If wine is a must. Pick a section to see what's happening. This place is a wonder. The guiding force behind MacArthur Place is Suzanne Brangham, whose other ventures in Sonoma include The General's Daughter restaurant and Ramekins cooking school that sit side by side on West Spain Street. And Gery Sapperstein, restaurant manager at Auberge du Soleil, will join Saddles as restaurant manager Oct. 18.
Entrees are a la carte, so sides are extra.
Brangham has created a campus here with 33 rooms for guests who can swim, hike, bike, learn yoga, sign up for ayurvedic treatments, facials, massages, foot rubs, and other spa delights. For those who must do a little business, a big central barn contains three conference rooms of varying sizes, as well as Saddles. The restaurant theme is bunkhouse elegant. The room is rustic, with knotty pine tables and wicker chairs, hardwood floors and figured rugs. Board and batten walls are painted a soft mustard color and decorated with paintings of boots, saddles, and palomino horses.