Avoid the crowds and get off the beaten path on our shared-group Barossa Valley wine tour with a difference. With no more than 6 guests on tour the experience is specifically tailored to our guests on the day! We can visit the big names through to the truly boutique producers whose passion is to create quality Barossan wines.

With a focus on premium quality wineries our Barossa Valley wine tours will allow you to taste the best of the region, and help you to discover those hidden gems. 

Known for it’s heavy hitting red wines the Barossa is a Shiraz lover’s delight, with a good measure of bright zippy Rieslings and plenty of refreshing Rosé to break things up.

Leave it to us, the wine specialists, to create for you an intimate and fully engaging Barossa Valley wine tour!

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

>  Super small group – maximum six people on tour
>  Seasonal chef's menu lunch with wine at a great local restaurant
>  No set itinerary – we change the itinerary to suit the day and our guests
>  Access to premium wineries the cheaper tours skip or charge extra for
>  Luxury door to door transport 
>  Your own fully accredited, passionate, and knowledgeable wine guide
>  All entry, tasting, and tour costs for up to 4 wineries

Avoid the crowds and get off the beaten path on our shared-group McLaren Vale wine tour with a difference. With no more than 6 guests on tour the experience is specifically tailored to our guests on the day! We can visit the big names through to the truly boutique producers whose passion is to create quality McLaren Vale wines.

With a focus on premium quality wineries our McLaren Vale wine tours will allow you to taste the best of the region, and help you to discover those hidden gems. 

Quite possibly our favourite region to visit, the Vale definitely has something for everybody! One of the most diverse wine growing regions in the world, McLaren Vale is great for easy drinking reds, Mediterranean whites, and you must try their world class Grenache!

Leave it to us, the wine specialists, to create for you an intimate and fully engaging McLaren Vale wine tour!

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

>  Super small group – maximum six people on tour
>  No set itinerary – wineries visited chosen to suit guests preferences
>  Restaurant lunch at one of the region's best locations
>  Access to premium wineries the cheaper tours skip or charge extra for
>  Luxury door to door transfers
>  Your own fully accredited, passionate, and knowledgeable wine guide
>  All entry, tasting, and tour costs for up to 4 wineries

With so many great options to choose from over such a vast area, there’s a world of opportunity on your own private Barossa Valley wine tour. With our years of touring expertise and a great understanding of all the wineries in the region, we’ve created the perfectly flexible Barossa itinerary for any wine enthusiast, showcasing some of the most iconic and progressive wineries in the region.

Start off at one of the region’s historic wineries making traditional Barossa wines. Visit somewhere like Yalumba or Langmeil to get familiar with the region and try the wines the region has become famous for. Next it’s somewhere at the forefront of new varieties, odd blends, and uncommon techniques, for the less-traditional side of the Barossa. Limber up and get your palate off-piste at wineries like Artisans of Barossa or David Franz.

A seasonally inspired multi-course lunch with wine at restaurant FINO Seppeltsfield awaits you, before finishing the day with a tasting at one of the regions more premium-focussed wineries. Think Two Hands or Torbreck for some of the Barossa’s best and most highly prized Shiraz. Of course, if there’s somewhere you’d prefer or want to get more off the beaten track, just let us know! We love to create more bespoke itineraries to suit our guests.

With a wide range of wineries to choose from, you can trust our expertise and unparalleled insider knowledge to create the most memorable private Barossa Valley wine tour just for you. Premium touring at it’s best!

DETAILS – A TRULY BAROSSAN WINE EXPERIENCE

Start Time > approx 09:15 am
Finish Time > approx 05:30 pm
Pick-up Location > From your Adelaide or Barossa Valley accommodation. Other locations by special arrangement
Inclusions > Luxury transport, all wine tastings, sumptuous restaurant lunch, bottled water on-board, passionate local guide, GST.

Enjoy a day touring like-a-local, experiencing McLaren Vale’s essential wine country highlights. Journey through stunning countryside only 45 minutes’ drive from downtown Adelaide to explore some of South Australia’s best kept secrets.   

Start the day with exclusive early access at rising-icon Yangarra, where you’ll taste from their range of biodynamically grown estate wines. Your next stop takes you to a quaint small-batch producer famed among locals for their relaxed vibe and stunning location, perched above the Onkaparinga Gorge National Park. 

Your long lunch with wine is at hall of fame restaurant, The Salopian - always a highlight. Finally, explore the truly iconic d’Arenberg Cube – where wine, art, and architecture collide in spectacular form.

With the option to include a scenic helicopter flight for 2 people ($350pp) along the scenic wine-coast, or tailor your itinerary to suit your personal preferences, this is premium touring at it’s best!

DETAILS – ESSENTIAL MCLAREN VALE WINE EXPERIENCE

Start Time > approx 09:20 am
Finish Time > approx 05:30 pm
Pick-up Location > From your Adelaide city centre or Glenelg accommodation. Other locations by special arrangement
Inclusions > Luxury transport, all wine tastings and tour fees, sumptuous restaurant lunch, bottled water on-board, passionate local guide, GST.

Experience the best wines produced across this cool-climate region, from outstanding Sparkling, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay, to those from small-batch natural winemakers. 

Start the day with a flight of premium sparkling wines from arguably Australia’s finest sparkling producer at Deviation Rd. Next, it’s Chardonnay and friends at the Hills’ pioneering Tapanappa vineyard, planted in the 1970’s by Brian Croser.

Wine matched with local cheeses await at Shaw + Smith, who are known for producing spectacular Pinot & Chardonnay wines from across the Hills region.

With lunch included at the Uraidla Hotel, you’ll also enjoy a visit to the ‘wine tank’ – a converted water-tank housing dozens of super boutique Hills wines available to taste with your Sommelier host.

With the itinerary able to be customized, let us know your preferences in wine or preferred destinations and we’ll make it work – the day is all about your enjoyment!

DETAILS – ADELAIDE HILLS WINE EXPERIENCE

Start Time > 09:30 am
Finish Time > 05:00 pm
Pick-up Location > From your Adelaide city or metro accommodation. Other locations by special arrangement
Inclusions > Luxury transport, all wine tastings and tour fees, restaurant lunch, bottled water on-board, passionate local guide, GST.

A day of ultimate exclusivity, drinking collectible Shiraz wines in unique and absolutely breathtaking locations.

4WD through rugged outback scenery to three of Two Hands’ exclusive Shiraz vineyards, tasting rare Shiraz wines from within the vineyards they were grown. Back at HQ, enjoy a Shiraz masterclass of four corners of the Barossa, to better understand what gives Barossa Shiraz its’ unique character. 

At Elderton wines you’ll witness the award-winning Command vineyard at over 120 years old. In the family homestead, enjoy a privately hosted tasting including the highly sought-after Command Shiraz and Ashmead Cabernet.

With a multi-course lunch at restaurant FINO to break up the day, there really is no other wine tour experience like this in Australia!

Two of Australia’s most iconic and expensive wines, experienced in one day. 

Enjoy VIP access to Australia’s most hallowed vineyard – Hill of Grace - Henschke’s flagship Shiraz vineyard aging over 150 years old.

After witnessing these ancestral vines, taste Henschke’s most collectable flagship wines including the hallowed Hill of Grace, Hill of Roses, & Cyril Henschke. 

One of the region’s best restaurants, enjoy a seasonally inspired tasting menu at FINO, nestled in the historic and visually stunning Seppeltsfield estate.

Finally, a visit to Penfold’s to enjoy A Taste of Grange. You’ll be privately guided through Penfold’s flagship range of wines including RWT, Yattarna, and Penfold’s Grange. Truly iconic!

Optional upgrade: take a heli-transfer to the Hills for lunch before continuing your experience at the home of Penfolds – Magill Estate. Please contact us first of you're considering this upgrade option.

HIGHLIGHTS - PINNACLE OF THE BAROSSA TOUR

• Exclusive VIP tour of the Henschke winery and Hill of Grace vineyard
• Privately hosted tasting of Henschke’s icon wines including: Hill of Grace, Hill of Roses, Cyril Henschke, and Mount Edelstone
• Experience a Taste of Grange in a privately hosted tasting at Penfold’s, including their most iconic and collectable wines
• Fabulous lunch showcasing great South Australian produce, enjoyed at one of Australia's 100 Best Restaurants
• Luxury door to door transfers.

A day of exploring hidden gem wineries destined to be collectors items - this experience is absolutely designed for true wine lovers and collectors.

Once upon a time, Hickinbotham Vineyard fruit was exclusively sold to icon wineries like Penfolds for their flagship wines. More recently, a well-known Napa Valley winemaker has teamed up with a McLaren Vale local to bring you Hickinbotham Wines. Absolutely not open to the public, you’ll have an exclusive access at this once-famous but now yet-to-be-rediscovered vineyard.

With the express intent to make the best wines possible from McLaren Vale’s hero varieties, the formidable husband and wife team at Bekkers will then host you at their boutique home vineyard to sample their region-defining wines.

Your lunch is a seasonally inspired chef's table with matched wines awaits at one of the region's best restaurants.

To round out the day we'll take you into the personal space of a super boutique winemaker, to meet with them one-on-one. Talk vineyard practices, ethos, stylistic approach, method, love, life, music, and enjoy their wine with them til your heart's content. With a range of off-the-radar boutique producers we can call upon, this is money can't buy territory - but we can get you there. 

DUE TO OUR WINERY PARTNERS CHANGING THEIR OFFERINGS, THIS PRODUCT IS UNDER REVIEW AND NOT CURRENTLY ON OFFER

A day of ultimate exclusivity, we’ll take you into the realm of the winemaker – at both rising star and cult status wineries. 

Start the day with exclusive access at Adelaide Hill’s icon Shaw + Smith. After a VIP vineyard and winery tour, you’ll sit down to a hosted tasting of their flagship single vineyard wines including rare back vintages.

At The Lane, you’ll head into the wine cellar with the winemaker as they freshly disgorge you a bottle of aged sparkling wine. Sparkling in hand, you’ll head up to the restaurant to  enjoy a 5-course chef’s menu with matched wines at this stunning hilltop venue.

Last but not least, tour the home of Australia’s most iconic wine brand - Penfold’s. Walk the secret cellars where Grange was first invented before enjoying a privately hosted masterclass of Penfold’s flagship wines.