If you love wine, you are in for a treat when you visit Carmel-by-the-Sea. With 12 wine tasting rooms all within walking distance of one another, you can have your pick of four 1oz pours at your choice of any 9 of the 12 tasting rooms on the Wine Walk Tour.
The Guy and I were lucky to experience the Carmel Wine Walk Tour that Carrie from Hofsas House provided to us. From the 12 wine tasting rooms around you can sample local estate-grown still and sparkling wines. The wine passport is convenient for us, as it doesn’t expire. Since we are so close to Carmel, we can go on the self-guided wine walk tours for many weekends to come. Each ticket allows for a flight of wine, while you sip and mingle either with the locals already hanging out or visitors doing exactly what we were doing, trying out the different wines available.
De Tierra was our first stop and we spent a long time there, since the wine connoisseur was so welcoming and the guests who were there sampling were chatting with us. There, I realized I wasn’t a pinot noir fan from the start, but rather a fan of the smooth merlot which was much easier to get down. The Guy on the other hand liked the more spicier wines with a little smokey flavour to it, it was one of the pinot noir’s.
We admit, we’re not huge drinkers, and we know little about wine. All my knowledge of wine comes from simply knowing that my Father makes both red and white wines that are known to please a diverse palette. However we knew it was going to be a good night when we met up with a couple who were not too far from our new home, they brought their Vizsla pup to the wine tasting with them. Jamieson, an awesome and appropriate name don’t you think?
If you do find a wine you enjoy on the tour, you can purchase it and bring it with you to one of the participating restaurants and have the corkage fee waived.
Participating wine tasting rooms include: Caraccioli Cellars, Figge Cellars, Galante Vineyards, Vino Napoli, Silvestri Vineyards, Dawn’s Dream Winery, Scheid Vineyards, Manzoni Cellars, Blair Estate, Shale Canyon, Wrath Wines, and De Tierra Vineyards.
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To learn more visit – www.carmelwinewalk.org
Wine Walk Passports were provided to us at no fee. All opinions are my own.
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I must do this! I can’t wait to get down to Carmel. This is right up my alley!
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this sounds awesome! a pup + wine? I’m in ;) and how cool they have participating restaurants….we’re so indecisive when it comes to choosing where to eat, that would help us narrow it down!
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That looks like a really neat place. I love anywhere that has chalkboard walls! Haha.
I’m officially painting my nails white today, you’ve inspired me haha. I want to go on a wine tour!
@Chelsea: Do it! Paint them white and do a matte top coat over top! NYC ($1.97 from Walmart) has awesome matte top coat! Lol
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I love Carmel. It looks like you had a great time! Cheers!
wow nancy, this looks so fun! love carmel and everything around san fran!
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A wine walking tour sounds PERFECT right now! Carmel seems so lovely <3
Oh I love wine tasting so much! A 2008? WAAAAT?! Although I don’t drink wine that often, it’s one of my favorite things about my career and I’m obsessed with it. Living in Northern California doesn’t hurt either since we’re surrounded by Monterey and Napa Valley :)
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This makes me want to go wine tasting.
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this is making me so excited about our trip to Carmel! Jacob is actually allergic to red wine.. so I guess that’s more wine for me.. :P
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@estherjulee: Oh no! He’s allergic?! I’ve never heard about that type of allergy before. Well, more wine for you then :)
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@Nancy: Apparently he’s allergic to the tannins in the red wine! and we all prefer red over white. Last time we went to Napa he ended just opting to go in as a kid and drink grape juice. haha The nice thing is we always have a DD, but it does suck when it’s just the two of us.. and I”m the only one drinking.
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Sounds like fun!
Makes me wish I had a glass of wine right now.
And the dog is super cute too! :)
cheers,
Mary
I’m no drinker either, but I do like a glass of wine every couple weeks. I’ve been on a couple wine tastings before they are a lot of fun but I’m no expert and the spit bucket kinda grosses me out ;)
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@Tabitha: I never really spit it out because I feel like I’d make a mess! Lol
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Looks like a great time. I miss the wine bars of LA and Santa Barbara. Always was so much fun.
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I love wine tastings. This looks like a really cute place. We’re not big drinkers in the family either. How cute is that dog?! :)
How fun does this sound. I have always wanted to go wine tasting, but have never been able to make it to one. It will go on my goal, bucket list that I start this upcoming year. Also, I love that chalkboard wall at the winery! (:
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@breanna: You’ll love it!!
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i want to go, that looks amazing!
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i want to go, that looks amazing!
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What a fun tour! My husband and I love wine and in our pre-kid days did fun things like this!
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I’ve been to a few wine tastings, but a wine walk sounds like so much fun!
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That looks so much fun!! I love wine and would love to do something like this
Your Carmel trip seems great!
AH how appropriate for a wine tour, bring the pup as they do in France! Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience!
i haven’t been to a winery in so long…sounds like a great time!
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Oh a wine walk tour! That sounds amazing!
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I’m not a huge drinker but I know how to appreciate good wine. I can say a wine walk tour would be amazing.
This sounds amazing! I don’t know much about wine, but I sure love drinking it :)
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i would’ve loved this tour. I am a fsn of dry red wines, ðŸ·
This sounds like so much fun! I would love to do something like this with my boyfriend :)
I love Carmel, but haven’t had the chance to do more wine tasting there! :)
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I could move in and live their like literally and be more happy than i am now lol. I need me more wine
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looks like you had a great time!!
Looks like such a fun time. I wish I had a glass of wine right now with me.
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That looks like so much fun! I would love to go on a wine tour!
You will have to take us…we just may get out that way when we drive across from Florida in the Spring!
@Lynn: NO WAY!!! You know you’re always welcome any time! I can’t wait!!! :)
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this sounds so fun! love trying new wines. :)
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12 wine tasting rooms! On man, I could think of much worse ways to spend your day! :) this looks like such a fun time!
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We’re not big wine drinkers but we really enjoy wine tours! We’ll definitely have to keep this in mind when we are in the area!
People keep telling me about this! Hmmm maybe it’s time to start planning a trip with the boy
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