Wine Maker Hosted Wine Tasting Private Tour with Artisan Lunch
Wine Maker Hosted Wine Tasting Private Tour with Artisan Lunch
By Oregon Wine Maker Tours
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About
This is not your traditional wine tour; we customize to meet your needs and interests. Carmine, your tour guide, will interact with you before the tour to ensure that your wine country experience is memorable. With 30 years of cultivating grapes and making wines. You have the option to tap his expertise.
This tour holds (USA Today)'s Top 20 American wine tours in 2023 & 2020 & “Best Winery Tour Operator in the Pacific Northwest” & “Best Wine Tasting Experience – Willamette Valley” (2022 LUXlife), and “Wine Tour Operator of the Year” (2022, 2023- Corporate LiveWire)
Willamette Valley is nature’s masterpiece for growing cool-climate grapes, like Pinot Noir. 950+ wineries are located in this region that produce elite world-class wines.
A trip to wine country with Oregon Winemaker Tours is perfect for singles, couples, or small groups. Relax and leave the driving to us while you enjoy a small but mighty gourmet wine pairing lunch with some of the world’s best wines. Cheers!
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Ages 21-100
Duration: 8h 30m
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- Expert wine/vineyard/cellar guide
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Private transportation
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Photography during your day, with top tech
What's not included- Each traveler (over 21) will selects their desired wine flight at each winery. Wine flight prices vary greatly upon choice.
- Start:Traveller pickup offered.Pickup details
- We will pick you up at your place of lodging at 10 am and return you by 6-6:30 pm. An alternate location or multiple pickup locations and times can also be arranged.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Pushchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 158006P2- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travellers can participate
- Wear comfortable walking shoes.
- Your health is our top priority. All tours are private and customized to your needs. We disinfect surfaces between each tour. Hand sanitizer and a complimentary mask will be available to all of our guests. Some wineries will operate on an appointment-only basis, and others will ensure a safe distance from other parties for wine tasting. Most wineries also have outdoor tasting areas. Carmine, your wine guide, has a daily wellness check to ensure he is healthy and symptom-free. If you or anyone in your group is experiencing symptoms, we will work directly with you to cancel or reschedule your tour.
- For passenger groups of more than 3 persons: the 4th though 6th passenger will need to be able to load into the rear seats of a spacious minivan, which requires moderate dexderity.
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 158006P2
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- 1Oregon's amazing Willamette Valley, located just outside the Portland metro area, is nature's masterpiece for growing cool-climate grapes, such as Pinot Noir. There are over 750 wineries located in this region, offering you diverse sites in which to explore vineyards, cellars, and tasting rooms. Carmine, your professional winemaker and tour guide, will interact with you before your tour to ensure that your needs and interests are incorporated into the itinerary. Along the way, a truly delicious gourmet lunch will be provided in a beautiful vineyard location, with your wine flight. This private, customized tour is perfect for singles, couples, or small groups. Relax and leave the driving to us while you enjoy a gourmet lunch and some of the world's best wines. Cheers!Pass byDomaine Serene Vineyards & WineryUtopia VineyardArgyle WineryNysa VineyardDomaine Drouhin OregonHolloran Vineyard WinesSokol Blosser Tasting Room & WineryPatricia Green Cellars
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Don’t take it from us – here’s what people have to say about this operator:
- drmeegs0 contributionsWhen in wine country, do as winemakers do!Carmine asked us some preference questions before our tour and then customized a tour to four different wineries. I felt he gave us an experience that represented a broad spectrum of the Willamette Valley. I think the value proposition here is efficiency in that we laid out a few preferences and Carmine eliminated several vacations worth of trial and error. You get a ton of education along the way too, it’s a great way to learn the fundamentals or explore a preference more deeply. Carmine is relatable, well informed, and fun to hang out with! It is also fun to benefit from his good relationships with local wineries.Written 17 September 2024
- 334admiralc0 contributionsWine tour with CarmineCarmine was a great tour guide and took me to a lot of great vineyards thought the day. Was a great experience overall and would recommend anyone to book with him.Written 11 April 2024
- 451walterk0 contributionsA pleasure worth the moneyCarmine took me to a great tour that brought me great insights into the winemaking history of the Willamette, marvelous views, good information about the various plants grown there and the opportunity to taste some truly great Pinot Noirs. It has been a pleasure fully worth the money.Written 17 March 2024
- D8482YXtaras0 contributionsGreat Day Tasting Wines & Learning Craft!Carmine was a great host to us on our recent wine tour! He is SO knowledgable and passionate about his craft - we learned more in the few hours together than we had ever known about wine! He made the trip very comfortable for my partner and I and curated an exceptional day based on our interests. We had a great time and would highly recommend Carmine for your next trip!Written 26 October 2023
- Companion239484250970 contributionsVery nice trip!Very nice experience. Carmine is a wealth of knowledge on the Willamette area and the industry of wine.Written 27 September 2023
- GrandTour025776441600 contributionsAbsolutely wonderful educational wine tourCarmine did a superb job touring us through the McMinnville wine country. He taught us more about the wines, region, and the proper way to taste wines than we've learned in 30+ years of wine tasting. We highly recommend him! You won't be disappointed.Written 13 September 2023
- andrewbY4074FE0 contributionsWell organised and knowledgeable tour of wineriesCarmine provided a great tour of 4 wineries, as well a briefing on how to taste. The wineries ranged from a small to very large. He had great knowledge of the area, of the history of the development of wine-growing there, and of the wine making process. The tour was well organised, communication was excellent, and, relative to other providers, good value.Written 10 September 2023
- joewO1555TV0 contributionsWillamette Valley Wine day!Awesome day of wine tasting with a wonderful guide, Carmine! It was educational as he knows so much about the entire wine making process. He picked 4 wineries and they all had a different vibe which was great to compare. We tasted and bought some great wine! This is well worth doing! A driver, a great lunch, and visiting wineries we would not have found on our own. Highly recommend Carmine!Written 5 September 2023
- williamsonwine0 contributionsBest guided wine tour everMy wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our tour of the Amity-Eola appellation - our first visit to Oregon wine country. We have repeatedly visited Napa, Sonoma, and the Mendocino wine regions but this tour, with Carmine's encyclopedic knowledge of agriculture, terroir, geology, grape growing and winemaking elevated our experience and our wine knowledge. Carmine is affable, enthusiastic, and he is clearly known among the Willamette Valley wine community. We had a leisurely day visiting 4 wineries and enjoying a great lunch at Bjornson. We would highly recommend Carmine's tour service.Written 3 August 2023
- hotelier2290 contributionsExcellent tour!We enjoyed our tour. We appreciated being able to provide input on what we wanted to do that day, but we also appreciated the suggestions. Lunch was delicious and our favorite stop of the day was one of the suggestions (rather than our request). We could all tell it was very important to Carmine for us to have an outstanding day, and we did!Written 29 June 2023
- mwfender0 contributionsTasting Dundee HillBest part of tour was the visit to Nysa Winery at the top of Dundee Hill. The wine was excellent. We were greeted by our host who had set a beautiful table, with a view of course, with a different glass for each wine on the menu for our tasting. As well as information about the tasting he offered tips for tasting, swirling, appreciating the scent. He also offered tastes of library wines he determined from our comments we would enjoy. He and the wines were delightful. We had the small tasting room to ourselves until the very end of our time there. I want to go back, and I plan to buy more Nysa wine whenever I have a chance.Written 21 June 2023
- D7075UNjimc0 contributionsBest Wine Tour Ever!We learned firsthand why Oregon Wine Maker Tours is the LUXlife Magazine Best Winery Tour Operator in the Pacific Northwest and Best Wine Tasting Experience – Willamette Valley, as well as the Corporate LiveWire Innovation and Excellence Awards 2023 Wine Tour Operator of the Year. Carmine is a charming and incredibly knowledgeable host and, because he is a winemaker, we learned more about wine on this tour (as well as tried some of his delicious wine) than we have on regional wine tours on California and Washington State. We went with his recommended choice of wineries and were not disappointed. Lunch at Holloran Vineyards was outstanding. My missus, who ordinarily does not care for fish, thoroughly enjoyed their delightful smoked salmon (as did I). The rest of the lunch was delicious as well and was paired with some of their wonderful wines. We even saw a bobcat as we drove through the hills! We could not have asked for a better wine tasting tour or a more delightful guide. The next time we are in Portland, we look forward to touring more of the fabulous Willamette Valley wineries with Carmine. Thank you Carmine for an amazing day!Written 28 April 2023
- Daoriginalmaze0 contributionsAwesome!Carmine was very knowledgeable and genuine. None of that fake stuffy BS. AMAZING experience and highly recommended.Written 22 April 2023
- JDFMY0 contributionsJust TerrificCarmine treated us to an exceptional day! Very well informed on not only the wineries, but this area of Oregon itself. His tour was fun, educational and the wineries selected were terrific. Would highly recommend.Written 4 September 2022
- mattmD9009DY0 contributionsCarmine is the best!We had the best day with Carmine. He was full of great information and was the consummate host for our group of 4. I think it is the best way to spend a day, especially if you are new to the Willamette Valley. I highly recommend Carmine and would definitely do it again. 5 stars from me!Written 18 July 2022
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