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Top 10 Adventures with Friends in Wine Country

Wine brings people together; a bottle shared among friends is often the setting for uncovering old memories or making new ones. The same is true for travel in Wine Country…but to a more stellar degree. Imagine visiting wineries off-the-beaten path, blending your own wine or even cooking up dinner at a family winery. These top 10 adventures are designed to treat your seriously close confidants to some seriously amazing experiences in Wine Country.

1. 6-Day Wine Tasting Extravaganza: BeautifulPlaces invites you to a “Wine Tasting Extravaganza” you and seven of your best friends. Spend six magical days of wine and food at your own Tuscan retreat perched above Sonoma Valley. VIP wine tours, champagne reception, special library wine tastings, gourmet lunch in a wine cave and more. Read More

2. Ultimate Excursion - Winemaker for a Day: Each of you will get the opportunity to be Winemaker for the day, while relaxing among the barrels of a Napa Valley boutique winery. Fleury Estates hosts your private wine and food pairing followed by the chance of a lifetime to blend your own wine. You will be given barrel samples of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc to utilize in creating your own "One of a Kind" wine. Read More

3. Celebrity Wine Tasting, Million Dollar Views: Experience celebrity status for a day in Wine Country. Stretch limo escort, champagne reception in your honor, rendezvous with an infamous Napa artist studio, reservation at the Private Wine Tasting room at Artesa Winery and insider access to tour an amazing estate in Napa Valley. Read more

4. VIP Grand Wine Tasting Tour: Imagine cruising the Napa Valley in a 1947 limousine convertible and touring wineries not regularly open to the public. Your driver is your personal guide to the not often seen parts of Napa Valley. Enjoy getting behind the scenes, meeting the winemakers, walk in the vineyards, visit the caves, taste great wines, and create memories that will last a lifetime. Read More

5. Culinary Getaway with Family Winery: Get to the heart of food and wine with your own Culinary Getaway day. Hands-on cooking class, food and wine pairing exploration, gourmet multi-course meal and tour of the family vineyards for the six of you. Read More

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