Today we had a wonderful tour of Kelowna wineries. Our tour bus arrived promptly, and the bus was…read morevery comfortable and clean. Our tour rep, Bryce was friendly, professional and very knowledgeable of the area. Totally recommend this tour operator.

Just finished the West Kelowna wine tour and really had a good time. Our driver, Joe was very…read morepersonable and knowledgable about the area and wineries even before we arrived. There was only two of us on the tour and it was really enjoyable (I'm not a fan of crowds). It was a little pricier than I expected (but still reasonable when comparing other companies), but was very very enjoyable.

Unfortunately difficult to deal with and lied about the insurance you can take out for weather…read morechanges etc and if they cancel. In our case they cancelled 7 minutes before our time slot and said we refused insurance so we are out of luck. It was for a business team building- we would never refuse insurance. Carolina is very hard to talk to and was unhelpful and rude. So many great companies in kelowna- choose one of those! Not this one.

Not reputable as they refused to refund a considerable amount of money to our group during the…read moreforest fires. It was impossible to go as Kelowna was shut down to tourists as was the airport. Weather cancellation insurance was purchased by the group. I guess raining fire doesn't count.

My husband and I did a Naramata wine tour with Top Cat Tours, and booked them through a package…read morewith our resort in Summerland. The tour bus picked us up at the hotel lobby, and dropped us off at the end of our tour. The only other wine tour I have done was in Napa Valley, so my comparison options are limited, as the geographic area and how the wine tours are done in the two locations are vastly different. I enjoyed our tour, as well as our tour guide, M.J. M.J. was open to feedback and took the wine we were buying at each winery and stored it in the back of the bus, making it easy to purchase as we went. Our tour was supposed to be five stops, but we were able to squeeze in six wineries, plus a stop at Poplar Grove/The Vanilla Pod for lunch. Lunch was included in the tour, as were all our tasting fees, and we visited a great variety of small boutique wineries to introduce us to the Naramata area. We returned on our own to a couple of the stops the next day to purchase more wine and enjoy the views. There were a few things I would have liked on the tour that were absent. On the website it does not specify which wineries will be visited, so I wasn't able to do any research about them prior to our tour. It also meant we didn't want to do any tasting on our own prior to the tour, because we didn't want to repeat any stops. When we got our little confirmation card from the hotel for our tour at check-in, it listed the wineries we could choose from for a visit, as well as our options for lunch. I spent time the night before looking at the wineries on the list and was a little disappointed that our actual tour only stopped at one of the wineries, and that our lunch was at a third option not listed. I don't know if this is the hotel's problem (outdated info?) or how the company operates, but I would have appreciated knowing a little bit more about our tour before just showing up at each winery and looking around to see where we were. Overall I had a lot of fun and tasted a lot of great wine. I would have liked more structure to the day, but this wouldn't stop me from booking Top Cat again or recommending them if you are in the area.

We found the company very accommodating as we had to change our reservations last minute. We had a…read morevery enjoyable 2 days of wine, beer and spirits tours in the Penticton area. Our Guide was very knowledge on wine and the area and had lots of jokes.

My girlfriends stagette in penticton was made amazing because of Nicholas Kruger he took all my…read moregirls to the river in his bus that was clean and comfortable with ac and heat for when we got out of the water and gave us amazing recommendations for meals and dancing , his rates are really fare and his music on the bus was awesome

The company we originally planned on booking through was unavailable and recommended conneseiur…read morewine tours. Horrible decision. First off, when we confirmed our booking about a week before our trip nick (owner) let us know that he hadn't entered us in the system by mistake but would make sure we had a bus available on the date we were requesting. Second, we booked the bus for 9:45 to leave by 10. The bus didn't show up until 10:45 because the driver went to the wrong resort based on an email that was sent back in February. The confirmation email that was sent a week prior to the trip with the correct address was ignored. Because of this, our entire day was shifted. We were rushed around and the driver seemed to be in a hurry to get us home by the original time of 6pm rather than extending it to make up for being late. The driver was speeding in extremely treacherous road conditions, and suggested that we skip a winery in order to accommodate for us being late....and wouldn't put music on for the ride. On top of all this, nick was absolutely awful to deal with. He told us the mistake was our fault for telling him we were staying in kelowna when la casa resort was actually not "technically" in kelowna (as non locals we had no idea - the address is in kelowna) and said "we would not be getting a dime back" We will be lodging a complaint with the better business bureau and disputing this charge. Absolutely horrible customer service.

Brad is awesome!!! He went above and beyond to make sure our team had excellent service. We would…read moredefinitely recommend White Star Limo for anyone visiting Kelowna!

From the owner: Wine tours, weddings, special transportation for special occasions. We carry Kelownas largest SUV…read moreExcursion stretched limousine and vans. All occasions and tours.

Ron was amazing the entire day! He was so thoughtful ... escorting us in to each winery, staying…read morewith us to ensure we were being taken care of, carrying our wine out for us, keeping our wine organized, he had stickers for each bottle to ensure that at the end of the day we took home our own wine. He had excellent suggestions for the wineries we attended and for our lunch choices. I cannot say enough about Ron and the lovely experience we had working with him.

Ron! What can we say... What a pleasure to meet you and share stories of traveling (NZ). Your…read morehospitality and knowledge made our day. And lunch at Hillside was a highlight. Top notch tour!!

I have done these types of touring in Kelowna and Osoyoos a few times - you should know, I am not a…read morewine snob. This was my first time in the Penticton / Summerland area. I absolutely recommend Grape Escapes and would give Dino a 6th star if I could. They packed a picnic for us (it was my gf and i), got to taste wines with chocolates, etc. Very knowledgeable, you can immediately tell he is well liked and respected by the wineries. Lots of knowledge about wine but also the history behind each winery. So if you are a newbie like me, or a sophisticated wine conoceour, I am confident you will still learning thing or two, and have a great time It was a great weekend. Thank you Dino!

Had a fantastic day wine tasting with Rod as our guide. We had a wonderful and diverse selection of…read morewineries and Rod was a great guide, seamlessly ensuring that we each were well looked after and also safe. With a very nice lunch included, this was an amazing deal. Can't recommend highly enough and with the huge number of wineries in the area, we will definitely book another tour with Grape Escapes.

Neither my fiance nor myself knew anything about wine, the only things we did know were the few…read morefacts from watching crash course videos on Youtube a couple days before our mini honeymoon trip so we didn't really know what to expect, but even with the immense lack of information on what we might like, Grape Friends gave us the best wine tour we could've asked for. We got driven around four different wineries in the Naramata region because a coworker had suggested we try chef Bongo's cooking (chef Bongo was a partner at the Naramata Heritage Inn, but started his own restaurant just down the road: Village Grounds - Cafe & Bistro). Karen started us with Lang Vineyards, got us to try wines from the most established vines in the region, the experience was delicious, the view was amazing, and the service was awesome. We got the maple dessert wine but truly regretted later for not getting the sparkling rose. Next was Mocojo Wines, again, amazing view and great wines, but what stuck out was the story about this winery, the design of their label and the name, definitely a must go winery! Throughout the tour, Karen made sure to check up on us, give us some tips on how we can enjoy the tastings and find out what we like, without the pressure of "you must buy something". In the end, I went from knowing nothing about wine to discovering that I'm a Riesling person and just because I think I'll like the fruit wines, doesn't mean I'll be able to find that perfect wine at an orchard winery. We'll definitely be back for more Grape Friends tours and you won't regret joining them!

My husband and I had a great day with Karen on our wine tour in Naramata this spring…read more I'm been on a few wine tours in several regions/countries and Grape Friends was probably the most informative and fun tour thus far. I've only ever learned more from a sommelier lead tasting class focused more on pairings and the idea behind those are very different anyway. Karen's primary rule is to have fun and that's what she does so it would appeal to all experiences and interest levels. She wants to keep wine accessible and snobby free but still had me learning new things even though I've been around the snobbery and don't mind that either. We had a picnic lunch which was well worth it and highly recommended. Lots of fresh food, cheeses, meats, veggies and fruit and we were told to play with flavors and combinations. I would choose this over a winery lunch and do a winery lunch on my own a different day when I have some time to spend hanging out as the wineries don't seem to be in a hurry in this region at all. We ended up liking the wine a lot more than planned and bought a lot more than we ever expected to which is probably good and bad. Ha. We did the dinner drop off and pickup after which was also great. Karen handled the reservation for us and everything and we just called when we were done. It was nice to not have to worry about getting dinner after being out drinking and then getting home after. Also, we didn't have to get dropped off at our room with our haul of wine and then do a cab both ways either. We learned that summerland and naramata have different soil and it would be interesting to contrast the two areas in two separate days one after another (like a couple ladies on our tour were doing). Karen also says she can arrange behind the scenes tours which I did in Italy and really enjoyed and would love to do again at some point. So, basically we have a lot of wine to drink but when that goes away we'll have to visit again. Over all highly recommended and worth the price as it's more than just a driving service.

There is a reason why this wine tour is so much cheaper than the others online…read more I went with a friend on August 27th, 2017. 2 pm start with the pickup from the holiday inn express kelowna. The driver was great but we feel as though paying $60 each was not worth the tour and heres why: The wineries they choose: 1) The view winery (which also made us wait a substantial amount of time) only let us sample a portion of their wines. Others around us, and there was 5 stations to observe, were given 3 more wines to taste and their in house ciders which we were not offered. 2) Meadow vista, although unique was limited in scope of their wines. 3) Kitsch vineyard only had 3 whites for sampling. Our host had known this fact and told us this. In the case of kitsch winery, we feel as though either we should have been taken to another winery as compensation, or altogether been taken to another winery as offered on your website. The van didn't have any air conditioning and it was 33 degrees out.

Great experience with the Coconut Express Wine tour. We booked a private van for 8 of us... Fits…read more14. The value of the wine tour was incredible. Visited 8 wineries in 4 hours and went to amazing places that had tasting fees waved. The service was awesome. All the staff members were extremely nice and informative. I HIGHLY recommend Coconut Express while touring the okanagan vinyards!

So I booked one of the employees at Berry and Smith long ago to dj her wedding, (Lori), and she…read morecancelled just a week and a bit away to her date cause she found a cheap band! Completey put me out cause now she will not pay the measly 440 dollars balance owing, (I gave a super cheap price to be helpful), and I turned down two other requests leading up. I rely on these bookings to support my 11 yr old and to maintain equipment, pay rent etc. She cared zero was what got me! Am so irked that I needed to write this review for any sort of redemption allowable! And so should it be allowable! ): Not right to be so awful to other human beings and NOT care at all as just ignored!

From the owner: Berry & Smith's busing division offers a wide range of charter services, using our fleet of well…read moremaintained 48 seat school buses. Our reliable and professional drivers can provide everything from a simple pick-up and drop-off service, right up to multi-day trips. Our services include wedding transportation, convention shuttles, sports team transport, ski hill transport and much more.