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Half-Day Bike Tour: Explore Wine Country
4.7
63 Ratings
Yountville
Experience the beauty of Napa Valley on an e-bike tour, visiting local wineries and enjoying the vine-to-bottle process. Perfect for all skill levels, with the option to continue exploring on your own.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Napa Valley Bike Tours - After bike fitting & orientation (30 mins), your Tour Guide will lead you on a scenic ride alongside the vineyards. Tours are led at a casual pace. The emphasis is on enjoying the scenery and discovering a local winery along the way.
The winery visit will last approximately 75 minutes with plenty of time to engage your tasting host and learn about the wine-making styles and farming practices. Wine tasting fees are not included; you will pay tasting fees directly at the wineries during your visit (fees may be waived with minimum purchase).
After your tour concludes in Yountville, you’re welcome to keep your electric bikes to continue exploring on your own. Your Tour Guide will be happy to recommend favorite backroads to explore.
- Monticello Vineyards - Monticello Vineyards is owned and managed by three generations of the Corley family. Patriarch Jay Corley, came to Napa Valley in 1969 seeking land to plant an estate vineyard. He chose a parcel in the southern end of Napa Valley to plant the first vines for Monticello Vineyards. Fifty years later, the Corley family manages five different vineyards across the Napa Valley. Sons Kevin, Chris and Stephen manage the winery. A third generation of Corleys is now graduating college and beginning to take active roles in the family business. Specific winery visits are subject to change due to availability. Wine tasting fees are not included in the price of the bike tour (some wineries may be waived with minimum purchase).
What's Included
- Tour guide
- Van support, including wine-purchase pickup service
- Electric bike rental & helmet
- Bottled water, handlebar bag & gel seat cushion
What's Not Included
- Optional: Wine tasting fees ($30-50 at most wineries; fees may be waived with minimum purchase)
- Optional: Lunch Note- wineries do not sell or serve food and do not allow outside food.
- Optional: Gratuities
Additional Information
Experience the joy of a Half-Day Bike Tour that lets you cycle in a vineyard while also giving you ample time for the rest of your day activities! Your tour will be with a small group, led by a local Tour Guide who is well-versed in valley’s history and the fascinating journey of the vine to your bottle. The tour will include a stop at a local winery (tasting charges are not included).
Usage of e-bikes ensures that anyone who can cycle, can enjoy this tour. Beginner riders won’t find it challenging to cover longer distances or climb hills. On the other hand, seasoned riders can reduce or switch off the pedal-assist mode to add more intensity to their workout.
When the bike tour ends in Yountville, you’re free to retain your bikes for more independent exploration. Your Tour Guide can suggest you popular off-route paths to explore.
- Minimum age for admission to the winery tasting rooms is 21 years; for this reason, we are unable to accommodate guests under 21 on this tour.
- Participants must comfortable riding in a bike lane next to traffic.
- This is a wine-focused tour. Although tasting fees are not included upfront, there is an expectation that guests signing up for this tour will be participating in tastings. This tour is not a good choice for guests with limited interest in wine tasting.
Location
6500 Washington St
Washington Street
Set back off the street tucked between Ranch Market & Bistro Jeanty (look for our blue-and-white striped awning)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(63 Ratings)
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Kate
Sep 28, 2024
So much fun - I’m still smiling!! - This ride was so much more fun than my friend and I expected!!! It was such a great way to spend the day in Napa - sunshine, beautiful views, exercise, wine and lots of fun. We were smiling the whole time! Alan was an excellent guide, kept us safe and taught us about the vines, trees and agricultural activities we saw along the way. I had never ridden an e-bike before and it made the 3+ hour ride so easy. Now I want to e-bike my way around the world!
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Judevsan
Sep 22, 2024
The E-bike was so fun and easy - Even though it was a half day tour we were able to keep the bikes, if we wanted, for the remainder of the day.
My husband and I had a great time, just the two of us going our own way and stopping whenever we wanted! Our guide was awesome and we thoroughly enjoyed the entire tour! Just know that some areas of the “bike lane” is really just the shoulder of a highway-some parts of the bike lane are indeed that— a built bike path not shared with vehicles. Scenery and weather is amazing! I highly and fully recommend this company and excursion when visiting!
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V1085qavictorias
Aug 26, 2024
What a treat! We had a wonderful time and would definitely do it again. - My husband and I had a great time! First time using e-bikes and they were simple to learn and made the ride even more fun. Beautiful ride along vineyard lined roads, smells of ripe grapes and wood, gorgeous weather and our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and showed us a good time. We all stopped at Ghost Block mid-way and enjoyed an informative and delicious tasting. Definitely recommend.
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Charles_l
Jul 15, 2024
Napa Bike Day - Great day in beautiful country. Knowledgeable and personable guide. Winery is a plus. Bikes were easy to use. Great time
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Erez_s
Jun 26, 2024
Great! - Our tour guide Tom was amazing! He was knowledgeable about bikes, about the wineries and made everyone of all abilities very comfortable.
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Courtney_b
Jun 12, 2024
Definitely Recommend - Great experience! The guide was knowledgable about Napa. It was a fun and easy bike ride…. and wine tasting was a nice treat.
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Nomad47040449389
May 11, 2024
Highlight of our trip! - We took a scenic tour and stopped at the Backstage winery. We tasted some great wines and even joined their wine club. Our tour guide Dustin was amazing. He gave us lots of history and fun facts during the ride. He took lots of great photos of us during the ride with the beautiful scenery in the background. All around great day!
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Fhzcat
May 6, 2024
Terrific Experience! - NVBT's were easy to deal with. Great staff, great guide, awesome e-bikes, beautiful scenery, terrific wine tasting stop. Couldn't have expected better! F Zusin
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Cynthia_w
Sep 27, 2024
Expensive half day in Napa - I don’t like to give bad reviews but this tour was extremely expensive for what you got. Our guide did her best with what she had to work with. The area to bike is mostly flat and not a lot of variety in terrain, history or experiences.
It’s a nice way to see a vineyard however a tasting/tour is an extra fee - should be included - or bike tour should start at a lower price point. We were not really given an option to the tasting (it would have been very awkward to not partake) it just became part of the vineyard tour.
I am purposely not mentioning names of guide and vineyard bc I think it’s the tour companies job to develop a solid experience worth the fees.
Bikes were in great shape. One persons bike had an issue that was promptly replaced by van support.
Thanks for the great after tour suggestion of hot dog and affogato with soft serve at Honor Market 😋
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Central_newj_steve
Jun 1, 2024
We loved our guides, but there were 2 issues... - We had John and Don as our guides. They are smart, attentive, wonderful men who we'd like to go to dinner with. Nothing but great things to say about both of them.
The bikes worked great. They were comfortable and easy to ride.
Two issues:
1. Road biking. We knew there would be some time on the road, but I guess we didn't think about what that might mean. We spent a mile or so on a road with no bike path. Cars passing us had to move all the way into the other lane to avoid us. It's California, so the drivers were very respectful. We didn't come close to a scary situation; nonetheless, it was unsettling.
2. Wine tasting. They took us to Bread and Butter. The wines were great; we bought 6 bottles (weirdly, they can't ship to NJ). But our wine educator was too busy, so the tasting took twice as long as any of the other 6 wineries we visited during the week (i.e tastings on other days). Also, our two guides had no where to sit by themselves, so they sat with us and watched us taste wine. They didn't participate. We loved the guides, but we didn't necessarily want to share this part of the experience with them (if that makes sense).
Overall, I hate to say anything negative because we really liked John and Don. But we feel like the experience can be improved.
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