There are not many vacations that can excite the senses like wine country tours. A wine tour can be romantic as well as educational, providing many opportunities to indulge your tastes with a vast assortment of California wine. There are also many great restaurants with fresh ingredients to compliment your wine selection.

Whether you are a fan of Pinot Noir, prefer a Pinot Grigio, or would rather be drinking a Shiraz, wine country tours certainly have something for every wine lover. Additionally, you can learn to enjoy new wines and gain a new appreciation with the experienced assistance of your tour guides.

Great wine guides can share large amounts of information in engaging ways. They can explain growing, fermenting and aging. They can also guide you towards the best foods to pair with your wine, so that both the flavor of the wine and the cuisine is enhanced.

The best of the wine country tours provide opportunities to taste an assortment of wine. The best way to find your favorite is to sample them all. Because this will lead to a lot of wine consumption, of course transportation will be provided from the hotel as well as between the selected vineyards.

While enjoying your tour through vineyards and discovering your favorite wines, find out if they have something called a wine club. A wine club could either offer a scheme where you get a discount from the winery on purchases of cases of your favorite wines or it could even send its members new wine samples to try off and on. Either way, it is great to find out more about what is on offer.

You get to enjoy some of the most lavish scenery along with the educational and tasting opportunities through California wineries. The rolling hills of grape arbors and fruit orchards make a beautiful and lovely setting for a picnic, so don’t forget to enjoy the benefits of the backdrop accompanied by wine country tours. Also remember the cool wine caves of the place, which provide relief during hot summer days. It doesn’t matter where you are, in Sonoma County, or in the Napa Valley, there is a California wine, and much more waiting to delight your senses.

Wine country tours are a great way to satisfy your taste buds while having a romantic or educational opportunity to expand your knowledge of the vast array of California wines. You can enjoy exquisite restaurants that feature wonderful local and fresh ingredients to accompany your wine selection. On your tour of the vineyards, make note of the wines you like best. Also, inquire about the possibility of joining a wine club. A club can be set up in various ways. Sometimes, the winery offers discounts for buying cases of your favorite vintage. Other times, the club’s membership guarantees that you have first rights to new offerings.

- Summer Wilde