• 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.