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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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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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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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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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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.
