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NON-BUS PRIVATE Old Mission Peninsula Wine Tour

Traverse City, USA
  • 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

    What's Included

    • Law Enforcement/First Responder/military friendly - owned/operated by former/current Law Enforcement
    • Air-conditioned vehicle
    • NON PARTY BUS - semi private, we combine couples, groups of 6-7 most likely have their own vehicle
    • Expert Wine Tour Guides- Wine enthusiasts, Wine Experts NOT taxi drivers
    • Wine Samples/Splashes ARE available on our tour- flights, bottles, food are extra
    • BIG Luxury SUV - GMC Yukon/Chevrolet Suburban - coming soon Cadillac Escalade NOT little cramped car
    • Local Traverse City Guides - UofM Grads (owner) / MSU, EMU, GVSU, CMU Grads (some guides)
    • Worn out tired old former school buses are excluded- NON BUS
    • Food, flights, bottles, glasses available at extra cost

    Meeting and Pickup

    You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

    Pickup points

    Select a pickup point

    Pickup details

    THE MOVIE STAR EXPERIENCE Pickup is at Hardy Street Parking Structure, east side of the structure near the State Street entrance next to Middlecoast Brewery, look for some luxury GMC Yukons/Cadillac Escalades. Hardy Street Parking Structure is across the street from Park Place Hotel. For groups, we also pick up at some local downtown Traverse City locations- email or text us your location. Our guests don't have to walk miles to a far-away park to get on some old run-down bus! OR worse, our guests won't have to drive to some park only to drive back to Traverse City after a day of drinking wine! Don't come here on vacation and leave on probation! Movie Stars Wine Tours guests get picked up and dropped off in Downtown Traverse City. Book the Movie Star Experience! Guests from outside of downtown- Day tours- we can sometimes pick up before tours at local area hotels, however, traffic gets heavy in the afternoon, so drop off after the day tour would be downtown Traverse City. Day tour guests are strongly encouraged to go downtown Traverse City to eat until rush-hour is over, catch an Uber or hotel shuttle later in the afternoon. Guides have dinner recommendations for guests. Guests on the afternoon/sunset tours- Plan ahead, get downtown early via hotel shuttles/Ubers- traffic gets heavy in the afternoon. Get to the pickup point (Hardy Street Parking Structure), and we can usually drop off at local hotels/motels after the wine tour. Bought a box of wine? No problem, after the wine tour, go out and experience downtown Traverse City, and pick up your wine the next day.

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    Meeting point

    • 303 E State St, Traverse City, MI 49684, USA

      Easy pickup at Hardy Street Parking Structure at 303 E. State Street Traverse City Michigan, east side of the parking structure near the State Street Entrance next to Middlecoast Brewery.

    End point

    This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    Itinerary

    Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail (Pass By)

    1

    Hawthorne Vineyards

    50 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    Grand Traverse Bay (Pass By)

    2

    Bowers Harbor Vineyards

    50 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    Old Mission (Pass By)

    3

    Chateau Chantal Winery & Tasting Room

    50 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    4

    Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery

    50 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    5

    Bonobo Winery

    50 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    Traverse City (Pass By)

    Additional Info

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
    • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
    • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
    • Most travelers can participate
    • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

    Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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    Reviews

    5.0
    based on 5 reviews
    Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

    Favorite part of the trip

    Jennifer_T, Aug 2026
    5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Perfect driver, really nice clean car, on time, no worries of driving and also picked out the wineries for us and they were amazing! He asked us what we liked and catered the day just for us !!! We highly recommend this service!

    A true VIP experience in Traverse City...

    Young_P, Aug 2026
    We were given the VIP experience for this winery tour on the Traverse City peninsula. I had written a question about logistics and was immediately called back to talk about how I would like the tour to go. We chose our time and Clover showed up promptly to our pickup location. I asked if we were going to the lighthouse (not on the itinerary), but they were able to adjust it so that we could stop and walk around. We never felt rushed and all the wineries chosen were fantastic.

    Fantastic experience learning/tasting Michigan wines

    Susie_L, Jul 2025
    Local experts will show you the wine country. Very professional, knowledgeable and friendly staff. Highly recommended!

    Response from Host, Aug 2025

    Susie, thank you for the 5-star review! And thank you for the opportunity to tour with you! Don't be a stranger! Let's do another tour soon!

    From $349.00

    per group (up to 4)

    up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

    Book ahead!
    On average, this is booked 30 days in advance.

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