BARDESSONO GREEN HOTEL, NAPA VALLEY Northern California's wine country has the advantage of built-in open space preservation by virtue of its indispensable agricultural acreage. While there are certainly more tourist accommodations now than there used to be, the roads through Napa Valley are still flanked mostly by row upon row of perfectly trussed grapevines and—at this time of year—the bright yellow blossoms of mustard grass. Photo 2 of 7 in A Dwell Guide to the California Wine Country by Megan Hamaker from Bardessono Green Hotel, Napa Valley

A Dwell Guide to the California Wine Country

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BARDESSONO GREEN HOTEL, NAPA VALLEY

Northern California's wine country has the advantage of built-in open space preservation by virtue of its indispensable agricultural acreage. While there are certainly more tourist accommodations now than there used to be, the roads through Napa Valley are still flanked mostly by row upon row of perfectly trussed grapevines and—at this time of year—the bright yellow blossoms of mustard grass.