Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, we travel to Napa quite a few times a year and try to stay at the smaller Inns and B&Bs upvalley instead of the hotels in the city of Napa (which is really not in the winery part of the Napa Valley).
We found the Zinfandel Inn for a weekend stay in the busy summer months and were very pleasantly surprised. The location is great as you can walk right across the street to Raymond Winery which has some of the best Cabernet in the Valley. Our room was spacious with a king bed and the breakfasts were great. The grounds are large and there is a hot tub in the back gardens that we enjoyed both nights. The staff and service were top notch and made us dinner reservations and gave us lots of good info on wineries in the St. Helena area that were new to visit for us.
Overall it was a very enjoyable place to stay, reasonably priced for the area, and gave us a very comfortable feeling that allowed us to really relax and enjoy Napa. The St. Helena area is by far the best part of the valley and having a great place to stay in the heart of it will keep us coming back to the Zin Inn!
