How I Planned A Bachelorette Party In Napa Valley

A few months ago, I was asked to plan a bachelorette party for one of my best friends in Napa Valley, California! I used to live in San Francisco, and the bride and her other guests are from the East Bay, so we are a little familiar with the area and logistics involved with pulling it off. If you are wondering how to plan a Napa Valley wine trip or wanting to put together a Napa bachelorette itinerary, below is what we did to celebrate our bachelorette weekend in Napa, as well as some additional ideas for things that we considered doing in Napa Valley:

Friday

• Check-in to the AirBnB around 4pm. Everyone arrive and settle in.
• Dinner at Compline

Saturday

• Winemaker for a day at Raymond Vineyards – this was a private class where we mixed four different types of wine to create a blend to take home
• Picnic lunch at V. Sattui. We ordered sandwiches at their onsite market and sat outside on their picnic grounds.
• Wine tasting at Chandon
• Dinner at Zuzu – a tapas restaurant in downtown Napa

Sunday

• Check out of the AirBnb at 11am.
• Pickleball at Carneros Resort and Spa
• We had lunch reservations at The Bar at Auberge du Soleil, but we ended up not wanting to drive that far after pickleball so we went to a champagne tasting at Domaine Carneros instead.

Additional Things To Do In Napa Valley For A Bachelorette Party

Here is some additional research I did before our trip of things that sounded fun for a Napa Valley bachelorette party so I had some ideas to pull out if we were in a pinch, not necessarily things we did:

• Bars
  • Napa Valley Distillery
  • Bay Grape
  • Be Bubbly 
  • The Wine Thief 
  • Sam’s Social Club 
  • Auberge Resorts: Solage 
  • Goose & Gander
  • Blue Note Jazz 
  • Bar Lucia
  • Napa Palisades Saloon 
• Restaurants
  • Compline
  • Tarla
  • Oenotri
  • La Taberna
  • Sky & Vine Rooftop Bar at the Archer
  • Oxbow Market
  • Brunch at Grace’s Table
  • Food tours in Downtown Napa or Healdsburg
  • Hire a private chef
    • https://www.chefadair.com/private-chef-dining-experience.html
    • https://www.miummium.com/en-us/personal-chef-napa 
    • https://chefperot.com/ 
    • https://know-wine.com/
• Wineries to visit
  • Chandon 
  • V. Sattui – picnic grounds, food trucks
  • Domaine Carneros 
  • Sterling Vineyards
  • Castello di Amorosa
  • Rutherford Hill 
  • Chateau Montelena 
  • Clos Pegase 
  • Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 
  • Inglenook
  • Robert Mondavi
• Hire a Napa Valley limo service to drive your group around for the day
• Take the Napa Valley Wine Train through the valley and enjoy a meal with a view
• Go for a hike or walk outside
  • Skyline Wilderness Park
  • Bothe- Napa Valley State Park
  • Hike to the top of Mount Saint Helena

Napa Valley is a wonderful destination for a bachelorette party, with perfect weather year round, a range of options for things to do within a close proximity, and it’s not too difficult to get to with the San Francisco airport nearby. I hope you enjoyed reading through these Napa bachelorette party ideas, and I hope you have a great trip enjoying the beautiful region and delicious wine!