Napa Experience Tour with Ferry Cruise
Napa Valley Wine Tours by the Wine Country Tour Shuttle are different from all other Napa Valley Tours from San Francisco.
On this wine country tour you visit four premium Napa wineries aboard a small group tour shuttle. You'll have the opportunity to taste a selection of red wines, white wines and sparkling wines have a picnic lunch at one of the wineries and return to San Francisco via a ferry cruise.
 The tour includes a ride over the Golden Gate Bridge, stops at both large and smaller family-owned wineries, a picnic lunch and a relaxing SF Bay Ferry Boat Cruise back to San Francisco.
Tour Itinerary
1) Meet at the Ferry Building in San Francisco
2) Travel to the Napa Valley via the Golden Gate Bridge
3) Andretti Winery— wine tasting
4) V. Sattui — picnic/deli lunch ($10 vioucher included) and wine tasting
5) Franciscan Winery — wine tasting
6) Whitehall Lane Winery — wine tasting
7) Ferry Cruise to SF from Vallejo — relax, avoid the traffic & enjoy San Francisco Bay!
Napa Valley Wineries
Tasting is optional at each winery. Some wave tasting fees (typically $5–$10) if you purchase a bottle or more.
On rare occasions, wineries are subject to change.
Alternate wineries: Rutherford Ranch & Folie a Deux.
 Andretti Winery
When auto racing champion Mario Andretti retired from five illustrious decades of competition in 1994, he turned his attention to a new hobby: making wine. Today the Andretti Winery is known for its excellent, super-premium wines which are distributed throughout the United States and abroad.
Andretti Winery proudly displays its Italian heritage and Old World charm with a cozy tasting room housed in a sun-colored, Tuscan-style villa.
 V. Sattui Winery
Your second stop begins with a picnic lunch from the deli—European-style Marketplace—at V. Satui which we'll consume on the beautiful grounds with regal oak trees, moss-covered stone winery buildings and immaculate landscaping.
After lunch you will be able to taste V. Sattui Wineries Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.
 Franciscan Winery
You will be offered a mini tour of Franciscan Winery tasting rooms and the option of tasting three wines at the third stop on your Napa Valley wine tour.
This beautiful winery with an enormous fountain at the entryway also provides great photo opportunities.
Whitehall Lane Winery
 The last winery stop on the tour is at Whitehall Lane Winery in St. Helena on the St. Helena Highway (Highway 29). Grapes were first planted here in the mid-1800s, and a barn still in use dates back to the early 1900s. You’ll receive a behind the scenes winemakers tour and the option to taste 4 great wines.
San Francisco Bay Cruise
 It’s not just any Wine Country Tour from San Francisco. On this tour you will take the Bay Link Vallejo Ferry cruise from Napa Valley back to San Francisco around the sunset hour.
You can go outside and let the wind blow through your hair or stay inside the calm 50 minute Ferry Cruise. Along the way you'll pass close to Alcatraz Island and see the Golden Gate Bridge, Treasure Island and the Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline. Depending on the time of year you take your tour you may see the sun setting behind the Golden Gate Bridge.
Napa Valley Wine Tour starts and ends at the Ferry Building.
Price: $99 (plus tasting fees which are waived at some wineries with purchase, lunch and ferry cruise are included)
Departs 8:15am Daily from the Ferry Building (reservations required)
Add next day Alcatraz Island tickets to the above tour: Price: $134
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Napa Experience Tour with Robert Mondavi Winery
The same tour as above with one change; Robert Mondavi Winery, famous Napa Valley winery will be one of the stops. Slightly higher price because the wine tasting fee is included along with a tour of the Mondavi Winery.
The winery has a notable collection of sculpture by mid-20th century artist Benjamino Bufano, including the large bronze-and-mosaic St. Francis of Assisi at the entrance.
Price: $115 (plus tasting fees, other 3 wineriew, waived at some wineries with purchase, lunch and ferry cruise are included)
Departs 8:15am Daily from the Ferry Building (reservations required)
Add next day Alcatraz Island tickets to the above tour: Price: $159
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