The Boise River Urban Wine Trail Tour
The Boise River Urban Wine Trail Tour is a 3.5-hour, guided walking tour through Garden City’s urban wine district along the Boise River just minutes from Downtown Boise. You’ll taste at local wineries pouring Snake River Valley wines — Idaho’s first wine-growing region — with food pairings from riverside restaurants along the way. Every tasting, tax, and tip is included. Small groups. Must be 21+ to participate in the wine tasting. Child-friendly tour.
Yes, Idaho makes seriously good wine. Taste your way through Garden City’s walkable urban winery district — right along the Boise River.
- Real wineries, not just wine lists. Step inside working urban tasting rooms pouring wines from Idaho’s Snake River Valley AVA — the state’s first appellation — alongside standout Pacific Northwest bottles.
- A wine country you can walk. Garden City packs producers like Telaya, Dude Dewalt, Split Rail, Coiled, and Proletariat into one flat, riverside stretch along the Boise River urban wine trail — so you stroll between tastings with no designated driver required.
- Food that keeps pace with the pour. Riverside bites from local kitchens are built into the urban exploration, so you taste and sip comfortably across the full 3.5 hours.
- Truly all-inclusive. Every tasting, tax, and vendor tip is paid in advance. Bring a photo ID and your curiosity — we handle the rest.
What to Expect
Your local guide meets you 15 minutes before start time, just outside the first tasting room, and gets your group checked in. While children are welcome to join you, the Boise River Urban Wine Tour’s curated wine tasting menu is a 21+ experience, so bring a valid photo ID.
Over the next 3 hours and 30 minutes you’ll visit 5 stops from a rotating roster — a mix of urban wineries and riverside restaurants — for guided wine tastings paired with local bites. Every tab, tax, and tip is covered by Indulge Boise Food Tours in advance. Along the flat, 1.6-mile route beside the Boise River, your guide shares the story of Garden City’s urban wine district and Idaho’s Snake River Valley wine country, with its landmarks and history dating back to the early 1900s.
All you need to bring is your appetite — and your ID. We’ll take care of the rest!
Taste Idaho Wine Country: Your Winery & Restaurant Lineup
Garden City sits in the heart of Idaho’s Snake River Valley — the state’s first AVA (American Viticultural Area). Most of the producers on this Boise River urban wine trail pour wines grown right here, which is exactly what surprises first-timers: Idaho makes the real thing, and you can taste it without ever getting in a car. (Selections rotate — you’ll typically visit 5 of these on any given tour.)
Sandbar at the Riverside Hotel
Locally sourced, fresh, grilled cuisine and a full-service bar with specialty cocktails and the area’s best selection of local draft beer.
Caffe Lucianos on the Greenbelt
Boise’s upscale riverside “caffe” with classic Italian flatbread & drinks. (established 2017)
A family-owned urban winery right on the Greenbelt, handcrafting wines from the Snake River Valley and Washington’s Columbia Valley since 2008 — a full production house and tasting room steps from the Boise River. (established 2008)
The trail’s most approachable stop: high-quality, affordably priced Pacific Northwest wines on tap and in bottle, in a relaxed Garden City tasting room with a rooftop deck. (established 2011)
A lively, made-from-scratch taco shop from the Wylder Hospitality Group, with hand-pressed tortillas, well-seasoned proteins, and bold house salsas — a fresh, vibrant riverside bite between pours, right in the heart of the Garden City wine district. (established 2025)
An Idaho winery from the Eagle Foothills — a sub-appellation of the Snake River Valley — known for estate Tempranillo, now pouring at a new tasting room right on the Garden City Greenbelt. (established 2011)
Founded by French-trained winemaker Leslie Preston, Coiled is a tribute to the Snake River Valley itself (the name nods to the river): small-lot Riesling, Syrah, and traditional-method sparkling, all made vine-to-wine in Garden City. (established 2008)
A new-generation, small-production winery turning Snake River Valley and Northwest fruit into Rhône-focused, rule-bending wines — aged in everything from oak to clay to concrete. (established 2022)
PJ’s Riverdogs & Lemonade
A beloved Greenbelt stop for loaded gourmet dogs (e.g. The Hot Hawaiian) and fresh-squeezed lemonade, served up right along the Boise River urban wine trail — a fun, casual counterpoint to the tasting rooms and a local favorite on warm afternoons by the water. (established 2022)
