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 winemakers. 

Start the day with a flight of premium sparkling wines from arguably Australia’s finest sparkling producer at Deviation Rd. Then, some of the Hills best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay at Shaw + Smith, an icon of the Hills. 

We'll break up the day with a stop for lunch at a cozy Hills pub, owned and run by two of Adelaide's most well-known wine merchants. In this unassuming location, you'll enjoy fantastic local fare and amazing local wines in a relaxed atmosphere. 

With the regions flagship producer finished before lunch, your final stop of the day is a rising star small batch producer. With so many hidden gem wineries to discover in the region, your guide will be sure to find somewhere just right for your interests. 

This is merely a suggested itinerary which can be customized. Let us know your preferences in wine or preferred destinations and we’ll do the rest – 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 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. Once earmarked for destruction and now one of the world's most iconic vineyards, it's truly something very unique. Following on in the family homestead, enjoy a privately hosted tasting including the highly sought-after Command Shiraz and Ashmead Cabernet.

These are extremely collectible and rare Australian wines, valued at well over $100 per bottle. No messing about, we're going straight for the good stuff and focusing on it all day long. 

With a multi-course lunch at award-winning restaurant FINO to break up the day, there really is no other wine 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. Maximum guest weight is 125kg and only available for groups of 2px. 

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. 

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 one of the Adelaide Hill’s best young winery brands. Hosted by the owners you'll get the VIP treatment, wandering the vineyard rows and enjoying their wines where they were grown. Back at the tasting room, you’ll sit down to a masterclass of their flagship single vineyard wines as led by your host.

Next is a stop for lunch at one of the region's best and most scenic winery restaurants. Enjoy the chef's selection of their finest dishes, paired with their best estate grown wines. The food is guaranteed to be fantastic, but it's the view that you'll eat up the most.

Last but not least, tour the home of Australia’s most iconic wine brand - Penfold’s. Discover the original Penfold's family home. Tour their iconic winery to see where their wines are made. Walk the secret cellars where Grange was first invented in secret. Finally, enjoy a privately hosted masterclass of Penfold’s flagship wines. 

This is the Pinnacle of wine touring in the Adelaide Hills.