Monterey County Named The 10 Best Wine Travel Destinations of 2013 By Wine Enthusiast

Check out Carmel’s new Wine Walk by-The- Sea currently features 7 wine tasting venues. The Carmel Wine Walk by-the-Sea™ is also pleased to offer the Wine Tasting Passport and added value to sweep visitors away to seven different tasting rooms. The $50 Passport, a $70 value, provides tasters with one $10 flight at each of the seven tasting rooms of Caraccioli Cellars, Coastview Vineyards, Figge Cellars, Galante Vineyards, Manzoni Cellars, Scheid Vineyards, Wrath and Vino Napoli.

The Carmel Wine Walk by-the-Sea™ Wine Tasting Passport allows guests the ability to taste the distinct flavors of each tasting room all in one day or to spread the tastings out over a weekend, several weeks, or even months. The Wine Tasting Passport is available for purchase at the Carmel Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center on San Carlos between 5th & 6th in Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Stay at the Hofsas House Hotel and enjoy our special wine and cheese package for $30 . Enjoy a bottle of Ventana Wines and cheese from the Cheese Shop … a Carmel cheese lover’s heaven!

Spend the morning walking on Carmel beach, wine taste in the afternoon and have dinner at a local restaurant with an award-winning wine cellar – all without getting in your car. Or drive to Carmel Valley for wine tasting in charming country settings. You can say you’ve been here when Monterey County becomes the new Napa.

Wine Enthusiast Names Monterey County Wine Region The 10 Best In The World!

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