Small-Group Napa Valley Tour for Wine Lovers from San Francisco, CA

Join the company of like-minded wine enthusiasts on this intimate small-group Napa Valley wine tasting tour from San Francisco. Be delighted with the history, architecture, gardens, and memorable toasts. Your wine-enthusiast guide will prepare you for touring and tasting reserve wines at the Castello di Amorosa and two other celebrated Napa Valley wineries.

Your San Francisco wine tour to Napa Valley begins with enjoying the views from the Bay Bridge. As you travel to Napa, learn how Napa’s microclimates and soil types combine to produce the world’s best winemaking grapes – Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, and Sauvignon Blanc.

First stop: Castello di Amorosa, a mesmerizing medieval-style Tuscan castle winery constructed with authentic 13th-century European materials and furnishings. On your way to the vaulted wine cellars, check out the moat, drawbridge, towers, courtyards, and armory. Thankfully, Castello di Amorosa puts the same love and attention into its elegant, intensely flavored, and well-balanced wines.

Next, capture a "smile" at the Napa Valley Welcome Sign before breaking for a delightful lunch in charming Calistoga, California. Among its hot springs, elegant spas, and yoga studios, you’ll have no trouble finding the perfect lunch spot and perhaps sampling another locally crafted wine with your meal.

Then, at V. Sattui Winery, a family-owned business started by Vittorio Sattui in 1885, you'll stroll through the sprawling St. Helena estate's manicured gardens and an underground wine cave for tastings by a friendly, knowledgeable staff. Nationally acclaimed winemaker Brooks Painter oversees a “vine to cork” blend of artistry, time-honored traditions, and innovation to consistently produce award-winning, small-lot 90+ point wines for a wide range of tastes.

Lastly, experience the art of winemaking at Ru Vango. This quintessential Carneros AVA property, once cultivated by the Michael Mondavi Family Estate, is surrounded by rolling hills of planted vineyards. Ru Vango loosely translates to Road to Art. Fittingly, the winery’s tasting salon features a collection of Winn Slavin Fine Art.

From a wrap-around porch overlooking a sun-soaked vineyard, enjoy a reserve flight of three complex wines made from grapes grown 2,000 feet above sea level and in the pathway of cool San Pablo Bay breezes.

On the journey back to San Francisco, the tour will make one last stop (weather permitting) at a scenic look-out point with sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge for you to capture some keepsake photos of Marin Headlands, San Francisco skyline, and Alcatraz Island.