The Napa & Sonoma Collection | Luxury Wine Country Hotel Guide

A note from Keith

Napa and Sonoma are personal to me — for many reasons, they’re probably why I started Suites With Keith to begin with. I grew up twenty-five minutes south, in Marin County, and for years my work brought me back to these valleys almost monthly. Over time, the people who run these hotels became personal friends.

Ten hotels across four bases — where I’d stay, eat, and taste. Every house here is a Fora or Virtuoso preferred partner.

Keith

Issue No. 02

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The Collection

Wine country, by town

Ten hotels across four bases: where I’d stay, eat, and taste.

Calistoga

Springs and cabernet — the top of the valley, where nobody is in a hurry.

Four Seasons Napa Valley →Solage →

St. Helena & Rutherford

The valley’s main street — its quiet center, and its highest standard.

Meadowood →Auberge du Soleil →Alila Napa Valley →

Napa & Carneros

Sparkling and cool mornings — where the valley opens up toward the bay.

Stanly Ranch →Carneros Resort & Spa →

Sonoma County

Slower, greener, less booked — and in no hurry to impress you.

Montage Healdsburg →MacArthur Place →Madrona Manor →

The Rankings

All ten, ranked from personal stays — with the offers live right now.

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Ten hotels · four bases · several years

The Edit

The ones I’d recommend without hesitation, sorted by the reason you’d book them.

My Favorite Hotel

Meadowood St. Helena

Best Hospitality

Meadowood Napa Valley St. Helena

Best Special-Occasion Splurge

Auberge du Soleil Rutherford

Best for Serious Oenophiles

Meadowood St. Helena

Best for Multi-Generational Trips

Four Seasons Napa Valley Calistoga

Best Spa

Solage Calistoga

Best for a Weekend With Friends

Solage Calistoga

Best for Dog Lovers

Four Seasons · Solage A tie

Most Nights Stayed

Montage Healdsburg Healdsburg

Most Underrated

MacArthur Place Sonoma

Suites With Keith

How booking with me works

Every hotel in this collection is a property I book through my Fora / Virtuoso partnership. You pay the hotel’s own rate, booking through me costs nothing extra, and the reservation arrives with more attached to it.

Upgrades, prioritized

Preferred-partner guests sit at the top of the upgrade list, sometimes confirmed before arrival.

Breakfast, daily

Breakfast for two at nearly every house in this collection, every morning of the stay.

A credit on the folio

Property credit for spa, dining, or wine at most of these hotels — at a few it is among the strongest in the valley.

A person to call

You arrive as my guest, not a confirmation number, and if anything wobbles you call me, not a help line.

“Keith is absolutely fantastic at what he does. Extremely responsive and quick to help with anything I need. I’ve already used his services four times in the past two months. Worth its weight in gold. I won’t ever book a stay without Keith again.”

Caitlin M. · Four Seasons Napa Valley · Calistoga

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