Liz M.
Google
Knowledgeable tour. However, if you’re looking for a relaxing day this is likely not it. Your guide, if Paul, is jolly and knows a lot. However, you will not have any silence for a full nine hours.
Ride there- took about 1.5-2 hours because he did a city tour of San Fran.
1st vineyard- great wine, but we tasted then had to immediately leave to go to Sonoma for lunch.
Sonoma- we have over an hour and a half for lunch which was a lot more than needed in the tiny town.
2nd winery - just a shop, no vineyard. Good wine, we didn’t have time to even walk to the patio, we sipped then loaded back into the van.
3rd vineyard- very nice, did tasting and had about fifteen minutes free. Then back to the van.
Stop before back to SFO - approx 30minutes- not sure why we stopped here and was not even enough time to do anything.
Drive back - took a very long time due to Sunday traffic, and the route was indirect and I believe it made things go longer.
Overall, I would have liked time to drink wine walk around the vineyards or at least have time to buy one glass of wine. We just got put in a van to next stop and then wasted time in places which we couldn’t enjoy due to time constraints- whereas we could have enjoyed another half hour at a vineyard which is what we purchased the tour for. Unfortunately, I wish we would have just done this on our own and saved the money.
If you want to chat all day and spend a lot of time in a van or in a town this is for you. If you want lots of knowledge (which is mostly accurate) also for you. But I would not recommend it as a romantic day or time to connect with those you’re traveling with.