San Francisco: Bos- en wijntour

Went with girlfriends on this 3-in-1 tour. The selection of the first winery was great, we loved the venue and style, demonstration, and the grounds. Selection of the second winery, Russian Valley Wineries was not successful at all. The overall experience was damaged by offering only 1 glass, requiring visitors to discard the remaining wine after your tasting, then washing your glass before offering the next round of the wine tasting. What is the issue to provide 5 clear glasses to your visitors??? Additional down side of the wine tasting process was offering paper !!! cups for regular water. The look on the table was absolutely not pleasant, glasses and paper cups. The tasting was outside at 32C heat, which didn't add any happiness to the overall experience. Red Woods were great, a nice hike was much needed in between the wineries. The selection of the town for the launch was also not the greatest, small town main street didn't offer a lot of food choices. The driver, Vlad was incredibly professional, knowledgeable, entertaining all day along, we enjoyed every minute with him. He saved this review :)

Marco was my tour guide, he was great! Highly recommend him. Very informative and took the time to answer all my questions.

When I booked, it was supposed to be Muir Redwoods and Sonoma wines. I love some of the wines from Sinoma Valley and have always wanted to go to Muir Reswoods. I booked this trip for a reason and was stressed about booking early enough so that it wouldn't be sold out. They waited until after they charged my credit card to send me an email saying it was changed. By the time they notified me , it was too late for me to research and find another trip. I feel that they had plenty of time to let me know about the change prior to when they did. The first stop at Korbel Champagne was wonderful. I truly enjoyed ourselves. The second stop, the Armstrong forest, was nothing like I have had people describe and show me pictures of the Muir Redwoods. The last stop was absolutely horrible. The waiter was horrible and acted as if he was being bothered by our little group. Personally and others were not impressed with the wine selections. By the end of the third tasting, people were asking, not even to get the next two samples. Our Tour guide Marco was wonderful. Everyone enjoyed him. I feel as if I was taken advantage of, and someone just wanted my money taking me somewhere I didn't sign up for. I paid a lot of money to go see and be treated badly by the staff. Rest assured, I will remember this this next year at vacation time.