011
Wine Country Chefs on the Move
Over in the Napa Valley, Victor Scargle is back in the kitchen after a professorial stint at the Culinary Institute of America, and hurrah, he’s taking over the gorgeous ~BARDESSONO~ restaurant in Yountville. Scargle was formerly at Go Fish and the now closed Julia’s Kitchen before taking his teaching gig at the CIA.
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JustLuxe
June 2011
Bardessono in the Heart of Napa Valley
Dedicated to providing guests an environment that is luxurious, serene, and decidedly green, Bardessono leaves no stone unturned. The sleek 62-suite hotel offers a private retreat in the heart of the Napa Valley, complete with a world-class restaurant and indulgent spa. Bardessono has an exceptional ability to seamlessly blend the best interests of its guests and the planet together.
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Prevue
June 2011
Napa's Epicenter of Eco-Chic
Bardessono is one of only three LEED Platinum Hotels in the world. America’s best restaurant is just down the street, and Napa’s top winery owners pop over on Fridays for tastings. Yes, we know, we want to go there too.
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Auto Trader
June 2011
2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS - A New Form
Move ahead forty some years to the introduction of the 2012 CLS 550 and CLS 63 AMG, which took place in Napa Valley, Calif. at the Bardessono Hotel, Restaurant and Spa. It is one of only three hotels worldwide to receive LEED Platinum Certification, the highest rating. That means the hotel is one of the greenest buildings in the world.
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Delta SKY
June 2011
Napa: 4 Towns. One Unique Valley.
Within walking distance of many of Yountville's finest eateries is the valley's greenest lodging. Bardessono is only one of three hotels worldwide to hold the prestigious LEED Platinum Certification, the highest standard of environmental design.
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MSNBC.com
April 2011
New Electric Vehicle...
The Platinum LEED Certified hotel, Bardessono in Yountville, California has partnered with Lexus, Tesla Motors, and AV Aerovironment to offer guests the option to use electric and hybrid transportation. The hotel has upgraded two of the existing 240 v 50 amp receptacles to the most universal adapter on the market...
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Delta SKY
April 2011
California Escapes
Soothe body and soul at Bardessono, the boutique-styled Napa Valley retreat with green sensibility (think solar panels and reclaimed wood). We love the slew of wine-tasting rooms within walking distance and the proximity to the famed French Laundry restaurant.
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Pop Sugar San Francisco
March 2011
Eco-Luxury in Wine Country
"Ecotourism" usually makes me think of tree-house dwellings in remote jungles, but it can also be done in style and close to home. Just a short drive from the city (hey, rent a Prius), Yountville's Bardessono is a 62-room luxury resort that's LEED platinum certified and seriously eco-chic.
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Northern California Meetings + Events
March 2011
LEED-ING the Way
One of only three platinum-level lodging properties worldwide, Bardessono was conceived from the get-go to meld environmental initiatives with a luxury aesthetic. It is one of relatively few constructions in the nation to use geothermal energy. "Were a luxury hotel first and a green hotel second…when our guests discover how green we are, it comes as a pleasant surprise".
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Qantas
February 2011
Bardessono
Putting other luxury eco hotels to shame is Bardessono, California’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified Platinum hotel, complete with 62 suites. Salvaged wood and non-toxic recycled materials were used in construction...
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Splendora
February 2011
Destination Spotlight: Bardessono Resort, Napa Valley
Eco-friendly to its core, Bardessono is one of only three LEED Platinum Certified hotels in the world. From construction (wood is sourced from salvaged trees) to the organic cotton linens dressing each bed, Bardessono has committed itself to incorporating green practices into its day-to-day workings...
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Forbes
February 2011
The Nation's Greenest LUXURY Resort And Spa Is Profitable
Based on its five-star experience, Bardessono Resort & Spa, could actually make money even if it wasn't the greenest resort & spa on the planet. And it’s margins would be better as well. But someone had to take that leap of faith and set the bar for ‘green luxury’...
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TripAdvisor
January 2011
Travelers' Choice Hotel Awards
Bardessono ranked #5 worldwide and #1 in the United States; Top 10 Relaxation/Spa Hotels category of the 2011 Travelers’ Choice Awards by TripAdvisor...
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Westways
January 2011
Travel Green in the Napa Valley
Bardessono proves you don't have to sacrifice luxury to reduce your carbon footprint while traveling. The stylish 62-room hotel, restaurant, and spa, built with many materials sourced from within 500 miles of the property, is one of the few hotels in the world to reach Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum–certified status—the highest certification attainable from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Diablo Magazine
January 2011
Bardessono, Yountville
It's mostly the wine, of course, that lures us to Wine Country. But at Bardessono, a 62-room luxury hotel, restaurant, and spa, it's clear that wine appreciation goes beyond drinking: It's in the rejuvenation offered by a grape seed oil massage and the beauty of recycled wine casks in the lounge's rich wood plank ceiling.
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The Huffington Post
December 2010
Eat, Drink & Sleep in Napa Valley
Included in our tasting at Bardessono was a plate of the last of the beautiful heirloom tomatoes grown at the Hill Family farm and served with creamy, delicious burrata cheese and garden basil, all drizzled with a rich balsamic vinegar. It merited the "scarpetta", the sopping up of the sauce with their wonderful bread.
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Examiner
December 2010
World Class Wine Country Cuisine
Yountville in the Napa Valley continues to be the center of the universe for fine dining in California. A new contender for world class wine country cuisine, Bardessono...
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Napa Sonoma
October 2010
Eco-Friendly Art (PDF)
This eco-friendly Yountville resort recently commissioned 16 new pieces from nine artists around the country.
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Michelin Guide
October 2010
2011 Michelin Guide Recommended (PDF)
What's greener than grape vines in Napa? Bardessono, a 62-room hotel that stands out as a feat of eco-engineering.
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USA Today Travel
September 2010
Wine Country, California Lodging
If you are looking for the full resort and spa experience, it's easy to find in California wine country. In Yountville on that [luxury] list, the sustainable Bardessono opened in 2009, offering indulgent amenities like bathrooms with steam rooms and outdoor showers.
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Andrewharper.com
September 2010
Top 20 U.S. Hideaways
Of the more than 1,000 properties recommended by Andrew Harper, Bardessono has been chosen as one of the Top 20 U.S. Hideaways in the 2010 Andrew Harper Readers' Choice Survey.
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Pressdemocrat.com
August 2010
Mushroom Madness
After the first rains of fall, chef Sean O'Toole loves to head to southern Mendocino County, to the pine forests of the coast. He lies on his side in the woods and listens to the rhythm of the nearby ocean as he scans the forest floor for signs of his beloved porcini.
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Examiner
July 2010
Bardessono: California's most sustainable hotel
If you are looking to escape the recent heat surge in Los Angeles, why not try an excursion north to one of the most sustainable luxury hotels in North America: Bardessono Hotel Restaurant, and Spa. A little more than a year old, the 62-room hotel, spa, and restaurant received the highest certification possible from the United States Green Building Council, LEED Platinum - an honor shared by only three other hotels in the world.
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InStyle
July 2010
Hot Hotels
Luxury meets sustainability in the Napa Valley. Bardessono’s refreshing, green guestrooms are dressed in organic linens and built to accommodate in-room spa services. Typical of the region, food and wine are the stars.
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Examiner
June 2010
San Francisco's Best
My mission was to have a Bardessono "experience", exploring the pleasures of this relatively new, green, luxury hotel, spa and restaurant. Impressive in any weather, Bardessono's clean lines and modern aesthetic were a welcome distraction from the storm.
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Travel+Leisure
May 2010
Best New North American Hotels of 2010
This 62-room Napa Valley newcomer is upping the ante on green design: built almost exclusively from salvaged stone and reclaimed wood, it’s the world’s second LEED-certified Platinum hotel.
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Interiors and Sources
April 2010
Photo Essay: Where Luxury Meets Sustainability
A new LEED Platinum hotel in Napa Valley—and the first in California—blends the wine country’s agrarian character with a design as refined as the wines for which it is known.
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Examiner
April 18, 2010
Top 10 San Francisco Bay Area Eco-Spas
Solar panels, salvaged building materials, organic, locally sourced spa products and linens, you name it, they’ve done it. Bardessono has not only incorporated real ways to conserve water, energy and power into their spa/resort, but they’ve done it with beauty in mind.
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New York Post
April 15, 2010
Linger longer in California
Our pick is sexy Bardessono, literally behind Thomas Keller’s famed Bouchon restaurant. One of two LEED Platinum-certified hotels in the US, it features 62 sleek and suite-like rooms with massive bathrooms that include Jacuzzi tubs and outdoor showers.
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7X7
March 2010
Headed Up To Napa? The Grass Has Never Been Greener
The greenest place to stay in Napa is the platinum-LEED- Certified Bardessono. This sleek, modern hotel was constructed of wood from salvaged trees and recycled concrete and uses almost no off-site energy. The rooms—all suites—feature glass-walled showers, spa tubs (which get filled with geothermally heated water) and organic bed linens. Even the products used to clean your room are organic.
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Elle Decor
March 2010
Green Getaways
Bardessono, in Yountville, California, was recently awarded LEED Platinum certification, which is the highest official recognition for sustainable design. Wood from salvaged trees and stone blocks from an old wine cellar are among the recycled goods used in the design of this serene Napa Valley hotel, and geothermal wells heat and cool the 62 airy guest rooms
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Gayot.com
March 2010
Top 10 New Restaurants in the U.S.
The stylized dining room features a log chandelier sprouting crystal leaves suspended above a reclaimed Monterey cypress communal table; stone platters of seasonal produce; a wall mural of olives in 3-D; and views of a stone patio with canals, boardwalk planks, and gentle water cascades. The sensuous cuisine seems themed around natural enlightenment.
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Los Angeles Times
January 2010
Planning your trip to Napa
If you’d like to keep with the green Napa theme, this stylish, sustainably designed hotel is the place. Rates for spa suites begin at $325.
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Organic Spa
December 2009
Rest with the Best
If you want to experience true green luxury, check out this modern hotel in the heart of Californian”s wine country. Bardessono is a LEED Platinum-aspiring hotel, spa, and restaurant that”s located in Yountville on six tastefully landscaped acres with drought-tolerant foliage, organic herb gardens, and vineyards.
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San Diego News Network
December 2009
Savor the Best of Yountville During Its ‘Moveable Feast’
Chef Sean O’Toole is having great fun elevating simple ingredients in unlikely combinations, like my delightful starter of silky celery root soup studded with boneless chicken wings, chanterelle mushrooms, crunchy celery and croutons.
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Michelin
December 2009
Bardessono
In the gastronomically rich belly of Yountville, just a baguette’s throw from Washington Street, Bardessono stands apart as the greenest spot just off restaurant row.
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Haute Living
November 2009
Eco-Friendly Meets Luxury in Napa Valley Hotel
Going green just got a little better. Napa Valley is renowned as a great vacation spot for vineyards and wine tasting, but now MTM’s Luxury Lodging’s new Bardessono Hotel in Yountville, California seeks to bring another association to mind…eco-friendly!
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Town & Country
November 2009
California Greening (PDF)
Guests are greeted by a playful floor-to-ceiling wall of shaggy air plaints in the entryway, while ample stone and reclaimed timber provide a soothing backdrop.
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San Francisco Magazine
November 2009
Innovation: Energy-saving, key-activated sun blockers (PDF)
This unusual design choice was based on an old 60 Minutes episode Sherburne had seen in which those decor staples were revealed to be most polluted places in a hotel room. Forgoing them at Bardessono eliminated the need for deep cleanings that release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and make hotel rooms less allergenic.
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San Francisco Magazine
October 2009
Privacy, Please
Yountville’s new Bardessono, a modern compound of precise lines and right angles that does a 180 away from the town’s usual faux-French and faux-Tuscan inns, directs guests over bridges and past trickling streams and fans them out to several courtyards, some with a dozen or so rooms opening onto them.
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Travel + Leisure
September 2009
Yountville, CA’s Upscale Explosion (PDF)
Bardessono: Spread over six acres of vineyards, this modern inn has a rooftop lap pool, 62 earth-toned guest rooms with private patios, and plenty of eco cred: it’s built with reclaimed wood and clad in solar panels. Doubles from $450.
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Robb Report
September 2009
Sublime Simplicity (PDF)
“Simplicity is Luxury,” says hotelier Phil Sherburne in describing his vision for Bardessono, a resort and spa in the Napa Valley town of Yountville. This summation is particularly appropriate to the 62-room property not because of its minimalist architecture or Zen-like landscaping, but because of the ida embodied by the serene, flowing complex: that beauty arises from the thoughtful balance of simple elements.
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Concierge
September 2009
Traveler Image
Being green has never felt as good as it does at Bardessono, whose main assets are its stumbling distance from more Michelin stars than any Paris pied-à-terre, paired with the atmosphere of an agrarian retreat. After check-in, done via a staffer’s hip-slung electronic tablet, it’s a short walk to the hotel’s four courtyards, where stone walkways curve alongside meandering streams.
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Robb Report
September 2009
Sublime Simplicity (PDF)
“Simplicity is Luxury,” says hotelier Phil Sherburne in describing his vision for Bardessono, a resort and spa in the Napa Valley town of Yountville. This summation is particularly appropriate to the 62-room property not because of its minimalist architecture or Zen-like landscaping, but because of the ida embodied by the serene, flowing complex: that beauty arises from the thoughtful balance of simple elements.
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Food & Wine
August 2009
Is Napa America’s Best Vacation Spot?
Then there was our eco-minded hotel, Bardessono (photo, above), a low-slung complex of eco-friendly wood, stone and concrete buildings. The luxury continues at Bardessono’s restaurant, where choices include haute organic dishes such as roast cod in a lemon-caper brown butter.
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Sacramento Bee
August 2009
More of a fine thing in Yountville
For some of you, that will bring a big, “So what?” Others might find all the little details impressive, refreshing and progressive, from the nontoxic paint to the fruit and veggies purchased off the truck at the local farmers market.
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Tablehopper
July 2009
What’s Cookin’
I can’t wait to write all these adventures up, but in the meantime, I had to tell you how stunning Bardessono is-talk about eco-fabulous.
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Gourmet
June 2009
TRAVEL SMART: NEW DIGS IN WINE COUNTRY (PDF)
“The greenest luxury hotel in America,” is how the new Bardessono bills itself. So I was expecting to find it set in one of Napa Valley’s verdant vineyards and drove right past the place, which is smack dab in the middle of Yountville (and only a couple of blocks from The French Laundry).
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Condé Nast Traveler
May 2009
Hot List - World’s Top New 140 Hotels (PDF)
Consider it a silver lining: Hot hotels continue to open in record numbers despite the recent economic overcast, and many are more affordable than ever.
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Napa Valley Register
May 2009
Breakfast, lunch and dinner at Bardessono
So, when a hotel aspires to be “the greenest luxury resort in America,” what’s on the menu? You don’t have to be a guest at the Bardessono to find out. The high-end resort and spa, which opened in Yountville in February, aspires to be not only eco-friendly, but local-friendly as well.
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Star Chefs
May 2009
What to Eat and Where to Stay in California’s Wine Country
The pace in California’s Northern Wine Country can be slower, luring chefs who crave a change in lifestyle. It’s a sommeliers paradise, but it’s also an oasis for any culinary professional who wants to slow down and master his/her craft.
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Time Magazine
May 2009
The Green Design 100
Bardessono has been chosen as one of TIME Style & Design’s GREEN DESIGN 100. This is the first time TIME Style & Design has singled out a DESIGN 100 focused entirely on the best and brightest in environmentally conscious design from around the globe.
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Napa Sonoma
April 2009
Yountville - The Little Town That's Big On Talent & Taste (PDF)
Phil Sherburne has demonstrated in 3-D why he deserves to be called by a title that would otherwise be considered an oxymoron: eco-developer.
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Lux Life
April 2009
Luxury Goes Green at Bardessono (PDF)
Shower under the stars. Swim in the rooftop pool as the sun sets over the Mayacamas. Pamper yourself with holistic East-meets-West spa experiences without ever leaving your room.
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American Spa
April 2009
Green Getaway (PDF)
Green-minded Napa Valley vacationers are raising a glass to Bardessono, an eco-friendly luxury resort in Yountville, CA.
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San Francisco Chronicle
April 2009
Indulgences: Luxurious places know how to rub you the right way (PDF)
While lying slathered in goat butter on a bed of warm bubbling water may not be the most measured response to an economy in free fall, the truth is that in bad times people want to feel good.
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Jamble Mag
April 8, 2009
Luxury Bardessono eco-resort opens in California
Bardessono, a 62 room hotel spa and restaurant, opened its doors in California’s Napa Valley in February, and the aim of becoming the greenest luxury hotel in America.
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Wine Travel
March 2009
Bardessono’s Way Ahead of the Curve
Chef Sean O’Toole gathers fresh, local, in-season ingredients, and this guy is really picky. It becomes obvious after the first dish or two that he chooses his ingredients with the eye of a perfectionist.
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Lux Life
March 17, 2009
Luxury goes green at Bardessono
Shower under the stars. Swim in the rooftop pool as the sun sets over the Mayacamas. Pamper yourself with holistic East-meets-West spa experiences without ever leaving your room.
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SF Gate
March 4, 2009
It isn’t easy being green - Despite obstacles, eco-developer sees business opportunities in sustainable building methods
Phil Sherburne is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article about his background, history as an eco-developer, and business opportunities using sustainable building methods.
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Northbay Biz
March 2009
Home Town Luxury
NorthBay biz profiles Yountville’s Bardessono, a 62-room lair of luxury that’s raising the bar for sustainable hotels across the land.
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Nappy Valley Life
February/March 2009
Romance in the Napa Valley (PDF)
Discover the Bardessono, America’s greenest luxury Hotel & Spa. A deliciously restorative retreat now open in Yountville.
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New York Times
February 2009
A Breath of Fresh Greenery
In the lobby of the Bardessono hotel, which recently opened in Napa Valley, four alcove panels are filled with epiphytic air plants (tillandsias) simply clipped onto metal rods.
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Press Release
January 26, 2009
Acclaimed Chef Creates Organic Magic
At Napa Valley’s Greenest Luxury Resort January 26, 2009, Napa Valley, Calif-- As executive chef for Napa Valley’s newest luxury hotel, Sean O’Toole wants dining at Bardessono to be a nourishing experience, a summoning of favorite meals from your past.
