What's better than spending the entire day wine tasting in California wine country? Doing it in an open-air jeep. Picture this: the cool California breeze flowing through your hair, a lingering taste of merlot on your tongue, and Temecula wine country as your beautiful backdrop. It's a vineyard tour you need to personally take to believe.
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All About Temecula Valley Jeep & Wine Tours
Located in Temecula, California, about 60 miles from Downtown San Diego, Temecula Valley Jeep & Wine Tours is the jeep tour to take if you love wine, taking part in an off-road adventure, and sightseeing local wineries. Each wine tasting tour includes stopping at three different wineries along with their barrel rooms and tasting rooms, a knowledgable tour guide who explains every step of winemaking, and a gourmet lunch. And if you are staying in one of the local area hotels, the tour also includes hotel pickup. Not too shabby!
Tours are available during the week and weekend. Temecula Wine Tours also offers private jeep tours as well. The jeeps fit six passengers comfortably, making it a unique way to celebrate a birthday or even a bachelor/bachelorette party.
With over 30 different wineries in the area, you'll get a chance to taste a wide array of wines on this winery tour. The wineries are specified on the tour, which means that you can speak to your guide if there is one, in particular, you are hoping to visit. According to one Tripadvisor review, the tour asked the guests what wineries they had already visited, and scheduled their tasting to include only wineries they had never visited before.
But don't take our word for it, this off-roading jeep ride adventure has over 140 five-star reviews on TripAdvisor from happy tour-goers.