San Francisco Shore Excursion: Napa & Sonoma Full-Day Wine Tour
San Francisco, USA
- 9 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Getting off a cruise ship in an unknown land can be daunting, so give your sea legs some rest on a wine-tasting tour of Sonoma and Napa Valleys. Enjoy the scenery or catch up on some shut-eye en route to wine tasting at the local wineries. For lunch, you'll stop in the picturesque downtown Sonoma Square (optional). Then, return via the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.
- Wine country shore excursion from San Francisco
- Visit three renowned wineries of Napa and Sonoma Valley
- Taste premium wines and tour each establishment
- Opt for lunch in downtown Sonoma (added cost)
What's Included
- Comfortable, air-conditioned motorcoach to wine country
- Expert Guide for Wine Tour
- Tour 3 wineries with 3-5 tastings per winery
- 24-Hour Hop-on Hop-off Tour of San Francisco (if option selected)
- 1-hour Panoramic Sunset Tour of San Francisco
- 1-hour Self-guided Chinatown Walking Tour (if option selected)
- Digital commentary aboard Hop-on Hop-off Tour
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 99 Jefferson St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Corner of Jefferson & Mason Streets (Fisherman's Wharf)
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.8:30 am
Itinerary
Fisherman's Wharf (Pass By)
Golden Gate Bridge (Pass By)
1
Madonna Estate
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
2
Sonoma Plaza
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Sutter Home Winery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
4
RuVango Winery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- Minimum drinking age is 21 years
- At each winery you will spend approximately 1 hour for tour and tasting
- Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Tours may be taken on separate days
- Hop-on hop-off tour commentary available in: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Korean
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.1
based on 37 reviews
Christine_E, Oct 2025
We enjoyed the tour and our driver/guide. Steve was very nice and knowledgeable about San Francisco and Sonoma.
Natalie_P, Oct 2024
All the winery’s were lovely. I learned a lot about the wine making process. Each place was different. All the staff were friendly and helpful and easy to chat with. Our bus drive was sweet and friendly. Only problem was the bus was small for taller people and there was no storage above Or below for storing the wine we bought.
Debbie_C, Sep 2024
We had a group of 5 friends, ladies aged 30's & 40's. This is a wonderful tour to take. We had so much fun!
We realized the tour was a little too long for our taste and also there were some children on the bus, which we did not realize that children could attend this tour. Other than that, it was a beautiful day of touring the wine country!
Keith_A, Sep 2024
A full day enjoyed visiting three different wineries at Napa Valley. The stop for lunch at Sonoma was beautiful as well. James our driver was very insightful and nice. Perhaps a dive deeper into the wine making process at the wineries would have made it more interesting. Worth it.
james_b, Sep 2024
Three wineries...only one showed the us their operation...the rest was just sitting in the shower room
Bus driver was hard to understand
Nice bus
LeeAnna_B, Aug 2024
Check in process was easy. For an hour drive it would have been nice to have access to a restroom.
Did not leave on time due to others, but still arrived at a fairly decent time.
Grady was a wonderful tour guide. I never felt rushed and he was accommodating to late stragglers, and needed bathroom breaks.
Visited: Madonna, Sutter Home and Napa Cellars (which is not listed on Viator site). In actuality, a 4th stop could be included, as lunch was 1.5hrs.
Overall a great day...with a few weeks, this could be a solid 5 start tour
Robert_B, Apr 2024
Our driver Steve was wonderful very professional one of the best tours we went on this trip give it 10 out 10 rating
Dana_M, Feb 2024
Awful. Your guide told everyone to be quiet on the bus ride, thinking he was going to give some commentary. But he just mumbled a lot of nonsense and gave a lot of political views that were not exactly appropriate for a group setting.
Stopped for a quick break by the bridge and he refused to let us take any pictures - only stop for washroom. When we didn’t need to use the washroom and tried to go to other side of parking lot for pictures he yelled at us to come back.
Continuous rambling throughout the entire trip and telling people to be quiet so they could listen to the ramblings got exhausting quick and honestly ruined the day.
The wines were not great. One stop was good - Madonna. One stop was so terrible it was barely drinkable.
Not exactly the best quality wineries on this tour.
Hugh_J, Jul 2023
Nice informative estate winery with VG wine.
Lunch on our own in Sonoma (a movie-perfect town!)
Beautiful, shady lawn and good wine at 2nd winery (not estate).
Katja_M, Jul 2023
Driver/guide was great. Tour left late, Bus had no air conditioning. We were promised to get a replacement at the first winery and again at the lunch stop, nothing. 100 degrees outside and no A/C on the bus until the end of the tour. Driver was embarrassed about situation. Tour operators did not provide solution.
Megan_V, Jun 2023
Great time! People complained about too much time at each stop in other reviews, but we didn’t find that to be an issue at all. We felt it was just enough time everywhere! Highly recommend!
Andrea_K, Apr 2023
Lovely drive, too long at the wineries for tastings, the wineries are small and we didn’t need two hours at each, would rather have more time for lunch and possibly walking around another area. Lunch was after 2:00 pm and everyone was starving and rushed and did not get a chance to walk around the lovely area of Sonoma downtown. Less tie at the wineries would be my suggestion as everyone was done and just waiting around. Our tour guide was great Thomas was fun and very knowledgeable. Viator combined our tour with Grey Line at the last minute and there was some confusion as to where to pick up the bus. All in all it was an enjoyable day but some things need to be tweaked.
Arlisha_F, Jan 2022
The tour guide was amazing! I enjoyed being in nature amongst the beautiful vineyards. The tasting gave me a different view on Napa wines. I thoroughly enjoyed a select few. I was not a big fan of California wines at first.
Magdalena_C, Oct 2021
We didn't visit a known winery on only unknown and had not good wines really expensive for just 3 wineries
Ronald_B, May 2019
We loved this tour. You get to see the Golden Gate Bridge and views from the north end of the bridge. Then the information and tastings we received were fascinating and helpful. We learned so much...take this tour!!!
Gil_L, Apr 2019
enjoyable, visited 3 nice wineries, learned a lot. Driver Bob was very informative and fropped us off were we needed to go.
TjuanaC_T, Jul 2018
The bus driver was amazing and very knowledgeable on the history of SF. I went with a group of 6 people we had an great time.
Mary T, Oct 2017
Excellent all day tour of wine country. Our tour guide, Willie, made the day very special.
Ann H, Sep 2017
Excellent guide! He was very knowledgeable and entertaining.
Joann B, Oct 2016
This was a good trip..we enjoyed the three wineries that we visited... We thought the lunch stop was a little too long, and instead we could have seen more of the area.
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