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Bardessono Napa Valley, Calif.

By BETSY KROLL Friday, Apr. 24, 2009

Sam Dyess
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It may be small — just 62 rooms — but from the vertical garden in the entry to 82 geothermal fields for heating and cooling to 100,000 sq. ft. of reclaimed wood, this hotel packs a lot of green for the punch.
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