Tours and Tastings Napa Valley

We Welcome You!

Our hammock is waiting for you...

Please come visit us for a tour of our estate and a tasting of our wines. We are open Monday through Saturday from 10 am until 5 pm. We are open Sunday from 11 until 5 pm.

Please call or email in advance for an appointment. This will ensure that your visit will exceed your expectations. All of our tastings are seated either on our back lawn or inside the winery, depending on weather.

Our tours are casual and informal, yet sufficiently detailed about our specific methods of viticulture and winemaking to answer all the questions you may have about what makes our approach to winemaking unique.

Expect to spend about an hour during your tour and tasting. We have small group tours of 4-8 people at a time (or your group together if you have more than 4); private tours are also available upon request.

We conduct a limited number of tours to ensure everyone has an outstanding experience.

Bart O'Brien with a great group of guests

Our Tour Experience

Your tour will start outside overlooking hundreds of acres of vineyards from our backyard. There your tour guide will discuss the history of Napa Valley, how this winery is part of that history, and our philosophy of wine making.

During your tour, we will describe how grapes are grown, pruned, and harvested in our vineyard. Then we will move to the winery to describe the winemaking process, from crushing the grapes to aging them in French oak barrels. Depending on the time of the year, you may be able to witness the actual crushing or bottling process and may be able to sample wine during the aging process from the barrel.

Making a Tour Appointment

Please call (707) 252-8463 or email mark@obrienestate.com to schedule a tour.

Tours Offered

Tour and Tasting – a 60 minute tour and tasting experience. Our tour starts outside at a picnic table overlooking hundreds of acres of vineyards. Then you will visit the main fermentation and barrel storage room of our winery and learn about how wine is fermented in our 500 to 3,000 gallon stainless steel tanks and then aged in French oak barrels (each barrel costs $1,100 to $1,200 each). Your tour will conclude in our bottling line room, where you can see our crusher/de-stemmer, must pump, and bottling line.

$15 per person; fee waved with the purchase of 1 bottle of wine per person or wine club signup per couple.

A detailed explanation of how grapes are fermented