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rants cover most culinary cravings, from the Lion’s Peak Grill, for spiffed up clubhouse grub, to Il Vigneto, a casually sophisticated Cal-Italian outpost. The third option, the One Iron Bar, is an indoor-outdoor space that serves sharply rendered seasonal California cooking, and a range of cocktails and specialty drinks. When you pay top dollar (room
rates here range from $425 and up per night) you expect attentive service and graceful touches. At CordeValle, those carry over to the golf course, where
Men’s Member Lounge
enough to enjoy the nature and the wildlife.” In 2007, Rosewood Hotels and
Resorts took over management from Auberge Resorts, and shortly after, German billionaire and SAP founder Dr. Hasso Plattner, who also owns the San Jose Sharks, purchased the entire property. Though he has a lavish home behind the 17th tee, and paintings and sculptures from his personal art collection stand on display throughout the resort, Plattner otherwise keeps a low profile. The impression that he’s made has come from sparing no expense. Because CordeValle sits on environmentally
protected land, development is lim- ited. Yet what development there is stands out as thoughtful and refined. The entire resort has only 45
rooms: 28 hillside bungalows; five hillside villa suites; and three four- bedroom homes near the first tee. All have private patios, golf course views, and a relaxing air of upscale intimacy. Guests have access to a spa, a fitness center, a swimming pool and a tennis center with four outdoor hard courts. A hilltop winery next door (see sidebar), whose terrace affords a golf course panoramic, offers regular wine tastings. At the resort itself, three restau-
Clos LaChance Winery
Reds, Whites and Greens T
hink of it as a golf-wine pairing. Clos LaChance Winery, which sits on a hill-
top alongside CordeValle, is a small, family-run producer of estate syrah, zinfandel, merlot and cabernet sauvignon, among a range of other sustainably made wines. The resort doesn’t own the winery. But during championship week, it will take the property over and open it to spectators with upgraded tickets. Those tickets will carry such perks as special entrance to the course and dedicated parking, along with the option of additional food and bever- age purchases. The winery overlooks a reach- able par-five that normally plays as the sixth hole, but which will serve as the third hole for the Open’s re-worked routing. Not that the number really matters. What matters is that you’ve got a glass of red or white, and great vantage of the fairway and the green.
–J.S. 38 /
NCGA.ORG / SPRING 2016
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