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Yarra Valley Wine and Winery Tour from Melbourne
Badge of ExcellenceMelbourne, Australia
- 8 hours
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Experience the delights of Victoria’s wine country on this Yarra Valley wine tour from Melbourne. With an informative wine guide, you’ll visit four popular wineries: Balgownie Estate, Steels Gate Winery, Greenstone Vineyards, and Yering Farm. Enjoy plenty of tastings as well as a winery lunch while you learn about winemaking in Australian and admire the picturesque landscapes.
- Enjoy wine tastings at four distinctive wineries
- Admire the scenery during your drive through the fertile Yarra Valley
- Learn the tasting technique - swirl, sniff, slurp and then taste a variety of styles from sparkling, red, white and sweet wine
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
Visiting four Yarra Valley wineries, all with a different ambience, offers a comprehensive overview of the region's wines.
What's Included
- Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points
- Transport by air-conditioned mini bus
- Wine tastings at four Yarra Valley wineries
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Cruise port pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Start time
09:15 AM
Pickup details
**Hotel pick up times** 9:15am The Savoy Hotel on Little Collins Melbourne, 630 Little Collins St, Melbourne 9:25am Immigration Museum 400 Flinders St (Cnr Market St), Melbourne 9.35am QV Melbourne 210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 9.40am Grand Hyatt Russell St Entrance, Melbourne 9:45am Her Majesty’s Theatre 219 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
What To Expect
Your day trip starts with pickup in Melbourne for the drive northeast of the city to the Yarra Valley. Throughout your tour, your knowledgeable wine guide provides entertaining commentary and information about the Yarra Valley wine region and the varietals produced here.
Make your first stop at Greenstone Vineyards, which has unparalleled views of the Estate vineyard and Great Dividing ranges. After your first tasting of the day you will then head to Balgownie Estate, where you’ll spend half an hour at the tasting table, sampling varietals like shiraz and cabernet sauvignon, before moving into the winery restaurant, with views of the vineyards, for lunch and a glass of wine. (If the winery is not serving lunch on the day of the tour, a similar location will be substituted.)
Next up is Yering Farm, where you’ll enjoy your tasting in the cellar door (tasting room) converted from an old hay shed. As you sample wine, take a look at copper winemaking tools used more than a century ago. And your final stop for the day will be at the beautiful Soumah Wines.
Your day trip ends with the drive back to Melbourne, where you’ll be dropped off at your pickup point.
Make your first stop at Greenstone Vineyards, which has unparalleled views of the Estate vineyard and Great Dividing ranges. After your first tasting of the day you will then head to Balgownie Estate, where you’ll spend half an hour at the tasting table, sampling varietals like shiraz and cabernet sauvignon, before moving into the winery restaurant, with views of the vineyards, for lunch and a glass of wine. (If the winery is not serving lunch on the day of the tour, a similar location will be substituted.)
Next up is Yering Farm, where you’ll enjoy your tasting in the cellar door (tasting room) converted from an old hay shed. As you sample wine, take a look at copper winemaking tools used more than a century ago. And your final stop for the day will be at the beautiful Soumah Wines.
Your day trip ends with the drive back to Melbourne, where you’ll be dropped off at your pickup point.
Yarra Valley (Pass By)
Greenstone Vineyards
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Balgownie Estate Yarra Valley
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Eatery & Cellar Door at Balgownie Estate
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Yering Farm Wines
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Soumah
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Yarra Valley
Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Minimum age for this tour is 5 years; prior to boarding, a consent form must be signed by the parent or guardian of any child between the ages of 5 and 10 to confirm the child's age
- Minimum age is to drink alcohol is 18 years
- Vegetarian option is available daily, for other special dietary needs please advise at booking
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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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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1,232 reviews
Jennifer_S, May 2024
Great day. Beautiful wineries and a lovely lunch. Driver was terrific. Would recommend this tour to anyone who likes wine.
Steve_R, Apr 2024
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
Elaine_W, Apr 2024
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.
Tom_P, Apr 2024
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.
Lindsay_I, Apr 2024
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!!!
Claire_T, Apr 2024
Fun and informative driver
Good variety of vineyards, very enjoyable lunch.
Enthusiastic cellar door staff, interesting hearing about the different grape varieties etc
Pete_M, Apr 2024
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.
Sarah_L, Apr 2024
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.
Margaret_C, Mar 2024
A good sample of vineyards - from family run to resort style.
The wines offered and explained to us showed what to expect in the region
Lunch at Balgownie was a highlight.
Denise_D, Mar 2024
Tony was a great driver, very entertaining and knowledgeable. Enjoyed the winery’s and food. Scenery beautiful.
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