Discover Victoria’s Yarra Valley wine region on this day trip from Melbourne. With an expert guide to act as your wine tutor, visit four of the area’s best-known wineries: Greenstone Vineyards, Balgownie Estate, Yering Farm and Soumah Yarra Valley. During your series of wine tastings and an included vineyard lunch, you’ll find out why the Yarra Valley is one of Australia's favourite wine regions, loved for its picturesque scenery. Choose from several pickup points in central Melbourne. (Itinerary subject to change without notice)
Posted By : B8479ZZsarahm
This tour could be amazing but it is detracted from one of the drivers Tony, who makes it all about him. From the incessant and deafening microphone commentary (which is irrelevant to anything about the tour) ensuring that half the party is either asleep or irritated before the first stop. I would advise if you book a tour, that you check who is driving because this was an experience I wish my group had avoided especially given it was for my friends birthday and was meant to be a special occasion.
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Posted On : 2024-05-11 02:23:09 
Posted By : Jennifer_S
Great day. Beautiful wineries and a lovely lunch. Driver was terrific. Would recommend this tour to anyone who likes wine.
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Posted On : 2024-05-03 20:00:38 
Posted By : Cathalmcgee
We visited the Yarra Valley with friends on the Aus Wine Company tour and had a great day out. We were collected promptly from Melbourne CBD and visit 4 vineyards before arriving back around 6pm. Lunch was delightful at Balgowie Estate and we tried many different types of wine during the day.
Yering Farm was a standout favourite, as it’s an amazing setting with good wine. We also tried their cider and it was very good, especially on the hot day we were there.
We would highly recommend and we will hopefully do it again someday!
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Posted On : 2024-04-30 16:53:55
Posted By : Steve_R
The scenery, the wineries, lunch were all spectacular.
The tour Guide/Bus driver was very well informed about the local history of the area and the wineries. He was also very patient with some of the tour group. Very funny man as well, made for a perfect day. Well organised
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Posted On : 2024-04-29 19:25:32
Posted By : Elaine_W
We had a wonderful day visiting 4 vineyards in the Yarra. Pick up was on time and Tony our guide and driver was informative and entertaining. The lunch at Balgownie was delicious. Recommend if you haven’t been to the Yarra Valley.
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Posted On : 2024-04-29 09:20:24
Posted By : Tom_P
Had a great lunch and the very nice wines. Terry was knowledgeable and funny and made sure we saw kangaroos. The scenery was absolutely stunning. Highly recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-04-23 19:48:24
Posted By : Lindsay_I
Matt our guide was awesome! He had great energy and gave us some facts about the valley! Balgownie had fantastic, high quality wine and lunch - definitely the best spot! The wine at the other wineries was ok but the vineyards and farms were beautiful and it was a great day!!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 19:31:07
Posted By : Claire_T
Fun and informative driver
Good variety of vineyards, very enjoyable lunch.
Enthusiastic cellar door staff, interesting hearing about the different grape varieties etc
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Posted On : 2024-04-13 22:35:43
Posted By : Pete_M
The overall experience of the Yarra Valley Wine and Winter Tour was positive. Was there things the tour company could have done better? Yes and we will get to a couple of recommendations shortly.
The pick up at selected locations in Melbourne went smoothly. When the 20 or so passenger coach arrived we noticed it wasn't a late model year vehicle. In fact it looked rather dated but the seats were comfortable, the ventilation system worked, and the sound over the public address system was clear.
Our coach driver was Gary and that is what he did. He drove the coach. From the last pick up location to the first wine tasting is around an hours drive through the city of Melbourne, then the outskirts of the city, and then into the wine country. A pleasant drive with varying scenery.
The wine tour consists of four different wineries with a very nice lunch prepared at the second winery. All of the wineries provide a nice narrative of their different wines. All of them gave us a nice sampling of their wines. Since everyone's taste is different we'll defer preferring one winery over another and suffice to say each was unique in their own way.
The weather with intermittently overcast with periodic scatter showers and blustery winds. This didn't allow us to enjoy much of the outdoor facilities available. The scenery from the coach was nice and allowed those wishing to take photos to snap away.
The question is what could have gone differently to change the rating from 4 stars to 5 stars. The answer is Gary. He was the coach driver and performed those tasks to an exceptional high standard. During the over the an hour drive to the first winery and again in the over an hour drive back from the last winery he offered no information about the wine region or any other general information about the Yarra Valley or Melbourne area. He did allow us to listen to his favorite talk radio station. No music or just turn the radio off to have silence.
Had Gary offered some informative information going to or returning from the wineries the overall experience would have been heightened. Perhaps we are spoiled by having done many other coach tours with guide/driver who provide general information about the local area and insights on what we have to look forward to as the day progresses.
Did we get what we paid for? Yes. Could the experience been heightened? Yes, without a great deal of extra effort. Would we recommend the same tour to friends? Yes, with the caveat to be forewarned about Gary.
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Posted On : 2024-04-10 21:51:49
Posted By : Sarah_L
Everyone at the wineries was so nice and friendly and each place we visited was a little different and unique in its own way. Our driver was very friendly and kept us entertained with banter and little bits of I formation throughout the day, very enjoyable indeed and would highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-04-07 17:45:05
