Yarra Valley Food and Wine Tour
Food and Wine Tour
Yarra Valley
Epicurean Food and Wine Tours have been providing touring excellence for over 18 years and are small group (max 10 guests) specialists. Yarra Valley Food and Wine Tour is a personalized tour to a world class wine region. The Yarra Valley is located just an hour from Melbourne – the tour route will take you to a mob of kangaroos before you make it to the wine region. While visiting 4 or 5 family owned and operated cellar doors for the most personalized cellar door experience, you will hear the stories of this beautiful region and savor world class premium wines including Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and spectacular sparkling varietals. Your food and wine experience includes international and local cheese and wine pairing and a 2 course lunch with a glass of wine expertly matched at the cellar door at a leading winery restaurant promoting local and seasonal produce. De Bortoli Estate is the first stop and is a tutored tasting where your wines, including the most awarded dessert wine in Australia, Noble One, is paired with local and international cheeses from the Cheese Maturation Room. Next stop is to Meet the Winemaker, Graeme Miller who is a pioneer winemaker in the region. This event includes a cellar door tasting that overlooks a working winery before lunch. Al Fresco dining in the warmer months. After a delicious lunch that features local, seasonal produce you visit 10th generation french winemaker, Dominique Portet for a modern, Mediterranean cellar door experience.
Details
- Pick up from the door of your Melbourne hotel or St Pauls Cathedral at 9-930am. Airport Transfers can also be arranged.
- Local and international cheeses to compliment the wine tasting at De Bortoli Winery
- Lunch at family owned and operated Tokar Estate, Tramonto Kitchen and Bar, including main course and dessert and a glass of wine.
- Dominique Portet cellar door tasting
- Return to your hotel door or pickup location by 5-530pm
Epicurean reserves the right to make changes to the itinerary, order and timing for the best cellar door and tour experience
Rick Garrett
I’m a Professional Travel Adviser with over 40 years of travel industry experience. The countries I specialize in include Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, French Polynesia (aka Tahiti), and the Cook Islands. I’ve made dozens of trips to the South Pacific so am able to provide you with first hand knowledge and experience while creating the custom itinerary that is perfect for YOU, and then take care of everything from A to Z, before, during and after your amazing Down Under adventure. Because the journeys I create for my clients are born out of my desire to share my authentic travel experiences, each one is unique, and designed to match your interests, tastes and budget.