Discover hotels and villas in Northern California in Rutherford, United States

It may be tiny, but village-like Rutherford is a Cabernet powerhouse of California’s wine country, turning out first-class vintages faster than you can top up your glass. There are notes of mystery to this diminutive Napa Valley town – in the distinctive terroir of its vine-clad hills lies the ‘Rutherford dust’, an elusive, aromatic element found only in this town’s tipples. Put your palate through its paces as you taste your way around wineries, hike or bike through the rolling surroundings, then ease aching limbs with a soothing spa stop and Michelin-starred dinner, accompanied by – let’s be honest – a lot more wine.