Where the edge of town meets the vineyards, we are planting something extraordinary.
Healdsburg’s first residents discovered two things: the fertile valleys would grow almost any kind of produce, and the area provided a vast array of recreational activities to locals and visitors.
Food and hospitality have always been a part of this place.
Modern visionaries and local residents Charlie Palmer and Christopher Hunsberger have embraced that essence of Healdsburg and are crafting a hotel that celebrates and shares it like no other.
We know this place so well, because it is our home.
Bringing a new definition to locally grown, Healdsburg-based Appellation operates and is one of the owners of the hotel and has called Healdsburg home since its founding.
By The Numbers
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108 guestrooms housed within twelve buildings located on the eastern and western edges of the property grounds.
An ample inventory of suites including the 1,877-square-foot Presidential Suite. Standard guestrooms range between 375 and 400 square feet, with substantially larger 1,126 square feet one-bedroom suites.
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Signature Charlie Palmer cuisine is featured in 160 seats across our three-meal restaurant, lobby bar and rooftop bar.
Appellation focuses on culinary integration efficiently leveraging all outlets as profit centers with high ancillary spend and a strong local following.
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Our extensive indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces are dynamic and flexible allowing for hosting several private events simultaneously.
Our Grange Hall will be the premier wedding and function space in Sonoma County featuring a modern-nod to historical barns that fully opens on each end with a capacity of up to 300 people and our signature exhibition kitchen.
Our Event Lawn can host a wedding for 500.
Our Orchard Table is the areas most sought-after venue for small private dinners of 20. Resting under a grove of ancient olive trees, our live edge table is paired with a private firepit and soft seating.
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A state-of-the-art fitness center offers local memberships and promotes health and wellbeing for guests.
A wine country spa boasts an inspiring oasis courtyard along with tranquil treatment rooms and relaxation lounges.
Two glimmering pools accommodate guests and locals with exclusive day-use cabanas, poolside foo & beverage and oversized spas.
Walking trails encircle the property and connect to the Foss Creek Trail.
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The project’s residential component features affordable rental housing for non-management staff in order to attract and retain the area’s best talent.
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A mixed-use promenade features retail and food & beverage offerings complimentary to the hotel.
The Soul of Healdsburg
For almost two centuries, the valleys and hillsides of Sonoma County have been home to some of the finest vineyards anywhere. Every aspect of Appellation Healdsburg – from the rooftop bar’s views of nearby vineyards to exclusive winery experiences and a beyond compare wine list – embraces our strong roots and brilliant future in wine.
We live in an amazing neighborhood. A few minutes drive in any direction will find you at some of California’s most acclaimed wineries.
The weather is a fundamental aspect of wine country. Warm days are followed with evenings of cool breezes coming from the Pacific coast. It’s what makes the vineyards so successful. It also creates a one-of-a-kind place where residents enjoy seamless indoor/outdoor living for most of the year.
To celebrate this, guest rooms feature generous balconies and public spaces all fully connect to outdoor spaces through retractable walls. Our chef’s table in the orchard hosts dinners under a canopy of stars and our event Grange opens fully on both sides and spills out onto event lawn for alfresco gatherings.
The Place
Around every turn in wine country is an awe-inspiring vista. Panoramas from the rocky cliffs of the Pacific Coast fold into magical redwood forest revealing valleys framed with oak studded rolling hills anchoring endless vineyards. Appellation Healdsburg rests gently in one of those picturesque valleys and neighbors vineyards on the hills to the east, making for spectacular sunrise views.
The People
While wine country is abundant with inviting features, none of them even begins to compare with the spirit and warmth of the people of Sonoma County. While a world-renowned destination for fine wine and food, Healdsburg is still a small town with deep roots in agriculture. There is a gentle and welcoming way about this place and that spirit is the very heart of Appellation Healdsburg and the people that bring it to life.
The Food
Extraordinary food is grown here. Coveted oysters with just the right brine from Bodega Bay. The sweetest, juiciest white peaches you have ever tasted. Tomatoes so luscious they don’t need anything but a fork. At the same time, artisans dedicate their career to crafting the most amazing culinary delights. These flavors are as distinctive as the landscape that produces them and the people who harvest and prepare them.
Part of The Community
This 108-key hotel is designed in every respect to deliver the wine country lifestyle.
Appellation Healdsburg holds a unique position in the market as the only 4½ star hotel that provides the amenities and experiences that the modern-day traveler to the wine country is looking for while being hyper-connected to the community – a place where locals want and need to be.
Signature Charlie Palmer food and beverage, luxury spa, rooftop bar, two pool experiences, fitness center and a stunning event grange encircle generous guestrooms looking out into rolling hills.
Places to Gather
From agrarian outdoor spaces, intimate private dining rooms, and the Appellation’s stunning Grange, gatherings of 10 – 500 people will feel at home here.
We’ve designed our event spaces to hold some of the largest weddings in wine country while making the bride and groom feel that everything was built just for them. Our wedding specialists take care of every detail while our chefs prepare a feast truly worthy of the occasion.
Places to Learn
Healdsburg has always been a community of makers - winemakers, artisans, culinarians, farmers…it is rich with an innovative spirit.
From award winning cheese makers to cobblers, we bring those local makers into our Maker Spaces to share their passion and their craft with guests and locals through hands-on, experiential learning programs.
Places to Delight
The stakes are high in your hometown so Charlie is bringing a new signature restaurant to life that is a celebration of every growing season and vintage of Healdsburg. That restaurant is perfectly paired with the agrarian bar where neighbors gather to talk about the growing season and who is new at the farmer’s market. Alternatively, the rooftop bar is like a perfect cocktail - blending a moody, modern speakeasy with sunset vistas to create something deliciously unique that keeps you wanting more.
We’re Counting The Days Until We Can Raise Our Glasses Together…
Opening 2025
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