Four generations, one farmhouse
Our family planted these vines in 1912. In 2019, we opened the doors so you could wake up beside them.
A house that was always meant to be full
For most of its life, this farmhouse hosted harvest crews, cousins and neighbors around a long kitchen table. The hotel simply made that official.
When Clara Lindqvist-Hayes came home in 2017, the roof leaked, the cellar was full of old tractor parts and the vines still produced some of the best Cabernet on the valley floor. Two years of careful restoration kept the original fir beams, redwood siding and 22-inch stone walls, while adding everything a guest needs to sleep well and slow down.
Clara Lindqvist-Hayes
Owner & General Manager
How we got here
- 1894
A farmhouse for grape growers
Swedish immigrants Anders and Britta Lindqvist build a redwood farmhouse and a hand-dug stone cellar on forty acres north of Napa.
- 1912
The first Cabernet
Anders plants eleven acres of Cabernet Sauvignon. Some of those rootstocks still produce fruit for our estate wine.
- 1976
Three generations on
The family sells its grapes to neighboring wineries and turns the packing barn into a workshop for the valley's first cooperative.
- 2019
The house opens its doors
Clara Lindqvist-Hayes returns from London hotels to restore the farmhouse, cellar and barn as a 28-room hotel.
What we care about
Farm first
We farm our vines organically, compost everything from the kitchen and plan menus around the garden, not the other way around.
Warm, not formal
No scripts. Our team learns your name, your coffee order and which winery you loved yesterday.
Good neighbors
We buy from small valley producers, pay above living wage and close the restaurant one night a year for a staff harvest dinner.
The people you'll meet
A team of 46, most of whom live within 15 minutes of the house.
Clara Lindqvist-Hayes
Owner & General Manager
Great-granddaughter of the family who planted the first vines here. Returned from 14 years in London hotels to restore the house in 2019.
Julian Park
Executive Chef, Alder Table
Formerly sous chef in two San Francisco tasting-menu kitchens. Plans every menu around the 64 beds in the garden.
Marisol Vega
Sommelier & Cellar Director
Advanced sommelier raised in Rutherford. Built our 412-label list with a soft spot for small family producers.
Teodoro Ruiz
Head Concierge
Nineteen years driving and guiding the valley. Knows which estates will open a back gate on a Tuesday.
Credentials & commitments
- Rooms, suites and cottages
- 28
- Of estate Cabernet vines
- 11 acres
- Year the farmhouse was built
- 1894
- Average from 1,284 reviews
- 4.9
Green Business certified
Napa County Green Business Program member since 2020 (sample credential).
Organically farmed vineyard
Eleven estate acres farmed without synthetic pesticides or herbicides.
Licensed lodging operator
City of Napa transient occupancy certificate on file (demo).
ServSafe certified kitchen
Every Alder Table cook holds current food safety certification.
