Welcome, we're Ralph & Lahni de Amicis, tour guides, professional speakers, authors & publishers. We're based in California's wonderful Wine Country, about an hour north of San Francisco. Amicis Tours provides custom itineraries and transportation for couples and groups visiting the remarkable city of San Francisco and the beautiful Napa and Sonoma Wine Country. The Amicis Winery Tours section describes our tours, vehicles and fees. It also provides helpful articles and resources for visitors and Travel Professionals. To book a tour with Ralph or Lahni call 707-320-4274 Pacific Time or use the form below. "You Have Friends in Wine Country".
Professional Speakers: Ralph & Lahni do presentations for groups and conventions in the San Francisco Bay area. If you are planning a meeting our Professional Speakers section describes our unique presentation: Highly Motivated Design. This is an entertaining, surprisingly powerful approach for establishing and accomplishing personal and professional goals. Imagine thatGene Kelly ran a furniture moving company, and you'll get an idea of what our presentation is about! For inquiries call 707-320-4274 Pacific Time, or use the form below.
Cuore libre Publishing produces books and related media. Check out our completely re-designed and re-released 'Amicis Winery Guides: Dream Tours of Napa & Sonoma' the region's most complete winery tour book. It provides the best information for enjoying America's famous Wine Country. Go beyond the two dozen wineries that get 80% of visitors. 'Dream Tours' explains how to plan a day or a week's tour. How to find the most interesting wineries and what to do when you get there. Visit our Cuore Libre Publishing section to see the complete list of our books on Wine Travel, Design, and Natural Healing.
Special offer: Contact us via the form below and if you eventually book a tour or a speech with us we'll include a gift copy of one of our books. Your choice which one!
Ralph & Lahni de Amicis in Napa
Pride Mountain Vineyards
Touring Tips: We normally tour Napa and Sonoma in a very comfortable Lincoln Navigator that seats up to six passengers or a GMC Envoy that seats up to four passengers, although we often drive couples. A winery day trip starts at 9 or 10 in the morning. Wineries close between 4 and 6 pm. Tours run from 4 to 10 hours depending on starting point, meals and interests. An average winery tour without dinner is 6 hours. From San Francisco to Napa or Sonoma takes 45 minutes.
Allow one hour per winery (including travel between them), an hour to picnic. Private tastings with the owner or winemaker take longer as do lunch in restaurants. When you contact us we'll send you a short list of questions (very short) that helps us plan your tour.
We accommodate larger groups, and work in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German and French. Call us at 707-320-4274 or email us to schedule your tour. Amicis Winery Tours TCP#23123. Below the next ph0to are some things you should know about Wine Country!
What you should know about the North Bay Wine Country of California! First of all, Napa and Sonoma are stunning no matter what time of year you visit. In the summer it looks like Tuscany, gold and green, and in the winter it looks like Ireland, misty and verdant. Then there is the lovely climate (about ten to fifteen degrees warmer than San Francisco), the great architecture and gardens, the fantastic food and the friendly people.
All of these would be reason enough to visit, but on top of that there are the wineries and of course, the wine, some of the finest in the world, and you get to see actual vineyards that those wines come from and meet the people who make them! Our books and guided tours are all designed to help you enjoy your visit to the fullest while learning about this wonderful area and this wonderful art! Wine Country can be tricky though, with lots of country roads, not a lot of road signs or street lights, hundreds of wineries, lots of hotels and restaurants and a wide variety of wines spread over two large, agricultural counties, bisected by a mountain range. That's why experienced guides and drivers are a great investment in your enjoyment and safety (think about avoiding a costly DUI) and they make all the difference in the memories that you bring home. By the way, remember to bring a camera and sunglasses because there is lots of beautiful scenery and very bright sun!
About the bestselling tour book, ‘Your Day in Wine Country, Touring the Wineries of Napa and Sonoma’. We have rebranded it as the Amicis Winery Guide: Dream Tours of Napa & Sonoma. It offers a complete description of what goes into a typical tour, with all of the things you’ll need to know to feel right at home. That is followed by 40 of our favorite tours, based on their starting point, theme and cost of tasting fees. It is really a 'connect-the-dots' guide for navigating between wineries, picnic spots, restaurants, gift shops and of course, more wineries! Filled with self-driven, safe tours that have been road tested by professionals, you get all the fun without the fuss.
It is also chock full of maps that show where to find the best wineries in both Napa and Sonoma. The directory section includes over 450 wineries with their pertinent information that you want such as tasting room hours, tasting fees and wine lists as well as any added features like if they have gift shops, picnic areas, art collections, gardens, views, tours and more. If we are not available to set up your tour, this book will help you to create your own daytrip with confidence! Call us at 707-320-4274 (Pacific Time) to order your autographed copy, or go to the Books link. Or email us to schedule a tour. Amicis Winery Tours of Napa & Sonoma.
Navigator on Silverado Trail
Rose Arbor at Nickel Winery
Ralph & Lahni de Amicis are talented professional speakers who have been lecturing together since the early 1990's in several fields; Wine Tourism, Natural Healing, Motivated Design and Business. They primarily do presentations in the San Francisco Bay area, because they already live in Paradise and why would they want to leave? They also have a large, extended family that gets nervous when they are away too long. To read about their work as Speakers click here.
Lahni & Ralph de Amicis
Sebastiani Winery Sonoma
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