Authentic Cable Car Wine Tour
Recommended by 98% of travelers
Temecula, USA
- 5 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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What's Included
- Wine Tasting Fees
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Start time.11:00 am
Itinerary
1
Akash Winery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
2
Callaway Vineyard and Winery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
3
Lorimar Vineyards and Winery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 28 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
4.9
based on 321 reviews
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We’ve done the Temecula cable car wine tour twice now, both times with Shawna, and she has been absolutely fantastic! She is attentive, incredibly knowledgeable, and so much fun. She makes the entire experience enjoyable and goes above and beyond to make sure everyone has a great time. We would absolutely recommend this experience, especially if you get Shawna as your host. We’ll definitely be back!
Well, Brittany, our tour guide, left the pickup location at 11:05 for an 11:00 pickup and I know this because friends who went with us were there at 11:05. And we did not hear from her and Carlos until about 11:23. We were the only five on that excursion so what those two were doing, who the heck knows?
Also, I distinctly read that lunch was included on our adventure. Brittany quickly said something about how that should be changed on the website and changed topic. Not cool.
Now, there were five of us and the bill was just under $1,000. Not cheap but the adventure was. I would not recommend this excursion and we do a bit of traveling and this was completely unacceptable.
By the way, how do we know that Brittany & Carlos didn’t just steal our lunch money and pay their gas bill? The answer is we don’t. And the money is not the issue, the principle of truth in advertising is the issue.
Do better.
Cordially,
David Mattson et al.
Response from Host, Oct 2026
Hello,
We are sorry the tour did not meet expectations. However the review written has some issues we'd like to address.
1) The tour start time is at 11:00, however that is for anyone meeting at our starting location. We send pickup times out to all the pickups for the day as we make the stops along the way out to wine country. This group was sent a pickup time of 11:25-11:35 for Carter Estate as a pickup window (sent directly through Viator, the third party site the group booked through) since that location is already out in wine country, our last stop.
The group was sent a confirmation email at booking, a reminder email two days before the tour, and a pickup time email the day before the tour all with this information.
Our tour arrived at the starting location at 11:00, but had to wait on other guests to arrive. However, those guests never showed and cancelled their tour when we reached out to them. We left at 11:05.
We then drove out to wine country, where the group's requested pickup is located, arriving early at 11:23.
When the tour arrived for the pickup time, the group had left to go to a winery down the street due to Carter Estate giving incorrect information to the group (telling the group that they had missed their pickup). However, Carter Estate was under the impression that the group was traveling with a different tour company and spoke in error.
The host and the office tried reaching out to the group multiple times, but no one was answering. The winery finally gave the office a call stating that a group was there waiting for us, so we came and finally connected.
2) Nowhere on our website or on Viator's does it say that lunch is included in this tour. On some of Viator's multiple listings, we see it is even listed as an EXclusion...meaning it is not provided. Please let us know where you saw that lunch was included. If that was on there, we'd like to know so that we may update that information, or tell Viator to do so.
As such, our hosts and drivers are always professionals as is shown in our hundreds of 5-star reviews. They do not even handle any money collected from bookings, so accusing them of stealing anything is not only wrong, but also extremely disrespectful.
3) On that note, we are not affiliated with Viator (who the group booked through) or any third party site for that matter. Any information, pricing, tour details, etc that they provide is on them.
We always recommend booking direct for the best experience.
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Fun day out. Great choice of wineries. FYI, the trolley is not air conditioned but it was comfortable on a 106 degree day! We were able to move around and chase the shade. The guide and driver were both friendly and helpful. The driver stashed our wines for us so we didn't have to worry about them. Highly recommended. The wineries were not the ones listed in the confirmation but they were all great.
Had tons of fun with Brittany and Cherie ! Tasted many many many different wines . What a fun experience!
It was amazing our travel guide was the best! She was so friendly and gave us recommendations in the area. They picked us up at the hotel which was very convenient. I would book again!
Shawna was an excellent host/guide - engaged, checking in, offering suggestions. She has a depth of experience in the wine industry and Temecula. The three wineries were great - a variety of wines and tasting rooms. The lunch restaurant was excellent - food, live music, shade, indoor/outdoor offerings. This is the third time we have reserved this wine tasting tour. We’ll be back again!
We had a great time on our wine tour. Shawna and Carlos were fabulous. Both were very friendly and Shawna provided great information and was extremely attentive at each winery!
We would definitely book again and request her!!
Super fun time on the trolly with our tour guide, Shauna, and our driver! Great wineries, good music and met some fun people as well.
We got there a little late so we had to get picked up at a hotel nearby. We didn’t get our lunch that comes with the already expensive price for the tour
Response from Host, May 2026
Hello,
This may be posted to the incorrect tour company as (1) our pricing is cheaper, or the same, as other tour companies in the valley and (2) we do not offer lunch on the tour.
We do, however, have a post-tour pizza happy hour that happens Sunday-Friday after the tour.
Also, there is no record of this guest traveling with us.
Great time visiting 3 wineries. They provide plenty of tastings at each stop. Loved the cable car experience!
The cable car was so much fun! The music was blaring as we moved our way through the wineries! We had 6 tastings at 3 wineries and ended the day with pizza at the brewery. This was all included in the price. Not having to drive ourselves made the day so much more enjoyable for all of us. Our driver, Cherish, was so much fun! She took really great care of us all day. I’ll definitely be back!
This tour is a fun & unique way to visit Temecula's wonderful wineries in a real cable car! Amanda, our guide, kept close tabs on everyone, making sure our time at the wineries was enjoyable. By the way, she knows EVERYONE and connected us with some wonderful servers! Our driver Carlos, was funny, polite. He graciously kept tabs on our purchases. Moreover, he stored and offloaded our wines. Honestly, it's impossible not to have a great time. We would absolutely do this tour again! Thank you Amanda and Carlos for a great experience.
What a great way to visit three amazing wineries in Temecula. Shawna (our host) and Carlos (our driver) created a wonderful environment for our trip. They kept the atmosphere fun and light and made sure everyone had a great time.
This was a wine drinking not a wine tasting. Insufficient information provided about region or individual wineries.
if you enjoy an afternoon tour of vineyards this is fun. Variety of different venues, good wine, fun, and a decent value.
We enjoyed the tour. It was a fun experience and it is a beautiful wine country area with all the rolling hills.
First wine tour I went on and it was the best expierence by far . The vibe the music was exactly what we needed
We do a wine tour every year and loved the relaxed pace of this tour. Our person took care of us. Probably the best wine tour we have been on
So much fun! We had a great group of people on our trip. Be prepared to visit different wineries than the itinerary. We loved Calloway. Definitely regret not eating at the restaurant they had there
Absolutely amazing wine tasting experience!! The host the driver and the wineries were top notch! I can’t wait to come back and experience it all over again!!
Traveled with family, the pick up was on time and Italia and Rolando were a joy. They made it fun and and not rushed.
Natali and Rolando were great guides !! We really enjoyed ourselves and the experience ..I would definitely do it again !!!
One of the activities I took my boyfriend on to celebrate his 70th birthday was the cable car wine tour and also my 86th mother who is partially blind and somewhat physically challenged. We all had an amazing time. Italia was our Host and Raymond was our driver they were very attentive to our needs, ensuring that we were comfortable, and our wine tour was a very nice experience. We first went to Maurice’s enjoyed the sour dough bread and covett wine. I purchased a black Harley Davidson motorcycle that wine bottle holder to add to enhance my wine bar.
Next we went to Somerset enjoyed the corvette wine and the live jazz entertainer on the grass under an umbrella. Next we went to Callaway and their amazing arrows wine with mango & peaches was the best so I purchased a bottle and a necklaces for my mother & daughter. We enjoyed the wine viewing the vineyard.
We ended back at Black Market and we enjoyed the complimentary Thin crust Superme Pizza with Sausage, pepperoni, Jalapeño, peppers, olives & mushrooms was to die for.
I would highly recommend this tour especially for seniors who love wine tasting on a beautiful warm & pleasant day cruising town in an authentic cable car with wonderful people. It was simply a perfect beautiful day to celebrate my boyfriend 70th and my 86yr mother enjoyed the wine and jazz and still living life to the fullest.
We had a great experience! Italia was an amazing and very attentive hostess. She got us a private tour to see how the wine was made! And Mario was not only a great driver, but also very helpful. Thank you again!
The bus is very nice and unique. They have a great atmosphere and provide water and snacks which they keep reminding us to utilize. Carlos was our driver and he drove very well. Shawna was our guide and she was excellent in keeping the party going and everyone safe and included!
It was a great experience. I will recommend to anyone who wants to do a really nice winery tour in Temecula. We went to celebrate a friend’s birthday/bachelor party. The staff at the vendors were really nice. The pizza at the Akash was the bomb.com
Italia and our driver Ray made our experience so amazing. They kept the energy up, they were knowledgeable, and personable. The wineries are beautiful.
Mario and Alanah were amazing hosts! They made our tour so wonderful. Great music from all eras and they even took requests! All three vineyards were great but we liked Callaway the best. We definitely will be booking again!
Our guide, Shawna, and driver, Carlos, were amazing and helpful. The free snacks and water throughout the day were greatly appreciated. I would have liked more info about the wineries and history of the area, but a large part of our group was a raucous bachelorette party who were already inebriated at the start of the tour. Our outing was more of a loud, drunken bar-hop with a designated driver rather than a wine tour. Also, Viator should have made it more clear that the included-dinner was only available if you chose the restaurant as your pick-up/drop-off location and not your hotel. It was an expensive tour to not include that advertised dinner. If you're looking for a wine tour in Temecula, and aren't interested in accompanying a fraternity/sorority party, I would go with a smaller tour group.
This is a fun tour and highly recommend even in not perfect weather! Alanah was a great tour guide and had lots of recommendations for nearby wineries and restaurants. I felt like they went above and beyond to accommodate us. A must do if you’re in Temecula! Thank you!
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