Let's Plan Your Adventure.

A memorable adventure has a memorable guide,
​a trusty steed(or a van), and a plan of action.
​Here, we'll go over the more personal aspects of your tour.

Let's Meet The Man in the Van!

Who's this guy? ​I want to book a tour!

Just a moment, we'll get to that. This is Dario Burgess, the founder of Man in the Van Wine Tours. He's the man behind the curtain, who will be your licensed chauffeur, guide, representative and your Seneca Lake local. His job is to make sure your wine tour goes exactly how you want it to. Any questions, concerns, comments, jokes, stories, or suggestions can go right to him, and he'll make sure they are addressed. And don't worry, he may be a big guy, but he's got a heart to match and his first priority is your satisfaction. You can call him D if you want.
Just looking for some prices? Click the button below! Bare bones information for the discerning window shopper. We'll even open it in a new window for you.

Now that you've met your driver, let's meet the ride.

This is Dario's 2012 Chrysler Town and Country. He runs all of his tours with it, and it's perfect for the job! It can house up to six(6) passengers per tour; feel free to bring friends, or be prepared to make new ones! While it's not a limousine, it boasts leather seats, plenty of trunk space, automatic windows and just about every other bell and whistle available, except heated seats and a propeller for aquatic lake tours. It's large enough to be comfortable, but small enough to squeeze its way into the hidden gems of Seneca Lake.

Now we can talk tours.

Our tours can be tailored specifically to how you want to experience Seneca Lake wine country. Tours come in two varieties:
The Bread
​and Butter

This is what we normally offer. We will be visiting six pre-chosen wineries that we believe offer the best quality and variety for the West side of Seneca Lake. Due to the nature of this tour, you will be sharing the van with other guests, so be prepared to make new friends! However, the winery list is not set in stone, and you can always make a request if you had a particular place in mind, and Big D will do his best to accommodate. There will be a lunch stop at any point the crew (that's you!) thinks it's time for a break. Lunch prices are not included in this package, but guests can collaborate with each other and decide where we will go. Check out the Our Recommendations page for a few ideas!

​The rate for this tour is $80 per person, which covers the 11am to 5pm tour. It does not include tasting fees, lunch or gratuity.
The Custom Experience
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This is truly the deluxe experience. This is a private tour for just you and your party, and you get to choose exactly which wineries you want to visit from anywhere around Seneca Lake. This package also includes a handcrafted lunch prepared      by a fantastic local chef, which is served at your convenience picnic style. Since this is a private tour, you will not have to share the vehicle with other guests, and you have more control over your excursion. In addition to these options, the Custom Experience may also be a "Beer Tour", in which we will visit a selection of local breweries instead of wineries!


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The price for this package is $130 per person, and includes lunch, but not tasting fees or gratuity. Extensions to this tour cost $30 dollars per hour after the allotted six hour tour. Winery hours will dictate how late these extensions can go, and very few places are open past 6pm outside of breweries. 
Tours will generally last up to six hours or until six wineries/breweries are visited, whichever milestone is reached first. Due to the nature of these tours, additional wineries/breweries past the initial six will not be accepted to avoid excessive inebriation of guests. We thank you for your understanding.
We do our best to pick up all passengers at their hotel or B&B to avoid drinking and driving after tours. Please let us know where you are staying, so that we can coordinate your pickup and drop off with other passengers, and so we can inform you if there will be a pickup fee for significant distances. Man in the Van Wine Tours is based out of Geneva, and we offer free pickup and drop off to guests that are staying within a certain distance of Geneva, NY 14456.
We took the liberty of leaving you some links here, so you can do some more exploring. If you're ready to book, go ahead and let us know.
This will take you to our personal picks for restaurants, hotels and B&Bs in the area, with links to their respective websites.
This will take you to our map page, which has a list of our favorite wineries, a map from Google,
​and a list of some other stops on West Seneca Lake that we'll be passing by.