California Gourmet Wine Tour
Sonoma-Napa-Santa Barbara
One of our strength is to provide unforgettable moments with backstage access to the wineries, having great time and unique experiences
Program
Arrival at SFO Airport from Switzerland, participants from other countries please meet us between at the airport Transfer to the Hotel Napa Winery Inn in Napa and Check in Set in a quiet country atmosphere, Napa Winery Inn offers a great strategic position for our Napa and Sonoma Winery visits. It offers also an seasonal outdoor pool and serves a daily hot breakfast. Free WiFi, a flat screen TV with cable and film channels, and a coffee machine are included in all rooms.
Light dinner in the restaurant FUMÉ BISTRO & BAR (400 m from Hotel) 4050 Byway East, Napa, CA 94558, Tel 707.257.1999 Great food, seasonally inspired menus straight from the farmer’s market and regional growers, personal service, and a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. The menu, and the friendly welcome you receive when you enter the dining room, reflect their passion for delivering the very best experience to every customer, every night.
Day 2
Breakfast
Transfer to the Ledson Winery in Kenwood Visit and Wine Tasting in the Ledson Winery, unique architecture and they make a good variety of wines. In the heart of Sonoma Valley, nestled among the vineyards, emerges this architectural showpiece known as the “Castle.” The impressive edifice was designed by founder and winemaker, Steve Ledson. The winery consistently produces highly coveted, small-lot handcrafted wines scoring in the mid-’90s and above, showcasing the absolute best Sonoma County has to offer. The winemaking philosophy is, “everything begins in the vineyard.” Steve chooses quality over quantity, only selects the best grapes, and will reject fruit if it doesn’t meet his approval.
Transfer to Glen Ellen, Valley of the Moon, Madrone Estate Winery Visit of the Valley of the Moon, Madrone Estate Winery, Wine Tasting with Light Lunch (Cheese Platter) Valley of the Moon Winery is poised to take its rightful place among Sonoma Valley’s most celebrated wineries. Under the guidance of the Stewart family, current generation owners, a new winemaking team has re-established high quality winemaking practices and are implementing luxury-driven farming standards, driving smaller yields of higher quality.
Transfer to the Winery Hess Collection Napa Visit of the Art Gallery and Wine Tasting Winery Hess Collection Donald Hess from Switzerland became interested in mountain winegrowing during a business trip to the Napa Valley in the mid‐1970’s. With further research, he found that Mount Veeder mountain vineyards had the ideal combination of soils and microclimates to produce grapes of distinctive character and flavor. This venture became The Hess Collection where the appreciation for unique mountain and valley fruit is expressed through artfully crafted wines.
Transfer to the Hotel Relax time Transfer to Gran Electrica in Napa Dinner at Gran Electra Gran Eléctrica is an authentic Mexican restaurant in downtown Napa. They offer an authentic and market-driven Mexican menu inspired by travels abroad, particularly traditional Mexican street fare. Creating a new take on regionally-influenced Mexican cuisine, the menu aims to showcase a diversity of dishes from across the country
Transfer to the Hotel
Day 3
Breakfast
Transfer to Winery Crocker & Starr in St Helena, CA 94574 , +1 707.967.9111
Napa Valley floor experience with Crocker & Starr Wines Beginning in 1997, Pam and Charlie are equal partners and co-owners of Crocker and Starr Winery. For almost 20 years Crocker and Starr has been producing handcrafted, small production world-class wines from their sustainable vineyard estate in St. Helena.
They cultivate new world fruit using traditional sustainable and organic farming practices with modern cutting-edge winemaking tools for a marriage of old world and new world in every bottle.
Lunch at the great Burger stop, sitting outside!
Transfer to Robert Mondavi Visit of Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville.
This Winery is the most famour winery in the world, Wine Tasting Transfer to the Hotel and Free time Transfer to the restaurant Michelin 1*Restaurant La Toque in Napa Wine-pairing Dinner La Toque, Ken Frank’s landmark Napa Valley restaurant and proud recipient of a coveted Michelin Star, is located in The Westin Verasa Napa, adjacent to the Oxbow Public smile Market in downtown Napa.
Transfer back to the Hotel
Day 4
Breakfast and check out
Start and Transfer to San Fransisco, Meeting point 333 Jefferson St, San Francisco, CA 94133 Fisherman`s Wharf and SF Sightseeing – San Francisco — the easiest city to love and the hardest to leave. Its vintage charm is more than enough to capture anyone’s heart, but this “City by the Bay” has so much more than the Golden Gate! After just one visit, foodies, fashionistas, and culture enthusiasts will realize why this city is one of the funkiest cities in the U.S. We will dive into it.
Sandwich Stop during the Tour Transfer to SFO Airport.
Flight to Los Angelos Transfer to the Hotel – Hampton Inn & Suites Los Angeles – Glendale , check in and then transfer to the Griffith Observatorium. Griffith Observatory is Southern California’s gateway to the cosmos! Visitors can look through telescopes, explore exhibits and enjoy spectacular views of Los Angeles and the Hollywood Sign. As we visit the observatory during the evening time we can see the lights of Los Angeles itself.
Transfer to the Hotel Hampton Inn & Suites Los Angeles – Glendale
Day 5
Breakfast and check out Transfer to Santa Barbara, Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort, in Santa Barbara Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort is ideally situated on California’s Central Coastline and steps away from pristine beaches. With spectacular views of the Santa Ynez Mountains, the resort is a short distance to the local arts district, the Funk Zone, downtown Santa Barbara and easy access to popular shopping and wineries.
Visit the Sanguis Winery in Santa Barbara Wine of extraordinary character, complexity, and balance is a product of place, time, and the people who engage in the process of growing and making it, their discipline and willingness to take risks and improvise – Wine tasting Lunch Visit of the Winery Whitcraft in Santa Barbara A long-standing member of the Santa Barbara winemaking community, Whitcraft Winery is obsessed with producing the highest quality wines. Their signature varietals are Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah while also producing a variety of other unique, handcrafted wines. During the wine tasting we find out what makes Whitcraft Winery a veteran of Santa Barbara viticulture.
Relax time – enjoying the Pool Transfer to Toma Restaurant & Bar in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara’s premier destination for Italian-inspired Mediterranean handcrafted cuisine, Toma has consistently been rated the #1 restaurant in the area, offering a unique array of classic dishes with a fresh modern twist from Executive Chef, Nat Ely.
Day 6
Breakfast and check out – deposit the Luggage at the concierge Visit the Jaffurs Winery in Santa Barbara Jaffurs is dedicated to producing fine wine with a New World independence. For over two decades they have specialized in Rhône style wines from the premier vineyards in Santa Barbara County. All wines are hand-crafted at the winery in downtown Santa Barbara.
visit Kunin winery in Santa Barbara Seth Kunin started Kunin Wines in 1998, focusing on Syrah, Zinfandel and Viognier. Over the years he added additional Rhone and Loire Valley varieties such as Grenache, Mourvedre, Rousanne, Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc.
He runs the winery together with his wife and business partner Magan and their daughter Phoebe. We will have a wine tasting with some Salami/Cheese at their tasting room located just a block from the beach on downtown Santa Barbara’s Urban Wine Trail.
Transfer to th Airport Los Angelos.
Good Bye
These 6 days will be a firework of unique moments and included in this Wine Trip are
- 6 nights in 3* or 4* Hotels, double room with breakfast
- Handpicked Wineries with amazing wines and the wine tasting
- Great Wine-Food-Pairing experiences
- Five times dinner, one dinner of these in the Michelin 1*Restaurant La Toque
- Five light Lunch/Cheese Platter
- Transportation
Not included in this Wine Trip are
- Travel Insurance
- Additional alcoholic beverages, which are not included in the program (winetastings)
- Other extras or services, which are not included in the program
- Tips in restaurants, for the bus/taxi/uber drivers, etc.
Important Notice
Interested in this tour? We can arrange it again or modify it to yours specific needs
upon request for minimum group size of 6 participants is required for such arrangements.
Complete address and mobile number,
Please register via email: amueller@gourmetwinetravel.com
In case of questions: Tel: +41 76 3377722
After booking you will receive a confirmation email. Regarding the proposed program above, this is not a binding schedule, as program changes are possible to various reasons.
Payment: The money transfer to all means is at the same time a binding booking. In the case of a cancellation of a single date or the whole course, each participant is herewith advised, that there is no refund.
So it is recommended to have either an annulation/cancellation insurance or to provide another participant as substitute. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards
Armin H. Müller
Diplom Sommelier
