Private Santa Ynez Wine Tour (All-Inclusive)
This is a beautiful, scenic tour of California’s Central Coast Wine Region perfect for any wine lover! This tour features tastings at three local wineries, lunch, door-to-door shuttle service and a knowledgeable guide for the day. Your guide will discuss local history and insights into the Santa Ynez wine region along the way. Need a custom wine tour for your group? Our office is happy to help! If you want something special, let us know and we can build a custom profile for your wine tour.
Options
Private Wine & Cupcake Tour
Cupcake Flight: When booking this tour option, enjoy a delicious flight of wine infused cupcakes paired with your final tasting.
Pickup included
What's included in Private Santa Ynez Wine Tour (All-Inclusive)
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Santa Barbara
Meet your guide at your central Santa Barbara hotel and board a comfortable air-conditioned luxury passenger van. Enjoy the views as you leave the city behind and head into the Santa Ynez Valley to explore the vineyard filled countryside. Pick ups are also available from Santa Ynez Valley and Solvang.
Santa Ynez Valley
Explore the stunning vineyards and quaint towns of the Santa Ynez Valley while our guide shares some of the history and wine production secrets of the valley. We will visit three full production wineries and lunch will be enjoyed amidst the vineyards. We spend about an hour at each winery and allow approximately an hour for lunch at one of those stops. We have a few "local favorites" that we may visit on this tour, with great reviews from our clients and guides. You can read more about our partner wineries on our website. ~Andrew Murray Vineyards ~Beckmen Vineyard ~Brander Vineyard ~Dragonette (Tasting Room) ~Epiphany Cellars (Tasting Room) ~Firestone Vineyard ~Four Brother Wine Co (Tasting Room) ~Gainey Winery ~Kalyra Winery ~Koehler Winery ~Lincourt Vineyards ~Rideau Vineyard ~Roblar Winery ~Saarloos and Sons (Tasting Room) ~Story of Soil ~Sunstone Winery ~Vincent Vineyards
Inclusions
- Taxes
- Gratuity: Your private tour includes 15% automatic gratuity for your guide.
- Re-usable water bottles that can be re-filled at stops throughout the tour
- Includes tasting fees at 3 wineries
- Snacks
- Delicious locally sourced lunch and cold beverages
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Additional Information
We pick up/drop off at all hotels, vacation rentals, and private accommodations in Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley. Alternatively, we can pick you up at the Santa Barbara Visitors Center at 1 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA. Departure Point: Your accommodation or the Santa Barbara Visitor Center (Garden St.) Address: Santa Barbara Visitor Center parking lot, 1 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (unless hotel/residence pick up is arranged) Directions to the Santa Barbara Visitor Center (Garden St. Parking Lot) From the South: Take Hwy 101 North toward Santa Barbara. As you enter the Santa Barbara area, exit at 96B Garden St./Laguna. Keep left to take the Garden St. ramp. Turn left onto Garden St. Drive .4 mi. across the train tracks and turn right. Park in the lot just behind the Santa Barbara Visitor Center (1 Garden St., at the intersection of Cabrillo and Garden). Parking fees may apply. Your wine guide will meet you in the Visitor Center parking lot by the restrooms. From the North: Take Hwy 101 South toward Santa Barbara. As you enter the Santa Barbara area take the Garden St. Exit, 96B. Turn right at the end of the off-ramp onto Garden St. Drive .4 mi. across the train tracks and turn right. Park in the lot just behind the Santa Barbara Visitor Center (1 Garden St., at the intersection of Cabrillo and Garden). Parking fees may apply. Your wine guide will meet you in the Visitor Center parking lot by the restrooms.
Meeting / End Points
- Our guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel, or, if meeting at the starting point, they will meet you just outside the Visitor's Center.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
Please let us know where you would like to be picked up at least 48 hours prior to departure & please bring identification in case confirmation that guests are of legal drinking age is needed. Pick up times range from 9:30am to 10:45 am based on your pick up location in relation to the other parties booked on the tour. Pick up times will be confirmed via email the day prior to your trip. It is important you review your email after 5pm the day prior to your tour to confirm your pick up time. If we do not hear from you with a pick up location 48 hours or more in advance, we will pick you up at the Santa Barbara Visitor's Center at 1 Garden St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. While we do have re-usable water bottles available for your use, you are encouraged to bring your own if preferred. Gratuity: 15% gratuity for your guide is included in your tour price. If you'd like to leave additional gratuity for your guide, you can tip them directly on the day of your tour. We are also happy to apply additional gratuity via credit card at any time by calling our office. To help speed up the check-in process, please use the link below to have all guests complete their waivers prior to arrival. Each guest must have their own signed waiver and the same link can be used for each guest: https://tinyurl.com/WineWaiver Lunch: Must be submitted to [email protected] at least 48 hours prior to trip departure or selections will be made for you. The lunch menu is linked below. Guests may opt for a sandwich OR salad via email with the number(s) associated with the sandwich or the name of the salad they would prefer. Menu: https://tinyurl.com/PaninosLosOlivosMenu Typical Itinerary - May Vary: • 9:30-10:45am - Pick-up at hotel • 11:00am - Winery Tasting • 12:30pm - Winery Tasting • 1:30-2:15 pm - Lunch at winery • 2:30pm - Winery Tasting • 4:45pm-5:15pm - Drop off at hotel
