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Russian River Weekend Wine Tasting & Gourmet Lunch

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Russian River Weekend Wine Tasting and Gourmet Lunch

8 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Driver/guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
Live commentary on board
Wine tasting fees
Lunch

No Pick-up/Drop-off from residential addresses
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:00 AM

What To Expect

Golden Gate Bridge

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Russian River Valley

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hook and Ladder Winery

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

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Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum drinking age is 21 years
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

Featured review

kellywarren2486

Our driver, Brian, was excellent! He was funny, friendly and extremely knowledgeable about a variety of subjects. The only improvement I would make would be more time spent in Muir Woods. The park was very beautiful and I wanted to spend more time there. Other than that, I would highly recommend this tour! Well worth the money!

Reviews

4.5

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Great day! The woods are amazing and...

Amilaka S, Apr 2018

Great day! The woods are amazing and Sonoma is not to be missed. So nice to have a driver so you can sit back and just enjoy!

Great tour with very knowledgeable...

sheena.ellis, Mar 2018

Great tour with very knowledgeable guide Ben. Highly recommend,

This was an excellent tour and well...

Deborah V, Mar 2018

This was an excellent tour and well worth the money. Even though The started out rainy we were able to walk through the Muir Woods and see the beautiful trees. By the time we left the the sun broke iand it was a great ride to Sonoma. We fit in three Different style wineries in and had plenty of time to stroll through The town of Sonoma and have lunch. Brian our tour guide was excellent!! Very knowledgeable, friendly and could not do enough for us. He really caters to the needs of his guests!!

We enjoyed the entire trip with Brian...

Denise H, Mar 2018

We enjoyed the entire trip with Brian, our energetic and thoughtful guide and able driver. He made the day run on time, was always thinking of ways to enrich our understanding of history, geography, economy, traffic, weather, plant and animal life, wine making, and took special efforts to give us vantage points we otherwise would miss. He really was exquisite. The trip into Muir Woods was sublime and peaceful, other-worldly. A must-see! We were given about 75 minutes to walk the wood-planked trails, and had just enough time to get to the highlights in the redwood forest. Wear sensible shoes! Then, off to wine country where we enjoyed private tastings with three fun experts at Cline, Homewood and Jacuzzi wineries. I bought specially-priced cased wine which will ship for free to my home. Amazing selections and prices. We also enjoyed time at each vineyard to enjoy the local ambience, had an hour and twenty minutes for lunch on our own with special tips from Brian which were superb. A free bonus wine tasting, chocolate tasting, cheese tasting, and ice cream tasting also happened during the lunch recess, thanks to Brian. Sonoma was pastoral, peaceful and sunny. We enjoyed a sunny day once we left the fog of morning in San Francisco. Brian tried with some driving heroics to get us a photo op of the Golden Gate above the fog line, but mother nature had the last say. He is an expert driver, brought us to some steep streets to view SF landmarks and treasures, and was a superb local ambassador, as well as a fun designated driver for our group of 12. A classy day all around, and a highlight of my time in SF.

Really great guide. He was so focused...

Eric F, Mar 2018

Really great guide. He was so focused on our comfort. Loved all the wineries. Perfect day.

Amazing tour! Our guide was awesome and...

b.whittaker9, Feb 2018

Amazing tour! Our guide was awesome and informative.

My only complaint is that there was not...

rach, Feb 2018

My only complaint is that there was not enough time at Muir woods! Still a great experience, but I just wish there was more time so you could do a good full lap around the park. The wine tastings were all good. You essentially get introduced to 3 different levels of wine making/experiences. One is more of a start up company, another is your average level wine maker, and another is a big time producer. All the wine was good and the hosts/owners were knowledgeable and friendly with any questions.

Pros: Brian the tour guide was...

Chrysanne E, Jan 2018

Pros: Brian the tour guide was amazing, so knowledgable and gave us a great tour including around San Fran. Comfortable bus ride Small group Good wine, great views Convenient pick up and drop off - could get dropped off at someone else's stop if you wanted to explore a different area of SF Cons: Muir Woods - although the woods were interesting I don't think I would sign up to go to them if I could re-do this, skip this tour and do one just of Wine Country instead. Muir Woods were much colder - 10-15 degrees - and it was a pretty small area to walk through. Slow start to the day, hadn't done much by 1. Just one winery and the muir woods. Then we went for a cheese tasting that was just the dairy section of a grocery store. From there we were on our own for lunch. We didn't go that far, 2 of the wineries were owned by the same company and were across the street from each other, would like to see more variety.

Our driver, Brian, was excellent! He...

kellywarren2486, Jan 2018

Tour guide was energetic, highly...

Hillary F, Jan 2018

Tour guide was energetic, highly knowledgeable regarding historical facts about the area, and went above and beyond to make sure we had a pleasant time. Muir woods was beautiful, but I could have stayed there for hours. The wine tasting was wonderful. We ended up buying tons of cheese, pear vinegar, and blood orange olive oil.

I highly recommend this tour !! Amazing...

Catherine D, Jan 2018

I highly recommend this tour !! Amazing driver, dynamic, funny, always learning to us facts about every area we crossed. Muir woods : love it ! maybe 30 min more would have been better. Wineries we visited we amazing, beautiful and all different from each other. Great wine of course. Sonoma was also great to visit, but 2 hours can be a lot, so 1h30 should be enough, adding the 30 min. to Muir Woods

Loved the Muir woods tour, but wouldn't...

Ondreya W, Dec 2017

Loved the Muir woods tour, but wouldn't do a wine tour in Sonoma again. There are three wine tours.The wine country tours gave very little information about the grapes of the region or the process of wine. If you like sweet wine, you won't like most of the wines as they are semi sweet or dry. The countryside of the region is beautiful and 2 of the vineyards are really nicely landscaped. We had 45 minutes to obtain lunch, and most of the stores are slow, and other tour buses are arriving all the time, so it gets very crowded. Order food as quickly as possible.

This was an excellent tour and I would...

kjg681, Dec 2017

This was an excellent tour and I would highly recommend it to visitors the the area. In addition to being super friendly, our tour guide, Paul, was amazingly well-informed about local history, wildlife, plant life and the wine making process in general. A very informative trip. You start the day with almost two hours at Muir Woods, which is more than enough time. Then you visit a winery, the city of Sonoma and two more wineries. All were excellent stops and there was plenty of great wine to be had. A definite highlight of our trip to San Francisco.

This was such a great tour - just what...

Nancy P, Dec 2017

This was such a great tour - just what we were hoping for! Our tour guide Brian was friendly, knowledgeable, responsible, and excited for us. Muir Woods is beautiful - and the three wineries were the perfect number for one day. The van was comfortable and clean - highly recommend!

We enjoyed our tour enormously. We left...

David G, Nov 2017

We enjoyed our tour enormously. We left on time, had a comfortable coach, and our guide was knowledgeable and a great presenter. We were very pleased with the entire day.

The trip to Muir Woods was great, but...

Ruth A F, Oct 2017

The trip to Muir Woods was great, but we did not get to wine country because of the terrible fires there.

Trip was great. Tour guide was very...

Rosemary D, Oct 2017

Trip was great. Tour guide was very professional and knowledgeable, and made us feel very welcome. Muir Woods was beautiful, very peaceful first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, the wine tour portion of tour was canceled due to the wild fires in Sonoma and Napa valley. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and firemen affected by the fires. I hope the wine region will survive.

This was a really amazing tour and we...

Abhishek, Sep 2017

This was a really amazing tour and we visited the Muir woods and three wineries in Sonomo County. The tour was a very small group of 14 people and we first went to Muir woods. The place was very calm, nice and one where you can connect with nature. There were multiple trails and it took us 1 hr to complete the mid sized one. The onsite gift shop is also good and had a nice collection. From there we went to wine tasting in Sonoma County and enjoyed the experience. We did get a chance to view the vineyards and taste the wonderful wine. We ended up taking couple of bottles and really enjoying them. The bus driver was very nice and knowledgeable. He was aware of all the facts and managed to answer most of our queries.

You get to see a lot in a few...

beryl h, Sep 2017

You get to see a lot in a few hours...Muir woods was spectacular and the wine tastings were fun. The driver, Richard, added a lot of information along the way. The unfortunate part is that you don't get to pick your bus mates...in my group everyone kept to themselves until after several tastings then the conversations started and the tour become more interesting.

We enjoyed our day. It worked out well...

Paula N, Sep 2017

We enjoyed our day. It worked out well to arrive at Muir Woods early and void the crowds. We were able to enjoy the serenity of the park. We had a good mix of wineries, one larger, one independent and one medium sized. The day was well organized and our driver/guide was very informative. We learned a lot along the way and he offered excellent suggestions at each stop.

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