Napa’s Compline — Your One Stop for Everything
Discovering some new interesting affordable wines is half the fun at Napa’s Compline.
For most folks, a trip to the Napa Valley means stops at a tasting room, a restaurant, and perhaps a wine education center.
Downtown Napa’s Compline makes that effortless by combining all three into one.
Master Sommelier Matt Stamp, formerly of the French Laundry in Yountville, and Ryan Stetins, former wine director at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago, opened this intriguing concept in 2017 in the First Street Napa development of shops, restaurants and the Archer Hotel.
Fun sculptures just outside the doors of Compline.
A tribute to the late-great Anthony Bourdain by Napa’s Chalk Riot just steps from the restaurant.
The name is from the Latin for “completion,” a term used by monks who would come together at the end of the day to break bread.
As Stamp explained on a recent Saturday evening when I was invited in to dine as a guest, “Wine bars where you get some cheese and charcuterie just always felt like something was missing. I wanted to offer a more full experience.”
Chalkboards tell the story at the bar.
He certainly has by offering a bit of everything: a wine shop offering interesting varieties from producers from around the globe, with most bottles priced between $10 to $40; wine education classes led by Stamp; a fun “blind wine” night on Sundays in which patrons can test their own acumen; and a restaurant led by Chef Yancy Windsperger, who cooked previously at Morimoto, Spago, and Jose Andres’ Bazaar, which even features a late-night $10 taco special (9 p.m. to 11 p.m.).
(Simon & Schuster, 2017) by Berkeley’s extraordinary 
(William Morrow).