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No. 10: Cottonwood Wine Tours – San Antonio, Texas
Cottonwood Wine Tours, headquartered in San Antonio, provides group excursions to Texas Hill Country wineries and vineyards. A wide variety of tour options are available, from three to eight hours in length, with visits to several wineries and towns such as Fredericksburg and Comfort. All tours include snacks, tasting fees and a knowledgeable tour guide.
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No. 9: North Bay Wine Tours – Napa and Sonoma, California
North Bay Wine Tours provides private tours for up to four guests, allowing them to explore Sonoma and Napa Counties in comfort and style. Excursions include up to four wineries chosen by North Bay or from the guests’ itineraries. Planning for special occasions or particular experiences and an optional lunch break are also available.
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No. 8: Uncorked Wine Tours – Paso Robles, California
Uncorked Wine Tours takes visitors on tasting experiences in Paso Robles or Edna Valley in San Luis Obispo. Group tours include reservations at wineries, lunch and a complimentary water bottle. For a more personalized experience, opt for a customized tour, which might include a vineyard tour, wine and cheese pairing, cave tour or a picnic lunch.
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No. 7: Asheville Wine Tours – Asheville, North Carolina
With over a dozen vineyards around Asheville, this company can customize your Sprinter excursion for you and your guests and leave you thirsty for the next wine tour. They’ll also add a sommelier or WSET-certified wine expert/driver to your trip if you’d like to elevate your experience. 10Best Wine Expert Ava Roxanne Stritt adds, “This tour service hits all the best spots in the region.”
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No. 6: Experience! The Finger Lakes – Finger Lakes, New York
Experience! The Finger Lakes has been leading wine tours through the Finger Lakes region of New York for more than 13 years. Guests enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at a winery, as well as curated tasting experiences not typically available to the general public. Choose between tours of Cayuga Lake, Seneca Lake, Ithaca or Keuka Lake.
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No. 5: Cork and Keg Tours – Loudoun County, Virginia
Cork & Keg Tours offers pre-curated “cluster” tours of area wineries or breweries in the Potomac, Mosby, Snickers Gap, Loudoun Heights, Harmony or Waterford regions, or allows customers to create individual itineraries. Tour in a Mercedes Sprinter outfitted with two HD TVs and a sparkling wine bar. Tours include a sparkling wine toast, pickup and drop-off, and visits to two or three wineries.
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No. 4: Perata Luxury Tours – Napa, California
Perata Luxury Tours specializes in personalized wine tours in Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Guests enjoy access to small production and boutique wineries that might otherwise be difficult to find. The fleet consists of custom Sprinter-style limousine vans and Chevrolet Suburban Premier Plus Edition SUVs that are thoroughly cleaned after each tour.
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No. 3: Sustainable Wine Tours – Santa Barbara, California
Sustainable Wine Tours offers exclusive access to private wineries, estates and vineyards throughout Santa Barbara Wine Country; guests never sip wine in a public location on these tours. Each tour, whether small-group or private, includes tasting fees, a winery tour and an organic picnic lunch.
Photo courtesy of Angela Reilly of The Cottage Vineyards & Winery
No. 2: Pop The Cork Wine Tours – Atlanta, Georgia
Each tour with this Atlanta wine tour company includes tasting fees, a gourmet picnic lunch, chauffeured transportation in a luxury coach and a full day of wine tasting fun. Chuck and La Tanya, the husband-and-wife team behind Pop The Cork Wine Tours, have more than a decade of experience leading tasting tours in California before they relocated to Georgia to seek out local wineries.
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No. 1: Snake River Wine Tours – Marsing, Idaho
Located less than an hour from Boise, explore the Sunnyslope Wine Trail, known as “The Heart of Idaho Wine Country,” with Snake River Wine Tours. Daily excursions include visits to up to four area wineries with award-winning wines and unique tasting experiences. Snake River’s special relationships with the local wineries guarantee guests a “one-of-a-kind” wine tour experience.
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