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Thank you Travis for the great tour! You were very friendly, funny and informative. We enjoyed the off roading and the 3 wineries. We will definitely do another tour in the future. We highly recommend Sunrider Jeep wine tours to anyone coming to Temecula winery.
This wine tour was AMAZING!! When you call to book ask for Nick. He was the best, entertaining and showed us all the ropes! He took us off-roading as well. We had the best group of strangers which made the whole experience worth it! This tour is worth every dollar you spend on it! Every winery was welcoming and poured good sized tastings. They also educated us about the wines and their vineyard.
What a great day! Travis was a fantastic host...knowledgeable about every aspect of winemakers and the Temecula area. He chose 3 relatively small wineries where we had the opportunity to really get to know the winemakers, taste some fantastic wines, and have the perfect experience. We will definitely do our wine tasting in the future with Travis & Christie. Great people!
How amazingly cool! My mom and I had a great time on this wine tour. Tim, our guide picked us up at our villa at 10AM just as promised. He introduced himself and took us over to his yellow jeep. We experienced so much more on this tour than we would ever experience on our own. On the tour, we checked out four wineries, Stuart Cellars (http://www.yelp.com/biz/stuart-cellars-temecula#hrid:7zhn7rZAg3b3sc2luq5bXA), Wiens (http://www.yelp.com/biz/wiens-family-cellars-temecula#hrid:DZmxkUGcl4NyQd7lTBjjng), Leonesse (http://www.yelp.com/biz/wiens-family-cellars-temecula#hrid:DZmxkUGcl4NyQd7lTBjjng), and Longshadow Ranch (http://www.yelp.com/biz/longshadow-ranch-vineyard-and-winery-temecula#hrid:4QcNeUAX8jwqB-n8LzW8ZA). Sunrider works closely with the local, family owned wineries in the area rather than the larger ones. I like that. All four of the wineries were cool; I have elaborated on the individual winery reviews linked above. While we were at the second winery (Wiens) Tim ran to get us lunch and came back with the most delicious salads. We all sat out in the sun at the winery eating salads and talking. It was perfect. When we were done, we went to the Leonesse Winery where we did six more tastings and then had a tour of the equipment and barrel room. After that, we went off-roading through the vineyard, literally through the vineyard. So cool! Then, Tim put on some thematic music and went up to the top of this hill for a great view and some pictures. This was so much fun; everyone in our jeep was so down to earth and nice. Tim was a great guide and I really could not agree more with Ashley D, Tim really is THE MAN! What a cool experience. If you enjoy wine and plan on doing some sort of a tour, I highly recommend this.
This is a late review but this is probably the best wine tour in Temecula! We explored a bunch of different wineries, had an amazing lunch and did some fun off-roading. Our tour guide Tyler was friendly, funny and informative, which made it all the more enjoyable. We had a small issue with redeeming our groupon, but the staff was really helpful and even accommodated our last minute date changes. Getting drunk and driving around in a big open yellow jeep is always a plus
I didn't know what to expect but I have to say that the reviews of this place matched my experience for sure! We were picked up promptly from our hotel at 9:45am as we were told. This is a nice touch because no one wanted to worry about the drive back. If you can, try to sit in the backseat of the jeep, makes it that much better. We had Seth and Sheena as our tour guides for the day - both of which knew exactly what they were talking about and what they were doing. Interestingly enough, me and my best friend got grouped up with a bachelorette party. They looked like a fun bunch, donning these outrageously large hats and bringing along a giant blow up of a penis they appropriately named 'Willy.' With wine on the horizon, we were in for a treat. Yes, at first it was a little awkward having two dudes in the presence of a bachelorette party (I broke the ice by saying we were actually the strippers) but come round the second winery, inhibitions started to dissolve. That day, we visited Stellars, Danzo del Sol, and Leonesse. The bartenders were all very welcoming of us tourists- a little sly about getting you to join their wine membership but in any case, we had a good enough experience that we walked away with two bottles by the end of the trip. I personally enjoyed Danzo the best, they had something German that our guide kept calling Girls Are Mean... it was a delicious white wine! I also enjoyed the White Merlot at both Stellars and Leonesse. Apparently, the wineries start picking up around 2pm so the morning tour was nice because we didn't have to deal with the crowds. When I signed up for the tour, I had an image of what the food would be like (lunch comes with the morning tours). While I was pretty good off about 8 tastings and a glass, I knew the lunch we were eating wasn't all that special (a sandwich and pizza). Someone referenced that it felt like we were at camp again. We also got to play a wine tasting game where we had to pick out the cheapest wine of the bunch. If we said the wine that tasted the best was cheapest, we were given the title of being a Cheap Date... oh well, lol. All in all, it was a great way to experience wine country. I think if I'm feeling adventurous next time, I would get a group of friends together and hit up the wineries we like, or the ones that offered baked brie (which was on my bucket list but unfortunately none of the wineries we visited had that). I can't say I would automatically jump the gun and do the tour again, but I say everyone should try it at least once!
Travis is a ROCK STAR! This was a gift purchased through another company, and I understand it was more expensive than going direct to the Sunrider. Folks got to make their money and we would have never found Sunrider otherwise, so no foul with that. We met in Old Town Temecula, which has its pros and cons. Pro is it's so quaint with lots of shopping and entertainment if you've never been before. Con is if you wanted to continue on to more wineries after the tour, because Old Town is on the other side of the freeway and traffic has become a nightmare on the main arteries. Learn the side streets! I was little concerned with 6 folks crammed in a jeep with the top on (weather called for a chance of storms), but we got cozi and managed. Fortunately, we had a GREAT group! A couple celebrating their 8th anniversary, and sisters celebrating a birthday, which we were, as well. Everyone was in celebration mode! We started at Hart, which at first bummed me out because its one of the originals and I've been there several times; however not in probably the last 15 years. It did not disappoint in the end. The tasting room has been changed and the staff was very knowledgeable, adding to a fun start to the tour. I had never been to the next winery, which as a group we helped choose since they offered more traditional Italian-style wines, Robert Renzoni. Looking back, this was a favorite stop of the day on the tour. We loved the reds and pretty much tasted them all. Had to buy some and we're most likely going to join their wine club, as well. Last stop was Leoness, where I've been a few times. We had a nice box lunch on the patio, which concerned me at first because they serve lunch. Usually establishments frown on that, but no one seemed to mind. I guess the tour companies have this worked as a marketing opportunity. The best was yet to come! Travis took us on a really fun ride through the vineyards after lunch settled in. The ride was fun and he really knows his stuff!! It wasn't surprising to learn that he is family to one of the local wineries and was raised in the vineyards. There were a few in the group that weren't wine drinkers, and something that I LOVE in a teacher is that he knew the subject well enough to educate on any level. He could explain processes and terms so that he never spoke "above" someone's level of knowledge. This man should pursue being an educator! Travis brought us out to find some late harvest grapes, which we sampled and he delved a bit into the farming and harvesting aspects before taking us over to the barrel room, which we learned more about blending. Then we headed over to the outside area where grapes were cleaned up and crushed after being harvested and put into the steel vats outside. We got to taste the "juce" that was fermenting, too. What a treat! In fact, there wasn't another tour that day so our 2pm return time was delayed to 4pm! I'm a serious wine drinker, as is my husband. We both came out of restaurant service, and I've done MANY wine seminars over the years. We both learned a LOT on this tour and I would definitely recommend it to anyone at any level of sophistication...beer drinkers included!
My 3 friends and I booked a wine tour for a Tues for $99 per person. We had a wonderful tour guide, Travis who met us around 11:15 with his Jeep (our ride for the day) in front of the Starbucks in Old Temecula. He was really nice, very informative and knowledgeable about wines without being pretentious, and he was an awesome guide the whole day! We all learned a LOT about wines and had a GREAT time! He took us to 3 different wineries: Robert Renzoni, Leonesse, and Danza del Sol. All the wineries were really close to each other, like less than 5 min away driving. At each winery, we were given several tastings (about 5-6) and we got to choose which wines we each wanted to try based off of their menu. First stop: Robert Renzoni. I reallyyyy liked the Cantata (start with this one!!) and I also LOVED the Bellissimo which is a sweet white wine. I loved it so much that I bought a bottle of it to take home (you get like a 10% discount if you're on the tour too so I highly recommend you take advantage of it)! They also gave us a delicious tomato marinara sauce to dip our crackers in. Man, that marinara... too good! Second stop: Leonesse. This is a lot of people's favorites! We had a really fun, friendly pourer who made the experience that much greater. We learned a lot about wines from him such as how when you see a description underneath wine such as "chocolate, strawberries, grapefruit, vanilla, clove, tobacco" etc. it doesn't mean they add those ingredients! They NEVER add anything to wine! It's pretty much subjective, everyone tastes something different depending on their past memories and experiences, and the description is whatever the wine experts said it tasted like when they tasted it! Mind = blown. I thought this whole time my taste buds weren't refined enough to taste all those flavors! Crazy! ANYWAY, my favorites here were the signature selection cabernet sauvignon (so unique, smooth, and delicious)! and the 2011 white merlot! Yummyyy! Their muscat canelli's were really good too! They have like 3 different kinds. Try all of them! After the tastings here, we had lunch in the patio. Travis brought us our lunch from a place nearby called Cosi(?) which we placed orders for in the morning with Travis. My friend and I shared the Italiano sandwich and the Signature Salad which had amazingly delicious dressing with cranberries, apples, nuts, etc. So good! Get the salad! Third and final stop: Danza del Sol. This winery is known to have really good whites! I really liked the 2011 Gewurztraminer. That is a definite must-try there, especially if you're like me and you like the slightly sweeter white wines! One of the coolest parts of the trip was the off-roading! Travis drove us literally THROUGH a vineyard, in between the rows of the plants while blasting Indiana Jones music! LOL it was hilarious and so much fun! We all really enjoyed it! He also let us stop a lot to take pictures! Thanks Travis for the wonderful time! We loved it!
We had the best time with Spencer!! I highly recommend eating a big breakfast if you're thinking about the earlier tour...I just had a banana and a granola bar...not enough for all the wine! I do wish that we would have gotten to see more of the actual vineyards, but but our group was a little chatty and we got a tiny bit behind schedule. So that was on us. The jeep was cozy for 6 people, but we all became friends so it was fine after getting used to it :) Lunch was delicious and the vineyard where we ate had a beautiful patio. Couldn't have asked for a better experience. The off roading was really run, too!!
We had the best time on our tour! Came to Temecula to celebrate my 40th birthday with friends. Tyler was our guide and made the day so much fun. He had great information about each of the wineries we visited. Made us feel welcomed and relaxed. Lunch was delicious and we enjoyed all of the different wine tastings. Highly recommend a Jeep wine tour!
Wow what a fun day we had here! In the morning we started off with an amazing balloon ride and planned this wine tasting tour to happen afterwards. Our tour guide was SETH, very friendly and knowledgable. He definitely knew how to show us a great time, he was awesome and very personable. If you request him as you're guide, you will have a blast!! We visited 4 different vineyards in the course of the 5 hour tour. I'm not a wine drinker, but its cool how you can notice the differences between each vineyards wine, we bought 6-7 bottles for a special cruise coming up. :) Seth took us inside one vineyard to watch the winemaking process, I was clueless what took place until now. Haha. We are already planning a family Temecula trip which will involve both excursions! :) This tour company is VERY professional, friendly and organized and more than we hoped for. Don't waste your time looking elsewhere, these guys are the best. We were extremely happy and will be back for sure. Thanks again and good job SETH!! Derek and Aide :)
My group of 7 did our tour a few weeks ago in the middle of the summer and we had the best time! We each purchased a $69 Groupon back in May and finally agreed on a date. Coming from San Diego, Yes, it was flippin HOT in Temecula! According to my car it was 105. But after a few drinks and great company that doesn't matter. Sara and Jesse were our very friendly, informative guides (aka:DDs)! They were very accommodating with our rowdy group after a few glasses. ;) The off-roading took us to the top of this mountain where they turned up the music and let us dance around! (Thanks guys! The pictures are hilarious!) We choose our lunch orders at the first winery and by the second one it had arrived. We were able to enjoy it in the very cool Leoness Cellars tasting room. Wineries we visited: 1. Bel Vino (Awesome service. See review: http://www.yelp.com/biz/bel-vino-winery-temecula#hrid:7-iwfQmvb2Anx2yUoqLMoA) 2. Leoness Cellars- Purchased their '11 White Merlot. Yum! 3. Danza del Sol Winery- Souvenir glass from here! Being a newbie, this was definitely the best way to start!
This was our very first wine tour and we had an absolute blast!!! Our guide Tyler made the journey very enjoyable and educational. We will definitely be back! :)
By far my most favorite way to visit wine country. I've done the wine tasting via a limousine. I've gone in our own carpools and even been curious to try the cable car/trolleys. In my opinion, by far, the COOLEST and most fun way to experience Temecula is by Jeep. Dress comfortably. Best to pick a time of the year when the weather is comfortably cool. We had such a perfect day, not too hot and not too cold. Amazing views of the wineries that you may not otherwise experience. The coolest views behind-the-scenes amidst the vineyards. Thank you so much, Travis (&Tyler) for such an amazing wine tasting excursion celebrating our birthday girl. It was truly one-of-a-kind and fabulous way to experience Temecula's wine country!! You guys went above and beyond!! We absolutely have to recommend this experience to all our friends. If you'd like to catch a glimpse of the excursion, welcomed to view this video I put together for my friend's birthday recap. https://youtu.be/JAqPJq7JW98 read more
4 years ago
What a fun wine tour for my Dad's 60th birthday!! Highly recommend! Travis was friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating. We had the best time and suggest booking Sunrider Wine tours for your next event! We plan to be repeat customers! read more
For my boyfriends birthday I decided he wanted to go wine tasting for the weekend. Now that I chose the weekend, I couldn't make him pull on his khakis and boat shoes then stuff him in a limo to hang with strangers for the wine tasting so I looked up alternative options. I found Sunrider to offer a very unique way of visiting different wineries. I was able to make the reservation through their website and we were in contact with our driver by email and then by phone the day of our tour. We were picked up from our hotel in Temecula in a yellow Jeep with the top down and immediately felt ready for the adventure ahead. It was a little chilly in the backseat but we could hear our driver well enough to ask questions. He explained that we were going to three wineries and asked us and the two girls who joined us what our preferences were for the day. We all agreed to go in search of red blends. He chose Callaway, Danza Del Sol and Leoness. Upon arrival to the wineries, we were given six tickets each for tasting and we had about an hour at each location. After the first and second visit, our driver would ask questions about how we enjoyed the wine so he could make an informed choice about our next stop. We ended up buying a bottle at the third winery and shared it with our new Jeep friends. In between the first and second winery we took a little off roading detour so we could hoot and holler a bit! Having a knowledgeable, personable, sober driver to lead us on our wine tasting journey was the absolute key to a fantastic birthday for the bf. To be honest, the third winery and the events thereafter get a little blurry but I had the best time with Sunrider as our host and we will use them again the next time we wine taste in Temecula. I highly recommend the Jeep wine tour! $120 pp and the tour lasted 4hrs. read more
5 years ago
Thank you Travis for the great tour! You were very friendly, funny and informative. We enjoyed the off roading and the 3 wineries. We will definitely do another tour in the future. We highly recommend Sunrider Jeep wine tours to anyone coming to Temecula winery. read more
7 years ago
This wine tour was AMAZING!! When you call to book ask for Nick. He was the best, entertaining and showed us all the ropes! He took us off-roading as well. We had the best group of strangers which made the whole experience worth it! This tour is worth every dollar you spend on it! Every winery was welcoming and poured good sized tastings. They also educated us about the wines and their vineyard. read more
4 years ago
What a great day! Travis was a fantastic host...knowledgeable about every aspect of winemakers and the Temecula area. He chose 3 relatively small wineries where we had the opportunity to really get to know the winemakers, taste some fantastic wines, and have the perfect experience. We will definitely do our wine tasting in the future with Travis & Christie. Great people! read more
How amazingly cool! My mom and I had a great time on this wine tour. Tim, our guide picked us up at our villa at 10AM just as promised. He introduced himself and took us over to his yellow jeep. We experienced so much more on this tour than we would ever experience on our own. On the tour, we checked out four wineries, Stuart Cellars (http://www.yelp.com/biz/stuart-cellars-temecula#hrid:7zhn7rZAg3b3sc2luq5bXA), Wiens (http://www.yelp.com/biz/wiens-family-cellars-temecula#hrid:DZmxkUGcl4NyQd7lTBjjng), Leonesse (http://www.yelp.com/biz/wiens-family-cellars-temecula#hrid:DZmxkUGcl4NyQd7lTBjjng), and Longshadow Ranch (http://www.yelp.com/biz/longshadow-ranch-vineyard-and-winery-temecula#hrid:4QcNeUAX8jwqB-n8LzW8ZA). Sunrider works closely with the local, family owned wineries in the area rather than the larger ones. I like that. All four of the wineries were cool; I have elaborated on the individual winery reviews linked above. While we were at the second winery (Wiens) Tim ran to get us lunch and came back with the most delicious salads. We all sat out in the sun at the winery eating salads and talking. It was perfect. When we were done, we went to the Leonesse Winery where we did six more tastings and then had a tour of the equipment and barrel room. After that, we went off-roading through the vineyard, literally through the vineyard. So cool! Then, Tim put on some thematic music and went up to the top of this hill for a great view and some pictures. This was so much fun; everyone in our jeep was so down to earth and nice. Tim was a great guide and I really could not agree more with Ashley D, Tim really is THE MAN! What a cool experience. If you enjoy wine and plan on doing some sort of a tour, I highly recommend this. read more
7 years ago
This is a late review but this is probably the best wine tour in Temecula! We explored a bunch of different wineries, had an amazing lunch and did some fun off-roading. Our tour guide Tyler was friendly, funny and informative, which made it all the more enjoyable. We had a small issue with redeeming our groupon, but the staff was really helpful and even accommodated our last minute date changes. Getting drunk and driving around in a big open yellow jeep is always a plus read more
I didn't know what to expect but I have to say that the reviews of this place matched my experience for sure! We were picked up promptly from our hotel at 9:45am as we were told. This is a nice touch because no one wanted to worry about the drive back. If you can, try to sit in the backseat of the jeep, makes it that much better. We had Seth and Sheena as our tour guides for the day - both of which knew exactly what they were talking about and what they were doing. Interestingly enough, me and my best friend got grouped up with a bachelorette party. They looked like a fun bunch, donning these outrageously large hats and bringing along a giant blow up of a penis they appropriately named 'Willy.' With wine on the horizon, we were in for a treat. Yes, at first it was a little awkward having two dudes in the presence of a bachelorette party (I broke the ice by saying we were actually the strippers) but come round the second winery, inhibitions started to dissolve. That day, we visited Stellars, Danzo del Sol, and Leonesse. The bartenders were all very welcoming of us tourists- a little sly about getting you to join their wine membership but in any case, we had a good enough experience that we walked away with two bottles by the end of the trip. I personally enjoyed Danzo the best, they had something German that our guide kept calling Girls Are Mean... it was a delicious white wine! I also enjoyed the White Merlot at both Stellars and Leonesse. Apparently, the wineries start picking up around 2pm so the morning tour was nice because we didn't have to deal with the crowds. When I signed up for the tour, I had an image of what the food would be like (lunch comes with the morning tours). While I was pretty good off about 8 tastings and a glass, I knew the lunch we were eating wasn't all that special (a sandwich and pizza). Someone referenced that it felt like we were at camp again. We also got to play a wine tasting game where we had to pick out the cheapest wine of the bunch. If we said the wine that tasted the best was cheapest, we were given the title of being a Cheap Date... oh well, lol. All in all, it was a great way to experience wine country. I think if I'm feeling adventurous next time, I would get a group of friends together and hit up the wineries we like, or the ones that offered baked brie (which was on my bucket list but unfortunately none of the wineries we visited had that). I can't say I would automatically jump the gun and do the tour again, but I say everyone should try it at least once! read more
11 years ago
Travis is a ROCK STAR! This was a gift purchased through another company, and I understand it was more expensive than going direct to the Sunrider. Folks got to make their money and we would have never found Sunrider otherwise, so no foul with that. We met in Old Town Temecula, which has its pros and cons. Pro is it's so quaint with lots of shopping and entertainment if you've never been before. Con is if you wanted to continue on to more wineries after the tour, because Old Town is on the other side of the freeway and traffic has become a nightmare on the main arteries. Learn the side streets! I was little concerned with 6 folks crammed in a jeep with the top on (weather called for a chance of storms), but we got cozi and managed. Fortunately, we had a GREAT group! A couple celebrating their 8th anniversary, and sisters celebrating a birthday, which we were, as well. Everyone was in celebration mode! We started at Hart, which at first bummed me out because its one of the originals and I've been there several times; however not in probably the last 15 years. It did not disappoint in the end. The tasting room has been changed and the staff was very knowledgeable, adding to a fun start to the tour. I had never been to the next winery, which as a group we helped choose since they offered more traditional Italian-style wines, Robert Renzoni. Looking back, this was a favorite stop of the day on the tour. We loved the reds and pretty much tasted them all. Had to buy some and we're most likely going to join their wine club, as well. Last stop was Leoness, where I've been a few times. We had a nice box lunch on the patio, which concerned me at first because they serve lunch. Usually establishments frown on that, but no one seemed to mind. I guess the tour companies have this worked as a marketing opportunity. The best was yet to come! Travis took us on a really fun ride through the vineyards after lunch settled in. The ride was fun and he really knows his stuff!! It wasn't surprising to learn that he is family to one of the local wineries and was raised in the vineyards. There were a few in the group that weren't wine drinkers, and something that I LOVE in a teacher is that he knew the subject well enough to educate on any level. He could explain processes and terms so that he never spoke "above" someone's level of knowledge. This man should pursue being an educator! Travis brought us out to find some late harvest grapes, which we sampled and he delved a bit into the farming and harvesting aspects before taking us over to the barrel room, which we learned more about blending. Then we headed over to the outside area where grapes were cleaned up and crushed after being harvested and put into the steel vats outside. We got to taste the "juce" that was fermenting, too. What a treat! In fact, there wasn't another tour that day so our 2pm return time was delayed to 4pm! I'm a serious wine drinker, as is my husband. We both came out of restaurant service, and I've done MANY wine seminars over the years. We both learned a LOT on this tour and I would definitely recommend it to anyone at any level of sophistication...beer drinkers included! read more
My 3 friends and I booked a wine tour for a Tues for $99 per person. We had a wonderful tour guide, Travis who met us around 11:15 with his Jeep (our ride for the day) in front of the Starbucks in Old Temecula. He was really nice, very informative and knowledgeable about wines without being pretentious, and he was an awesome guide the whole day! We all learned a LOT about wines and had a GREAT time! He took us to 3 different wineries: Robert Renzoni, Leonesse, and Danza del Sol. All the wineries were really close to each other, like less than 5 min away driving. At each winery, we were given several tastings (about 5-6) and we got to choose which wines we each wanted to try based off of their menu. First stop: Robert Renzoni. I reallyyyy liked the Cantata (start with this one!!) and I also LOVED the Bellissimo which is a sweet white wine. I loved it so much that I bought a bottle of it to take home (you get like a 10% discount if you're on the tour too so I highly recommend you take advantage of it)! They also gave us a delicious tomato marinara sauce to dip our crackers in. Man, that marinara... too good! Second stop: Leonesse. This is a lot of people's favorites! We had a really fun, friendly pourer who made the experience that much greater. We learned a lot about wines from him such as how when you see a description underneath wine such as "chocolate, strawberries, grapefruit, vanilla, clove, tobacco" etc. it doesn't mean they add those ingredients! They NEVER add anything to wine! It's pretty much subjective, everyone tastes something different depending on their past memories and experiences, and the description is whatever the wine experts said it tasted like when they tasted it! Mind = blown. I thought this whole time my taste buds weren't refined enough to taste all those flavors! Crazy! ANYWAY, my favorites here were the signature selection cabernet sauvignon (so unique, smooth, and delicious)! and the 2011 white merlot! Yummyyy! Their muscat canelli's were really good too! They have like 3 different kinds. Try all of them! After the tastings here, we had lunch in the patio. Travis brought us our lunch from a place nearby called Cosi(?) which we placed orders for in the morning with Travis. My friend and I shared the Italiano sandwich and the Signature Salad which had amazingly delicious dressing with cranberries, apples, nuts, etc. So good! Get the salad! Third and final stop: Danza del Sol. This winery is known to have really good whites! I really liked the 2011 Gewurztraminer. That is a definite must-try there, especially if you're like me and you like the slightly sweeter white wines! One of the coolest parts of the trip was the off-roading! Travis drove us literally THROUGH a vineyard, in between the rows of the plants while blasting Indiana Jones music! LOL it was hilarious and so much fun! We all really enjoyed it! He also let us stop a lot to take pictures! Thanks Travis for the wonderful time! We loved it! read more
13 years ago
We had the best time with Spencer!! I highly recommend eating a big breakfast if you're thinking about the earlier tour...I just had a banana and a granola bar...not enough for all the wine! I do wish that we would have gotten to see more of the actual vineyards, but but our group was a little chatty and we got a tiny bit behind schedule. So that was on us. The jeep was cozy for 6 people, but we all became friends so it was fine after getting used to it :) Lunch was delicious and the vineyard where we ate had a beautiful patio. Couldn't have asked for a better experience. The off roading was really run, too!! read more
8 years ago
We had the best time on our tour! Came to Temecula to celebrate my 40th birthday with friends. Tyler was our guide and made the day so much fun. He had great information about each of the wineries we visited. Made us feel welcomed and relaxed. Lunch was delicious and we enjoyed all of the different wine tastings. Highly recommend a Jeep wine tour! read more
15 years ago
Wow what a fun day we had here! In the morning we started off with an amazing balloon ride and planned this wine tasting tour to happen afterwards. Our tour guide was SETH, very friendly and knowledgable. He definitely knew how to show us a great time, he was awesome and very personable. If you request him as you're guide, you will have a blast!! We visited 4 different vineyards in the course of the 5 hour tour. I'm not a wine drinker, but its cool how you can notice the differences between each vineyards wine, we bought 6-7 bottles for a special cruise coming up. :) Seth took us inside one vineyard to watch the winemaking process, I was clueless what took place until now. Haha. We are already planning a family Temecula trip which will involve both excursions! :) This tour company is VERY professional, friendly and organized and more than we hoped for. Don't waste your time looking elsewhere, these guys are the best. We were extremely happy and will be back for sure. Thanks again and good job SETH!! Derek and Aide :) read more
6 years ago
14 years ago
My group of 7 did our tour a few weeks ago in the middle of the summer and we had the best time! We each purchased a $69 Groupon back in May and finally agreed on a date. Coming from San Diego, Yes, it was flippin HOT in Temecula! According to my car it was 105. But after a few drinks and great company that doesn't matter. Sara and Jesse were our very friendly, informative guides (aka:DDs)! They were very accommodating with our rowdy group after a few glasses. ;) The off-roading took us to the top of this mountain where they turned up the music and let us dance around! (Thanks guys! The pictures are hilarious!) We choose our lunch orders at the first winery and by the second one it had arrived. We were able to enjoy it in the very cool Leoness Cellars tasting room. Wineries we visited: 1. Bel Vino (Awesome service. See review: http://www.yelp.com/biz/bel-vino-winery-temecula#hrid:7-iwfQmvb2Anx2yUoqLMoA) 2. Leoness Cellars- Purchased their '11 White Merlot. Yum! 3. Danza del Sol Winery- Souvenir glass from here! Being a newbie, this was definitely the best way to start! read more
15 years ago
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8 years ago
This was our very first wine tour and we had an absolute blast!!! Our guide Tyler made the journey very enjoyable and educational. We will definitely be back! :) read more
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I went on this on a Saturday for the 2:30pm tour. Our driver/host was Sarah and she was soo soo soo great! Talk about a fun, outgoing, social person to spend the day with. She was very informative, and had a lot of patience with our group of girls. She dropped us off at 3 different winerys...... Hart, Miramonte, and Leoness. She kind of waited outside and would check in on us to see how we were doing. She took us off roading which was so much fun, especially when you've had a few glasses of wine in. I would say we were at each winery for a little bit over an hour. At the end of the tour she gave us the option of taking us back to old town or dropping us off at a winery for dinner. We chose to have dinner so we got dropped off, tipped her (well deserved) and said till next time! I would recommend this tour to anyone, and I would do it again. read more
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Celebrated my best friends 30th Birthday! Travis was such an amazing and awesome tour guide. We had an absolute BLAST!! We visited some great wineries and had a great lunch. Highly recommend!! read more
8 years ago
9 years ago
Making the reservation with Christine/christy was horrible. She literally made my group and I question booking this company but luckily we went through with it. Our tour guide Seth was AMAZING. he was knowledgeable and hospitable. Seth ahould be recognized as a true professional and he just is a well rounded guy. I cannot wait to come back to Temecula to call Seth and to recommend him as a guide to friends! He really turned this around, my girlfriends and I had a fantastic and most importantly memorable visit. Thank you so much Seth, you were fantastic. read more
13 years ago
One of THE BEST times I've had IN MY LIFE!!! NO JOKE. Although I have not been on many, this wine tour was definitely the best one yet-and I highly doubt anything will top it. Tim was our driver/guide on the most awesome drunken wine adventure ever. Two of my girlfriends and I were met by jeep in Temecula. We picked up another couple on the way and took off to 3 wineries. Stuart Cellars Wiens Cellars Leonesse When we arrived at each of the wineries Tim would go get our wine glasses and tasting tickets, and then would help us get a place at the bar to begin tasting. He knew all the wine pourers (is that what they're called?) and who would hook us up. That was extremely helpful because this one chick barely gave us enough to sniff one of the wines, let alone taste it. Stuart Cellars allowed us 5 tastes-although our pourer dude hooked me up with a couple freebies, and the other wineries 6. Three wineries may not seem like alot, but with all of the tastings we did it seemed like more than enough to us. At the last winery (Leonesse) Tim gave us a cheese plate with a bunch of yummy cheeses, grapes, bread, tapanade, and jam. He brought the last tastings we had left out to us too (with some phahhhty ass pours!) and we enjoyed our snacks outside overlooking the Vineyard. We were than taken through the grape vines to the barrel room and had our very last tasting in there taken by funnel straight out of the barrel!!! So rad! We took in bunch of goofy pictures in there cuz we were all pretty wasted at that point! The absolute best part, though was the OFFROADING! In between the second and third winery, and after the third before we were returned to our cars, Tim took us on winding dirt roads in the vineyards...The views were breathtaking, and it was like a fun, bumpy rollercoaster!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! He turned the music up loud and we were all singing along and being goofy. On the way back people in other cars were staring at us, it was classic... If you ever go wine tasting in Temecula-which YOU SHOULD, you HAVE TO go with Sunrider!!! And definitely ask for TIM, he's the man!! read more
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15 years ago
Woot this as good as it gets! Not going to lie, my first thoughts when I read about the place. Wine? Okay okay I would rather have scotch but it will do. Jeep? Interesting concept, especially as I drive a Prius lol. Off-Roading? Hummm that sounds interesting, wait what! Alcohol + Jeep + Offroading = OMG it has to be insanely fun. And for the record, this tour lived up to it. First off, this was not only my first wine tour with Sunrider Jeep Tours but also my first wine tour ever (thanks to the Yelp deal) and I have to say it has been a while since I have had soooooo much fun! Our guide was the best tour guide to date (and no it was not just because he gave me free wine lol). First off, he was more than on time, even calling 30 minutes ahead to confirm the tour and meetup location, as well as arriving a couple of minutes early to the Starbucks. Once there, as we were waiting on some late comers, he took our lunch orders, which come from a place called Cosi (highly recommend their food - they BBQ Chicken Pizza was amazing as was their Italian Flatbread Sandwich). He was very friendly, knowledgeable about the area, and was spontaneous enough to remedy any issues that arrived on the tour such as the late comers and, once the tour actually started, feels like an adventure with the Jurassic Park music, it was just smooth sailing from there. As for the jeep itself, it seats six and the driver tour guide with one person in shotgun, three in the middle, and two more out in the back where there is no roof. Everyone on our tour was very amiable and we just rotated so that everyone got a chance to sit in the back (the best seat in the house). The drive to each of the wineries was quite short, about 10-15 minutes in-between, and once there you get about 5 to 6 different wine tastings depending on the place. Moreover, there is a short stint offroading which was a blast, especially with the Indian Jones theme song playing in the background! I swear those five hours flew by so fast that you wish you could stack these tours and continue for another five. I would highly recommend coming to try them out as it is a blast. Come for a birthday or two, a date or two, or just when you are feeling out like trying some new wines - any way you won't be disappointed as the tour is simply amazing and well worth the price! read more
15 years ago
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