Relaxed Yarra Valley Wine Tour: Small Group Experience with Wine, Gin, Cider, and More
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Join our relaxed Yarra Valley wine tour for a small group experience filled with great wines, gin, cider, and more. Get to know fellow travelers, customize your itinerary, and visit unique venues. No lunch included, but we'll take you to a restaurant of your choice. Limited seats available!
Duration: 8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Yarra Valley - We will drive for 55 minutes to our first venue. After about 45 minutes its starts getting scenic!
  • Yering Farm Wines - Try 5-6 wines and an incredible Pink Lady Apple Cider at this very small, boutique and family run vineyard.
  • Helen & Joey Estate-Yarra Valley - Incredible views. Laid back type of winery with an incredible range of tastes. From sweet desert wines to sparkling, to unfiltered pinot noirs, to Chardonnay to heavy Shiraz and fortified wines. They even have ‘wine in a can’….a new thing they’ve been trying out! Don’t knock it until you tried it! It’s pretty good!
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Yarra Valley Dairy - 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.

We tend to find that we dont regularly go here unless a lot of people want to go on the day. It is very close to a winery we frequently go to and we can occasionally split the group up.

  • 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.
  • 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.

  • 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!

What's Included
  • Live entertainment with acoustic guitar
  • Expert local guide and driver
  • Comfortable transportation with air conditioning
  • Wine tastings at renowned wineries
  • Selection of fine beverages
  • Choice of two bus sizes for personalized comfort
  • 6-7 tastings at each winery, all included
  • Enjoy a range of alcoholic beverages
What's Not Included
  • 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.
Additional Information

Join us on our casual and communal wine tour, offering a variety of wines, gin, cider, and more, all while enjoying some good humor!

Your day will start with us picking you up. Following this, we create an informal, friendly atmosphere, encouraging everyone to contribute to a Spotify playlist for shared music and fostering conversation during the first hour.

Every tour is unique and influenced by the group’s preferences, discussed every morning. From different wineries, distilleries, a cheese shop, a chocolate factory, cideries, restaurants to breweries, you can choose your venues for the day. Or, if you prefer, leave it up to us— we will select 4 or 5 unique locales, each with its own appeal.

Typically, our itinerary includes two wineries, one restaurant, a distillery, and either a chocolate or champagne spot.

Although lunch is not included in the price, we have arranged for a stop at a restaurant (Quarters) where you can order and pay for your meal and beverages.

Our vehicle is a 24-seat bus, but we only accommodate 10-18 people on each tour to keep it intimate.

  • We do not do Hotel pick ups unless you can meet us on the way the Yarra Valley and it’s not a detour.
  • We do not have space for luggage of any sort.
  • We have 2 vehicles that run this tour. We primarily use a 24 seater bus but purposefully dont fill it up to still give the tour an intimate and small-group feel. We only allow 18 people max book. We also run a second vehicle of 13 seats which is a smaller van. If group size is important to you, please let us know so we can best accomodate you!
  • This is a public group tour where you’ll be joined by others. You can book this tour however as a large group and we can discuss doing a private tour for your group
Location
St Pauls Cathedral
Flinders Street
There will be a large White Mitsubishi Rosa Bus with License plate BS07ED at the front of St Pauls Cathedral, FLINDERS STREET at 9:00am. NOT FLINDERS LANE.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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16linleyw
Jun 21, 2024
Experience +++ - We had Addin look after us on our tour. We found the day to be very relaxed and layed back, making the most of the experience with humour, friendliness. Would highly recommend this tour, the winery’s, Gin and chocolate tour we went to were outstanding.
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Maps11535459011
Jun 21, 2024
Winery tour - Very happy with the tour, good bloke leading it with good information and good wineries to visit. Plenty included for the day.
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Sarah
Jun 20, 2024
Great day trip from Melbourne - Awesome trip! Alex was amazing. Enjoyed the stops, good variety of wines and great group to spend the day with. Highly recommend this day trip.
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Zhenyuec2024
Jun 20, 2024
:) - Amazing tour, amazing crew! It’s my second time to go to the wine tour actually. This time I am here with my girlfriend who just arrived in Melbourne and first time to go aboard. So I just take her to experience some thing new and fun here. Had a wonderful day with my girlfriend~
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G4891moluker
Jun 20, 2024
Excellent - Murph was great made the trip an awesome time. The gin distallry had good range and was able to try heaps of different gins. #gocarlton
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Courtneyholt13
Jun 19, 2024
Worth it - Was a lovely way to spend the day in wine country. Our guide waa funny and knowledgeable and checked in often. Highly recommend
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Alessandrocf5106qj
Jun 19, 2024
Complicated last minute request for 10 seater van. Great solution! Exceed expectations - Convenient van for a (long) trip to discover the coast. Very smart driver, helpful and speaks absolutely understandable English. Strong recommended!
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Francesco2002
Jun 19, 2024
The Australian coast - Wonderful experience with a young and very nice guide who was always available and thoughtful. Highly recommended trip
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Paulinawi8807wr
Jun 19, 2024
Great trip - Great trip, the wineries were excellent and the gin tasting was the cherry on top. The group was great and very friendly. Alex was a great host :)
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Janl279
Jun 17, 2024
Day tour with Todd -Yarra valley wine gin and chocolate - An amazing day out at the Yarra c valley with wine gin and chocolate. Todd was a brilliant guide too - great music and humour along with information on area Thankyou so much Jan
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