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Santa Barbara Wine Tour - Self-Guided GPS Audio Tour

Santa Barbara, USA

4 to 9 hours (approx.)
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Offered in: English
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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
  • Wine tastings and cellar-door tasting fees (paid directly at each winery)
  • Food, meals and snacks
  • Transport, vehicle hire, fuel and phone mount
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Solvang

Founded in 1911 by Danish-American settlers who bought nearly nine thousand acres; the name means sunny field, and around two million people visit each year.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Los Olivos

A village of roughly eleven hundred people carrying more than thirty tasting rooms along Grand Avenue and Alamo Pintado.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Dragonette Cellars - Tasting Room

A relaxed Los Olivos storefront pouring Pinot Noir and Syrah, and one of the highest-rated rooms in the village.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Stolpman Vineyards

Estate wines from the family's Ballard Canyon ranch, poured on Grand Avenue.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Firestone Vineyard

Leonard and Brooks Firestone bought 300 acres north of Los Olivos in 1972 and built Santa Barbara County's first estate winery.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard

The actor-turned-vintner planted his 714-acre Foxen Canyon ranch in 1988.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Demetria Estate Winery

One of the county's first biodynamic vineyards, with Greek heritage and 45 acres of Rhone varietals on Foxen Canyon Road.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Foxen Canyon Wine Trail

The scenic back road linking the Santa Ynez and Santa Maria valleys, running past Foxen, Fess Parker and Rancho Sisquoc.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Rancho Sisquoc Winery

A working cattle ranch on an 1845 Mexican land grant, the only intact grant in California, which planted its first vines in 1968.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Beckmen Vineyards

Santa Barbara's first biodynamic estate, on Refugio Road south of Los Olivos.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

The Brander Vineyard

Founded in 1975 and still known for the Sauvignon Blanc program that made its name.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Happy Canyon Vineyard

A by-appointment ranch in the warm eastern AVA, where Bordeaux varieties ripen in temperatures up to twenty degrees above the Sta. Rita Hills.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Santa Barbara Winery

Pierre Lafond opened it in 1962 as the county's first commercial winery since Prohibition.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Ostrichland USA

Operating since 1983 on Highway 246 between Buellton and Solvang, home to around a hundred ostriches and a few dozen emus.
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30 minutes Admission Ticket Free

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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • 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

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Santa Barbara Wine Tour – Self-Guided GPS Audio Tour?

A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (PST). Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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What's Included

Activity name

  • 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

Additional Info

Activity name

  • 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 Viator 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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