Bon Vivant Wine Tours

Ugh...
I don't like writing reviews like this.
This is a tasting room tour but, I get it...
Pick up was late. So everything ran late. Half of the time we didn't know what was going on. When we were leaving. Etc.
The driver seemed scattered.
I definitely wouldn't do it again.

We booked a private tour with Bon Vivant to celebrate our first wedding anniversary! We had a wonderful time. Our guide and driver, Rudy, was equal parts lovely and knowledgeable about wines in general as well as about the wine regions in Washington. We toured Novelty Hill, Enoteca at Chateau Ste Michele, and Efeste, and came home with 5 bottles we purchased. Bon Vivant is highly recommended! They do larger groups, too, not just private tours!

This was our second time visiting Seattle, last time we did a wine tour it was a few boutique wine tasting rooms, the Snoqualmie Falls and a chocolate factory (fun).
This visit we decided to go with Bon Vivant, the price was reasonable and the wineries we were visiting (Chateau Ste. Michelle, Patterson Cellars, Martedi Wines and Pondera Winery) were excellent.
We knew up front that each wine tasting (and lunch) was not included in the price (if you buy a some wine from the winery, they usually waive the tasting fees).
But what made the trip was our driver Peter, (request him if you can) he was/is a walking encyclopedia of all things wine, as he put it a "total wine nerd". We learned so much, how you should drink wine to maximize the flavors, the science behind different types of grapes and how it makes the different wines, why we like certain wines.
He made all the information accessible to understand without making us feel like newbies.
Thank you, Peter and Bon Vivant.

Peter is the wine guide you need:) We went on a tour today and he was so knowledgeable about the wines in this area, and about the wineries. It was the perfect way to spend my daughter's birthday and at the end he was able to find the red wine she was describing:) If you are looking for the perfect tour guide to guide you though the wonderful world of wines, Peter and Bon Vivant is the tour you are looking for!

Paid and booked a tour only to be told the day before the booking that it is canceled.

We were suppose to visit 4 to 5 wineries. Visited one. The other 3 were just wine tasting rooms.

An amazing time! My husband and I recently toured the Woodinville area win Bon Vivant on our first trip to Seattle. I was a bit overwhelmed at the number of tasting rooms offered and thought it best to go with someone who knew the wineries well. Bon Vivant was that and more. Our guide, Michael, picked us up promptly from our AirBnB in the city, and was a wealth of knowledge from the get-go.

We started at Chateau St. Michelle, which at first I was not overly excited about. I wanted to try more of the local, smaller wineries. This ended up being an excellent start to our day, as Chateau gives a great tour of their facility that includes a great history of the Washington wine region. From there, we went to lunch and then on to four tasting rooms. Michael knew all the staff and I do feel like we hit some really great wineries.

We did have to pay for tastings at each tasting room, but my husband and I shared most of these, which was more than enough. I think we tasted around 30 wines throughout the day. Overall, it was a great experience and I would recommend Bon Vivant to anyone wanting a fun, relaxing tour filled with exceptional wines.

This is not actually a winery tour -- it's a tasting room tour in what seems like a wine-room strip mall.

If you have taken tours of charming, picturesque wineries (where they grow their own grapes and produce their own wines from those grapes), you will be disappointed in this tour. With the exception of Chateu St Michelle, which is a touristy winery, the remaining stops were cold, industrial tasting rooms in a wine-room strip mall.

Also, the tour price does not include lunch or the wine tastings, so add an additional $60 to the cost of the tour to get your actual price.

I regret spending my whole day and money this way.

I've done quite a few wine tastings over the years and was really looking forward to the small group experience promised by Bon Vivant. Man, was I disappointed. We were picked up late from our hotel and were only able to spend a little time at Chateau Ste Michelle before being rushed to our lunch reservation -- because we had missed our original tour time. After lunch we visited two small garage wineries that were charming, but unremarkable. After that our tour guide said she needed to get us back before traffic got bad since it was Friday. Only after one of the other people on our tour pitched a fit about only visiting three wineries did our guide relent. She then drove us _literally_ across a parking lot go to another garage winery. Our guide was clearly well known at the places we visited, but it felt like her kickbacks for bringing her groups there was taking precedence to our experience. I would not recommend spending $89 on this tour. Rent a car and go where you want instead.

My friend and I signed up for our first wine tour and randomly stumbled upon this company in a Google search. It turned out to be an excellent choice! Bob, the owner and driver, was in constant contact with us throughout the planning process and even picked us up at our hotel the morning of the tour. The vehicle is new, and fits ~12; it's more of a small shuttle than a van. The seats were leather and very comfortable for our short 20 minute ride from Seattle.

The cost was $86.50 per person to be driven around from 9-5 to five different wineries in the Woodinville, WA area. This did not include the tip for the driver (Bob) or tasting fees at some wineries (which ranged from $5-10 per person). We were part of a 5-person group (tours are normally larger during the summer and we toured on the 1st of November).

We visited: Chataeu Ste. Michelle, Columbia Winery, Novelty Hill/Januik, Facelli Winery, and one other which I cannot remember due to inebriation (oops)! Bob gave us plenty of time to tour, taste, and shop. The timing was perfect from one winery to another, with enough of a break to make sure we didn't drink *too* much.

Lunch was at the Purple Cafe and Wine Bar - EXCELLENT food and great wine. This was also not included in the price of the tour, but the prices were decent the the food was PERFECT after a few wineries.

We made great friends with an older couple whom we met for dinner later and again the next day at the space needle. Bob was very knowledgeable and down-to-earth, easy to talk to, and thoughtful.