Experience Yarra Valley: Beer, Cider, Wine and Food from Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
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Trip Type: Wine Tasting & Winery Tours
Duration: 10 hours
Taste the best of the fertile Yarra Valley’s booming wine and food scene on a full-day tour with an expert foodie guide. Learn the art of wine tasting at boutique cellar doors, sample artisan chocolates and fresh strawberries, sip handcrafted beer and cider at a local brewery and have lunch at a winery. Travel in a mini-coach equipped with a coffee trailer in tow. The coffee trailer includes cooler boxes for any food and wine purchases along the way. Enjoy a more personalized experience on this fun and social small-group food tour, with numbers limited to 24 passengers.
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Book by September 30, 2016 and travel by December 14, 2016 to save 10% off our previously offered price! - Book Now!
Book by September 30, 2016 and travel by December 14, 2016 to save 10% off our previously offered price! - Book Now!
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Taste the best of the fertile Yarra Valley’s booming wine and food scene on a full-day tour with an expert foodie guide. Learn the art of wine tasting at boutique cellar doors, sample artisan chocolates and fresh strawberries, sip handcrafted beer and cider at a local brewery and have lunch at a winery. Travel in a mini-coach equipped with a coffee trailer in tow. The coffee trailer includes cooler boxes for any food and wine purchases along the way. Enjoy a more personalized experience on this fun and social small-group food tour, with numbers limited to 24 passengers.Start your Yarra Valley food tour with morning pickup at your Melbourne hotel. Get comfortable on the air-conditioned minicoach and sit back and relax as your scenic drive begins.
Head east on a scenic 1-hour drive to reach the Yarra Valley, famous for its wine and other gourmet delights. Start the day with a coffee at your first stop Gateway Estate, a shop and tasting room located on a family farm. Try samples of their delicious local produce and gourmet products including strawberries, cheese, preserves, chutneys and strawberry liqueur.
Next, head to Napoleone Brewery & Cider House where you will enjoy a generous sample of ciders and ales made onsite at this rustic micro-brewery in the heart of the Yarra Valley.
Continue to Yarra Valley Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery and taste samples of delicious chocolate creations. Walk around the stylish candy-colored building and see how Belgian and French chocolatiers handcraft more than 150 varieties of chocolate. Another sweet touch: the sweeping views of the large property’s gardens, sculptures and orchards.
Your next stop is Rochford Winery for an educational and fun introductory wine class with tasting of Rochford's award winning wines followed by a delicious 2-course light lunch in the restaurant overlooking the vines. First course is shared antipasto plates followed by a selection of light meals freshly plated by the resident chef.
After lunch, head to Dominique Portet, a family-run winery founded by a 10th generation winemaker where you will enjoy wine tastings and a game of pétanque (think bocce ball).
Finish the day with a drive through the upper Yarra Valley to Killara Estate (Wednesday Friday or Sunday). Savor wine tastings accompanied by an antipasto platter as you gaze out over the vineyard. You might even spot kangaroos hopping through the vines.
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Finish the day at Hanrahan Vineyard (Monday or Saturday) where you can sit back and relax enjoyed your last tasting for the day paired with a delicious cheese platter.
Your guide returns you to your Melbourne hotel in the evening to end your tour.
Special Offer - Book by September 30, 2016 and travel by December 14, 2016 to save 10% off our previously offered price! - Book Now!
Head east on a scenic 1-hour drive to reach the Yarra Valley, famous for its wine and other gourmet delights. Start the day with a coffee at your first stop Gateway Estate, a shop and tasting room located on a family farm. Try samples of their delicious local produce and gourmet products including strawberries, cheese, preserves, chutneys and strawberry liqueur.
Next, head to Napoleone Brewery & Cider House where you will enjoy a generous sample of ciders and ales made onsite at this rustic micro-brewery in the heart of the Yarra Valley.
Continue to Yarra Valley Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery and taste samples of delicious chocolate creations. Walk around the stylish candy-colored building and see how Belgian and French chocolatiers handcraft more than 150 varieties of chocolate. Another sweet touch: the sweeping views of the large property’s gardens, sculptures and orchards.
Your next stop is Rochford Winery for an educational and fun introductory wine class with tasting of Rochford's award winning wines followed by a delicious 2-course light lunch in the restaurant overlooking the vines. First course is shared antipasto plates followed by a selection of light meals freshly plated by the resident chef.
After lunch, head to Dominique Portet, a family-run winery founded by a 10th generation winemaker where you will enjoy wine tastings and a game of pétanque (think bocce ball).
Finish the day with a drive through the upper Yarra Valley to Killara Estate (Wednesday Friday or Sunday). Savor wine tastings accompanied by an antipasto platter as you gaze out over the vineyard. You might even spot kangaroos hopping through the vines.
Or
Finish the day at Hanrahan Vineyard (Monday or Saturday) where you can sit back and relax enjoyed your last tasting for the day paired with a delicious cheese platter.
Your guide returns you to your Melbourne hotel in the evening to end your tour.
Special Offer - Book by September 30, 2016 and travel by December 14, 2016 to save 10% off our previously offered price! - Book Now!
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