Charlie Palmer has quietly turned Lodi’s longtime Wine & Roses hotel into something closer to a wine-country clubhouse, recasting the 66-room property as a culinary-first resort that orbits around food, wine, and nearby farms. The reimagined estate now centers on two chef-driven spots, Americana House and Maison Lodi, along with expanded tasting and bakery programs threaded through its gardens. For a region that has been steadily edging away from bulk grape production and toward boutique wineries, Palmer’s move reads as a calculated bid to put Lodi on the weekend food-and-wine getaway map.
Partnership, rebrand, and timeline
Operating owners Russ and Kathryn Munson teamed up with Appellation, the culinary-focused brand co-founded by Charlie Palmer…..