The Wine Wrangler

Twice before this we had done wine tours with Wine Wrangler and had John as our driver. When I booked this trip, I was devastated to hear that John had retired. The receptionist assured me that all of the drivers were equally as excellent but I had my doubts. Reluctantly, I booked it and, boy, am I glad I did. JAN WAS FANTASTIC! From the moment she picked us up she was professional and kind. She listened to our likes and dislikes and customized our tour just for us. Also, throughout the day she peppered our conversation with little known facts and stories about the local area, making it that much more fun and personal.
For our lunch, Jan called Lisa, the owner of the Rangeland Winery. She welcomed us into her home and we enjoying her wine and a picnic overlooking the amazing landscape! Talk about relaxing! Even playing ball with Arrow was fun!
Throughout the entire tour, Jan was attentive and anticipated all of our needs. No matter which winery we were at, she made sure we were comfortable and attended to by the servers. She collected our purchases and ensure that we were on schedule.
While we will miss John and wish him all of the best in his retirement, we are forever grateful to Jan for making our tour the best one yet!
With much thanks, Carla, Leslie, Pat & Stephanie xox

Our driver/​hostess, Wendy, did a great job of showing us how much Paso has to offer. She helped us maximize our time so that we could visit the tasting rooms of our choosing. We’ll be back soon!

Was unsure of this adventure, but ended up LOVING it! Dave, our driver, took great care of us, setting up tastings, lunch (vegetarian too!) and packing our purchases. Seriously, a great time… Can’t wait to return! Sorry I missed the free shirts! :(

My Wife and I celebrated her birthday and the New Year in Paso Robles. Our hotel, Cheval, reserved «The Wine Wrangler» for our winery tour. Tony picked us up promptly and did a great job entertaining us with local stories, informed us of the wineries we were going to visit, asked us for any special tour requests and did all of the «heavy lifting» after our purchases. It was a wonderful afternoon, made all the more special by Tony Panchenko!!!

Tony is the best tour guide. Ask for him. He took us to some great wineries. Ma and pa places.

An excellent adventure!
Found this wine experience online. The site has videos that describe the service and are very informative. Booked for 6 Sep to pickup in San Simeon. Our host/​Driver Zabrina «Z» was very sweet and informative. She was early and waited a few minutes for us. She has a great handle on the region and wineries. We gave her suggestions of were we wanted to go and she recommended other. Her recommendations were too choice! Even had tapas and cheese plates which our tastings. We had one other couple on board and got along great. Z was flexible and friendly the whole day! Highly recommend the Wine Wrangler for anyone wanting a winery experience in Paso Robles or the central coast

I bought a package deal from Amtrak, and they set us up with this company. Excellent choice!
We arrived at Paso Robles 1am and Wine Wrangler had a driver waiting for us. They drove us to our hotel. Very nice and professional driver.
8 am Saturday, Dick from Wine Wrangler picked us up from the hotel. He drove us to the Hearst Castle information center. Afterwards he drove us around and pointed out many sites. The best tour guide!

My two friends and I decided last minute to do a wine tour. We called on Sunday night and were given information by Cynthia. She said there were openings for half day Monday, $ 69. We said we would call her back after we decided.
When we called the next morning she immediately remembered us and booked us for the 2−5p half day tour, which included 3 wineries of our choice. She was accommodating and gave us the option to pay cash at pick up or with a credit card over the phone.
We were picked up in downtown by Jan, who was so sweet and friendly! She began asking us the types of wine we liked, and being relatively new to wine tasting, we let her know we were open to any wineries.
Our first stop was Paso Port. We paid $ 5 there for 6 wine tasters. Regular price is $ 10, but with The Wine Wrangler, it was half off. If you like ports, this is the place to go. It was too sweet for my liking but the service was great and Jan used this info to take us to the next stop.
We went to Croads and fell in love with the beautiful view. Since we came with Jan we had no tasting fee and tried 6 different wines. My friends and I bought a bottle of the Sauvignon Blanc. So good! The owner and his wife were there and chatted with us for a bit. They were very nice and gave us so much information about the wines we tasted. I definitely recommend going here!
Our final stop was Rotta. Our fee was waived here again since we came with Jan. We tried 6 wines and I bought a bottle of the 2013 Red. It’s the 2^nd oldest vineyard in Paso and you can tell they take pride in making these amazing wines.
On our way back to downtown, we asked Jan to recommend a restaurant for us. She suggested Fish Gaucho. (It was a hit!) Jan made sure to label all of our bags of wine too. We thanked her and gave her a big hug for giving us such a wonderful experience. I would definitely do another tour with The Wine Wrangler!

We stayed at a hotel in Atascadero, and they picked us up right from our hotel, and dropped us off afterwards. We had a small private group of 6 people, the 2 other pairs in our group were picked up from San Luis Obispo and Pismo Beach. Don’t expect a full on tourist service everywhere you go, you really are just paying to be chauffeured around, and whatever you do in the wineries is up to you.
Our driver, Paulie, was awesome! He was no hassle, not trying to shove sales on you, and really just wanted you to have a good time and go the wineries that you wanted. He didn’t try to rush us, and let us leave the wineries when we were ready. We didn’t have a preference so he took us to great «mom and pop» wineries where tastings were complimentary. Paulie kept us entertained with random facts about Paso Robles and snuck me wine corks at each of the wineries we went to. :)
Lunch was an almost homemade looking sandwich of either roast beef or turkey, served with an apple and a bag of chips. Paulie even surprised us with a cookie! He drove us to a winery with a great view of the hills and vines, and had tables set up in the shade.
Overall, everything was no stress, do what you want. I would come back and do this tour again. Only downside was that I wish we had more time to try out more wineries.

The best ever. Our driver was super and had a very nice vehicle. Highly recommended! No question. Book them for a tour. You will have a great experience with super choices of vineyards.