Where to picnic in Yountville

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Moët Hennessy's big Yountville sparkling-wine estate, recently renovated, with cabanas and oak-shaded spaces. You don't bring your own food here; instead you can book the Chandon Picnic, a chef-prepared lunch with sparkling wine and vineyard views. Dogs and kids are welcome in many areas.

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Hoopes' Oasis near Yountville is a regenerative farm, organic garden and farm-animal sanctuary as well as a tasting spot. Its Garden Tasting with Picnic pairs a guided tasting with lunch under the trees; bring your own picnic or order a boxed lunch. Kids are priced in, and weekday bottle service is also available.

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A 73-acre ecological reserve just east of Yountville, owned by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and stewarded since 2008 by the Napa County Regional Park & Open Space District. It protects one of the valley's last stands of valley oak riverside forest; locals come for short river walks, birding and summer swims, making it a no-frills blanket picnic spot.

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Yountville's downtown park combines a picnic with bocce, and town code allows beer and wine here. It's on Washington Street, so you can walk over with a bottle from a tasting room and a takeout lunch. Book Site 5 and the bocce courts for a group of up to about 75.

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Vineyard Park is about as wine-country as a free public picnic gets: a quiet lawn with vineyard and Stags Leap views, where town code lets you open a bottle of wine. There are only a few tables, so bring a blanket.

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Addendum is the seasonal takeout offshoot of Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc in Yountville, known for boxed lunches of Ad Hoc's buttermilk fried chicken plus chicken and pulled-pork sandwiches that travel well to a picnic or can be eaten in the garden. It was closed for the season at the time of research; Ad Hoc's 'BFC To-Go' fried chicken can be ordered online.

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Thomas Keller's French-style boulangerie in Yountville started as the bread supplier for Bouchon Bistro and The French Laundry and became a destination in its own right. Its baguette sandwiches, breads and pastries are classic picnic fare; ordering online helps avoid the notorious line.

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Velo is a deli and pizzeria on Yountville's Washington Street that opens early and takes online and fax orders, which has made it a go-to for tour operators pre-ordering box lunches for winery picnics.

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Napa's longest-running balloon operator (founded in 1976) flies from Yountville at sunrise, with coffee and pastries beforehand and a sparkling wine toast afterwards. Balloons Above the Valley now operates under the same company, and both brands check in at The Estate Yountville.

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One of the valley's oldest balloon companies, now focused on premium and private flights from Yountville; shared rides are routed to its partner Napa Valley Aloft. The draw for picnic-minded visitors is the Chandon package, which ends the morning with breakfast and sparkling wine at Domaine Chandon.

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Napa Valley Bike Tours has run guided rides out of Yountville for nearly four decades, and its flagship full-day e-bike tour pairs two winery tastings with a picnic lunch catered by Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bakery. It's one of the most straightforward ways to combine cycling, wine and a quality picnic in the valley.