Lots of fun, great guide, good wines - this was an awesome wine tour and we enjoyed it more than just driving out to Napa ourselves. So easy. We met at the Ferry Building and gathered everyone together. Then headed out to Napa stopping first at the Golden Gate Bridge overlook for pictures. The day was sunny, slightly cool and just perfect. The wineries we visited were all great: Robert Mondavi, Mario Andretti (for lunch), Menage a Troi, Napa Cellars, and Francisian. Best of all was our guide, Cary Crites, who had such knowledge to share along the way.I highly recommend this tour for anyone visiting San Francisco that wants to spend a day in the beautiful wine country!
Easy to book. Easy to find at Ferry building. On time. Both Molly our guide and Ken the driver had great information and were enjoyable people. The Mondavi stop was a comprehensive overview of the wine making process with tasting along the way. Three other winery stops with a nice lunch at Andretti winery and ferry cruise back all topped off a perfect day.
在市里玩了三天之后,我们去了红酒王国之旅,非常好玩。导游Jason上知天文,下知地理,在从旧金山到纳帕山谷这一路,跟我们讲了好多庄园的历史和奇闻异事。第一站是V. Sattui 酒庄,这也是我个人最喜欢的酒庄。每人拿到一张价值70元的优惠券去他们的熟食店吃午餐,那儿有很多奶酪、熟肉、法式棍子面包和沙拉,很简单,这样下午茶就可以多吃点儿啦。第二站是Domaine Chandon,品酒之前他们还告诉我们红酒发酵的过程来着,导游Mark可有意思了。个人认为这个酒庄比V. Sattui要商业化一些。第三站是Andretti酒庄,挺小的,可是很漂亮,不过我不喜欢在这里品酒的方式,因为选择很少,还要排队。最后一站是Black Stallion酒庄,也挺不错的。整个旅程一路的风景非常漂亮,酒也很好喝呢!品酒的费用是要单独给的,其中两个是35,另两个是70,能品尝3-6种酒。在V. Sattui 和Black Stallion是可以选择的,我跟我妹妹不是很爱喝红酒,两个人品一杯就够了。他们安排的酒庄顺序比较不错,很多酒庄都挺小的,而且酒只在酒庄出售。途中经过了Robert Mondavi酒庄,他们家的酒在加州之外的地方也有得卖,所以没觉得失望。
就像我看到的那些留言说的一样,预订的时候他们承诺的事很多都没有做到。整个行程的路线是改了的,行程的最后是去一个叫弗洛拉春天的酒吧,那个酒吧真是烂透了。当然,一天下来也去了一些好玩的地方,但是和我付的钱相比,我确定下次我们会另外找一家旅行社。
This was a great tour. Rain and threat of rain could have made the tour less enjoyable, but the selection of wineries and the informative and fun way in which our guide, Phil, took us through the tour made it a delight. Phil was an impressive tour guide. Not only was it obvious that he knew the region, knew wine and knew the wineries, but he made it a point to get to know every one of us on the tour. He is very personable (it was obvious that all the winery staff liked him). Not only did we get to taste a great variety of wine, learn a lot about the California wine industry, but Phil created a great environment where we got to know our fellow travelers and we left the tour feeling like we had a new friend in Phil. Thanks for a great experience, Phil! Our goal is to have Phil finish off his fifty state visit by visiting us in North Dakota.
We had a great day with a wonderful guide, Phil,who was very informative and friendly without being over the top. Nothing was rushed and we had time at each of 4 wineries. Did not like the last winery The Franciscan where they would not let us listen or share tastings unless we purchased full tasting.
A very well organised tour. Phil our driver was great and I was very pleased with the vineyards we visited. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, I would highly recommend this tour to anyone.
Fine wine tasting with good briefing on the area by our tour guide.Lunch stop in Sonoma village was a long enough to take a look on the interesting artisanal boutiques.
这趟旅行我们是和旅行团一起去的,而且也看到了这里登出的不好的评论。不管怎么样,它看起来是最棒的,但我们有点失望。导游Chris见多识广,而且总是滔滔不绝的,不过有几次觉得有点太吵了。第一站是香槟站,有点被抢劫的感觉,因为他们要我们为这次"旅行"多付21元,而且还得再付70元作为"旅行和品尝"的费用。旅行持续了2分钟左右,到处都要给钱,在网上预订的时候怎么不说呢?余下的旅行还不错。巴士比较小,不过20个人坐还是蛮舒服的。在旅行的最后,旅游团在城市北面的码头下了车,所以你可以在那坐45分钟的气垫船回到城里,穿过阿尔卡兹,还能看到旧金山美丽的风景。我们在渔人码头下的船,那里是我们住的地方。
参加完红酒王国之旅,我就在想以后一定要再来一次!班车离开码头大厦是在早上的8点半,上车之后我看了下表,离出发时间还有5分钟。另外,一般的班车只能坐10个人,但他们宣传说是人数很少的私人之旅,其实能坐35-40个人,车里只有两个空座位,所以不算小团。不管怎么样,我们还是出发了,先是很快地在旧金山绕了一圈。我们的导游是Eric,他渊博的知识和丰富的故事让这趟旅行非常开心!红酒之旅的第一站是V Sattui酒庄。大家说得没错,这里是所有酒庄中最好的,景色也十分漂亮。在这里我们呆了一个半小时,品酒、吃饭、休息。品酒单共有两份,一种是花35RMB品6种比较一般的酒,或者花70品尝6种好一点的,我们两种都选了,这样算下来每个人就能尝12种。倒酒的Tracy让我们尝了一种比较高档的酒,2008的莫斯卡特起泡白葡萄酒,非常不错,最后我们还花175RMB买了一瓶。旅行社还给每人发了10美元的优惠券在这里吃午饭,我们吃了顿美味的火鸡大餐和草莓三明治,还有鸡肉、杏仁沙拉和法国布里白乳酪,所有的东西都很不错,我们两个人一共有20美元的券,这么多东西自己只用掏32美分。午餐是在野餐区吃的,我们都很享受!我只在这里看见有人买酒带回去,几乎每个人都买了。下一站是Domaine-Chandon酒庄,它已经被我无情地无视了。游览酒庄要49RMB,品酒+游览酒庄是70,我们选择了第二种。这一站简直是个笑话,由Mark组织的,他当时已经喝醉了,很不招人待见。他带我们看了一些不锈钢的大桶,说里面是酒,然后告诉我们气泡酒是怎么由葡萄酒制成的。至于品酒嘛,我们尝了三种气泡白葡萄酒,都很一般。接下来是Andretti酒庄,70RMB可以尝4种,我们买了一种两个人分着喝。酒还成,但没什么特别的。最后一站是Black Stallion酒庄,这里品尝4种酒只要35RMB。给我们倒酒的人手脚很快,根本没时间细细品味,所以谈不上好坏。刚把酒杯凑到嘴边,他就开始倒另一种了。我在这里买了一瓶巧克力红酒汁,打6折,很便宜。就参观的这4个酒庄,还是有很多时间品酒、购物和放松的。下午三点就回到班车,准备回码头了。红酒之旅可好可坏,我说不好,因为期间我打了个盹儿,哈哈!坐船很好玩,在水上可以看见旧金山,还经过了恶魔岛。大约5点左后我们就到旧金山的码头大厦了,跟预计的时间一样。我肯定要向大家推荐品酒之旅,我们玩得不错,但要是碰见一个不好的导游或者讨厌的队友就很恶心。我们很幸运,一个都没碰到!