Sonoma and Napa 6hr-8hr- Private Wine Tour with Concierge Service

This trip was booked for my wife’s 40th birthday. Vincent was an amazing driver. Very polite, on time, and open for suggestions! Very clean car and comfortable. Only reason not to give 5 stars was promised a photo op at the bay bridge and a stop in a small town after that. Definitely 5 stars to Vincent and 4 to the tour company.

Dean was an exceptional driver. He gave us great recommendations and explained the history of the vineyards we were visiting. The entire process was simple and easy.

After talking to the manager and reading reviews of different companies, I selected this one to drive 6 people to 3 wineries in the north part of Napa/Calistoga. Online and prior to the day of our driver, Viator (the company) was easy to work with. I asked for a 9:30am pickup, stop to get our ordered sandwiches and then off to our first winery at 10:30am (40 min away). When the driver (or office or dispatch) told us he would arrive at 9:51am to get us loaded, we had to get the sandwiches ahead of pickup time. This became the theme of the day. His dispatch should have had him arrive at our requested 9:30am pick up with a cooler and waters and I was told would be provided. Instead, we were picked up at 9:51, with a 10:40 arrival time for a 10:30am tour. There was no apology for the delay, or any effort made to make up time in the drive on the way to the first winery - the driver went 35-40 on the 55mph zones and added time to our drive while telling us it was “no problem” that we were going to be late. It was the driver and/or dispatcher’s fault that we were going to be late, and yet there was no concern or addressing of this to try and improve the situation (I.e. driving quicker, apologizing, offering to call the winery and let them know, etc). On the way to our first winery, Abby turned left too slowly onto Hwy. 29 where we were SO close to being t-Boned by a fast oncoming car. We nearly died…… His driving skills were very concerning. He was all over the road zig zagging from the rumble strips to double lines the entire day, and his constant correcting to center the car from this zig zag motion was extremely jerky. Any time someone in the car spoke, he turned his head and eyes completely away from the road, which was concerning and dangerous. This also lead to more zig zag motions of the car, leading us to worry that we were going to go off the road or into oncoming traffic (we almost did from him crossing the double line and going onto the other side of the road when a car was coming at us). He didn’t drive at a consistent speed, often 10-20 mph below the speed limit despite knowing we were running late the whole day. One of the adults in our party gets car sick and she felt ill all day from the driving. All in all, the extreme under-the-speed-limit driving, almost causing us to get T-boned due to pulling out in front of cars without accelerating, taking his eyes off of the road, driving on the wrong side of the road and almost into oncoming traffic, and constant zig zagging across the entire lane was concerning, stressful, terrifying, and utterly unacceptable. Although he was pleasant most of the time, he was not empathetic with us being late to all 3 winery stops and made no attempts to improve the situation, as previously stated. He said that all of the wineries are used to people being late which was not comforting to us. We are members at 2 of the 3 wineries and being late for every single appointment was embarrassing. It was not the way we wanted to present ourselves. He struggled to use the GPS and made multiple wrong turns in addition to missing turns. We had to navigate for him to get to O’Shaughnessy after he went down a private “no trespassing” road from not following the GPS or knowing the route ahead of time. Overall, it was a very disappointing and scary driving experience. We were thankful to arrive home alive but had multiple instances that caused us to be stressed and scared while the driver was behind the wheel. Driving into oncoming traffic, on the wrong side of the road, extremely below the speed limit, and all over the road while not knowing where he was going was unacceptable. I would never use this company again and especially not the driver Abhi / Abby.

If at all possible, ask for Edward as your driver! Super nice and very knowledgeable conversationalist. We chose the wineries we wanted and he kept our schedule laid back and easy! This is a very well-put together tour!!!

We had a great a tour! He kept us on track and told us interesting stuff about the area, very knowledgeable. He took some pictures of my group too!!

Great time. You get to choose the wineries (and restaurant) and have to book each one, which allows you to select the experience you want. However, this allows you to get exactly what you want. Our driver, Edward kept us on schedule and was great.

Build an itinerary that gives you room to relax and enjoy. Dean was FANTASTIC and the most knowledgeable of the wine country. He made the drive fun and took pictures for us at all stops! He was so easy to talk with and made the 8hr day a wonderful and calm experience.

Great full day tour with private car & driver from San Francisco to Sausalito, Muir Woods, Sonoma and Napa. Scheduling and planning was so easy and efficient! We had a teen in our group and Vadim provided a list of all ages vineyards/tasting rooms where our son would be welcome. We packed so much into one day but never felt rushed or hurried, it was a great tour!

The concierge service was so helpful in booking wineries and coming up with a timeline. The benefit of not having to worry about where we were going and navigating there was wonderful.

Dean was a great tour guide and driver and we had a great time at all the wineries we visited. We would highly recommend.