tour start date: your choice wine region: your choice hiking level: your choice total group size: 12 min. price per person per day: $145.00* tour deposit: $145.00*
A one- to five-day winehiking tour, customized for your group, with a professional guide and all the amenities!
The California wine country offers many special winehiking experiences. With California Wine Hikes, groups of six to twelve people can experience the special charms of California’s many superb trails and wineries — places where you can all connect with Nature, relish fine wine, and enjoy a single- or multi-day wine and hiking adventure at a pace that is just right for the group, on a date or dates that fit your collective schedule.
Just think about it — a vacation filled with outdoor exercise, Nature discoveries and friendly fun, plus fine wine tasting! It’s the happy prospect of a relaxing and rewarding escape from your routine to enjoy the trails and tasting rooms of the California wine country.
Now that’s a tour worth looking forward to!
And now, groups of 6 to 9 people save 5% on our Custom Group Tours, and groups of 10 to 12 people save 10%!
California Wine Hikes accepts these payment options:
Whether your group is composed of singles, couples, coworkers or family, California Wine Hikes will arrange a wine and hiking tour in which you and your group can taste fine wines and enjoy wilderness hiking trails at a pace that is just right for your group, all with the services of a knowledgeable California Wine Hikes trail and wine guide.
What you can expect on our custom group tours For single-day Custom Group Tours, the tour price will include transportation, trail snacks, bottled water, a skillfully prepared gourmet picnic lunch and wine tasting (including all tasting fees).
On our multi-day Custom Group Tours, the tour price will include lodging, all meals, transportation, trail snacks, bottled water, wine tasting,** and all tasting fees.
All custom tours will include the services of a California Wine Hikes tour guide.
Who can reserve a custom group tour Everybody of legal drinking age is welcome to schedule our customized group tours. If you alert your friends, coworkers or family members to the possibilities, chances are they will be grateful that you made the effort to offer them a fabulous, winehiking experience customized just for all of you.
In fact, California Wine Hikes makes it easy to contact your friends. Simply use our forward to a friend feature. When you enter your friends’ email addresses and click the Forward button, you’ll actually be forwarding a link to this very same California Wine Hikes Custom Group Tours page to your friends.
How to book a custom group tour If you’d like to schedule a California Wine Hikes Custom Tour for your group, simply click any of the book now buttons on this page to reserve your tour. Then, use our contact us page to let us know about your plans.* And when you do, be sure to include your name, email address, and telephone number, the date or dates you have in mind for your tour, the number of guests in your party, and any special requests you may have.***
California Wine Hikes accepts these payment options:
We’ll get back to you with a tentative tour plan, plus suggested alternate date(s), if necessary, and if all is agreeable, we'll ask you to make a deposit at that time via our shopping cart to reserve your Custom Group Tour. All paid guests will receive a detailed tour itinerary. And, of course, guests must be at least 21 years of age to book a California Wine Hikes tour.
Share the discovery At California Wine Hikes, we’ve learned that it’s always much more fun to share a healthy experience when your friends or family are with you — even your coworkers! After all, a team that plays well together also works well together.
Enjoying fun outdoor pursuits, especially in combination with tasting fine wines, always seems to heighten the collective experience, deepen relationships, and make everyone want to do it all again soon.
*To reserve a Custom Group Tour requires a minimum of six paid guests ($870). Alternately, consider our Custom Mini-Tours. Custom single-day tours must be booked at least 21 days in advance of proposed tour start date; custom multi-day tours must be reserved at least 180 days in advance of proposed tour start date to confirm lodging and venue availability. Custom group tours are currently limited to the greater San Francisco Bay Area, including Napa, Sonoma, Marin, San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Calaveras counties; some calendar dates may not be available; promotional discounts do not apply.
**Consider enhancing your multi-day tour experience with a blind wine tasting that is both fun and educational. Expand your group’s wine knowledge, and learn not only that you like a wine, but why you like it, too. Each blind tasting includes six to eight wines, typically of the same grape variety, and often local to the wine region we are visiting.
***The $145 per-person price is the base tour price and includes only the services listed under What you can expect on our custom group tours, above. This base price typically covers single-day custom tours; guests who reserve multi-day tours will be furnished an estimate of the balance based on their proposed custom itinerary within 10 business days of said proposal and upon completed reservation and deposit. The base price does not include additional expenses incurred for venue rental, accommodations, additional catering needs, etc.; groups larger than 11 are possible but may limit venue availability; please contact us for arrangements.
Create your own custom tour.
To confirm your reservation for a custom group or mini tour, click the book now button to your right. Our secure online shopping cart page will appear, and you’ll find it easy to complete your payment. Of course, no information about you will be shared with anyone else, ever. For details, please see our privacy policy.
Price paid for most of our multi-day tours is based on double occupancy. By clicking the book now button, you acknowledge our refund policy and agree to our terms of use.
From coastal waterfalls to high mountain streams
From wildflowers to redwoods
And from trail to table.
Your experience with California Wine Hikes will leave you with sensory satisfaction, rekindled vigor, and indelible memories.
Join us today to experience our fun & memorable wine country hiking tours.
“Russ, I really enjoyed the Picchetti hike. Thanks for organizing us. You are a great trail leader. I’m looking forward to many more of your hikes.” — Sandra W., Palo Alto, California
