A Simple Guide to the
Great River Road Wine Trail
California’s perfect weather makes for one of the best vacation destinations around! Not only can you enjoy endless sun with gentle breeze year-round, but your taste buds can experience fine wines no matter when you decide to visit Chateau Coralini!
Our inn is just a minute’s drive from the Great River Road Wine Trail, a popular attraction for amateur wine connoisseurs everywhere! Our guide will help you find the path, select wineries, and customize your trip so you don’t have to worry about a thing!
Keep reading so you don’t have to hear stuff through the grapevine!
Winery Map
Chateau Coralini is in the middle of the trail. It starts in Monterey, works its way northwest toward the inn, and then cruising southeast from Salinas to King City.
If you were to drive from Monterey to King City without stopping at a winery, you’d drive for about 1 hour and 10 minutes. This is why the Great River Road Wine Trail could be considered an all day activity if you want it to be!
The Best Wineries on the Trail
California is an ideal wine country, and as such there are a ton of different wineries for you to tour with! Here are some of our favorites.
Bargetto Winery
Address: 700 Cannery Row suite g, Monterey, CA
Hours: 11AM - 6PM
Popular winery with awesome Mexican food, live music, and other fun events.
Odonata Wines
Address: 645 River Rd, Salinas, CA
Hours: 11AM - 5PM
A cozy winery with lots of outdoor seating and a fire pit!
Pessagno Winery
Address: 1645 River Rd, Salinas, CA
Hours: 12PM - 5PM (Closed on Tuesday and Wednesday)
Tons of events and classy drinks. Perfect for the winter months as it has heated seating.
Manzoni Winery
Address: 30981 River Rd, Soledad, CA
Hours: 12PM - 5PM (Weekends only)
A quiet tasting room that hosts events frequently.
Puma Road Winery
Address: 32071 River Rd, Soledad, CA
Hours: 12PM - 5PM (Closed on Tuesday and Wednesday)
A locally-owned winery that offers several sweet wines.
Chalone Vineyards
Address: 32020 Stonewall Canyon Rd, Soledad, CA
Hours: 11AM - 5PM (Closed Monday - Wednesday)
Hidden in the mountains and slightly off the beaten path, you won’t want to miss this cute winery.
What is the best way to experience The Great River Road Wine Trail?
Customizing your trip can make you feel even more excited to go. While wine tasting is a fun thing to do with someone you love, you can add additional benefits to your experience to make it even more romantic, fun, and convenient for yourself.
Monterey Guided Tours
Get a more in-depth look at some of the wine processes, go on a special picnic for two, and even drive an ATV through the vineyards! You can do all of this and more when you come to Monterey.
Behind the Scenes Wine Tour
Do you want to get a good look at how wine is made? You can spend hours with the professionals tasting some of their wine, eating great food, and taking in gorgeous private scenery in the vineyards themselves.
My VIP Driver
One valid concern people have about taking a wine trip is the driving part of it. How can you truly enjoy sipping as many different wines as possible while still guaranteeing you are safe to drive? Either someone needs to take one for the team as a designated driver, or you just won’t be able to explore much of the trail.
But there is another way! VIP Driver allows you to have someone drive you from winery to winery so you can have the perfect trip.