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Located between Los Angeles and San Diego within the hills of Southern California’s wine nation, Temecula is residence to dozens of wineries. After evaluating each professional enter and shopper sentiment, U.S. Information decided the next excursions to be the most effective obtainable for wine fanatics visiting the world. All of those excursions are carried out by devoted guides wanting to share their data of viticulture, wine-making and regional historical past.
Grapeline Excursions – Winery Picnic Tour
Go to 4 wineries and revel in tastings or a glass of wine at each on this half-day tour. This tour additionally features a catered lunch. The tour begins round 10 a.m. when Grapeline will decide you up out of your native lodge. You will spend about 5 hours tasting your method by means of the valley earlier than being dropped again off at your lodging between 4 and 5 p.m. Contributors ceaselessly reward the guides for his or her entertaining and informative commentary in addition to their total helpfulness and friendliness. When obtainable, behind-the-scenes excursions at one of many wineries are additionally included, and tour-takers have a tendency to understand the insights supplied into the wine-making course of. Ticket costs, which cowl transportation, wine samples and a popular lunch with a number of menu choices, value round $130 (with an upcharge on Saturdays and holidays).
Grapeline Excursions – Basic Wine Journey
This tour takes off from Previous City Temecula and stops at three wineries. You will get cheese and different snacks to go with the expertise; however some reviewers point out the snacks aren’t substantial and counsel consuming earlier than you go. Tour-takers constantly describe the guides as enthusiastic, organized, educated and amiable and the wineries’ fare as top-notch. The four-hour excursions can be found twice day by day beginning at 10 a.m. and a couple of:15 p.m. Tickets value roughly $120 for the morning model and $110 for the afternoon outing; the worth contains round-trip transportation and wine samples in addition to snacks at one of many wineries. Along with this tour, and the iteration together with lunch, Grapeline affords non-public vineyard excursions.
Temecula Valley Jeep & Wine Excursions
Benefit from the sights of Temecula from an open-air jeep as this small-group tour takes you to 3 wineries and their tasting rooms (in addition to crush pads and barrel rooms when obtainable). Whereas touring the area’s backroads, guides share insights about wine-making and native historical past, which tour-takers constantly discover each informative and amusing. The four-wheel-drive automobiles can carry six passengers and depart day by day at 11 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. Tickets begin at round $130 for weekday outings and $150 for excursions on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. (Reductions can be found for those who guide on-line.) The value contains pickups at Temecula accommodations, bottled water and a picnic lunch. Non-public excursions are additionally an choice.
Sunrider Wine & Beer Jeep Tour – Discovery Tour
Mix an off-road winery drive with stops for tastings at three wineries on this three-hour expedition. Wine-lovers recognize the beneficiant samples supplied throughout this tour in addition to the guides’ data and friendliness. Tickets value roughly $150, which features a picnic-style lunch along with the wine samples. Jeeps head out day by day at 10:50 a.m. and return at 2:50 p.m. Sunrider additionally affords a tour that features a have a look at a wine manufacturing facility in addition to a tour that options meals and wine pairings.
