Laid back,Small-Group Yarra Valley Wine Tour :Wine,Gin,Cider+more

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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!
2.
Try 5-6 wines and an incredible Pink Lady Apple Cider at this very small, boutique and family run vineyard.
3.
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.
10.
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 : Keren_S
Amazing, everything was as described and the guide was great
The landscapes are beautiful and the wine tasting was exquisite
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Posted On : 2024-01-01 03:33:54

Posted By : kovilumm
The trip was amazing! We went to the wineries, gin and chocolate tasting. Callum made it one of my best trips. Highly recommended.
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Posted On : 2023-12-29 00:23:57

Posted By : DAEMON_O
Aidan was a fantastic guide! Friendly and personable w/o being annoying. Very helpful and a pleasure to spend the day with.
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Posted On : 2023-12-28 18:31:17

Posted By : Susan_C
Well organised, and laid back. Perfect wine tour for a small group. Andrew was so informative and gave the best tips for each stop. The trip was tailor made to the passengers - perfect
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Posted On : 2023-12-28 17:21:28

Posted By : M9650YBrebeccap
Trip was amazing, guide was incredible and the itinerary was exactly what we wanted. 2 wine, 1 gin and some chocolate to finish *chefs kiss*
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Posted On : 2023-12-28 00:34:50

Posted By : 417mattt
Trip was a lot of fun and run very efficiently, Aydin kept everyone entertained and was very approachable/helpful. Appreciate the food recommendations at the end of the tour as well!
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Posted On : 2023-12-27 00:34:06

Posted By : Suzanne S
Aydin was fantastic! Friendly, helpful and treated us like royalty. Teepee Tours was very professional with clear friendly, up to date communications. Highly recommend
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Posted On : 2023-12-27 00:20:01

Posted By : 388chrissyw
Group size was way too big, over 20+ which made it very impersonal. Tour guide was more like a driver. Yes we got to make a choice about where to go for some of the places but some places cost extra. For what we paid, might have been better off doing hop on hop off tour . Wineries seem uninterested in our large group and just wanted to serve us as quickly without much commentary.
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Posted On : 2023-12-24 22:24:19

Posted By : I3264SGcharliew
An excellent wine/alcohol/cheese/chocolate tour. Andrew was our guide and he was super funny and charismatic. The beauty of this tour is that they give you the choice to do what you want to do e.g. if half the group want to taste the cheese and half want to try gin, they will cater for you. Really great day and would recommend to anyone. We tried loads of great wines, beers and gins in beautiful settings.
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Posted On : 2023-12-24 00:02:22

Posted By : TK0312
I went on the tour with my boyfriend and there were 20 other people. The host, Alex, was lovely. We stopped at a couple of different wineries, a gin distillery, a dairy farm and a chocolate factory + lunch at Hubert Estate. Everything was amazing. The wineries served delicious wines (+ cider). Alex ensured we had time to add on the extra stop at the dairy farm because so many of us were looking forward to trying some Yarra cheese and the cheese did not disappoint!! It was really great to be on a tour that was accomodating to what we wanted to see/ do, despite having a larger group. I would recommend this tour option if you are looking to get the most out of your “wine” tour.
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Posted On : 2023-12-23 02:56:40