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Shore Excursion: Napa and Sonoma Ultimate Wine Tasting Experience Full-Day Tour

Shore Excursion: Napa and Sonoma Ultimate Wine Tasting Experience Full-Day Tour

Overview

Journey north across the Golden Gate into Napa and Sonoma Valley for a wine tasting tour in California Wine Country. Your 9-hour itinerary from San Francisco includes exclusive estate tours of three popular wineries: Madonna Estate, Sutter Home, and Ru Vango Winery. Stop to purchase lunch at Downtown Sonoma Square, where you'll find various dining options and boutique shops. An option to include lunch is available.

NOTE - Winery venues are subject to change without notice based on availability and hours of operation; all wine tastings take place outdoors.

City: San Francisco

Tue 20 May

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Starting at $139.50

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Tue 20 May

Starting at $139.50

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What's Included

Digital commentary aboard hop-on hop-off tour

Worry-free Shore Excursion Guarantee

Expert Guide for Wine Tour

1-hour Guided Chinatown Walking Tour (if option selected)

Air-conditioned vehicle

Wine tastings

24-Hour Hop-on Hop-off Tour of San Francisco (if option selected)

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum drinking age is 21 years
At each winery you will spend approximately 1 hour for tour and tasting
Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Wine Tour narration operated in English by live guide
Wine Tour and Hop-on Hop-off Tour may be taken on separate days
Hop-on hop-off tour commentary available in: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Korean
Chinatown walking tour departs at 1PM daily from Stop #2 North Beach/Chinatown

What To Expect

Fisherman's Wharf

Starting and ending location Journey north across the Golden Gate into Napa and Sonoma Valley for a wine tasting tour in the California Wine Country. Your bus San Francisco includes exclusive estate tours of three popular wineries. Listen to stories of ancient wine-making techniques, along with learning basic wine education and tasting tips! Enjoy the scenery of the vine-covered hillsides as we escort you throughout Wine Country. During a lunch break, we’ll make a stop at Historic Downtown Sonoma Square or V Marketplace in Yountville where you will enjoy leisure time to explore. Both destinations afford a wonderful variety of eclectic dining options and one-of-a-kind boutique shops and local art galleries.

Golden Gate Bridge

Enjoy a scenic drive over the Golden Gate Bridge

Madonna Estate

Enjoy wine tasting and exclusive estate tour of Madonna Estate Winery located in the world-renowned Carneros region, an area known for its fertile lands and cool climate.

Sonoma Plaza

During a lunch break, we’ll make a stop at Downtown Sonoma Square where you will enjoy leisure time to explore. This destination affords a wonderful variety of eclectic dining options and one-of-a-kind boutique shops and local art galleries. Optional Lunch Add-on: Save time on finding a restaurant during your lunch break; Add lunch to your tour. During a lunch break, we’ll make a stop at the Historic Downtown Sonoma Square where you will enjoy leisure time to explore. This destination affords a wonderful variety of eclectic dining options and one-of-a-kind boutique shops and local art galleries. (Additional $40.00/person)

Sutter Home Winery

Sutter Home Winery is one of the largest family-run independent wineries in the United States, and is the estate known for the creation of White Zinfandel. Majestic vineyard views, historic Victorian mansion, legendary rose gardens, and a unique wine tasting experience are great reasons to visit the Sutter Home Tasting Room and Visitor Center in the heart of Napa Valley.

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (33)

Linda R

Dec 2019

This was an absolutely great day touring three great vineyard. We learned so much about growing grapes and making wine. The best learning experience was the lesson taught about how to use your senses to enjoy the wine. Our tour guide could not have been nicer or better informed. George gave us so many pieces of trivia about wine and all of the areas along the route. Thank you George ...you were a great in this busty time of year.

Jacky B

Jul 2019

Our tour visited 3 wineries: Madonna, Sutter and Andretti. Madonna gave a great basic introduction to wine tasting. Sutter has truly beautiful gardens that are well worth a visit in their own right, and have some nice crowd-pleaser wines. Andretti gave excellent, in-depth information about the Napa region and wine growing in general, and they have a lovely courtyard where you can sip wine overlooking the vineyards. Our tour guide/bus driver was friendly and informative, if a little over-talkative. The whole tour ran at a relaxed pace. The leisurely lunch break in Yountville was excellent. (Lunch itself wasn't included, but Yountville has an array of excellent options at different price points). We particularly appreciated Tower Tours flexibility in letting us stay overnight. Technically this is a one day tour, but they were happy to leave us at Napa at the end of one day, and tag along on the following day's tour bus to get home at the end of the next day. If you are a wine connoisseur, you may want to choose a tour that visits some of the more sophisticated wineries. But if you want a relaxed tour of the valley, interspersed with some nice easy-drinkers, this is the tour for you.

Ronald_B

May 2019

We loved this tour. You get to see the Golden Gate Bridge and views from the north end of the bridge. Then the information and tastings we received were fascinating and helpful. We learned so much...take this tour!!!