Knowledgeable tour. However, if you’re looking for a relaxing day this is likely not it. Your guide, if Paul, is jolly and knows a lot. However, you will not have any silence for a full nine hours.
Ride there- took about 1.5-2 hours because he did a city tour of San Fran.
1st vineyard- great wine, but we tasted then had to immediately leave to go to Sonoma for lunch.
Sonoma- we have over an hour and a half for lunch which was a lot more than needed in the tiny town.
2nd winery - just a shop, no vineyard. Good wine, we didn’t have time to even walk to the patio, we sipped then loaded back into the van.
3rd vineyard- very nice, did tasting and had about fifteen minutes free. Then back to the van.
Stop before back to SFO - approx 30minutes- not sure why we stopped here and was not even enough time to do anything.
Drive back - took a very long time due to Sunday traffic, and the route was indirect and I believe it made things go longer.
Overall, I would have liked time to drink wine walk around the vineyards or at least have time to buy one glass of wine. We just got put in a van to next stop and then wasted time in places which we couldn’t enjoy due to time constraints- whereas we could have enjoyed another half hour at a vineyard which is what we purchased the tour for. Unfortunately, I wish we would have just done this on our own and saved the money.
If you want to chat all day and spend a lot of time in a van or in a town this is for you. If you want lots of knowledge (which is mostly accurate) also for you. But I would not recommend it as a romantic day or time to connect with those you’re...
Read moreI had the opportunity to go on a Sonoma County wine tour with Marc and could not recommend him and EOWT enough. I would recommend the wine tour and would love to do a private tour with him for a work event or just another private outing to wine country.
Pick up was on prompt and easy and Marc was incredibly friendly and personable. He memorized everyone’s names on the spot and made everyone feel comfortable, is a great conversationalist and also had really insightful SF facts throughout the ride to Sonoma (that’s saying a lot as a proud San Francisco native myself).
We visited three different spots on the tour that day and got a great variety of all that Sonoma has to offer: from really small and local wineries that actually grow their own grapes to larger, established vineyards with beautiful grounds. The tour featured different vineyards and tasting rooms. I always felt we had enough time at each place to enjoy the wine and walk around.
We also stopped by downtown Sonoma for lunch and Sausalito on the way back. These were great additional stops and gave us a break from wine tasting. For those coming from out of town and looking to hit up different cities outside of San Francisco, it’s a great opportunity to explore.
11/ 10 would recommend Marc + Edge of the World Tours for the Sonoma wine tour and will be looking for another opportunity to book them for a...
Read moreIt's been over a week since our tour 5/15/22. We traveled to Hawaii so now that I'm back, I wanted to write a quality review. If I could give this 100 stars, I would. Anthony was our Guide. Our group was wildly fun and it was a great day. Anthony is so smart, personable, warm, friendly and FUNNY! Literally, the best day all 4 of us had entire vacation, including the Hawaii portion of the trip. We miss Anthony and want to be friends with him!!! The wineries were all very different and all great experiences. This is my 4th wine tour to Sonoma over the last 10 years and this is by far the best. The price is great and it included all of the tastings. The transportation was roomy and comfortable. We didn't feel rushed. We also LOVED Joe from Mayo winery. What a great guy! And finally, Mark, who I believe is an owner. He was in communication with me via fb messenger and telephone. He answered all my questions. I promised him that the 4 of us would be fun, but I wasn't expecting the other 8 people to be so much fun and THEN to have Anrhony as a guide just topped things off.
Please let Anthony know how much we appreciated him and we enjoyed his stories as well. He really made our entire vacation. Not many people can do that! Stephanie, Phil, John and Tara...
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