Platypus Wine Tours, established in 2004, offers engaging and informative wine tours throughout Napa Valley and Sonoma Wine Country. Specializing in small-group experiences, they guide guests to lesser-known, family-owned wineries...
Platypus Wine Tours, established in 2004, offers engaging and informative wine tours throughout Napa Valley and Sonoma Wine Country. Specializing in small-group experiences, they guide guests to lesser-known, family-owned wineries...
With a stellar reputation built over years of repeat customers, this Napa and Sonoma tour operator delivers consistently exceptional experiences through personalized service and knowledgeable guides. Multiple reviewers mention returning year after year, with some celebrating their 11th annual trip. The team excels at customization, offering varying levels of trip planning assistance and tailoring winery selections to your preferences, whether you want Instagram-worthy views or specific varietals. Guides like Jason, Rob, Army, and Steve earn frequent praise for their expertise, photography skills, and ability to make the day feel effortless and fun. The logistics side impresses just as much as the tours themselves. Expect detailed communication before your trip, thoughtful touches like keeping purchases safe and water bottles cold, and guides who handle timing so you can relax. They visit intimate, smaller wineries rather than crowded tourist spots, and groups consistently report making friends with fellow wine lovers. One isolated incident involved a driver being impatient at a photo stop, but this stands out as an anomaly among hundreds of glowing reviews. The overall experience balances learning about wine history with genuine fun, all while keeping safety front and center with professional drivers.
We had the absolute BEST time and experience with Platypus Wine Tours. From the very beginning, we received information, recommendations, and tailored planning. We paid the extra fee to have it planned out, and I would definitely recommend going that route if you are open! They tailored the wineries to what we wanted to get out of our experience, different wines and instagramable views.. You can have them plan as little or as much as you’d like. They booked everything for us, gave all the information- and this is all before the actual tour! We had the absolute best driver. Robert was such a gentleman and walked us to and through every step of the way. He really made the experience even better. Let us play our music, went and picked up our sandwiches for lunch while we were at our first tasting, brought everything we needed for the day, and was right on time. He made sure we didn’t have to worry about timing and didn’t stress us out at all. I actually cannot recommend booking through Platypus enough!! (picture we made Robert hop in)
Lindsey Meyers
October 11, 2025
We had the absolute BEST time and experience with Platypus Wine Tours. From the very beginning, we received information, recommendations, and tailored planning. We paid the extra fee to have it planned out, and I would definitely recommend going that route if you are open! They tailored the wineries to what we wanted to get out of our experience, different wines and instagramable views.. You can have them plan as little or as much as you’d like. They booked everything for us, gave all the information- and this is all before the actual tour! We had the absolute best driver. Robert was such a gentleman and walked us to and through every step of the way. He really made the experience even better. Let us play our music, went and picked up our sandwiches for lunch while we were at our first tasting, brought everything we needed for the day, and was right on time. He made sure we didn’t have to worry about timing and didn’t stress us out at all. I actually cannot recommend booking through Platypus enough!! (picture we made Robert hop in)
Lindsey Meyers
October 11, 2025