The TimeShare Times: Napa Valley California have new timeshare

Sharing the same eight-acre site in the Carneros region of Napa Valley, Calif., the Meritage Resort at Napa (pictured) and Vino Bello Resort have reached completion and opened their doors. The upscale properties were developed separately--by Irvine, Calif.’s Pacific Hospitality Group and Northbrook, Ill.-based Shell Vacations L.L.C., respectively--at an aggregate cost of $60 million, and add a total of 274 new hotel and timeshare units to the Wine Country destination.

Meritage, featuring 158 guestrooms, also holds the distinction of being the site of Napa Valley’s largest meeting facility, boating 14,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space. Neighboring unofficial sister property Vino Bello is a timeshare destination that offers 116 units, some of which will be available on a nightly basis depending on use. The vacation ownership property also features a 60-seat chapel and a fitness facility. While the two resorts are not formally linked, they do have cross uses. On the list of those shared amenities is a wine cave and underground spa that Meritage will debut early next year.
...the California Wine Country is becoming recognised and desired as a travel destination...