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Half-Day Victoria to Cowichan Valley Wine Tour with Tastings
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- 5 hours 30 minutes
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover the wines of the Cowichan Valley on a wine tour from Victoria, and taste your way through part of Vancouver Island's fascinating wine trail. You’ll visit three wineries for tastings and tours, and enjoy lunch at a boutique winery surrounded by rolling vineyards. This wine tour includes round-trip transport from downtown Victoria, lunch, and tastings, for the perfect introduction to Vancouver Island wine.
- Wine tour from Victoria
- Visit three vineyards in the Cowichan Valley
- Eat lunch on a scenic vineyard
- Led by a local, wine-loving guide
- Pickup and drop-off in downtown Victoria
What's Included
- Round-trip transportation
- Guide
- Tastings at each winery
- Gratuities
- custom pick up at hotels
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 721 Government St, Victoria, BC V8W 1W5, Canada
You will meet your guide directly across the street from the Fairmont Empress Hotel on Government Street. (across the street from 721 Government Street)(PASSENGER LOADING ZONE)
Start time
10:00 AM
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Meet a guide at a central location in Victoria for a 10am departure, then leave the city from the Cowichan Valley, a scenic region of farms, forests, and coastline.
Your first wine destination is Enrico Winery, where you’ll taste their distinctive red wines on a gorgeous deck with views of the vineyards and onsite trout pond. Prepare for a day of tasting with a lunch that pairs perfectly with the vineyard’s award-winning wines.
From there, continue to Blue Grouse Estate Winery and Vineyard, whose roots stretch back to 1977, and explore the flavors of the island’s oldest vines at a brand new tasting facility.
The third stop of the day is Unsworth Vineyards, a family-owned winery that specializes in hand-crafted wines. You’ll pause for a tasting, and join your wine guide for a tour of the vineyard’s production facility and vines. If time allows, visit a fourth vineyard before the return trip to Victoria, where this tour concludes at the original departure point.
Your first wine destination is Enrico Winery, where you’ll taste their distinctive red wines on a gorgeous deck with views of the vineyards and onsite trout pond. Prepare for a day of tasting with a lunch that pairs perfectly with the vineyard’s award-winning wines.
From there, continue to Blue Grouse Estate Winery and Vineyard, whose roots stretch back to 1977, and explore the flavors of the island’s oldest vines at a brand new tasting facility.
The third stop of the day is Unsworth Vineyards, a family-owned winery that specializes in hand-crafted wines. You’ll pause for a tasting, and join your wine guide for a tour of the vineyard’s production facility and vines. If time allows, visit a fourth vineyard before the return trip to Victoria, where this tour concludes at the original departure point.
Blue Grouse Estate Winery and Vineyard
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Enrico Winery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Unsworth Vineyards Tasting Room
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Cherry Point Estate Wines
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- Dietary requirements - please contact us directly to update us on vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options. We can request this with the winery. Email us directly
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
Gillian_R
Marco was a great your guide - very honest, open and knowledgeable and tolerant of our reasonable and entertaining boozy antics!
We had a great group - us Scottish couple, and English couple, Canadian friends and a couple from Victoria so we spoke lots and shared experiences! What a laugh! Went for dinner and drinks afterwards!
Great way to see outside of Victoria and wine helps along the way!
Reviews
5.0
78 reviews
Karen_D, Oct 2023
Loved all three wineries and wines and really enjoyed the other visitors with us on the tour! The driver was also very personable and knowledgeable.
Gillian_R, Sep 2023
Marco was a great your guide - very honest, open and knowledgeable and tolerant of our reasonable and entertaining boozy antics!
We had a great group - us Scottish couple, and English couple, Canadian friends and a couple from Victoria so we spoke lots and shared experiences! What a laugh! Went for dinner and drinks afterwards!
Great way to see outside of Victoria and wine helps along the way!
Jodie_Y, Jul 2023
A great little half day tour. The first winery Blue Grouse had the best wine. The little lunch and live music at Enrico was great, a beautiful spot to stop for a quick bite.
The guide was friendly and knowledgeable. It was what we expected.
Holly_E, Jul 2023
Justine was anawesome guide! She jept everyone engaged abd entertained and also was good at providing recommendations for the area for things to do after the tour! The vineyards were all beautiful, and had tasty wines, with the staff being very knowledgeable.
LisaMarie_B, Jun 2023
Adam was great! Our tour was a lot of fun and we learned alot about Canada grapes. Looking forward to meeting up in Hawaii when he comes for a visit.
Mahalo,
Lisa-Marie & Frank Bortmas
Judy_J, Jul 2022
Perfect 60th birthday for my sister with friends. Emily was the perfect hostess and the wineries were top rate.
Victoria_T, Jul 2022
My wife and I wanted to do something special for our honeymoon and this wine tour was just that. We went to 2 wineries and a cidery, all 3 we're great experiences. Would definitely do this again!
James_C, Jul 2022
The driver was awesome. He was a safe driver and very knowledgeable about the area. He educated us about various locations on our journey.
However the tour operator messed up our lunch and we had to travel to a new location and back to continue our journey. Small inconvenience, but still had a negative impact on the trip. Otherwise it would have been 5 stars!
Lisa_P, Jun 2022
Emily did a great job and was so fun! Cherry Point winery was awesome! A must go to vineyard. We have been to wine tastings all over the world and we’re so impressed with this family owned winery. Very interesting owners and wine.
Joyce R, Nov 2017
We were disappointed in this tour and it definitely was not worth the money charged. Some elements that were advertised were not provided such as hotel pickup, beverages, a visit to a Seaside Village and tour guide. In addition, the vehicle used was not appropriate for a guide had there been one to explain and address the features of the Cowichen Valley and its wines. Only 3 wineries were visited, 2 of which were basically solicitations for their wines ecept Cherry Point which was excellent, The lunch that was provided was basically hamburgers on a grill. Instead of visiting the village, we sat at the Enrico winery for more than 2hours while tour participants purchased their wines but there was no tour of the vineyards offered as described. Our driver was very nice but not a tour guide.
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