October 3, 2008

Between a Rock and a Yard Place

Maisonry Napa Valley Opens

At your lowest point, you were naked on your bathroom floor sucking Boone’s from a paper bag.

Upgrade your surroundings (and your bag’s contents) at wine country’s swanky newcomer, Maisonry Napa Valley, opening today.

Situated in a historic stone building in Yountville, the two-story collective wine tasting salon echoes a posh private manor in the English countryside. Coined a “living gallery,” the renovated property showcases boutique wines like Blackbird Vineyards amid premium art and furnishings (all of which are for sale).

Peruse vintage Ligne Roset and newer collectibles like Alexandra von Furstenberg’s neon Lucite tables while sipping vino indoors. Or get shady outside under the olive trees at the 36-foot wood communal table.

When winter rolls in, kick up your feet at the fire pit created from the building’s discarded stones.

Rock bottom never looked better.

Maisonry Napa Valley, 6711 Washington Street, at Starkey Avenue, Yountville (707-944-0889 or maisonry.com).