My Chauffeur Wine Tours

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INTRODUCING OUR VEHICLE TOURS; OR (Discounted) YOUR VEHICLE TOURS.

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May your 2025 be as bold as a luscious Cabernet, and as sparkling and smooth as your favorite... Willamette Valley Sparkling and WV Pinot noir.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

coming THIS WEEK. January events. See Below.

*27 YEARS & COUNTING

Towncar & Shuttle Bus Wine Tour & Transportation Services…where every trip is a PRIVATE event or excursion...

503-969-4370

26 YEARS IN BUSINESS

WE SPECIALIZE IN
WINE TOURS

A Selection

JANUARY 2025

~ NEW YEARS 2025 ~
Cozy up to the fire, enjoy flights of their new releases, Sparkling Rosé and limited library wines along with wood-fired pizzas, bites and other foods at the Tasting Houses.
There's no better way to start the New Year than with a relaxing wine tasting in the heart of wine country. The wineries hope to host you soon!

Most wineries open for tastings Daily from 11AM-5PM
Reservations are required with 7+ ppl., but walk-ins are typically welcome with 1-6 ppl.
Pricing

If you want a peaceful place to unwind after the busy holidays and enjoy a moody view with occasional rays of sunshine (and some wine in your glass), they have your warm, cozy seat waiting for you! Their hillside spots provides a nice vantage point to watch the cloudy fog come and go. Their new tasting flights showcase their wines that's sure to warm you on these winter days!

This January, Compris invites you to Try January with them— a month dedicated to discovery and stepping outside the usual. This month, they’re all about embracing new experiences—whether it’s a wine you haven’t tried before or a flavor that surprises you. They’d love to have you visit them this month and explore their wines. Here’s to new experiences, new favorites, and a year filled with memorable moments.

~ RELEASE EVENTS ~

~ The Villa at the Lachini Estate Vineyard ~

The cost is $75/pp for an 7 wine flight with food pairings. Your tasting fee can be refunded should you choose to join one of their wine clubs. Their L’VIP & L’CONNOISSEUR memberships receive up to 2 complimentary tastings. They look forward to sharing these new wines and seeing you at Lachini.

And Many More… Please inquire.

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Film Foodie Friday’s at Artist Block
Legacy Cave Tour & Tastings
Happy Wine Wednesday's
Field Tastings, Vine to Wine & Private Parties, & Live Music...

Inquire About These Events, Or Check Out All The Events HERE

Options / Pricing:

(Cancellation Agreement)

1. STANDARD FULL-SERVICE

Private Standard Full-Service
(SILVER-amateur, or GOLD-connoisseur, or DIAMOND-haute-couture)

2. VEHICLE &
DRIVER ONLY

Private Vehicle & Driver ONLY**
PRIVATE 'RECESSION WINE TOUR'
"Our Vehicle + Our Driver"
From about $5-$6/hour per person*
For Your Vehicle + Our Driver, See Adjacent.
(No further discounts apply on this screamin' deal!)

Special Rate is $350.00-$699.00 for the DAY (Up to 7 hours and 21 persons).
21 PERSONS MAX. For 22+ ppl., please inquire about our tour bus tours.

Click HERE for INFO. & QUOTE

You make winery appts, plan out your day, etc.**
For Larger Groups. 21 persons max. Please inquire for groups over 21.
See below.

*This is a current SPECIAL RATE. Compare with our Standard Rates.
5% cash discount.
**You plan out your day, and lunch, and make winery appointments. You tell us where to go, and when to go there.
Wine tasting fees and meals are additional cost.
We may update your cost once we find out where your pickup location is.

3. DRIVER ONLY

Private Driver ONLY
A discount applies if driving YOUR vehicle, including your rental vehicle. Please Inquire.

Your Vehicle + Our Driver

15+% OFF 'Recession Wine Tour' Base Rate.

4. SEMI-PRIVATE

Semi-Private*
Your tour will be a semi-private, public tour, if available.
If you are a 1-3 person group, or just prefer to tour with other people.
$132.50/person
Up to 8 hours / about 3 wineries
Full pre-payment required.
May include reserved and/or walk-in wineries, and vineyard and/or non-vineyard locations.
This rate cannot be combined with any coupons.
Not Guaranteed To Go.

*This is a public mixed-group tour with another group(s). We will confirm your tour, but if we don't have another small group signed-up, then we may need to cancel.
Special requests are not allowed with this option.
Wine tasting fees and meals are additional cost.
We may update your cost once we find out where your pickup location is. A coordinated meet up place may be required.

Since 1998, MY CHAUFFEUR has been open for DAILY TOURS by reservation only. Reservations are private (unless stated or requested otherwise) and are specific to your date and time. We require a credit card deposit or final prepayment for all our tour options.

Email us HERE for the UPCOMING EVENTS List

Insider Tip: Order the "Great Depression" tour for phenomenal savings during the 1st Saturday of each month.

Gift Certificates

Wintertime (Cellar Season) Touring
Our "Best of Bubbly" tour is each February! See below.

10/22/2023
WE HAVE 2 WINNERS AT TODAY'S Sweepstakes DRAWING
Congratulations to:

JORDAN P. from Texas (confirmed)
BRANDON P. from Kansas (confirmed)

This year, we had 133 entries. These 2 winners are confirmed. Jordan and Brandon each won a 6-hour wine tour valued up to $807.50. Each tour guest is entered once, and the drawing is held annually or biennially. Click HERE for Sweepstakes details.

ONLY $85 for 1, or $150 for 2. $315 savings! Participating wineries: Le Cadeau, Domaine Willamette, Blakeslee, Compris, Tumwater, Brooks, Utopia, Willamette Valley Vineyards, Raptor Ridge, Fullerton, Hamacher, Chehalem, Stoller, and Lady Hill.
Valid FOR 1 OR 2 STANDARD TASTINGS at each winery, all year. Not valid for special events. MORE INFO.

An easy stop while visiting wine country. November 2, 2022, was the 75th anniversary of the only flight of the “Spruce Goose,” the wooden aircraft with a 320-foot wingspan made famous — or infamous — by Howard Hughes. The “flying boat” is now housed here in Oregon, at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, and is definitely worth a visit. Put your tray tables up and return your seatbacks to their full and upright positions...

The Silent Monks of the Trappist Abbey would like to invite you to a My Chauffeur winery tour... We will check out the Abbey forest hike.

Patio's, fire pits, 2 for 1 tastings.
Cellar Season is NOW!

Coming Up...

Best Oregon Bubbles Trail
IN FEBRUARY
This February, embark on the Best Oregon Bubbles Trail and immerse yourself in the exquisite world of Traditional Method Sparkling Wines. Experience unique offerings from some of Oregon's finest producers. See you on the trail!
Featuring: Adelsheim, Argyle, Elk Cove, Domaine Divio, Gran Moraine, Lundeen Wines, Lytle-Barnett, ROCO Winery, Sokol Blosser, Soter Vineyards & Trisaetum. MORE INFO.

The coming year brings us the SILVER anniversary. Our company was established in 1998 making this our 25th year in the wine tour business.
We're putting together some amazing celebrations and hope that you will be able to join us at one or all!
Wishing you a joyous 2025.

Wine is more than a drink. It is an experience we can't wait to share with you!
Looking for a wine tour?
My Chauffeur has some of the best prices, starting at about $5/hour per person for our 'Recession Wine Tour'! Plan Your Next Escape HERE.
See below for pricing and booking, or Get Price Quote HERE."
Now Tread We A Measure With My Chauffeur.

We specialize in large (and small) group tours. So gather your family & friends together, and Let's Go!

We have a new tour, the Founder's Tour ("The wine bunch"). Check It Out!

Currently (September 2024), the wineries are open for small & LARGE groups with INDOOR tasting (+great covered OUTDOOR spaces with fire pit and/or heaters for your enjoyment.)"

Opt for something completely different, a tour of the Van Duzer or Lower Long Tom, in the South Willamette Valley.

Join Us the pre-Thanksgiving Day weekend, for Archery Summit's new tasting room Grand Opening and Fall Release Party. A great event at $65pp. RSVP soon!

What Sets Us Apart?
We offer a combination of AI, personal guide and AV narration, for a fully guided experience on all our full-service tours (Silver-amateur. Gold-connoisseur, and Diamond-haute couture). It's all accentuated by a variety of group-chosen podcasts**, tailored to your taste, which adds interest to the tour. Also, a big, roomy, luxury vehicle adds additional comfort for everyone. And our drivers are ALL CDL licensed. 25 years of Portland tours experience means we've thought of everything.
Finally, when you order from us, we do not offer some kind of cookie cutter approach. We take everything you say into consideration, and spend a lot of time at it, to come up with our best itinerary. It may or may not be perfect, but it's our very best...We will do, or will already have done, the research, research, research...for the very best tour.
"When no one else can do it, or if you want the tour done right, even our competitors say, "Call My Chauffeur".
These are some of the things that set us apart."

** Examples of podcasts include: Tiny, lonely Newberg orphan grew up to be President, and, Local boy saves millions from starving, becomes president; The Great Floods of 1894 & 1861. People just raised the sidewalks; And some about the wine, including: Cranberries & Dirt (25 minutes) - In this episode, we discuss Pinot Noir from Willamette Valley, Oregon; Wine Story (34 minutes.) - Sommeliers discuss several wines from the Willamette Valley; Welcome to the Willamette Valley - (9 minutes.); Oregon Wine Country - Decoding the Grape (41 minutes.); How to look cool while tasting wine (34 minutes.); Wine is approachable like beer (20 minutes.); Columbia R Gorge A-V-A - (14 minutes.), including Maryhill and Cathedral Ridge; Several podcasts feature interviews with select winemakers, including from; Youngberg Hill, Alloro and Lenne; V is for Viognier (16 minutes.); and the Columbia Valley in Washington (21 minutes.); plus many others.

The Pinot noir grape, known also as Vitis vinifera, is well known for having a variety of clones. It was first mentioned in 1370 under the name Noirien, but it was believed to have been cultivated earlier than that, since no other grape variety associated with Medieval Burgundy, is believed to have been able to produce red wines of a quality, able to impress the papal court.
The secret is out! The noses are aromatic, subtle and elegant, with tones of peach, apple, berries and tropical fruit, with flowery bouquets. The taste is savory and mineral. The tannins are soft flanked by beautiful acid; a perfect balance. The texture is silky smooth and velvety, which sets it apart from any other spot in the America's. And yes, these are dry wines through and through. Don't let the mention of Riesling turn you off.
Are they intensely aromatic? Are they fruit forward? Yes and yes. Are they sweet? Emphatically, NO.
The Willamette Valley is more Burgundian than American, more butter than olive oil, more pretzels than focaccia, and more mountain than plains. This area is off-the-chain gorgeous.
Once you exit the route at Sherwood, you begin a slow crawl up the mountainside through 1-horse villages, past sheep and llamas beginning to graze the first green grass of an early Spring, and onward to the very end of the very last road to the small hamlets of Forest Grove, Carlton, Amity and Gaston. Here is where you'll meet brothers Philippe and Francesco or Pierre-Henry, at 100 meters above sea level, and in one of the most peaceful places you have ever been.
The 5-10 acre farms, called Estates, are wonders. The grape varietal and steep grades forces most work to be done by hand, plant by plant, cluster by cluster. It's hard work, but the results are unique and wonderful. Over half of the vineyards are planted to Pinot noir, and the two white grapes are, Chardonnay and Pinot gris. There's many other varietals. But this Pinot noir, the best and most unique of them all...
To order your tour/EVENT, please reply here with your request and I'll confirm with you ASAP. I expect a Good Time will be had by all, during these holidays and beyond.
Cheers!
Phil

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