DiVine Wine Tours

I booked and attended a DiVine Wine Tour as a corporate outing for my company. It was such a fun day out! Amy scheduled the perfect wineries for us and our tour guide, Bob, was knowledgable and fun to be around. It was great to have the whole day planned and to have the tasting fees and lunch all included in our price. We will definitely be booking with them again for another event.

We had a fun time experiencing new wines and meeting great people. It is a great excursion full of facts about the entire winery process.

We never got the photos emailed to us that Dave said he would send. I have emailed him and he has not gotten back to me. I am disappointed because we took less pictures with our phone thinking that he would send us the photos he promised.

I’ve been trying to schedule a tour with DiVine Wine Tours for 5 weeks now. They mentioned that they are undergoing a change in ownership, but that doesn’t excuse the total unprofessionalism I have experienced from them. They don’t reply to emails or voicemails. After calling and emailing multiple times, I did finally manage to talk to Dave — he was very nice and offered to check on the availability of his driver and call me back later, but he never called back. Further calls and emails went unanswered.

Divine Wine Tours is amazing! I went on a tour last weekend for a friend’s bachelorette party and we had an incredible day. For everything that you get out of the tour, I think it’s a great price. Bob picked us up promptly from bride’s house and proved to be a friendly and funny jack of all trades; telling us about the wineries, taking some great pictures, and most importantly chauffeuring us around so no one had to worry about driving. He got some great group shots for us and it was nice to not be worrying about dragging cameras around with us all day.
We went to North Gate, Doukenie, and Breaux. It was a great mix of wineries from self-​sustaining (the only one in VA!) to a larger winery that’s obviously popular with families. North Gate and Doukenie were the group favorites because we had such knowledgeable folks leading our tastings. Each one had beautiful views though and the wines were fantastic. It was one of the most enjoyable, relaxing days. I can’t wait to head back and check out a few more wineries that we passed during the day and will definitely be keeping Divine Wine Tours in mind; especially when out of town guests are visiting!

We just returned from a fun weekend in Leesburg. The highlight was definitely the wine tour with DiVine Wine Tours. I organized a bachelorette party for 7 girls total. After reading reviews, I contacted several wine tour companies. Dave at DiVine was by far the quickest to respond, friendliest, and easiest to work with. So, we went with DiVine. One of the girls ended up having to drop out, but Dave rolled with this without a problem.
Bruce picked us up at the hotel, and was great! We were so comfortable with him. He was very knowledgeable, friendly, and conscientious. We’ve gone wine tasting many times around Charlottesville and the west coast, but the tour made this the most fun. We went to Zephaniah, North Gate, and Hunter’s Run. Lunch was delicious! Overall, a wonderful trip. Will definitely use DiVine again!

Wanting a day to spend outside Washington DC, we booked a tour with Divine Wine Tours. What a wonderful Sunday it was in the beautiful Virginia countryside. We toured 3 wineries and were so pleasantly surprised to learn about the wine making in Virgina, the quality of the wines and the knowledge that Dave and Candy shared educating us in the process. The tour was well organized from my first phone call to the final confirmation and reminder. I was very impressed with all the facets of of the tour and would easily recommend it as a very special event.
CGH

We did a wine tour for my best friend’s bachelorette party, and it was great. Dave was so accommodating and communicative in the process of making the arrangements (hey, herding 8 women is never simple!) and clearly cared very much that we all had a wonderful experience — which we did! We even added someone a couple of days before and they just let him hop on without changing the price — AND then when it left them a lunch short because they forgot to change the order, Dave’s brother tried to just go without (which we wouldn’t hear of, but was incredibly generous of him to offer). I would definitely recommend them for a fun group outing, and plan to use them again for a birthday sometime. The only part that left a little to be desired was the photo taking — I’d suggest taking initiative to make sure there are plenty of nice shots, even if they have to be posed, so you don’t end up with photos of the backs of people’s heads around tables.

I took my sister to our first wine tour and it was very fun. We both had a blast tasting and buying our first white wine.

One of many surprise birthday events this past weekend was a Divine Wine Tour with Dave. Not only was he on time, but he was early picking us up. The vehicle was a beautiful, brand new SUV. It was so comfortable and it felt like we were riding in luxury even with 5 of us plus a driver in the car. We visited 3 wineries: Zephaniah, Casanel, and Northgate (I hope I got the spelling correct for each). They were all fabulous with a very diverse selection of wines. The boxed lunch that Divine Wine Tours provided at one of the wineries was simply delicious and very filling. My family and I had the best day on Saturday doing this tour that most of them don’t get to do because of the area of the country they live in. This was such a special treat for all!!!
Thanks To Dave and Divine Wine Tours. You made my birthday very special :-) Luke and I can’t wait to do another Divine Wine Tour.
Melissa

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!
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