Full-Day Tour to Napa and Sonoma Wine Country from San Francisco
This full-day excursion from San Francisco takes you to California’s famed wine valley.
Tour overview
Napa and Sonoma Wine Country Tour, this full-day excursion from San Francisco takes you to California’s famed wine valley. Taste regional varietals at a variety of Napa and Sonoma wineries, including big-name and family-run farms. Learn about the winemaking process with guided tours of vineyards and barrel cellars, and sample the local cuisine with a lunch break in quaint Sonoma Square Plaza.
- A full-day tour from San Francisco to the vineyards of Sonoma and Napa Valley.
- Visit popular vineyards that include all tastings and guided tours.
- Drive across the Golden Gate Bridge for panoramic vistas of the Bay Area.
- Admire America’s best wine region’s undulating hills and vineyards.
- Spend your lunch break in Sonoma Square Plaza in Yountville.
- Your skilled guide will teach you about the history of winemaking.
Why do Travelers Choose This Tour?
This trip includes tastings at both small-scale and large-scale vineyards.
Tour itinerary
Allow your guide to drive and relax as you drink your way through California’s wine region. After departing San Francisco in the morning, board a luxury bus equipped with onboard amenities such as reclining seats. As you travel across the Golden Gate Bridge and into the rolling green hills and meadows of Sonoma Valley, your guide will tell you stories of Spanish missionaries and gold rush fortune seekers.
Continue to the world-famous Napa Valley for a tour and tasting at Madonna Estate, a family-run vineyard that produces organic wines in the celebrated Carneros winemaking region.
Indulge your appetite with a stop for lunch (at your own expense) in Sonoma Square Plaza, one of California’s largest plazas, and choose from a variety of attractive eateries.
Since 1984, BR Cohn Winery has been producing small lots of vineyard-designated wines in the Valley of the Moon. The winery, located in picturesque Glen Ellen between Sonoma Mountain and the Mayacamas Mountain range, provides a welcoming, calm location for tasting new wines.
On the way back to San Francisco, enjoy the late afternoon light and your wine-induced glow. Enjoy a brief photo stop at the Golden Gate Bridge before being dropped off in San Francisco at Fisherman’s Wharf or Union Square.
Please keep in mind that the order of the wineries you visit, as well as the wineries you see, may vary based on availability and other influencing variables on the day of your trip.
San Francisco Bay (Pass By): San Francisco Bay, with its breathtaking vistas from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge, is the ideal place to begin your voyage with Gray Line San Francisco. The famed prison island Alcatraz is located in the middle of the bay. A must-do when in San Francisco. Please contact us for tickets!
Golden Gate Bridge (Pass By): The journey includes a crossing of the famed Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge provides a panoramic view of the water and the San Francisco cityscape on a clear day.
B.R. Cohn Winery: Since 1984, BR Cohn Winery has been producing small lots, of vineyard-designated wines in the Valley of the Moon. Nestled between Sonoma Mountain and the Mayacamas Mountain range in picturesque Glen Ellen, the winery provides a welcoming, casual location for tasting new wines.
Roche Winery: Our second trip will be to the Roche family boutique winery, which has over 35 years of award-winning winemaking experience, many vineyards designate wines, varietals, and blends, as well as their legendary down-to-earth Irish friendliness. The Roche Family invites you to our Sonoma winery tasting facility, which has daily barrel tastings, indoor and outdoor wine tasting bars, light meals, and a covered outdoor tasting terrace with fires.
Sonoma Plaza: It’s time for lunch! After all of the wine tasting, it’s time to refuel with some unusual gourmet stuff. The charming streets are lined with cafés, restaurants, and stores offering a variety of lunch alternatives. Remember that there is still one more vineyard to visit after lunch.
Napa Valley (Pass By): A journey to Napa Valley is not complete without a visit to northern California. We take you into the heart of wine country. It is well-known for its hundreds of hillside vineyards, which showcase some of California’s most well-known and award-winning wines.
Madonna Estate: Madonna Estate: For more than a century, their wines have been handmade and family-owned in Napa Valley. They are made from 100 percent organically farmed grapes in the Napa Valley’s Carneros area. None of the wines are available for purchase in any retail outlet.
Golden Gate Bridge: On our trip back to San Francisco, we’ll stop at the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. This will allow visitors to appreciate the splendor of San Francisco Bay as well as this historic landmark. When you depart the coach, you will have plenty of time to take photographs and enjoy the panoramic views of San Francisco Bay and the San Francisco Skyline.
Includes:
- Air-conditioned motorcoach transportation.
- Professional Driver Tour Guide certification.
- Winery and vineyard excursions are available.
- Fees for wine samples at three vineyards.
- Choose from two San Francisco departure points: Fisherman's Wharf and Union Square.
Excludes:
- Gratuities.
- Unless otherwise indicated, additional food and beverages.
- There will be no hotel pick-ups or drop-offs (just pick-ups from two departure zones).
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Tour highlights
- You must cancel at least 24 hours before the start time of the activity to get a complete refund.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the start time of the experience, you will not be reimbursed.
- Any modifications made less than 24 hours before the start time of the experience will not be allowed.
- The cut-off times are determined by the experience's local time.
- This experience is weather dependent. If it is canceled due to inclement weather, you will be given an alternate date or a full refund.
- This experience needs a minimum number of participants. If the minimum is not fulfilled, you will be offered a new date/experience or a full refund.
Before you go, be aware of the following:
- When you book, you will receive confirmation.
- The legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years old.
- Please keep in mind that the order of the wineries you visit, as well as the wineries you visit, may vary based on availability and other influencing variables on the day of your trip. As an example of a typical itinerary, your wine tour will include stops at three of the following wineries: BR-Cohn, Roche, Madonna Estate, Ru-Vango, or Muscardini.
- Wheelchair access is not available.
- Accessible for strollers.
- Service animals are permitted.
- Close to public transit.
- Parents are required to hold their infants on their laps.
- Most of the passengers can take part in the activity.
- There will be a maximum of 45 people on this tour/activity.