Rent a Bus to Schnebly Redland's Winery: South Florida Wine Tour Guide

Most wineries in Florida are making grape wines from fruit grown somewhere else. Schnebly Redland's Winery in Homestead is doing something entirely different — and that difference is exactly why groups keep showing up with a bus full of friends. This is the southernmost winery in the continental United States, and the wines on the tasting menu are made from mangoes, lychees, guavas, passion fruit, avocado, and carambola grown right here in South Florida.

Getting there from Boynton Beach takes about 90 minutes to two hours down the Florida Turnpike (Homestead Extension), which means this trip works best when you have a vehicle handling the highway while your group starts the party early. Trying to coordinate a caravan of cars — each needing someone to stay sober, each hunting for parking at the same dusty farm road — takes away from the whole point of a wine tour. One bus, one pickup, one drop-off, and nobody has to debate who's driving home.

That's the case this guide makes.

Party Bus Boynton Beach handles winery runs like this regularly. Call us at 728-233-2840 or check our South Florida wine tour transportation page to see what fits your group. Below is everything you need to plan the full Schnebly day — the address, what's on the property, how tastings and tours work, what to expect on arrival, and why a private bus makes the logistics disappear.

What Makes Schnebly Redland's Winery Worth the Drive

The Schnebly family started making tropical fruit wines in Homestead in 2009, using the same subtropical farmland in Miami-Dade County's Redland agricultural district that the region has been known for growing exotic produce for generations. The result is a lineup of wines — more than 15 varieties — that you genuinely cannot find anywhere else in the United States. Lychee Dulce, Kiss of Passion, carambola, avocado, mango, guava, key lime: each bottle on the tasting menu reflects a fruit actually grown on South Florida soil.

That's the winery angle. But the property itself is half the reason people drive down from Boynton Beach, Boca Raton, and West Palm Beach. The 6.5-acre grounds feel nothing like a suburban winery tasting room.

Think large coral-rock waterfalls, koi ponds, tiki huts scattered across tropical landscaping, and a natural lagoon that gives the whole place a "hidden Everglades garden" energy you do not expect to find 30 miles south of downtown Miami. It's a genuine destination — not just a quick stop.

On-site, the Schnebly property also houses Miami Brewing Company, so guests who prefer craft beer over wine can work through a beer lineup without missing out. The full-service restaurant, The Redlander, is open Friday through Sunday and focuses on farm-to-table seasonal cooking with a Latin influence — fresh produce sourced from the same region as the wines. Live music runs on Friday and Saturday nights and on Sunday afternoons, turning late-afternoon arrivals into full evenings.

How the Wine Tasting Works

Walk-in tastings are available during regular hours, but reservations make things faster and smoother — especially if you're arriving as a group. The standard tasting is $30 per person and includes five wines of your choosing, poured in a branded souvenir engraved wine glass you take home. Staff guide you through what you're tasting: how the fruit was processed, what makes each variety distinct from the last, and what food it pairs with.

The tasting area is set up in the outdoor tiki huts, which means you're sitting in the middle of the waterfall courtyard rather than squeezed into a counter bar. On a Friday evening or a Saturday afternoon with live music playing, this is a genuinely good place to sit for a couple of hours. The palm trees, exotic fish in the ponds, and the sound of water from the coral waterfalls all do their job.

The wine varieties rotate seasonally, but consistent options include:

• Lychee Dulce — one of the most popular; sweet, floral, and tropical without being cloying
• Kiss of Passion — made from passion fruit; bright and slightly tart
• Mango wine — rich and full-bodied for a fruit wine; pairs well with spicy food
• Avocado wine — the conversation-starter; smooth and dry, nothing like you'd expect
• Key lime wine — crisp and citrus-forward; the obvious Florida choice
• Guava and carambola wines — lighter and great for warm-weather sipping

Bottles are available for purchase at the tasting room, and the winery offers a wine club membership for monthly or quarterly selections — useful for anyone who discovers a new favorite during the visit.

Guided Tours: What You See and When

Guided tours at Schnebly run Friday through Sunday on the hour and take about 30 to 45 minutes. Weekend tours are hourly from 1pm to 5pm on Saturday and 1pm to 4pm on Sunday. Weekday tours are available by reservation only.

The cost is $16 per person, and reservations need to be made at least 24 hours in advance online through the winery's booking system.

The tour covers the Schnebly family history — how they ended up making tropical fruit wine in South Florida — and walks you through the actual winemaking process: how fresh fruit gets pressed, fermented, and barrel-aged into a finished bottle. Groups that come specifically to understand how it all works find the guided tour well worth the add-on over a tasting-only visit.

Weekend tours max out at 15 people per group, so larger parties will need to split across multiple tour times. If your group is 20 or more and you want the full guided experience on the same tour, call ahead — (305) 242-1224 — and confirm what they can accommodate for private group tours, which are available any day of the week with at least seven days' advance notice.

Private Events and Group Packages at Schnebly

Schnebly actively hosts private groups, and the venue is set up for it. The main building offers more than 5,000 square feet of indoor space overlooking the tropical courtyard, plus over 20,000 square feet of outdoor grounds with the waterfall area and tiki hut sections. That scale can handle a bachelorette party of 20, a corporate offsite of 50, or a wedding reception of 100+.

Specific group packages available through the winery's booking platform include:

• Bachelorette package — includes a private tour, reserved tasting seating with sparkling wine for the bride-to-be, and two bottles of sparkling wine or three bottles of wine for the group to toast
• Birthday package — $78 per person, includes a welcome glass of sparkling wine, guided walking tour, reserved tasting, and a charcuterie board for two
• Anniversary package for two — $170–$184 per couple, full experience with reserved seating
• Private tour and tasting groups — available any day of the week, groups of any size, with reservation at least 7 days in advance

Buses are welcome at the property, and the parking lot accommodates larger vehicles without issue. For a group arriving on a party bus or charter bus, the coordination is straightforward: one vehicle drops everyone at the entrance, the group spends two to four hours on the property, and the bus is ready to go when the last glass is poured.

What to Expect When You Arrive

Schnebly Redland's Winery sits on SW 217th Avenue in the Redland farming district, about eight miles west of the Florida Turnpike's Homestead exit. The road out is agricultural — you pass groves and nurseries before the winery entrance comes into view. There is a dedicated private parking lot on-site, and the property is noted as wheelchair-accessible throughout, with a walkway system that connects all the main areas of the grounds.

The entrance puts you immediately into the courtyard, where the coral waterfall structures and koi ponds are the first thing you see. Tiki hut seating is scattered throughout, and the tasting room/bar area is centrally located. The Redlander restaurant occupies the main building, though it's only open Friday through Sunday.

A few practical notes for group arrivals:

• The winery gets crowded on Friday and Saturday evenings when live music is running — arriving before 2pm on a weekend gives your group more room to spread out
• Dogs on leash are welcome on the grounds
• Walk-in tastings work, but reservations are recommended for groups of 8 or more to ensure reserved seating
• Outside food and drinks are not permitted; The Redlander and the tasting bar cover food and beverage needs on-site

The Drive from Boynton Beach: Why the Bus Changes the Math

Boynton Beach to Homestead is approximately 93 miles and takes about 90 to 115 minutes depending on traffic. The fastest route follows the Florida Turnpike south and connects to the Homestead Extension — you pass through Miami Gardens, then Kendall, and the Turnpike carries you almost all the way to the winery's address.

Here is the problem with the carpool version of this trip. If you have 15 people who want to spend an afternoon wine tasting, you are looking at four or five cars. Four or five people who cannot drink.

Four or five parking situations. Four or five people splitting off on the way home because someone needs to stop at a Turnpike plaza or take a different exit. By the time you add up the logistics — and factor in that a 90-minute highway drive at the end of a wine tasting is not what anyone who skipped the tasting to stay sober signed up for — the group-bus math becomes obvious.

One party bus or charter bus rental picks up the entire group in Boynton Beach, handles the full southbound Turnpike run, drops everyone at the Schnebly entrance, and handles the return trip back up the coast after the last glass. Nobody has to be the responsible one. Everyone actually gets to taste the avocado wine.

Confirm live routing on Google Maps before your trip date — the Turnpike corridor south of Miami can run slower on Friday afternoons during season.

Which Vehicle Works for a Schnebly Wine Tour Group

The size of your group and what you want from the ride determines the right vehicle. Party Bus Boynton Beach has access to options that cover every headcount:

For most bachelorette and birthday wine tour groups — which tend to run 12 to 25 people — a party bus is the right fit. The built-in bar area, the LED lighting, and the sound system keep the energy right on the way down, and everyone is together the whole time. If your group is closer to 35–56, a minibus or full-size charter bus gets everyone there in one shot without anyone driving.

Call Party Bus Boynton Beach at 728-233-2840 and give us your headcount, your date, and where you're starting from. We will price it out in a few minutes.

Building the Full Schnebly Day Trip Itinerary

Schnebly is a half-day to full-day destination on its own, but the Homestead and Redland area around it offers enough to justify making a complete day out of it. Here's how a well-planned group day looks from Boynton Beach:

Morning (10:00–10:30am): Bus picks up the group at a central Boynton Beach location. Pack a light snack for the ride down — The Redlander doesn't open until 11am Friday–Sunday, and not at all Monday–Thursday.

Midday arrival (Noon–1pm): Arrive at Schnebly, check in for tastings, and take the guided tour if you booked one. The tour runs about 45 minutes and sets up the tasting experience with context about how the wines are made.

Afternoon (1pm–4pm): Work through the 5-wine tasting flight in the tiki hut area. The waterfall and lagoon grounds are open to walk around between pours. Grab lunch at The Redlander if your visit is on a Friday–Sunday.

Late afternoon (4pm–6pm): Browse the bottle shop, pick up a few wines to bring home, and settle into the outdoor seating for a last glass before the bus heads back north. On Fridays and Saturdays, live music typically starts in the late afternoon — a natural reason to stay until 5 or 6pm before the highway run home.

Evening return (6pm–8pm): The Turnpike back north runs clean in the evening on most days. Your group is back in Boynton Beach by 8 or 8:30pm, and nobody needs to figure out who's dropping off the last person or where they left their car.

Other Stops to Combine on a South Florida Wine Day

If your group wants to stretch the trip, the Redland district around Schnebly has a few other stops worth adding. The Schnebly winery itself shares a location with Miami Brewing Company, so beer drinkers in the group can pivot to a craft beer lineup without leaving the property. That alone resolves the classic "half the group drinks wine, half prefers beer" tension that kills otherwise great wine tour ideas.

The Fruit & Spice Park (24801 SW 187th Ave, Homestead) is a few miles from Schnebly and showcases more than 500 varieties of exotic fruit trees and plants — a natural complement to an afternoon focused on tropical produce turned into wine. It's a low-key, walkable stop that works well before or after the tasting.

On the return north, the bus can make a dinner stop anywhere from Coral Gables to Fort Lauderdale before the final run back to Boynton Beach — a useful option if your group wants to extend the night without everyone driving home full on wine.

Booking Tips for Group Wine Tours to Schnebly

A few things worth knowing before you lock in the date:

• Reserve tasting seating in advance for groups of 8+. Walk-ins are technically accepted, but arriving with 20 people and no reservation on a Saturday afternoon can mean a wait for a block of seating to open up together.
• Book guided tours at least 24 hours ahead for weekend tour slots. For a private group tour on any day of the week, the winery requires at least 7 days' advance notice. Call (305) 242-1224 to confirm group logistics directly.
• Bachelorette and birthday packages require booking via Tock (the winery's reservation system). These fill up on popular weekends, so don't wait until two days before.
• Friday and Saturday evenings are the busiest — live music draws larger crowds and the waterfall area fills up. Weekend mornings and Sunday afternoons tend to be more relaxed if your group prefers space over energy.
• The winery is closed Monday–Thursday for the restaurant — if you're going on a weekday, food options on-site are limited and you will need to plan lunch before or after the tasting.

For the bus side of the trip: book early on peak dates. Bachelorette weekends in particular — where the South Florida party bus demand is already high for Clematis Street and downtown Boca Raton nights — tend to pull from the same vehicle supply as a Schnebly winery day trip. Getting your date on the calendar before the group has even finalized the itinerary details is the right move.

Why This Trip Works for Groups From Boynton Beach

The Norton Museum of Art and the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts are both reasons to stay local on a Saturday. But Schnebly Redland's Winery offers something those venues don't: an agricultural, off-the-grid escape that feels genuinely removed from South Florida's coastal routine, with wines that are completely impossible to find anywhere outside this region. For groups — bachelorette parties, wine clubs, corporate teams, birthday groups — that combination makes it a trip worth planning around.

The 90-minute Turnpike drive is the only friction point, and a party bus removes it entirely. Your group boards in Boynton Beach, relaxes and enjoys the ride down, spends three to four hours in a tropical winery with no sober-ride math to solve, and rides home together. That's the version of the Schnebly trip that people actually talk about afterward.

Party Bus Boynton Beach handles South Florida wine tour transportation regularly — from short Palm Beach County runs to full day trips to Homestead and back. Call 728-233-2840 for a quick quote, or get pricing instantly through our online tool. Tell us your group size, your date, and your starting point and we will match you with the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions: Schnebly Redland's Winery Group Visits

What is the address of Schnebly Redland's Winery?

The winery is located at 30205 SW 217th Ave, Homestead, FL 33030. Phone: (305) 242-1224. It's approximately 93 miles south of Boynton Beach, about 90 to 115 minutes via the Florida Turnpike Homestead Extension depending on traffic.

What are the hours at Schnebly Winery?

The winery is open Monday through Thursday from Noon to 5pm, and Friday through Sunday from 11am until close (Sunday closes at 8pm). The Redlander restaurant is only open Friday through Sunday. If your group is visiting on a weekday, food options on-site are limited — plan to eat before or after.

How much does a wine tasting cost at Schnebly?

The standard wine tasting is $30 per person and includes a flight of five wines plus a souvenir engraved wine glass. Guided tours are an additional $16 per person and run hourly on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Private group tours are available any day with at least seven days' advance reservation.

Can a party bus or charter bus park at Schnebly Winery?

Yes. The winery has a private on-site parking lot that accommodates larger vehicles. Buses are welcome at the property.

Confirm the specifics of bus parking with the winery directly when you book your group reservation — call (305) 242-1224.

Does Schnebly have group packages for bachelorette parties and birthdays?

Yes. The winery offers a bachelorette package with private tour, reserved seating, and sparkling wine for the group, as well as a birthday package at $78 per person that includes a guided tour, reserved tasting, and charcuterie. Both are bookable through the winery's Tock reservation page.

For larger private groups or custom events, contact the winery directly at least seven days in advance.

What kind of wines does Schnebly Redland's make?

Schnebly specializes in tropical fruit wines made from South Florida produce — lychee, mango, passion fruit, guava, avocado, carambola, and key lime among them. They also offer a sparkling wine selection and a small number of grape-based wines. Miami Brewing Company craft beers are available on-site for guests who prefer beer.

How do we get from Boynton Beach to Schnebly Winery by bus?

Party Bus Boynton Beach provides direct group transportation from Boynton Beach to Schnebly Redland's Winery and back. The route follows the Florida Turnpike south to the Homestead Extension — about 93 miles and 90 to 115 minutes. Call 728-233-2840 for a quote, or get instant pricing through our party bus prices page.