Napa Valley Small Group Winery Tour

Platypus Tours Limited
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MattOFreeman
3 days ago
Platypus Wine Tours blends beautiful scenery, thoughtful storytelling, and exceptional wine—without feeling rushed. Steve did a fantastic job helping us learn the heart behind each of the three vineyards—each smaller, family-owned, boutique style. We savored good wines and shared an abundance of laughter and conversation along the way. Plan on leaving not just with a few bottles of wine, but with amazing memories of a meaningful tour. Highly recommend if you want to take a load off and relieve the stress from setting up and paying for a tasting room experience, getting lunch, driving yourself, etc. Let Platypus Wine Tours handle all your cares!

Join us on a full-day, small-group wine tour of the Spectacular Napa Valley wine country! You’ll visit three charming, back roads wineries and be served a picnic lunch in an idyllic winery setting. Your tour guide will tell fascinating stories and share many interesting tidbits about local history, culture and wine making. Our specialty is intimate, light hearted and truly memorable experiences. Your guide will set up a tasty picnic lunch for you at a picturesque winery. Once the tour concludes, you will be dropped off from where you were picked up. The tour typically has 8-12 guests on board.

Duration7 hoursLanguages Available

  • Human tour guide - English

Points of Interest

Stop At: Napa ValleyCaliforniaYour tour will begin with pickup from your Napa Valley hotel. Where you are staying will define the tour region that you will be visiting.  If your accommodations are outside of the winery region, you can arrange to meet us a general meeting spot. You’ll visit three charming, backroads wineries and be served a picnic lunch in an idyllic winery setting. Your tour guide will tell fascinating stories and share many interesting tidbits about local history, culture and wine making.  This is not a smarmy or touristy activity. Our specialty is intimate, light-hearted and truly memorable. This tour is sure to entertain with a very approachable and easy-going style. Discover and savor new experiences tasting some of the world’s most celebrated wines. Our typical guest is not necessarily a wine expert but keen to learn a bit about wine and wine-making, and is open to sharing the experience with a few other like-minded wine adventurers.Duration: 6 hours

Additional Information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age is 21 years
  • Please call local operator after booking to provide a mobile phone number and an email address
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • A maximum of 4 people per booking
Inclusions
  • Picnic lunch
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off within towns in tour region (Not San Francisco)
  • Driver Tour Guide
  • Transport by small shuttle
  • 3 winery stops
Exclusions
  • (Optional) Wine tasting fees ($20-$25 at each winery) per person to participate in wine tasting
  • Optional gratuity for the guide (Suggested 18-20%) per person.
Redemption Instructions • There is the option to add on tasting at each of the three wineries visited. The wineries charge directly for these tasting fees which average $20-$25 per person per winery. Many waive this fee with wine purchase. • Gratuity for the tour guide is at your discretion. Industry standard is 18-20% percent. Please note that gratuity is not included in your tour cost. • Comfortable walking shoes are recommended • Minimum age is 21 years • Please call or email the local operator after booking to be provided with the exact pickup time based on your location. We also require a mobile number in the event we need to reach you the day of the tour • We provide plenty of water on board • We can accommodate vegetarian, gluten-free and most other diet restrictionsVoucher InfoMobile or paper ticket accepted

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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

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Customer Reviews

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MattOFreeman
Platypus Wine Tours blends beautiful scenery, thoughtful storytelling, and exceptional wine—without feeling rushed. Steve did a fantastic job helping us learn the heart behind each of the three vineyards—each smaller, family-owned, boutique style. We savored good wines and shared an abundance of laughter and conversation along the way. Plan on leaving not just with a few bottles of wine, but with amazing memories of a meaningful tour. Highly recommend if you want to take a load off and relieve the stress from setting up and paying for a tasting room experience, getting lunch, driving yourself, etc. Let Platypus Wine Tours handle all your cares!
Aaron_M
Really great and fun experience. One of my most memorable wine tasting experiences. Enjoyed learning about the wine making process and tasting wine directly from an oak barrel.
John_C
Communication was good prior to the wine tour and Courtney picked us up at the hotel in a comfortable minibus. We were joined by 5 other families and visited 3 wineries for the day. Courtney was energetic and provided a good overview of the Napa Valley and her passion showed throughout the day. The wineries were lesser known smaller boutique which was good for us to support small businesses. Unfortunately for the wine growers, they are experiencing a drop in wine consumption as well as exports. Many of the grapes were left on the vines unharvested. This tour is perfect for my daughter's first wine visit and she enjoyed it very much.
G6952ZBkarenm
We had a great time. Linda, our guide, was knowledgeable, helpful and super fun! We loved the wineries we visited they were perfect!
JamesR_B
We were disappointed with Viator. Our 1st booking - Trolley-bus tour of Napa -was cancelled at 48hrs notice & no explanation given. We were reimbursed but no compensation for the inconvenience caused. In regard to our 2nd booking - a Small Group tour in Napa - we were informed with less than 24 to go - that there was only the 2 of us on the Napa and it was suggested to us that we transfer to the Small Group tour of Sonoma - there were 8 other booking for this trip -which we did as were afraid that the Napa tour would be cancelled. We got the distinct impression that Viator was cancelling all trips where they did not have viable numbers. In regard to the Sonoma trip which we ended up taking, the driver/guide was very good. The 1st tasting at Laxton Cellars was very good and the wines excellent. We also liked the Wellington visit and wines. We found both the visit and wines disappointing at Mayo Cellars. I don't understand why the costs of the wine tastings are not included in the price of the tour.

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