Bluebonnet Wine Tours began in the early 2000s. It offers limousine service for Texas wine tours, which include half- and full-day options. You also can customize your own tour. Cost depends on the vehicle you choose, how many hours you spend in it and which tour you pick. All tours begin and end in Austin and most wineries are located within one or two hours of the city. Wineries you can visit with Bluebonnet include Fall Creek Vineyards, Driftwood Wineries, Lost Creek Vineyards and Grape Creek Vineyard.
Bluebonnet Wine Tours
Austin, TX 78759
512-420-0200
www.bluebonnetwinetours.com
Wine Tours of Texas is an Austin-based company that runs tours of Texas wineries using a fleet of limousines. Options include a Ford Excursion SUV and Lincoln Town Car. Wine Tours of Texas offers full-day, half-day and custom tours to vineyards such as Fall Creek Vineyards, Lost Creek Vineyards, Spicewood Vineyards and Texas Hills Vineyards. Tours begin in Austin, although customized tours can start in other cities. Prices vary depending on vehicle and tour chosen.
Wine Tours of Texas
P.O. Box 430
Kingsland, TX 78639
512-458-5466
www.winetoursoftexas.com
Urban Taste Tours, located in Austin, offers a citywide wine tour via pedicab, a small cart pulled behind a bicycle or taxi. Tours include pick-up and drop-off anywhere in downtown Austin, transportation throughout the city, wine flight and cheese plate at each destination and wine education from staff members. The price as of September 2010 is $80 per person, with discounted group rates. Urban Taste Tours also offers other wine tours in the city, including The Connoisseur, a tour for the wine savvy; The Honey Moon, a romantic wine tour; and The Bachelorette, a wine tour geared for groups of girlfriends.
Urban Taste Tours
1000 San Marcos St.
Austin, TX 78702
512-650-1123
www.urbantastetours.com
