Miami County Trolley

Thoroughly enjoyed this wine tour! Planning another visit with a group of friends. This is definitely something you can make a whole day out of too.

Called in advance to book as part of a group of 6. At booking payment of $20 per person is made which covers transportation for the day. Trolley pickup is about a 45 min drive from downtown Kansas City. Trolley seats comfortably 30 people on wooden benches. Once the whole group was seated the driver filled us in on driving times, and rules. You can't bring your own food or drink to the wineries. I'm not a fan of this rule. The tour lasted about 5 hours most of which wine is consumed, making water and food a must. Out of the 3 wineries none offered complimentary water, one had a pizza food truck, one had a limited supply of cheese and crackers and one was a general store that sold nick knacks, our second stop wasnt a winery at all but a ' tasting room'. From what I could tell the trolley had no AC. The weather was nice in the low 70's so we put down the Windows only to get covered in a thick layer of dust , the wineries are off of dirt roads. The driver told us it can get dusty though which was an understatement. Conversation is in the yelling range as it seems were riding along in the belly of the engine. Along with the wide variety of music being blasted.If you do purchase wine it must be left on the trolley. We were dropped off at the 3 spots and had about an hour at each with about 20 min drive in between. Wine tastings range 8-5$ per person. Bottles on average run about $15. I had a blast with my group and it was nice to be safely driven so we could all enjoy the wine. Next time I would drive myself and only visit Somerset and Nighthawk. I will buy the food they have available but I will bring my own in addition to lots of water. If you have food allergies bring your own food.

1. Tour was mediocre wineries 2. There was a bachlerette party that had a special drop off that required the rest of the trolley to have an extra 40 minute ride. None pf this was explained until we were suppose to be heading back. So for everyone that was picking us up at the communicated pick up time up time of 5 had to wait in a parling lot for at least 40 minutes because of this company's poor customer service and communication skills.

Miami County Wine Trolley combines professionalism with fun. Everything was planned out at each winery and I enjoyed the amount of time we got to stay at each. I would recommend this to anyone!! (I already have). You can bring food to 2 out of the 3 wineries and there is a rotating food truck at the 3rd.