Small Group Napa Valley Tour for Wine Lovers

Overview

This Napa Valley wine tasting tour from San Francisco features the best that California’s wine country has to offer. By special arrangements with the winemakers, this small-group San Francisco wine tour visits Napa’s the 13th century-styled castle at Castello di Amorosa, the equestrian-inspired wines of Tamber Bey and finishes on a high note with a vineyard tour and seated tasting by a winemaker.

City: San Francisco

Thu 26 Dec

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Starting at $259.00

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Starting at $259.00

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What's Included

Photo stop at Welcome to Napa sign and Golden Gate Bridge

Gratuities (only for PRIVATE tour option)

Guided by a knowledgeable wine enthusiast

Complimentary SF hotel pickup & drop off

All wine-tasting and touring fees at three Napa Wineries (value $100) subject to changes

Tour Castello di Amorosa’s medieval castle

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Exact destinations & itinerary may differ due to weather, road conditions, and the guide's discretion.
For hotel pickups, if your hotel is not listed, please select the Hilton Union Square at 333 O'Farrell Street (the meeting point is outside the Mason Street entrance).
Please check your confirmation letter for exact pick-up time and location. It is your responsibility to make it on tour on time
This tour is available Friday through Sunday only.
This tour operates with a minimum number of guests
For international guests, please be aware the legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years of age. You must be 21 years of age or older to join this tour. No exceptions.
Wineries visited are subject to change
For Private Tour option, size of vehicle will be dependent on the size of your party

What To Expect

San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay is a shallow estuary in the US state of California. It is surrounded by a contiguous region known as the San Francisco Bay Area (often simply "the Bay Area"), and is dominated by the large cities of San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland.

San Francisco Bay Bridge

Go over the bay and out of San Francisco on the two level suspension bridge

Napa Valley

Enjoy wines from the Napa Region

Rutherford

Home of famous "Rutherford Dust" Cabernet wineries

Yountville

Pass by award winning vineyards, Michelin-starred restaurants

St. Helena

This town can be described as quaint, old school and relaxed. As we pass the main street you will see why

Castello di Amorosa

A medieval-styled Tuscan castle winery constructed using more than 200 containers of European materials and furnishings. On your way to vaulted wine cellars, check out the moat, drawbridge, towers, courtyards and armory. Thankfully, Castello di Amorosa puts the same love and attention into its wines which are elegant, intensely flavored, and well-balanced.

Calistoga

Small city in the heart of Napa known for its hot springs, mud baths and wineries. Choose from the many restaurants and cafes for lunch (not included)

Merryvale Vineyards

Complete your day in the charming and historic St. Helena building that houses Merryvale Vineyards and has roots as a winemaking facility reaching back to the 1930s. Napa luminaries Robert and Peter Mondavi, the Christian Brothers, and H. William Harlan have all practiced their craft under its arched ceiling. Family-owned Merryvale Vineyards is renowned for small production lots of world class wine, especially rich, powerful Cabernet Sauvignons and Chardonnays which you can enjoy sitting under the century-old 2,000 gallon casks that line the stone walls of the cellar room.

Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

Presidio of San Francisco

The Presidio, a 1,500-acre park on a former military post, is a major outdoor recreation hub. It has forested areas, miles of trails, a golf course and scenic overlooks.

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there.

Twomey Cellars

After lunch, your small group heads to the intimate, yet modern winery, Twomey Cellars. Founded by the Duncan Family, owners of highly-regarded Silver Oak, the winery uses the same philosophy: use locally harvested fruit to make exceptional wines that are deliciously drinkable upon release. A laid-back Napa Valley vibe is created by their farmhouse-style tasting room that opens up onto a sun-filled courtyard and Sauvignon Blanc vineyard with views of the Calistoga foothills. The Duncans apply their 40 years of winemaking experience to create single-vineyard Pinot Noirs and estate Sauvignon Blancs that pair beautifully with food.

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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 (160)

Ruthie T

Nov 2019

This was a great half day wine tour in Napa. The guide was very knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. We visited the smaller winery which was nice, not too crowded on a Saturday afternoon. Then we stop away the downtown Sonoma area to shop and explore. On the way back to SF, we stop to take photos with perfect view of Golden Gate bridge. Back in SF in time for nice dinner. The whole day was great except for the bad transportation issue in the morning... they had to change vehicle that causes us about an hour delay in the morning.

Jessica K

Apr 2019

We booked the small group wine country tour a month in advance for our Easter weekend trip to San Francisco. Visiting Wine Country was what I was most looking forward to, so you can imagine my disappointment when we received a call around 5pm on Wednesday stating our tour was cancelled. Our tour was scheduled to leave at 8am Friday morning and I felt that the ~38 hours notice they gave us was insufficient and unprofessional. At the point we found out it was canceled due to the minimum # of travelers not being met, we didn't have the option to book another comparable tour within the time frame. Extranomical tours said we could take "a similar tour" and suggested the Muir Woods/Wine Country Tour to us. They dodged the question multiple times over how big this group would be and kept assuring us the tour was "basically the same thing". THANKFULLY, we did not book this tour, after finally finding out that there would be 60 others in attendance. Quite different from the 8-person small group tour we had booked. I found it more annoying they kept trying to talk us into this second tour stating it was the same tour, when in fact there were 52 additional people and a massive coach bus, rather than small group van. The lack of professionalism with this tour company has confirmed that I will never use them for a booking again in the future. I would warn others to beware when booking through them, as well.

Richard G

Oct 2018

Visited 4 wineries and stopped for a brief picture opportunity at the Golden Gate Bridge. Very nice tour with a range of high end to very affordably priced wines as I can't go on a wine tour and return empty handed. B.R. Cohn, Frogs Leap, Ledson (building looks like a castle) and Kieu Hoang are the wineries we visited but they can change pending negotiations with the tour. This is the second time I have taken this tour and we indeed went to different wineries before but they take good care of you wherever you end up. Our Driver was very entertaining also (Sebastian from Germany). Enjoy!

Response from Host

Oct 2018

Thank you for your kind feedback, Richard. We're so excited to hear that you enjoyed your tour and have joined us for the second time. Thanks again and please come back again!