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Celebrating 15 Years of Wine Tours of Napa & Sonoma!
All Tours Include
- A knowledgeable & personable tour guide
- Assistance with your itinerary, offering winery & lunch recommendations, plus making the reservations for you
- Photography of your tour on your cell phone(s) or camera
- A cooler with bottled water & snacks (for example: popcorn, chips, pretzels) in the SUV
- Excellent customer service. You can call or text me anytime @ 707-812-8646 with any questions or concerns
How it Works
Step 1: Book a tour
First, book here or call/text Damon @ 707-812-8646 to book a private wine tour.
Step 2: Create your itinerary
After you book your tour, I email you some questions to help me personalize your itinerary. I can include any wineries, restaurants or other stops you would like on the tour, plus offer winery & restaurant recommendations based on your wine & food preferences.
A typical wine tour last 6-8 hours and visits 3-4 tour wineries plus lunch. I email your proposed itinerary for you to review, at which time you can make any changes.
Step 3: Make reservations
Once you’ve approved the itinerary, I will make the reservations at the wineries for you. Some wineries require payment when making the reservation while other wineries allow you to pay the day of your tasting when you’re there.
Step 4: Get picked up for your tour
The day of the tour we will pick you up at your hotel, house, or wherever you’re staying and drive you on a blissful wine tour of Napa and/or Sonoma
Meet the Owner
Damon Mushrush
Owner
I grew up in Brentwood, TN, a suburb of Nashville, and attended Wake Forest University for Information Systems & Accountancy. I moved to Atlanta after graduation to work as an accountant for Ernst & Young, but after a year of public accounting, I decided to change it up and start an eBay drop-off business.
I sold the eBay business after 2 years and moved out here to Napa Valley, California in 2007 to chase my culinary bug and attend the Culinary Institute of America in their Baking & Pastry program. After completing culinary school, I worked as the pastry chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Napa Valley, then started & ran a wholesale pastry business selling to the Dean & Deluca here in St. Helena.
I got burnt out working the graveyard shift as a baker so decided to switch my focus to the wine industry. I have been touring guests through Napa & Sonoma since 2010 and absolutely love it. I enjoy meeting new people, driving them through the beautiful wine country and providing insider information about the best winery & restaurant experiences.
I always enjoy eating the delicious local foods & tasting the local wines of each new country. I’ve tasted local wines in Canada, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Kosovo, Albania, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Morocco, Pakistan (wines made from apricots & oranges), Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Japan, Vietnam & a few of the Canary Islands – Lanzarote, Tenerife & Gran Canaria.
Eat drink & be blissful.
Contact Us
We’d love to hear from you to help create your next blissful wine tour
Damon Mushrush
Bliss Wine Tours
Call or Text: 707-812-8646
Licensed & Insured: TCP 33870
See what our customers are saying about Bliss Wine Tours!
The perfect day with a perfect client. Today we went out with Bliss Wine Tour. They ventured from Napa Valley to The Sacramento Valley to host my amazing team. We had a great time hitting family owned wineries. Jon was the perfect guide. He made our day extremely memorable! His knowledge and love for wine was contagious! Thank you for a perfect day.
Joeandcare
@JoeandcareMy family and I had such a fabulous experience at celebrating my mom’s 60th birthday. The entire process was seamless, including the coordination before we got there as well as every aspect of the tour itself. Jon is very friendly and knowledgeable. We had such a great time and hope to do it again soon. Thank you for your hospitality Jon, Damon and team!
Sabina M
@N7325UEsabinamGosh, I don’t even know where to begin! Booking with Damon was so easy and effortless. We traveled with 6 people ages 69-37 and most of us had never been to this part of California. We had no idea which wineries to book so when I ran across Bliss Wine Tours on TripAdvisor, I felt like I had won the lottery!
JordanP
@366jordanpSuper late review…but I have nothing but great things to say about Bliss Tour, Damon and our rad driver Colton. We dropped the ball on a car service but booked all our tastings. They really saved our trip! Colton asked our car temp preference, made a play list of the music we liked, and made sure we had water and snacks for our adventures. I dont have another place to compare, but we would use them again!
Kendall B
@kendallb403We had an amazing time with Bliss Wine Tours. I was in communication with Damon. He was great. He made reservations for the wineries we selected. He also recommended in excellent restaurant for our lunch. The box lunch we selected was delicious.
Paula P
@D7139INpaulapOur experience with Damon was nothing but the best. Damon is personable, great humor, willingness to go take the extra steps to ensure your tour is exceeding your expectations. He exceed ours. He knows the wine industry, wine tasting, the owners, and good wineries vs the not so good. We wouldn’t think twice about taking another tour with Bliss Wine Tours. Highly Recommend
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