Showcasing breathtaking views Auberge du Soleil is the dream of French restaurateur Claude Rouas. In 1981 with business partner Bob Harmon Rouas opened Napa Valley’s first fine-dining restaurant designed to reflect a taste of Provence in California wine country. The immediate success prompted the addition of “The Inn of the Sun” five years later. Nestled within a terraced sun-kissed hillside amid 33 acres of heritage olive and oak trees the hotel’s 50 contemporary guestrooms and suites effortlessly blend relaxed sophistication with understated elegance earning a long-standing reputation as wine country’s most iconic luxury property. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK