Small-Group Yarra Valley Wine Tour: Wine, Gin and Cider

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Duration:8 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Location: Melbourne, Victoria

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Our wine tour is a social, down to earth and laid back trip that offers great wines, gin,cider and more..and we have a laugh doing it!

We'll pick you up in the morning and focus on everyone getting to know each other. We get everyone to add to a Spotify playlist so we have some tunes and spend the first hour just chatting!

Every tour is different. Everything we do on my trip is discussed by the group in the morning. We will give you options to choose from including many different wineries, Distilleries, a cheese place,a chocolate factory, Cideries, restaurants and breweries.
However if you just want to come along and put your trust in us, we will visit 4 or 5 unique venues, all with a point of difference.

Generally we do 2 wineries,a restaurant,a distillery and either,a chocolate place or a champagne place.

We don't include lunch in the price, so we go to a restaurant (Quarters) where you can order/pay what you want to eat/drink.

We use a 24 seater bus, but only fill 10-18 seats

WHAT'S INCLUDED

✓ Live entertainment (Acoustic guitar)
✓ Local guide
✓ Driver/guide
✓ Air-conditioned vehicle
✓ Wine tastings
✓ We supply cheese platters at the second winery if you are on our standard tour in the larger bus. When we run a smaller van it is common that we do not supply this cheese platter.
✓ Beverages
✓ We use 2 buses each day.One has 18 seats filled,the other 13.If size is important to you, inform us!
✓ 6-7 Tastings at each winery (included in price)
✓ Alcoholic Beverages

✗ Lunch- We will go to a restaurant where everyone can order/pay their own way. Allow 20-30$ for mains
✗ We won’t Go to every place mentioned in the itinerary. They are a list of potential options.

WHAT TO EXPECT

1. Yarra Valley
We will drive for 55 minutes to our first venue. After about 45 minutes its starts getting scenic!
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Try 5-6 wines and an incredible Pink Lady Apple Cider at this very small, boutique and family run vineyard.
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We also provide cheese platters here to compliment your tasting. Incredible views. Laid back type of winery with an incredible range of tastes. From Medium bodied reds, to pinot grigio, from sweet desert wines to sparkling, from unfiltered pinot noirs, to Chardonnay to heavy Shiraz and fortified wines. We also provide cheese platters here to compliment your tasting.
4. Domaine Chandon
Due to this place not really accepting tour groups, we can't actually generally include drinks here. If we can sense that there are some of the group that reaaalllly want to go to Chandon...what we do is after lunch instead of taking 30m minutes to just relax and enjoy the lunch venue itself, we drive those who want to check out Chandon and essentially leave you there for 30-40 minutes. This is our way around it. So we can do it, but it definitely will be at your own expense and is not included in the price. A little frustrating, but we are literally the only tour that even offers that! We find all people want to do there is just have a glass and enjoy the scenery anyway, so 30-40 minutes Is plenty of time!
5. Helen's Hill Estate
We don't always go here, but if we do their wines are really good! Arguably the best Shiraz/Syrah in the area.
6. St Huberts Cellar Door
Here we have lunch. The restaurant is called 'Quarters' and is located on St Huberts Estates winery. The entire menu is QR coded or you can order with wait staff. Lunch is not included in the price so this would be at your own expense. The food is incredible here. I would allow anything from 10-40$ here, depending on how hungry you are. There is something for everyone here. Pizzas, burgers, steaks, ribs, vegan dishes, celiac friendly, creative salads,...really nice food! The venue itself is really impressive and they also have a cellar door to do wine tastings and whiskey tasting, as well as an Indigenous art museum all done by First Nations people around Victoria. We often split the group up after lunch for those that want to explore the venue...or those that want to try Chandon.
7. Four Pillars Distillery
Here we try 4 of their Gins on a paddle, with tonic or soda to mix with it whilst being told how hey make it in their new impressive distillery. That said, if you don't like gin or want something else, we can get you any type of drink there. You can even cross the road and we can arrange a private wine tasting at Payton and Jones if you really want to keep the day Wine focused.
8.
Instead of Four Pillars gin, we offer the chance to go to the local brewery where you can try 4 beers on their beer paddle. Small local craft brewery
9. Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
Here at this very scenic spot, you will have a private tasting of 10-12 chocolates over 25 minutes. You'll then have time to buy any chocolate you like as well as take advantage of the ice cream section of the factory.
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If people are not interested in the chocolate tasting, we offer the chance to drive people to this winery which around the corner from the chocolate place. This would be simply a round of drinks but would be at your own expense. Its simply a nice scenic way to end the day if you want to keep drinking.
11. Payten & Jones Wines
If you want to keep your day wine-focused, we offer the chance to get a wine tasting here INSTEAD OF FOUR PILLARS GIN. Arguably the best wine of the day!
12. Yarra Valley Dairy
This place is a bit of a 'maybe'. We tend to find that we don't regularly go here unless a lot of people want to sacrifice an alcohol place on the day. It is very close to a winery we frequently go to and we can occasionally split the group up. We actually supply cheese platters at the second winery which is the exact same cheese that you could get from this place. Here we supply cheese platters of 3 goats cheeses and 3 cows Cheeses as well as crackers (GF). It's a quick stop..normally only 20 minutes.. It's also a cafe and a place you can buy lesser known wines of the Yarra.

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Posted By : Jennifer B
A great mixture of wine, gin and food. Casual vibe on bus. Alex was friendly and accomodating. A good way to try the regions offerings.
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Posted On : 2024-06-07 01:50:55

Posted By : 923noelt
Callum was awesome. This is one of my favorite tours of our entire trip. The gin tasting was exceptional!!! The chocolate factory is insane.
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Posted On : 2024-06-06 01:48:33

Posted By : jessicafD2978CX
Such a lovely lovely day. Highly recommend. Great variety and such high quality tastings. Callum our driver was just divine! I’ll be back :)
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Posted On : 2024-06-06 01:48:21

Posted By : sandrabP7148IP
Callum was a joy as a tour driver. He kept great pace and was very patient with the stragglers. Had a great day thank you very much.
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Posted On : 2024-06-06 01:45:31

Posted By : F8819WRsharonc
This trip was a lot of fun. Todd deserves 5 Stars. the scenery is lovely. The wine hostess at Yerling was nice and very informative. I'm not a gin drinker but others in our group really enjoyed it. You might want to reduce the time at each stop and include another winery.
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Posted On : 2024-06-05 08:12:38

Posted By : jjsj01
The kiwi sisters are a bit slow in reviewing but what an awesome way to celebrate a birthday!! We had the most amazing day out in the Yarra Valley with our driver Aydin and the other 16 passengers on the tour. Started the tour as strangers, left the tour as friends! 'Love ya Aydin"
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Posted On : 2024-06-05 04:09:47

Posted By : firelight
Todd brought us out for the day tour. he’s funny, it was awesome, and the tour pace was not rushed, timing was great and everyone had a great time. thanks todd! belacan for the win!
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Posted On : 2024-06-05 03:14:57

Posted By : AjitF5
Great guy Callum….
Very accommodating
No stress for slight delays
Kept us all in time
Great food recommendations
Thanks a Ton
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Posted On : 2024-06-05 02:51:37

Posted By : ilovetotravel201l9
Amazing wine tour! Callum was fantastic and with exceptional commubucation. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting a private tour.
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Posted On : 2024-06-05 02:47:38

Posted By : chunhuiy2024
Was an interesting experience! Our driver Todd was really friendly and helpful! Love the chocolate factory visit as well.
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Posted On : 2024-06-04 18:16:53