Fifteen wine-country trips in the places we already write about: nine California regions, five in France, and Georgia. Every trip is priced per couple and includes the hotel, the tastings named in the itinerary, one signature dinner, a driver on the days that need one, and a reservation at every restaurant in the plan. You pick the dates; we make every call.

California

  • Red-stained barrel heads in curved rows in the circular barrel cellar at Opus One, Oakville, Napa Valley

    Napa

    4 nights · Andaz Napa · Opus One, Pritchard Hill, Auro. From $4,200 per couple.

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  • Leather armchair and telescope by a picture window overlooking the meadow, cypresses and ocean at Sea Ranch

    Sonoma

    4 nights · The Lodge at Sonoma + Farmhouse Inn · Donum, Flowers, Troubadour. From $4,800.

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  • Sunset clouds over Mendocino village, its white church and the rocky headlands, from the air

    Mendocino

    3 nights · Little River Inn · Roederer, Harbor House. From $2,900.

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  • Aerial view of Rhys Vineyards' Skyline vineyard on a ridge above the forested Santa Cruz Mountains

    Santa Cruz Mountains

    3 nights · Enchanté, Los Altos · Ridge Monte Bello, Rhys, Big Basin. From $2,600.

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  • Aerial view of the white Stonepine Estate mansion and its lawns in the oak-covered hills of Carmel Valley

    Carmel & Monterey

    3 nights · L'Auberge Carmel · Holman Ranch, Folktale, Aubergine. From $3,800.

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  • An oak tree silhouetted against a purple and orange sunset over Paso Robles vineyards

    Paso Robles

    3 nights · The Ava Hotel · DAOU, JUSTIN, Rava, Niner. From $2,800.

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  • The white bell-tower façade of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa with cyclists passing on a sunny day

    San Luis Obispo

    3 nights · Hotel Cerro · Edna Valley by e-bike, Ember. From $2,500.

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  • The white Spanish-colonial main house and fountain courtyard of Belmond El Encanto, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara

    4 nights · Fess Parker Wine Country Inn + Kimpton Canary · Folded Hills, The Hilt, Bettina. From $4,300.

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  • Aerial view of a modern winery among vine rows and oak woodland in Amador County's Shenandoah Valley

    Amador

    3 nights · Rest, Plymouth · Rombauer, Bella Grace, Taste. From $2,000.

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France & Georgia

  • Golden stone rooftops of Saint-Émilion village with vineyards stretching to the horizon, Bordeaux

    Bordeaux

    4 nights · InterContinental + Hôtel de Pavie · Smith Haut Lafitte, Yquem, three starred dinners. From $5,600.

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  • Château de Chenonceau spanning the River Cher on its arched gallery, with rose beds in the foreground, Loire Valley

    Loire Valley

    4 nights · Fleur de Loire + Château de Minière · Chambord, Chenonceau, Christophe Hay. From $4,300.

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  • Guest room at Villa Maïa with a taupe headboard, round wall art and window seat, Fourvière hill, Lyon

    Lyon

    3 nights · Villa Maïa · Beaujolais, Northern Rhône, La Mère Brazier. From $3,700.

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  • Red-lit cellar of towering casks and an iron mezzanine at the Rémy Martin visitor centre, Cognac

    Cognac & the Charentes

    3 nights · Chais Monnet + La Nauve · Hennessy, Martell, Rémy Martin. From $3,500.

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  • The gilded goat statue on the terrace of La Chèvre d'Or in Èze, high above the Mediterranean and Cap Ferrat

    Côte d'Azur

    4 nights · Château Eza + Le Saint-Paul · Bellet, Antibes, Provence rosé. From $5,400.

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  • A chestnut horse in front of the snow-capped Caucasus mountains at Vazisubani Estate, Kakheti

    Georgia: Tbilisi & Kakheti

    4 nights · Blue Fox + Vazisubani Estate · Pheasant's Tears, Tsinandali, Barbarestan. From $2,200.

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Long view down the columned barrel cellar at Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan

Custom itineraries

Don't see your trip? We'll design it.

The fifteen trips above are the version we'd take ourselves. If your dates don't fit, your group is bigger, or you'd rather trade a Cabernet day for sparkling and a long lunch, start from the custom itinerary for the region instead. Answer a two-minute questionnaire, we send a first draft and a quote within two business days, and the $500 design fee comes off the trip when you book.

Design my trip

Custom itineraries by region

Don't see your trip? Tell us the dates, the budget and the wines you actually drink, and we'll design the itinerary from the same book our set trips come from: the hotel, appointment-only tastings, the tables and a driver, all booked in your name. The $500 design fee is credited in full when you book the trip with us.

How it works

  • Pouring sauce over a caviar-topped potato course with hollandaise at Troubadour, Healdsburg

    Eat

    Every dinner is reserved before you land. One is the signature dinner, included in the price; the rest are on us to book and on you to enjoy.

  • Pouring Château Margaux into glasses on a tray printed with the château's façade

    Sip

    Three to five tastings per trip, chosen for the wine and for the room, prepaid and timed so nobody is watching the clock. A driver on the days with mountain roads.

  • Suite with a red damask headboard and blue panelled walls at the InterContinental Bordeaux Le Grand Hôtel

    Stay

    One hotel per region, sometimes two, always somewhere we've slept. Walkable to dinner where the town allows it.

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