The wine tours north of San Francisco are a way for people to see Napa Valley and Sonoma, the heart of northern California's wine country. Tour operators pick up guests in San Francisco at hotels or landmarks and guide them through the wine country. These tours vary in length; some are day trips, and others are overnight tours.
Extranomical Adventures offers tours of all kinds in and around the Bay area. Their Redwoods and Wine Country Escape is a day trip that starts in the lobby of your hotel and takes you and your family through the Muir Woods National Monument. This tour also takes you over the Golden Gate Bridge and through three wineries where you can sample the wine.
The tour operators drive a minibus or a 13-passenger van. The tour also stops at a winery wind cave. The Extranomical Tours are carbon neutral. This company uses clean burning vehicles and participates in programs that help clean the air throughout the world.
Extranomical Adventures
501 Bay Street
San Francisco, CA, 94133
866-231-3752
http://www.extranomical.com
These wine tours start at the Ferry Building in San Francisco and last for a day. The shuttles drive you to four wineries in the Napa Valley and take you back to the Ferry building via a 50-minute cruise ship. The tour organizers provide you with a voucher to a gourmet deli so that you can choose your own lunch to eat at picnic tables overlooking a winery. The cruise back to San Francisco avoids the evening rush hour traffic on the freeways and gives you a chance to see Alcatraz, the Bay Bridge, and Golden Gate Bridge close up.
Wine Country Tour Shuttle
1 Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA 94111
712-213-6269
winecountrytourshuttle.com
The All San Francisco Tours provides luxury van trips to Napa Valley where you will see several wineries and eat in a gourmet restaurant in Sonoma. The tour operators require that participants be over 21, and show IDs before being allowed on the tour van. This tour group provides guides who speak English, German, Italian or Spanish. The tour ends with champagne and hors d'oeuvres. The tour picks you up at your hotel and returns to the same location at the end of the day.
All San Francisco Tours
4285 N Rancho Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89130
702-233-1627
inetours.com
