Wine Tasting Tour in Santa Ynez Valley (All-Inclusive & Full-Day)

Badge of ExcellenceSanta Barbara, USA

5 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Taste some of California's best wines on this tour of California’s Central Coast Wine Region. Enjoy breathtaking views on the way to Santa Ynez Valley on board a luxury passenger van. Our local guide will enhance your wine production knowledge while you tour our partner wineries. Admission to three wineries, lunch and snacks are included with this tasting tour.

Custom wine option available if you want something special
Bask in panoramic views of the Santa Ynez Valley en route from Santa Barbara (pickup and drop-off)
Savor a delicious lunch
Visit local favorite spots with the best reviews from guides and customers

What's Included

Alcoholic Beverages
Shuttle pick-up & drop-off from your hotel or accommodations in Santa Barbara or Santa Ynez Valley
Lunch
A friendly and knowledgeable guide
Discussion on winemaking and historical insights

Gratuity

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

1 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA
Our guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel. If meeting at the Visitor's Center, your guide will meet you just outside the Visitor's Center.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

10:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

We pick up/drop off at all hotels, vacation rentals and private accommodations in Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley. Alternatively you can meet us at the Santa Barbara Visitors Center at 1 Garden St, Santa Barbara.

What To Expect

Santa Ynez Valley

5 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 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 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.

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Featured review

Maureen_M

Sunny was the best guide on the planet! She was funny and kind and very attentive. I highly recommend this tour and for the Best experience, ask for Sunny!

Reviews

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Great experience if only......

Giovana_K, Apr 2024

The Tour Guide was super nice and helpful! The first vineyard called Vega, it was nice and a good variety of food and wine. The second and third did not have food and wine was so so but we still had lots of fun with our group. It will be nice if they actually tour in the vineyards and kind of show us how the make the wine, etc. Also, it will be nice to have food and snacks options, especially if you are wine tasting! Overall great experience.

Sunny did a terrific job...

Kathryn_T, Mar 2024

Sunny did a terrific job of explaining the area and the wines. She paced the day based upon our group- it was very enjoyable! Would do it again

Sunny, our guide was...

Debra_H, Mar 2024

Sunny, our guide was friendly and knowledgeable. She was outstanding. The tour was fun and relaxing and everything went perfect.

Wine-down Wednesday with Family

Maureen_M, Mar 2024

Sunny was the best guide on the planet! She was funny and kind and very attentive. I highly recommend this tour and for the Best experience, ask for Sunny!

A beautiful wine day!

Anthony_S, Jan 2024

Our tour guide (Linda) was a wealth of information during our tours. It was just an absolute marvelous day!

A "Sunny" day in Santa Ynez

Brooke_R, Nov 2023

Excellent experience from start to finish. Sunny our tour guide was so friendly and informative about everything wine and Santa Barbara! Highly recommended. At roblar winery get the pepperoni pizza !!

Cruisin’ with Sunny

Daron_R, Nov 2023

My wife and I were in a fairly large group (13 total), but our tour guide, Sunny, made it feel really intimate and nice. She was great! We had some rain forecasted for the day so Sunny and team had to make decisions the morning of to make sure we all had a great experience. I highly recommend this tour, especially with Sunny.

Perfect day

AnneMarie_M, Oct 2023

Our group of four friends had a great day with Johannes. From pick up to drop back, he was professional, really knowledgeable and fun throughout. The three wineries we visited were all beautiful venues with multiple tastings at each and good service everywhere. Our pre ordered lunch was great too. It really was a perfect day, thank you.

Fun!

Char_G, Sep 2023

The wine was good and the people we met were interesting. Our driver was friendly and knowledgeable.

Great fun, well organized, wonderful guide

Lisa_S, Aug 2023

Everything was good, guide adjusted to the groups tastes, food was excellent! Pickup was a mess due to fiesta, but we managed!

A great time!

Mark_P, Aug 2023

Johannes, our tour guide and sommelier for the day was excellent. Learning about the topography and viticulture was a great experience. Johannes was knowledgeable, and exciting to listen to. We found decent wine at each place we stopped, but the quality of wine in Santa Barbara is certainly better than some of what we experienced. My only critique would be to bring guests to more established estates.

Relaxing and enjoyable

Brooke_W, Jul 2023

Great wineries. Friendly staff. Loved the animals. Weather was great, view was amazing. Our guide Johannes was friendly and knowledgeable about the area and wines. Met some great people in our tour

Our experience was great...

Americus_J, Jul 2023

Our experience was great Johanes was a great tour guide and very knowledgeable and personable. Customer service was amazing! I highly recommend!!

Wonderful!

Adele_S, Jul 2023

The Brick Barn Wine Estate was the best and Sonny is very knowledgeable, upbeat and fun! Made a quick stop and tasted some olive oils, yummy!

Fantastic trip!

Nathalie_H, Jun 2023

We loved the vineyard tours, we got to visit the Santa ynez valley and try wines from smaller wineries which you wouldn’t be able to try elsewhere.

Stop Looking! This tour with Sunny is worth every penny.

Tara_N, Jun 2023

My son and I visited California for the first time from Florida. A wine tour was on my bucket list and I hoped picked a good one. Well, I did!! Sunny was our driver, and tour guide and was so fantastic. She honestly made the trip and I can't imagine having the same experience with someone else. She was knowledgeable, professional, upbeat and so relaxed. My son (21) could not name one white wine or had a clue about wines in general. She never made him feel like he asked stupid questions, she actually encouraged him to continue asking questions. We both expected our tour guide to be a snooty wine snob. Clearly, we were wrong. Sunny taught us so many things from the geography of the area to the vineyards, the proper temperatures of wine, and how the grapes are harvested. The stops we made were so pretty and the lunch was very good as well. The first stop blew me away, I joined the wine club and look forward to my order arriving. Honestly, stop looking and book with SUNNY she is so special, you will not regret it. Cheers!

Great experience

Leslie_S, Jun 2023

Great experience, are tour guide (Johannes) was awesome. He brought stranger together to become friends.

Santa Ynez mountains wine tour

Mark_M, Mar 2023

Great trip to three wineries. Guide was excellent. We also had a nice lunch, unexpectedly nice weather and a chance to walk around some of the small towns. Very happy we did this as it would have been difficult to drive back after the tastings.

Eh, could’ve been better

Latoya_S, Feb 2023

The tour was okay. On a scale of 1-10, we’d rate it a 5. For the amount paid for the tour, we expected a much nicer mode of transport (which isn’t the driver’s fault). Johannes is extremely knowledgeable about wine and the California terrain. He is also kind & played good music. The first stop had good wine but the state of the property was old and not well kept. The olive oil tasting was good & it was much needed. The third stop was nice, had good wine, and the lunch was delicious. Beautiful property too. The last stop was good, but Saarloos & Son’s was short staffed so the experience wasn’t what we expected. We ended up having wine served as a flight and all cupcakes given to us at once. No explanation of pairings or anything. We also didn’t need as much time at the last location.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Thank you for sharing your experience. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed Johannes' extensive knowledge of the wine region and the olive oil tasting and were able to taste some good wine during your tour. Our goal is to leave our guests with an exceptional customer experience and we are very sorry we did not meet your expectations. We would like to learn more about your day. Can you please contact our office directly? Our phone number is (805) 965-1414.

Great day at the wineries!

Marcus_A, Feb 2023

Great tour with Sunny. Excellent selection of wineries and she pointed out so many landmarks along the way.

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