Timing
Plans that assume everything runs on schedule are the ones that unravel. We build in the slack that absorbs a tasting overrunning, and we will tell you when an itinerary has one stop too many rather than quietly agreeing to it.
About us
We do one thing
Private chauffeured transportation for wine country days in Napa Valley and Sonoma County. Not airport work with a wine tour attached — this is the whole business.
The point of specialising
Wine country is a logistics problem before it is a luxury one
Most transportation companies that serve Napa and Sonoma also serve airports, weddings, corporate commuting and everything else. There is nothing wrong with that. But a wine country day has failure modes that a point-to-point transfer does not, and they are almost never about the vehicle.
Days go wrong because four appointments were booked when three would fit. Because the group was sized to seats and not to luggage and the cases they bought. Because the route ran through the worst stretch of Highway 29 at the worst hour. Because the last winery was the furthest one, so the longest drive happened when everyone was tired.
Those are the problems we have organised the business around. That is what the specialisation actually buys you — not a better car, but somebody who has seen the same day go wrong the same way and plans it out in advance.
How we approach it
Three things we take seriously
The right vehicle
Sized for people plus what they bring back, and chosen after the itinerary rather than before it — because winery approaches and country lanes set a ceiling that seat counts do not.
Being straight about it
We do not book your tastings, we have no arrangements with wineries, and we will say when two smaller vehicles make a better day than one large one. Being useful is worth more to us than being agreeable.
Scope
What we do, and what stays yours
Ours
A private vehicle and a professional chauffeur for the hours you book. Collection from wine country lodging, San Francisco or the Bay Area airports. Routing and timing between your stops, adjusted on the day. Your bags and everything you buy, secure in the vehicle between wineries. One point of contact, including across multiple vehicles.
Yours
The winery visits, booked in your own name, with tasting fees paid to each estate directly. We build the driving around what you have chosen — and if you have not chosen yet, we will tell you honestly what fits in the hours you are considering.
Who we drive
Four kinds of day, mostly
The vehicle changes, and so does everything else. Each of these has its own page because each has genuinely different constraints.
Couples and small groups
The most common booking we take, and the one where the flexibility of a private vehicle matters most.
Private wine toursLarger groups
Where winery access, road width and the time every stop takes start deciding the itinerary.
Group wine toursCorporate and executive
Written for whoever has been asked to organise it, often across more than one vehicle.
Corporate wine toursCelebrations
Days with something else already fixed — a dinner, a rehearsal, a table booked months ago.
Celebration wine toursTell us about your day
The date, how many of you there are, and where you would like to start. We will come back with the right vehicle and a straight price.