The Journal
Features
Long-form, verified, and unhurried. Each feature is researched in person or with the people who made the place.
Private Estates
The Backen Estate on Pritchard Hill
A Howard Backen-designed compound on Napa's most storied hilltop, opening its gates for month-long stays — with private culinary access from Thomas Keller's restaurant group.
Stays
Auberge du Soleil: The Valley's Grande Dame
Fifty rooms across thirty-three acres of olive and oak in Rutherford — and a restaurant that has held its Michelin star for nearly two decades.
Tables
Auro: The Changing of the Guard
A fourth consecutive Michelin star for Auro at Four Seasons Napa Valley — the first under Executive Chef Evan Neumann. Calistoga's only starred restaurant.
Stays
Four Seasons Napa Valley: The Resort With Its Own Winery
Five acres of Elusa vines wrapped around the Calistoga property, with Thomas Rivers Brown on the winemaking — plus Calistoga's only Michelin star.
Stays
Meadowood
The St. Helena estate that defined Napa luxury — and its new gathering place, Forum.
Tables
Kenzo
Twenty-seven seats, kaiseki, fish flown daily from Japan. Restraint as luxury.
Experiences
The HALL Platinum Experience
Two hundred dollars, four guests, appointment only — the allocated cabernets you can't taste any other way.
The Newsletter
The Curated Napa
New features land here first — one considered dispatch a month.