"A charming Sonoma County hotel whose holiday decor, Christmas trees, and roaring fireplaces are called out as features that put guests in the holiday mood; recommended as a cozy base for exploring nearby wineries and restaurants over the season." - Katrina Brown Hunt Katrina Brown Hunt Katrina Brown Hunt is a San Diego-based freelance writer and editor, specializing in budget-friendly travel and family excursion topics. Her witty advice has appeared in CNN Travel, Travel + Leisure, Time magazine, and Southern Living. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"An upscale resort featuring roughly 130 bungalow-style rooms set among cabernet sauvignon vineyards, offering resort amenities and unique experiences such as yoga amid the vines." - Amelia Edelman Amelia Edelman Amelia Edelman is an editor, travel writer, and content strategist. Her work appears in Travel + Leisure, Parents, Real Simple, and Better Homes & Gardens, among others. She's a native New Yorker now living in Nashville but often travels (with kids in tow). Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"Northern California’s wine country retreats often model themselves on faraway places; destinations with longer traditions and more Old World gravitas. This is too bad, because their location, between the Pacific and the Mayacamas Mountains, is pure magic, and by this point on the domestic-wine timeline, there’s no need to apologize for who you are. This is why the arrival of Montage’s first property in the region, and Sonoma’s first large-scale luxury resort, is so exciting. It celebrates its own landscape, leaving the 22,000 live oaks in place and pulling a palette of dun and moss from the surrounding sun-soaked vineyards. The resort acknowledges that, as recent wildfires have shown, this is fragile terrain: Its 130 Cali-modern rooms are raised, to disturb the land as little as possible. The restaurant offers a bounty of Sonoma’s best, with everything—from the Pliny the Elder IPA to the lamb shank—sourced from within miles. And the local sixth-generation vintners who frequent the sprawling patio bar are happy to remind you that there is, in fact, plenty of history in these parts." - CNT Editors
"Montage Healdsburg is a luxurious hotel set on 250 acres of forested and vineyard land, producing its own wines." - J'nai Gaither
"Awarded two Michelin keys as an "exceptional" hotel, this Healdsburg property is noted for refined design, dependable service and comfort, and an elevated, locally attuned guest experience." - Stacey Lastoe