Originally Posted by jeffcarp

I have stayed at the Sonoma property and my wife and I enjoyed our stay quite a bit. We stayed in the cottage type rooms so I cannot comment on the lodge rooms but we were very satisfied with our accommodations. I have not been to the other property you mention so I cannot comment on that but I would encourage you to look into the differences between the two towns and see if that has any impact on your decision. This is our opinion only and the relevancy of it goes no further than us but I will tell you that we found Sonoma to be much more of a fit for us than Napa.

To be perfectly honest we found Napa to be quite pretentious. We enjoy wine and we enjoy wine tasting but we know absolutely nothing about wine. We felt much more at home given that in Sonoma than Napa. It is basically the same way that we feel about Avon/Vail versus Breckenridge. Breck is our style, Vail not so much.