- Visitors to San Francisco can take a tour to Napa Valley vineyards.sonoma and napa valley, california image by Chee-Onn Leong from Fotolia.com
California's Napa Valley region is home to some of the world's top wineries. Many tours of Napa Valley embark from San Francisco and are a popular way to see vineyards and sample vintage and newer wines. The tours also introduce guests to the wine-making process and sustainable wine-producing methods. Guests on Napa Valley wine tours also can take a cruise of the Bay Area that provides a great vantage point for photos of the Golden Gate Bridge. - The San Francisco Ferry Building is the starting point for Wine Country Tour Shuttle's tour of Napa Valley. A shuttle takes visitors across the Golden Gate Bridge. Upon arrival in Napa Valley, the first stop is at Domaine Chandon for a sparkling wine tasting. This tasting is followed by an outdoor picnic lunch at V. Sattui winery; the tour group then proceeds to two more wineries--Whitehall and Franciscan. The tour concludes with a bay cruise from Vallejo, which affords guests the opportunity to see popular landmarks such as the Bay Bridge and Alcatraz Island before being dropped off at the Ferry Building.
Wine Country Tour Shuttle
415-513-5400
winecountrytourshuttle.com - Napa Wine Tours offers a number of tours in wine country. For guests coming from San Francisco, a bus tour is available that goes to Napa Valley as well as Sonoma. Guests visit small and large wineries and learn about the wine-making process. Lunch is in downtown Sonoma, and wine-tasting fees are included in the price of the tour. In addition to the bus tour, Napa Wine Tours also offers a limo tour from San Francisco for up to 14 passengers.
Napa Wine Tours
800-208-4421
napawinetours.net - Viator Tours offers an excursion from San Francisco to Napa Valley and Sonoma, which is highlighted by a visit to the Benziger Family Winery, a vineyard that uses an organic, eco-friendly farming method known as biodynamic viticulture. During the tour of Benziger winery, guests see the barrel caves, fermentation facility and crush pad. Guests also enjoy wine tastings at four to six wineries in Napa Valley and Sonoma. In keeping with the eco-friendly theme of the tour, guests are transported in a minivan that uses biodiesel fuel. The 9-hour tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off and transportation.
Viator Tours
600 Townsend St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
866-648-5873
viator.com - The 9-hour Napa Valley Wine Country tour offered by All San Francisco tours takes guests in a luxury van to at least two wineries in the Sonoma Valley and a tour of Domaine Chandon, a sparkling wine house in the Napa Valley where guests can sample vintage wines. Tours are led by a driver-guide who explains the wine-making process to guests on the tour. Weather permitting, a picnic lunch is held overlooking the vineyards. Foreign-language tours are available upon request in Italian, Spanish and German. Free pickup and drop-off is available from several hotels in San Francisco.
All San Francisco Tours
866-654-1410
allsanfranciscotours.com
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