Sonoma Wine Train or Sonoma Valley Wine Trolley?
Exploring the Wine Country – Sonoma Wine Train or Sonoma Valley Wine Trolley?
Written by Allison Hopkins for the Sonoma Valley Wine Trolley
We’re glad you’re here! Many Sonoma wine tasters are searching for a “Sonoma Wine Train” when booking their trip. Well… while Sonoma doesn’t offer a wine “train” to travel through its beautiful 40+ vineyards, it does offer the Sonoma Valley Wine Trolley! 
A visit to the Sonoma wine country can be compared to traveling to another land, where the language is different (wine talk), the food offers new flavors, and the wine…well, let’s just say spectacular! The Sonoma Valley Wine Trolley guides have taken all this into consideration when planning the best way to share this unique land with you!
In order to give visitors the full experience of Sonoma, the 6-hour trolley ride ($99/person) covers it all:
- Scenic Views from an Open-Air Cable Car
- Historical narrative aboard the trolley
- Visits to Four Boutique Sonoma Wineries—each tasting is in a private setting with a winery representative who will explain about the varietals and the background of the winery
- Catered Gourmet Picnic Lunch by the girl & the fig (an award-winning local restaurant known for its country French home cooking)
Trolley riders enjoy being able to taste their way through Sonoma without having to drive or plan their own trip. The ride on the trolley takes many people back to the feeling of riding the old cable cars—built right from the blueprints, the trolley is actually a motorized, authentic replica of a late 1890’s San Francisco cable car!
Much like a “Sonoma wine train” ride, the trolley offers a relaxing and easy way to visit Sonoma, while ensuring you cover it all. The flexibility of the trolley also allows for viewing many historical landmarks along the way, including: the Sonoma and Swiss Hotels; General Vallejo’s Soldier Barracks, Home, and State Park; Mission San Francisco Solano (Sonoma Mission); the Blue Wing Inn; the Bear Flag Monument; the Sonoma Development Center, and the quaint town of Glen Ellen.
For more details on the trolley ride, visit our Wine Tasting Page.