Divine Wine Tours of Virginia

My husband booked Divine Wine Tours as a birthday gift for me. Dave and Candy were wonderful hosts– they were on time for the pickup at Reston Town Center and gave us a great overview of the region on the way to the first winery. We took the Storybook Tour and the three wineries we visited were all very different but wonderful in their own way. Everything was easy, comfortable and a lot of fun. Lunch was included in our day and it was really delicious– we even had live music at the patio of Casanel winery while we were eating. I will definitely book a tour with Divine Wine again and would highly recommend to others who are interested in the VA wineries.

A few months ago, my husband found a deal on Travelzoo for a wine tour. As our anniversary is coming up in September, I thought this would be a fun surprise for him. I am a pretty detailed person and almost 100% of the time check reviews before going with a company. I am glad I did because the tour company with Travelzoo had horrible reviews. But I still wanted to do a tour, thus began my search for tour companies. There aren’t a ton in the VA area, most were limo companies and didn’t offer scheduled tours. I contacted a few which included Divine Wine Tours of Virginia.
I was immediately impressed with Divine Wine Tours of Virginia. Why?
I received a response from Dave immediately… I like prompt responses!
I ask a lot of questions, Dave answered everyone immediately. I like answers!
I was honest and told Dave that we were comparing other tours and would make a decision in the next few days. To my surprise (and which I liked), there was not hard sales pitch on why I should pick them. And to be honest, their website and my communications with Dave spoke volumes as to why they were the better choice.
The Tour
We arrived at the destination and was promptly greeted by Dave. It was us and another couple, who were very friendly. Since it was just the 4 of us, we actually were able to get started a little early.
As he was driving, Dave gave us information on how they got started (which he said normally his wife Candy does the driving and he talks –or vice versa, so he did good performing double duty!) On the way to each winery he also gave us background information on the winery.
At the 2^nd winery we had our catered lunch from Dolce Veloce. We had a chicken panini with roasted red pepper and spinach, pasta with pineapples and walnuts, cookie, apple and chips. My husband is a picky eater so I thought «he is not going to eat this», he loved it! The food was delicious! We were so full from the sandwich, made it thru half the pasta and didn’t make it to the cookies or apple! We may make a trip there just to have lunch one day!
We stayed on a schedule, which was the perfect amount of time at each winery… enough time to taste, tour the barrel room or vineyard and relax. I felt it was the perfect amount of time where you didn’t feel like it wasn’t enough or it was to long and were ready to go.
This was the best tour!
The wineries were great. Our favorite was Zephaniah. The owners were so friendly and the wine was great, we brought home 3 bottles!
Divine Wine Tours of VA I highly recommend. They are professional, the tour was elegant and relaxing, the catered lunch was excellent and the wineries pretty much gave us one on one attention.
We plan on taking a winter tour!