7 Wine Country Day Trips in Australia to Build a Day Around

1.Swan Valley Winery & Brewery Day Tour With Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 47 reviews · 8 hours · from $116Our pick

Spend eight hours in Swan Valley with an English-speaking guide such as Peter or Michael, visiting four wineries, two breweries, and a chocolate company. You get wine and beer tastings, cheese, chocolate, and lunch at Homestead Brewery, with Perth CBD pickup and a maximum of 10 people.

“Overall this experience was good. Although when we stopped at 2 of the wineries they didn’t seem very happy to have us there doing tastings. Windy Creek winery was beautiful but only allowed about 10 minutes to sample their wines. Garbin estate also rushed us. They way they were rushing people made it so that they did not get any sales. I would recommend this tour but perhaps the organisers should look at the wineries they stop at and maybe find alternatives or give them this feedback so they can be more accommodating.”

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2.McLaren Vale Wine Region via Hahndorf Full-Day Tour from Adelaide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · from $157

Spend about eight hours with a local driver-guide visiting Hahndorf, McLaren Vale wineries, Menz FruChocs, and d’Arenberg Cube. You can help choose wineries, enjoy lunch, and receive Adelaide-area hotel pickup and drop-off. Guides may include Parry, Pete, or Paul.

“Seeing the historic German village of Hahndorf, sampling wines at boutique wineries, and experiencing the Cube makes for a perfect McLaren Vale outing. Thank you to our guide Parry for spending this memorable day taking us to these sites!”

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3.Yarra Valley Wineries Private Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 15 reviews · 7 hours · from $219

Spend seven hours touring the Yarra Valley in a private vehicle with an English, Chinese, or Japanese-speaking guide. Visit Yering Station, Rochford, TarraWarra, and Chandon, with chocolate and lunch time at the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie. Winery choices can be adjusted.

“The wineries we visited were all good and the lunch (not part of the tour) was good. However the guided experience was not up to par. Insufficient knowledge about the wineries and the wine region. The private car was small and cramped. Private wine tours in other countries were much better at the same cost.”

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4.Perth to Margaret River Wineries & Sightseeing 1 Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · from $340

Spend about 11 hours touring Margaret River in a private group, with wine tastings, a three-course estate lunch, Canal Rocks, Busselton Jetty, Gabriel Chocolate, and Vasse Virgin. Pickup is offered, and the $340.69 price includes listed food and tasting stops.

“We had an absolutely fantastic time on the tour. I can't recommend this tour enough to anyone looking to explore Margaret river wineries.”

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5.Canberra Wineries Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 9 reviews · 9 hours · from $183

Spend nine hours touring Canberra and Murrumbateman wineries with an English-speaking guide. Expect boutique wine tastings, cheese, snacks, drinks, a gourmet lunch, scenic photo stops, and a social group atmosphere. Guide Bishoy is among the hosts, though the bus is older.

“we arrived and were sampling wine very early on, in the morning. would be good to have the cheese platter than or at least nuts or fruit. lunch was very late prefer to be able to eat and have more food available during the day. lunch menu was ok, some of the portions were quite small and late in the afternoon. overall the tour was good and guide was helpful.”

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6.Hunter Valley Wineries Day Trip with Food Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 9 reviews · 10 hours · from $336

Spend 10 hours touring three Hunter Valley wineries with an English-speaking driver-guide, plus village lunch, olive oil tastings, cheeses, and chocolates. Pickup is available from Sydney areas including The Rocks, Manly, Glebe, Potts Point, and Kings Cross. Wine and food tasting fees cost extra.

“It was good, the Guide was very accommodating and kind.”

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7.Adelaide Japanese Group Winery Day Tour in Barossa and Hahndorf

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $164Top rated

Spend eight hours touring Barossa wineries, tasting Shiraz and premium wines, enjoying lunch, and strolling Hahndorf. A Japanese and English-speaking guide leads a maximum of seven people, with Adelaide hotel pickup, water, and tasting fees included.

“Even though we were drunk, we had a lot of fun☺️We enjoyed chatting in the car, and it was a wonderful and worthwhile time from start to finish 🧡 We learned a lot about wine, as well as about the city, the vineyards, and plants!Auto-translated”

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