Santa Ynez Valley Wine Tour

Overview

A beautiful, scenic tour of California’s Central Coast Wine Region perfect for any wine lover!

This Santa Ynez wine tour features tastings are three local wineries, lunch in the Santa Ynez Valley*, door-to-door shuttle service and a knowledgeable guide for the day. Wineries visited will vary based on availability. Your guide will discuss local history and insights into the Santa Ynez wine region along the way.

*Please Note: Lunch is not included on Saturdays or Sundays due to winery restrictions on weekends. There will be lunch options available for purchase at the wineries.

City: Santa Barbara

Tue 24 Dec

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Starting at $230.10

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Tue 24 Dec

Starting at $230.10

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Includes tasting fees at 3 wineries.

15% gratuity (for your tour guide) and 3% gratuity (for the winery staff)

Re-usable water bottles that can be re-filled at stops throughout the tour

Snacks

All Fees and Taxes

*Please Note: Lunch is not included on Saturdays or Sundays due to winery restrictions on weekends. There will be lunch options available for purchase at the wineries.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Lunch is not included on Saturdays or Sundays due to winery restrictions on weekends. There will be lunch options available for purchase at the wineries on Saturdays and Sundays.
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
We are actively following directives & guidelines of local, state & federal authorities to mitigate the possibility of COVID-19 exposure for guests & employees. You can read more about our policies.

What To Expect

Santa Barbara

Meet your guide at your central Santa Barbara hotel and board a comfortable air-conditioned luxury passenger van. Enjoy the views as you leave the city behind and head into the Santa Ynez Valley to explore the vineyard filled countryside. Pick ups are also available from Santa Ynez Valley and Solvang.

Santa Ynez Valley

Explore the stunning vineyards and quaint towns of the Santa Ynez Valley while our guide shares some of the history and wine production secrets of the valley. We will visit three full production wineries and lunch will be enjoyed amidst the vineyards. We spend about an hour at each winery and allow approximately an hour for lunch at one of those stops. We have a few "local favorites" that we may visit on this tour, with great reviews from our clients and guides. You can read more about our partner wineries on our website. ~Andrew Murray Vineyards ~Beckmen Vineyard ~Brander Vineyard ~Dragonette (Tasting Room) ~Epiphany Cellars (Tasting Room) ~Firestone Vineyard ~Four Brother Wine Co (Tasting Room) ~Gainey Winery ~Kalyra Winery ~Koehler Winery ~Lincourt Vineyards ~Rideau Vineyard ~Roblar Winery ~Saarloos and Sons (Tasting Room) ~Story of Soil ~Sunstone Winery ~Vincent Vineyards

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (68)

Divergirlesq

May 2022

Dustin was an incredible guide! It got very hiy on our trip and there was minimal-to-no shade at 1 of the wineries. Dustin worked with his office to re-route us to salvage our experience which was awesome. He was calm and fun and took very good care of us.

Jennifer C

May 2022

Booked this for my mom’s bachelorette. We went on a Saturday. There were 7 of us and we were in the van with another group of 6. Big group, But the van was roomy and air conditioned so space wasn’t an issue. First, for the scheduling that happened leading right up to the trip, I can’t say enough wonderful things about the employees who helped us. We had multiple changes including paying and then having one person switch to non-drinker AND having to add 1 more person the day before the trip. I know that caused a number of logistical issues and they were so nice, helpful and kind throughout. I couldn’t have been more appreciative. Day of - Agree with the previous reviewer. We went 3 locations - 2 wineries and a Los Olivios tasting room (Roblar, Saarlos & Sons and Vincent Winery). LOVED the 1st place. The ambiance was beautiful, the wine was delicious and the staff was knowledgeable and helpful. I really liked the ambiance at the other places, but our whole group wasn’t really fans of the wines. For one of the wines at Saarlos the gentleman that was helping us said “this is our deli wine.” Granted we were about to have sandwiches, so maybe the idea was that it would make for a nice pairing, but I’ve never heard anyone describe it as such. The rankings for all of those places online are high, so it might have just been our palettes, but we dumped most of our wines at both locations. Roblar also coincidentally had some of the highest price point bottles out of all 3 wineries, but having done a fair amount of tasting, you can get excellent wine at a lower price point. We just didn’t like the wines having tasted a pretty good variety between the sparking, whites and reds between the 7 of us. Lunch was provided even though it was a Saturday from Panino, which looked to be an incredibly popular location as we walked by. It was delicious and was a big hit! It was a nice surprise!!! Two suggestions from me. 1) Due to Covid restrictions water at the wineries was not as easily accessible as it used to be. At the 1st winery they brought plenty. 2nd place they brought out one carafe and we couldn’t get someone to refill it. I asked if they would refill my water bottle and they refused for “cross- contamination purposes.” Thankfully we did get lunch that day so our guide provided water. A Godsend, but I know lunch isn’t normally included on the weekends. Vincent wouldn’t bring tap water and had water on the menu for purchase (though transparently I don’t remember if our group was charged.) The point being, on a hot day like yesterday water was pretty hard to come by most of the day and if I hadn’t brought water bottles for my group, we might have had some issues. Would have been great if maybe there had been water offered on the van between tastings. The other thing is that on the website there is an option for the wine tasting and then it looks like another tour that is a wine and cupcake tasting. I figured we didn’t need the cupcake tasting, but on this day they combined the tasting and the only difference was that at the tasting room, some people got cupcakes. Everyone in my group when the guide said that looked at me asking if we had gotten cupcakes. It was a little uncomfortable as I had to explain that on the website they are shown as different tours and that I didn’t “cheap out” by not just getting the cupcakes. I think what might be helpful if this is the structure going forward is to instead of listing it as different tours, just offer an option to add it onto your tasting for an additional charge. Granted you can (and some did) just purchase when you get to the winery) but this would avoid this awkward moment of “why didn’t we get that.” Overall, really fun day. The company does a great job of making sure guests are happy and comfortable. We would come back and try some new places!

Perry_S

Apr 2022

We met three wonderful people and shared our limited knowledge of wine with our new friends. The winery’s were beautiful.