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4 Napa Valley Hotels Win Condé Nast Top Honors

St. Helena, Yountville, and Rutherford properties secured places on the annual hotel list.

NAPA VALLEY, CA — Harvest Inn in St. Helena topped Condé Nast Traveler’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards for Northern California hotels, leading four Napa Valley properties on the published list.

Harvest Inn earned a reader score of 99.07. Napa Valley’s other winners were:

  • No. 6: Napa Valley Lodge, Yountville — 98.22.
  • No. 8: Auberge du Soleil, Auberge Collection, Rutherford — 98.02.
  • No. 14: Vintage House at The Estate Yountville — 97.13.

The awards rank hotels through the publication’s annual reader survey. Participants rate rooms, location, service, food, activities, facilities, design, concierge services, community investment, and spa and wellness offerings.

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Condé Nast Traveler averages those ratings to calculate each property’s score. Hotels must receive a minimum number of responses and meet a minimum overall rating to qualify.

Published rankings include:

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  1. Harvest Inn — 99.07
  2. Casa Palmero at Pebble Beach — 98.97
  3. The Lodge at Bodega Bay — 98.65
  4. Rosewood Sand Hill — 98.58
  5. The Farmhouse Inn — 98.50
  6. Napa Valley Lodge — 98.22
  7. The Madrona — 98.07
  8. Auberge du Soleil, Auberge Collection — 98.02
  9. The Sea Ranch Lodge — 98.02
  10. Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa — 97.98
  11. The Lodge at Sonoma Resort, Autograph Collection — 97.92
  12. Cavallo Point – the Lodge at the Golden Gate — 97.89
  13. Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa — 97.58
  14. Vintage House at The Estate Yountville — 97.13

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