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Solvang/ Santa Ynez Small Group All-Inclusive Wine Tour

Solvang/ Santa Ynez Small Group All-Inclusive Wine Tour

Overview

Red Carpet Service for 2 up to 8 People.
The tour around 5 hours
3 different wine Trails of the area, visiting 3 preset small wineries, special barrel room, private vineyard and boutique winery.
One-on-one private tasting experience
Learning Our History and Wine Making
Spend An Hour Each Place
Tasting fees and picnic lunch at the winery with bottled water and light snacks included.

Worry Free Day

10% Off Wine Purchase

This is not a party bus.

City: Santa Barbara

Tue 25 Feb

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Starting at $175.00

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Tue 25 Feb

Starting at $175.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Tour guide

Light snacks

Picnic lunch

Bottled water

Wine tasting

Hotel and Rental Home pickup and drop-off

Additional Info

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
A maximum of 8 people per booking
Minimum age is 21 years to taste wine
Pick up in the Buellton/ Solvang/ Santa Ynez Valley ONLY
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

What To Expect

Artisan Excursion Wine Tours

Farm to Table, Private Vineyards, Small Wineries, Special Barrel Room Tasting .10% Off Wine Purchase. Price does not include Gratuity we ask for 20% (not $20) Cash or Zelle.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (74)

ConnerB909

Jul 2019

My girlfriend and I were up here for a short weekend getaway. We sheduled this tour on Saturday and had a great time. We made friends (2 of which lived close to us) and enjoyed all the wineries we went to. The lunch was great with a fun set-up as well. It's only a few hours out of your day so definitely do it! Tour guide is THE man!

BillProtzmann

Jul 2019

I’m adding to the general consensus here: this is a wine enthusiasts’ tour. Expect to learn a lot about wine, meet some extremely knowledgeable people, and come home with some very nice wines at extremely attractive prices. Partiers please look elsewhere or risk being disappointed b/c this tour is all about the wine. Besides, there are plenty of wineries in Solvang where you can get nice and drunk with your friends and won’t have to drive if you’re staying locally. I’ve attached the Andrew Murray list from the day’s tasting, as well as a few pics from the day, including a bottle shot of the amazing wines we “learned” on at the first winery. This is an important feature of the tour Tom provides since the winery is private (no other way to visit), the winemaker and owner Jerry is extremely knowledgeable and informative, and he graciously gave us two-ounce pours of his six selections. (Think about this carefully: a minimum two-ounce pour times six wines times three vineyards - if you don’t want to be smashing drunk before arriving at the third winery of the day, you’re going to want to know how to taste wisely and that makes the first stop of the tour invaluable.) No spoiler alert here: the wine club and its benefits are also an amazing value. This was the only winery that included an olive oil tasing, also delicious. Andrew Murray wines are delightful. Their Foxen Trail winery is more of a high-end boutique setting, so you’ll need to ask questions if you want the expertise of the servers...no question is too silly, and since you will have had the benefit of a great education at the first stop, regardless of how much you knew about wine before this tour, your questions to the staff at the next two wineries will be much better ones. The six wines on the Andrew Murray tasting that day were all quite different, but servers will often respond graciously if you’re more interested in a specific flight of varietals or comparing two similar wines. Please keep in mind that, although the wineries really want to sell wine, they’re much more interested in people who are curious about their specific wines and show it. I felt that the knowledge shared by servers and staff was a big, helpful part of each purchase I made. Lunch was enough, delicious, served with a convivial flair, and sitting at a picnic table under the oaks was beautiful. Only observation I’d make is that, at this point in the tasting, we ought to have purchased an add-on cheese plate from the Andrew Murray refrigerated offerings to help settle the first twelve wines....for a few bucks it would have made the last stop more enjoyable.... The final stop of the day was at Dierburg / Star Lane off the road to Lompoc. This winery has the elegant feel one expects at a boutique winery but with a more down to earth flavor. The tasting was enjoyable but we were a bit spent by then (why didn’t we get that cheese plate?) and didn’t offer the kind of curiosity we’d brought to the first two tastings of the day. That said, there were two Pinot noir in the tasting, and even after the whole day’s controlled Bacchanal, the subtleties of both were obvious, which really speaks to the quality of the education we received and the excellence of the wine. Tom really has something here...provided your expectations are clear, I’m quite sure you will agree with my five-star rating and that your tour will also be amazing.

Paradise20510182882

Jun 2019

Tom picked up my wife and I at our Time Share and was right on time. We knew there would be others on the tour. Our companions were three delightful women from Canada. Our tour consisted of three local wineries. Each stop had a different appeal/approach to wine tasting. Our first stop we were treated to an excellent lesson on wine making and tasting 'High End' California wines. Very interesting. Next, our favorite, was Flores Family Vineyards. This stop included lunch which was also very good. Our wine master was entertaining and we were amazed at how facets of of the industry in which he was involved. He labeled and signed bottles for us. Wines were excellent. The last stop was interestion in that the server was from the area and she was so knowledgeable about the wine growing areas in the local surroundings. What a way to top off a fun day. Our companions soon became friends with which we shared stories while tasting the wines offered. We'll surely do it again when we visit the area.