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Valley Wine Tours

Sonoma, CA
707-975-6462
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Ranked #3 of 58 activities in Sonoma
Type: Tours
Owner description: Valley Wine Tours (formerly Jake's Valley Wine Tours) offers Napa and Sonoma wine country visitors the real “inside” wine tour experience. We guide... more » Owner description: Valley Wine Tours (formerly Jake's Valley Wine Tours) offers Napa and Sonoma wine country visitors the real “inside” wine tour experience. We guide you through hard-to-find, small family-owned wineries. Taste award- winning wines and learn all about wine, vineyards and Napa and Sonoma viticulture. « less
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Washington DC, District of Columbia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013 NEW

Could not have asked for a better experience! We were 6 chicas on a day long wine tour from SF, and Bob was really impressive with his knowledge of local history and easygoing manner. He checked on us periodically at the wineries but never hovered. His selection of wineries was great, focusing on those family-owned wineries with a lot of... More

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New York City, New York
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2013

Professional, on-time, flexible with a changing itinerary, clean new car, and unlike some other tour companies we've used in the past, Bob really added to our tour of the vineyards, covering not just the basics but also adding his own experiences and knowledge to our conversation. Valley Wine Tours took all of the stress out of the day and allowed... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 March 2013

Bob was fantastic! We loved being with him all day. We started our wine country trip off w bob and he taught us a lot of the basics and details. We visited five vineyards - being there is march was really nice - quiet and uncrowded! The lunch was exquisite. Very nice and very satisfying! This seemed a bit expensive... More

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Toronto, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 March 2013

We had a great day with Bob and Valley Wine Tours. Beautiful weather and a fantastic lunch at one of the wineries, including plenty of great fresh and locally sourced food. Thanks again Bob, we had a fantastic time!

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California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 December 2012

Well I'll tell you why...they know what the're doing! This is the first wine tour company we've ever used and it is going to be tough to top this one! What a wonderful time we had with Bob Howells! We were scheduled to go out on a certain day but due to the recent storms we called him to change... More

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Wellington, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 December 2012

Having travelled to San Francisco from New Zealand, we were keen to see some Sonoma wine highlights as part of our trip. We researched wine tour options online before we left and Valley Wine Tours kept appearing at the top of our searches. The reviews were great and our experience was the same! Bob was very professional, knowledgeable and friendly,... More

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Boston, Massachusetts
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 November 2012

We had what was forecasted to be a rainy day for our tour of Sonoma. As soon as Bob arrived to pick us up the rain went and stayed away. We had great conversation from San Francisco all the ways to the first vineyard. There we were greeted with warm smiles and a happy vineyard dog. From there it only... More

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Minnetrista, Minnesota
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 November 2012

Deb and I were overwhelmed with all the choices of wineries to visit while visiting The Sanoma Valley. Not wanting to miss out on some of the smaller boutique wineries, and after reading all of the reviews of other tour companies, we decided to go with Valley Wine Tours. Man, am I ever glad we did. Bob treated us like... More

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Kamuela
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 November 2012

My childhood friend and I took a special trip to San Fran in celebration of our 50th birthday. After several days of trying to schedule our winery tour, it finally came together for us on the last day of our trip, and it worked out to be the perfect end to an amazing week. Ed, a remarkable gentleman, picked us... More

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Dublin
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 November 2012

if you one thing and one thing only when in San Francisco it should be this! From start to finish our day was fantastic. Bob picked us up from the Larkspur ferry and we headed to our first stop. it was obvious that thought and time had gone into picking wineries to visit. I am Irish and my friend is... More

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