"Our guide Gary was fabulous"

Our guide Gary was knowledgeable, friendly and fun. We learned so much from him and from the tastings. Everyone on our bus had a great time.

"Fantastic Tour and Guide"

We had such a fantastic tour guide- Army. The weather was rainy, but our tour brightened the day with visits to four small family run wineries where we were treated royally at each one, as they knew Army and Platypus Tours. We highly recommend!

"Wonderful day with an excellent…"

Wonderful day with an excellent guide/driver - Linda! Looking forward to touring with y'all again in March.

"Fun, friendly tour"

Jason was an awesome tour guide.
Really fun experience. Would do it again!

"Amazing Tour Experience"

We had a wonderful time on our wine tour with tour guide Army. Army was informative and had a welcoming and funny personality. Our tour companions were wonderful and made the experience even better. Despite the rain, we thoroughly enjoyed the three smaller wineries we toured. It was so nice to see wineries I may not have found on my own.

"Winery selection was great"

Winery selection was great! Guide was awesome. Would definitely recommend.

"Tour guide out of touch"

I liked the wineries we went to and the other people we were with. Lunch was very good. Price made a lot of sense. Also liked the marking / packaging of the wine.

BUT -
Our tour guide (Andy) was difficult. He was somewhat condescending throughout the day and would not let us talk about things that were not him instructing us (he interrupted a few times). Even over lunch he sat with us and despite us wanting to talk among ourselves required us to keep listening to him. Would not recommend if it was with Andy.

"Great Valentines Weekend tour"

We had a great tour experience in Somona with Linda. We went in February..off season, and during some pretty significant rains. Linda took us to 3 great local spots for tasting. Loved the personal attention we received at each location. Tastings at each spot were $25 a person, which was fair in our opinion. Wines were varied at each location, but ALL were very good. We were staying at the Candlelight Inn, and Linda picked us up right at the Inn. Lunch during the tour was very good, and water was provided on the bus and the wineries as well. We will be back!

"start as strangers, leave as friends!"

Great, friendly Courtney guided us to several nice wineries, the best was Backstage where the owner sat us by a fireplace and really explained everything! Bought a case! Even a quick stop at an olive oil company along the way!

"Good tour, bad wine"

I think you have a good product, and we enjoyed having Army narrate the day and he taught us quite a bit about the Valley's history. We also enjoyed the group of people we were with, and so all of this made for a nice day. Having said that, we were disappointed with our wine stops.

Paoletti was a bit strange right from the start with the reception we received from the winery employee. The wines were subpar and we had to rapid-fire taste 7 different wines. The winery did not lead the tasting, that was instead done by our tour guide Army. We attempted to engage the winery employee again at the end and she did not want to speak with us and seemed bothered we were there.

Tedeschi was better overall, but it felt like they were not 100% prepared for us to be there. Wines were just ok.

H*L*R Cellars was our favorite stop, but more so because of the owner. He was an interesting guy, with a beautiful property, but just average wines.

We had asked our hotel concierge about wine tours, but we also specifically told her we wanted smaller wineries with great wine; we did not get that experience. We spent a week in Napa Valley and by the end we had purchased nearly 4 cases of wine and joined two wine clubs. These were all smaller wineries. We bought two bottles from the tour wineries (Tedeschi and H*L*R) and it was to just be polite.

We liked the tour. We liked the people who we were with. We liked Army. We did not like the wineries.