Overview
Drive Santa Barbara wine country yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point — Solvang, Los Olivos, Buellton or downtown Santa Barbara — choose the cellar doors you want from 63 across the valleys, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 86 stories cover the county's people and places: as you roll past the Santa Ynez Valley's tasting rooms you'll hear how, in 2004, a film called Sideways turned these quiet rooms into international pilgrimage sites overnight. No group, no schedule, no guide — pause for a long lunch in Los Olivos, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops on Foxen Canyon Road. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries.
What's Included
- Email and in-app chat support
- Regional stories on the six AVAs, transverse ranges and the Sideways effect
- In-app map covering Solvang, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, Foxen Canyon and Santa Maria
- GPS audio narration across 56 mapped Santa Barbara wineries and 16 points of interest
- Free content updates as new stories and wineries are added
- Trip planner to build and reorder your own tasting day
- Full offline download: every audio file saved to your phone before you leave wifi
- Buy once, no expiry, unlimited replays
- One purchase covers everyone in the vehicle
- Wine tastings and cellar-door tasting fees (paid directly at each winery)
- Food, meals and snacks
- Transport, vehicle hire, fuel and phone mount
- Mobile data required for the initial tour download
- Winery appointments and reservations where required
- Gratuities
Meeting Location
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
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Solvang
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Los Olivos
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Dragonette Cellars - Tasting Room
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Stolpman Vineyards
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Firestone Vineyard
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Demetria Estate Winery
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Foxen Canyon Wine Trail
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Rancho Sisquoc Winery
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Beckmen Vineyards
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
The Brander Vineyard
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Happy Canyon Vineyard
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Santa Barbara Winery
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Ostrichland USA
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
- Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency: max 2 texts per booking. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help
- Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi
- Unlock your region in the app: tap Redeem a booking or code, choose Booked online, then enter your [BRAND] booking reference (starts with BR-) and the last name on the booking
- Download your tour over wifi before you drive: coverage in wine country is patchy and the offline download keeps the narration playing
- One booking unlocks Santa Barbara wine country on your account for good: unlimited routes and tours, no expiry, no subscription
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