(NVR) - For the first time in its 27-year history, Napa Valley Wine Train is planning a service that will deposit tourists at a string of Upvalley wineries for tours and tastings.

Participants say this elegant service, called “Quattro Vino,” is a way for wineries to host visitors without further congesting Highway 29.

Wine Train’s new owners, Noble House Hotels & Resorts and partner Brooks Street, said the new excursion train will stop at four Napa Valley wineries.

For $249 per person, riders will board a new one-car train – a second car will be added shortly – for a six-hour, 36-mile tour up and down the valley.

The train will stop at the Robert Mondavi, Charles Krug, Merryvale and V. Sattui wineries in Oakville and St. Helena where guests will enjoy tours and tastings. On board they’ll choose from a “small bites” menu. The new excursion is set to launch on June 1.

“We are incredibly excited to launch the Quattro Vino Tour as a new Napa Valley Wine Train offering,” said Pat Colee, chairman and founder of Noble House.

Before Noble House and partners bought the train, the only winery tours offered were mostly one-way train excursions and the winery was reached via bus or shuttle. Those tours will continue. The traditional Wine Train lunch and dinner trains will continue as well.

However, passengers taking the Quattro Vino tours will simply hop off the train and walk to the wineries, each located adjacent to the tracks.

Tom Davies, president at V. Sattui, said he was “really excited” to participate after being approached about the Quattro Vino tour.

“We need to find ways to get visitors out of their cars, especially with the gridlock we’ve been having lately” and the construction on Highway 29, Davies said.

“Anything we can do to get guests out of their cars and visit the winery is a win for the community,” he said.