1890s-style cable car replicas seating up to 28. Six-hour group wine tours through Sonoma Valley with curated winery partnerships. Parent company Appellation Tours.




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Sonoma Valley Wine Trolley runs 1890s-style cable car replicas across Sonoma Valley wine country: an operation that has built its reputation since 2010 on a vehicle that doubles as theater. The trolleys seat up to 28 passengers in open-air configurations modeled on San Francisco's historic streetcars, and the company is owned and operated by Appellation Tours, the same entity behind Beau Wine Tours. The signature six-hour group tour winds through three or four select Sonoma Valley wineries with curated host relationships at each stop. CA PUC TCP licensed.
What the trolley delivers that no limousine can match is visual identity: guests arrive at the winery in a cable car, and the photograph travels home as part of the memory. The format works particularly well for celebratory group occasions: bachelorette parties, milestone birthdays, corporate wine country offsites, and visiting family. Tour stops typically include a mix of historic Sonoma Valley estates and smaller producer partners, with light catered lunch included on the longer formats. Per-seat group bookings make the trolley accessible at price points well below private limousine wine tours. Sonoma County Tourism has featured the operation in editorial coverage for years.



