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Deck the Halls 2026 tickets are officially on sale!

A few tips:

Book your transportation with us at Grapevine Country Tours!

• These tickets sell out. Get yours early to avoid disappointment!
• If you are traveling in a group, please remember our maximum is 6 people (which includes all ticketholders in the group). We also recommend purchasing tickets on one order so that you can begin at the same starting winery.
• Our events are not canceled and tickets are not refundable. We strongly encourage you to purchase ticket insurance.

Deck the Hall is not a pet-friendly event and we do not recommend bringing children.

January 28, 2025 — We are currently experiencing mail delivery problems when WE WRITE TO AOL.com, Yahoo.com, Hotmail.com and other major email providers. If you provide an email address for response, please be sure grapevinecountrytours.com is cleared through your spam filters and/or provide a phone number so we can call you. Our mail is not going into spam folders, these servers are rejecting our responses.  Our IT is looking into the problem.  We will respond to requests within 2 days.  If you need a response sooner, please call.

We enjoy speaking with our potential guests to determine what best meets their needs. Here is some of the information that we need from you in order to give you an accurate rate:

Date you would like to tour?

Number of people in your party?

Pick up location?–where you are staying so there is no drinking and driving

Do you want one of our clean, reliable vehicles or would you like us to drive your vehicle?

Kinds of wine you enjoy so we can make suggestions for reservations

With this information, we can give you quality service. Contact us:

Calling 315 585 9599, (our 800 number has been disconnected)

Or email Bonnie@grapevinecountrytours.com or Nicole@grapevinecountrytours.com

Facebook and Messenger are unreliable ways to get an answer as we do not always check these.

We look forward to hearing from you to reserve your wine or beer tour.  Remember we do not allow drinking of alcoholic beverages in our vehicles.

Sometimes, it is important to save some money and still have a great time.  We understand that, so we offer you an alternative to traveling in one of our vehicles.  We can put one of our drivers in your car to take your group.  Rates begin at $45.00 per hour with a minimum of 4 hours.  Rate is determined by the distance we need to travel from our base to your pickup location.  Give us a call to find out more.

We are fully insured to drive your car.  We wouldn’t have it any other way!

Remember, we pick up strangers and return friends.

 

Check out this article on the Finger Lakes by Forbes blogger, Michele Robson, who recently toured with us.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelerobson/2023/06/30/move-over-napa-its-all-about-finger-lakes-wine-vacations/

Students and Travelers,

We are now offering weekday airport runs from Geneva to Rochester or Syracuse.  Give us a call to reserve your space in our clean, comfortable and reliable vehicles.

I started this business with an interest in wine and a bit of desperation after the tragedy of September 11 when the travel industry tanked.  It wasn’t easy to start from scratch, and there were times that people tried to discourage me from taking the risk, but I forged on.  There were difficult years for sure, but the industry welcomed me and I found friends at the wineries and in the tourism community.  It wasn’t until 2017 that someone encouraged me to apply as a woman owned business.  I already considered myself one!

The paperwork was immense, but I finally succeeded!  Now I am proud to say that my daughter-in-law, Nicole, has begun to work with me in this fantastic business.  Together we are a strong force!  We have a lot of fun in all that we do.  And I am thankful for all of the support that we get from our wine tour friends.

Bonnie Osborne