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Santa Ynez Wine Country Shuttle: Winery Exploration
4.7
35 Ratings
Santa Barbara
Experience the best of Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country with our Wine Country Shuttle. Explore 2-3 wineries at your own pace, enjoy wine tastings, and indulge in delicious food options. Book now!
Experience the best of Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country with our Wine Country Shuttle. Explore 2-3 wineries at your own pace, enjoy wine tastings, and indulge in delicious food options. Book now!
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Santa Barbara - Meet your guide at your central Santa Barbara hotel and board a comfortable air-conditioned luxury passenger van. Enjoy the views as you leave the city behind and head into the Santa Ynez Valley to explore the vineyard filled countryside. \n\nPick ups are also available from Santa Ynez Valley and Solvang.\n- Santa Ynez Valley -…
- Santa Barbara - Meet your guide at your central Santa Barbara hotel and board a comfortable air-conditioned luxury passenger van. Enjoy the views as you leave the city behind and head into the Santa Ynez Valley to explore the vineyard filled countryside. \n\nPick ups are also available from Santa Ynez Valley and Solvang.\n- Santa Ynez Valley - Explore the stunning vineyards and quaint towns of the Santa Ynez Valley while our guide shares some of the history and wine production secrets of the valley. We will visit three full production wineries and lunch will be enjoyed amidst the vineyards.\n\nWe spend about an hour at each winery and allow approximately an hour for lunch at one of those stops. \n\nWe have a few “local favorites” that we may visit on this tour, with great reviews from our clients and guides. You can read more about our partner wineries on our website.\n~Brander Vineyard\n~Vincent Vineyard\n~Roblar Winery \n~Rideau Vineyard\n~Rusack Vineyards\n~Andrew Murray Vineyards\n~Fess Parker Winery\n~Epiphany Winery\n~Petros Winery\n~Folded Hills
What's Included
- Pick-up and drop-off at select wineries
- Knowledgeable tour guide
- Hotel shuttle service in Santa Barbara/Santa Ynez Valley
- Winemaking and historical discussion
- Pick-up and drop-off at select wineries
- Knowledgeable tour guide
- Hotel shuttle service in Santa Barbara/Santa Ynez Valley
- Winemaking and historical discussion
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Tasting fees
- Parking fees of $9 per day per car for guests with pick up at the Visitor’s Center
- Gratuity: It is customary, but optional, to tip your guide for a positive experience
- Lunch
- Tasting fees
- Parking fees of $9 per day per car for guests with pick up at the Visitor’s Center
- Gratuity: It is customary, but optional, to tip your guide for a positive experience
Additional Information
Take advantage of our Wine Country Shuttle service to leisurely sample wines from 2-3 vineyards throughout the day. You have the flexibility to choose a tasting, or enjoy a glass or bottle of wine at each winery. There will be an assortment of food selections for sale either directly at the wineries or in the charming town of Los Olivos. If your aim is…
Take advantage of our Wine Country Shuttle service to leisurely sample wines from 2-3 vineyards throughout the day. You have the flexibility to choose a tasting, or enjoy a glass or bottle of wine at each winery. There will be an assortment of food selections for sale either directly at the wineries or in the charming town of Los Olivos. If your aim is to experience the full range of wine offerings from the Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country, look no further! Our knowledgeable guides will provide engaging stories and history about the Santa Ynez Valley all day long.
- You must be 21 or older in order to consume alcohol
- Our wine shuttles require a minimum of 4 participants to run. You will be emailed with options if you have less than 4 people in your party.
- If you are a single traveler, please free to call our office to confirm availability
- Departure and arrival times are flexible, depending on your location & other pick-ups that day, but generally range from 9:45am to 10:45am. Pick-up times will be confirmed via phone or email the day prior. We are usually done by 3 or 4pm, heading back to town and returning by 5pm.
- If you do not require hotel pick-up, or are not staying in in Santa Barbara or Santa Ynez, you may meet the shuttle at the Santa Barbara Visitor’s Center, 1 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- If meeting at the Visitor’s center, the parking lot is immediately behind the Visitor Center building. Parking fees of $9 per day per car may apply.
Location
1 Garden St
Garden Street
Our guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(35 Ratings)
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Amy
Oct 10, 2024
Exceptional day of wine tasting and touring. - Johannes was an incredible tour host. He is knowledgeable and entertaining. We felt very well taken care of and his recommendations were exceptional. I will definitely do this tour again and specifically request Johnannes.
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U7107oenancye
Oct 8, 2024
A lovely day of wine tasting - Wisely leaving the wine-tasting driving to the professionals, we thoroughly enjoyed our tour through the vineyards.
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Theresa_p
Jun 27, 2024
Just wonderful - Seeing the different winery-learning the history of wine making-we also visited olive tasting stand-ended up buying some of olive oils we tasted/our tour was just the four of us-we enjoyed conversions with our tour guide-she was very helpful
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Foodiesanonymous
May 12, 2024
Well worth your time! - To celebrate my bff’s and my BIG birthdays this year we treated ourselves to this company’s tour of three of the area’s wineries.
What a good choice! Our driver Caco was super friendly, knowledgeable and fun. He picked us up on time and gave us lots of info as we drove into the hills. A very good lunch was provided and the three wineries were lovely especially Brick Barn. Can’t say enough good things-lovely day out!
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Susan_l
May 2, 2024
The best day out in Santa Ynez valley! - First of all, the customer service in booking/tweaking the tour was excellent. Next, “Caco” picked us up right on time and was a SUPER driver/guide, for the six of us in the mini van. Gave us lots of fun info on the area as we went along. Very personable guy!
The three wineries we visited were fabulous, especially loved Brick Barn, but Koehler and Refugio Ranch were great also.
Lunch was delicious and appreciated the efforts to provide it for us.
Fantastic day tasting wine in the sunshine!
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Diane_d
Mar 25, 2024
Sunny was great and very... - Sunny was great and very informative. She went out of her way to make it a great experience. Despite challenging weather- cold and windy
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Kateam1287jj
Nov 8, 2023
Great day, great wineries! - We had a great time on our wine trip. Just 4 of us which was perfect. We boosted some great wineries, all at the suggestion of our tour guide. Money well spent!
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Kendra_b
Oct 24, 2023
Exceeded expectations! - We had a small group of six with the best tour guide, Linda. I have been on previous trips to Santa Ynez wineries and this was FANTASTIC. Linda was so knowledgeable about the region and made the tour seem less. Our group became fast friends enjoying every winery and every toast. We WILL be back!
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Bradys648
Oct 4, 2023
Great day wine tasting in the Valley - Our group of nine booked the "Wine Shuttle" with Santa Barbara Wine Country Tours and had a great day in the Santa Ynez Valley. We chose the shuttle since we knew the wineries we wanted to visit. Our driver, Sunny, was great - good for a laugh and knew how to balance when to be a guide/host and when to just let us relax and have fun. The van was clean and comfortable. Arrived on time for pickup at our Airbnb and dropped off right as expected.
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Robin_f
Apr 19, 2024
Go to the Prettier Upscale Wineries - They were on time and the driver tried to be helpful. The wineries were not very nice compared to what is available in the area. My understanding is the town of Los Olives has 1200 people and 50 wineries.
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