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

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8 hours 30 minutes

Overview

🍷 Yarra Valley Wine Tour: Wine, Cider, Gin, Beer + Chocolate

Discover the ultimate day trip from Melbourne with our Yarra Valley Wine Tour, a curated journey through one of Australia’s most celebrated food and wine regions. This small‑group experience is designed for travellers who want more than just wine—combining boutique tastings of wine, cider, gin, craft beer, and gourmet chocolate into one unforgettable adventure.

Your day begins with a scenic drive from Melbourne into the rolling hills of the Yarra Valley, where vineyards, orchards, and artisanal producers await. At boutique wineries such as Yering Farm Wines and Tokar Estate, you’ll sample elegant cool‑climate wines, from crisp whites to bold reds, while learning the stories behind each vintage. For something different, enjoy a refreshing Pink Lady Apple Cider or swap to a craft beer paddle at Watts River Brewing. Gin lovers will delight in a tasting paddle at the world‑renowned Four Pillars Distillery, where innovative botanicals redefine Australia’s gin scene.

No visit to the Yarra Valley is complete without indulgence at the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery. Here, you’ll savour a private tasting of 10–12 handcrafted chocolates and have time to explore their decadent ice cream creations. Lunch is enjoyed at a modern winery restaurant such as St Huberts Estate’s Quarters, with options to upgrade to sparkling wine experiences at Domaine Chandon.

With expert guides, a relaxed atmosphere, and tastings at four diverse venues included, this tour offers exceptional value and variety. Whether you’re a wine enthusiast, a gin explorer, or simply someone who loves great food and company, the Yarra Valley Wine Tour promises a day of flavour, fun, and discovery.

Sample the produce of the Yarra Valley: tastings included at a number of stops
Stop at a local winery for wine and live entertainment against a scenic backdrop
Easy-to-find meeting point in central Melbourne near the Railway Station
A small group makes for a more intimate tasting experience

Lunch Menu: Example

Hubert-Menu-011222.pdf

What’s Included:

Beverages
6-7 Tastings at each of the 4 venues we visit (included in price)
Driver/guide
Live entertainment (Acoustic guitar)
Local guide
Wine tastings
Alcoholic Beverages
Air-conditioned vehicle
We use a bus with 24 seats, and when busy a 2nd van with 13. If size is important to you, inform us!
Snacks

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.
Tour includes generally: 2, wineries, 1 gin distillery tasting , chocolate tasting

Meeting and Pickup

74 Spring St, East Melbourne VIC 3002, Australia

Start time: 9:00 am

Additional Info:

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Don’t forget to bring sunscreen, hats, sunglasses, comfortable clothes and hiking or tennis shoes.
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Most travelers can participate
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.

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.

Itinerary

Yarra Valley

The following are a list of wineries and venues we could go to. We do not go to all of these. The tour includes tastings at 4 of these venues , with a 5th being a lunch stop that doesn’t include a tasting. The itinerary can change each day based on what’s open/availabe. We will drive for 55 minutes to our first venue. After about 45 minutes its starts getting scenic!

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Yering Farm Wines

Try 5-6 wines and an incredible Pink Lady Apple Cider at this very small, boutique and family run vineyard.

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tokar Estate

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.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

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!

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

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.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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.

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Watts River Brewing

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

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Yarrawood Estate

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.

1 minute • Admission Ticket Free

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.

1 minute • Admission Ticket Free

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!

1 minute • Admission Ticket Free

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Overview

🍷 Yarra Valley Wine Tour: Wine, Cider, Gin, Beer + Chocolate

What’s Included:

Meeting and Pickup

Start time: 9:00 am

Additional Info:

Cancellation Policy:

Itinerary

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Overview

🍷 Yarra Valley Wine Tour: Wine, Cider, Gin, Beer + Chocolate

What’s Included:

Meeting and Pickup

Start time: 9:00 am

Additional Info:

Cancellation Policy:

Itinerary

Map

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