Small Group McLaren Vale and The Cube Experience: A Food and Wine Tour with Tastings
4.4
28 Ratings
Adelaide

Unearth the finest food and wine options in McLaren Vale, punctuated by a trip to the breathtaking d’Arenberg Cube. Savor an delectable Italian-style lunch, sample a variety of wines, and try out gin or beer tastings on this all-day trip. This tour is destined to delight your palate.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Adelaide Sightseeing - Tour departs with Adelaide Sightseeing from Adelaide Central Bus Station
  • McLaren Vale and Fleurieu Coast Visitor Centre - Enjoy morning tea and for a small fee, take the option to sample wines from smaller wineries without cellar doors
  • d’Arenberg - One of the highlights of your day, explore the d’Arenberg Cube. Nestled amongst the vineyards, this 5 level “Rubik’s cube” has been carefully designed to entice and excite the senses. From the Alternate Realities Museum to the many art installations on display there is so much to see and experience whilst you are there. Enjoy a formal wine tasting on Level 4, where you can take in the scenic views of the vineyards.
  • Chalk Hill Wines - Next head to Chalk Hill Wines, a family-owned winery, dedicated to making small batch, hand crafted wines of distinction. Indulge in a traditional Italian style shared lunch prepared by Cucina Di Strada, paired with four of Chalk Hill’s most popular wines.
  • Beresford Estate Wines - Continue to Beresford Wines, where you can choose from one of three tastings in their brand-new Tasting Pavilion. The Premium Wine Tasting introduces you to a selection of their wines from the Estate and Limited Release range. The Vale Brewing Tasting offers up to five craft beers from the sessionable Vale range. The third option is the 23rd Street Distillery tastings, where you can choose from five craft spirits or three craft gins.
  • Wirra Wirra Vineyards - The final cellar door is Wirra Wirra Vineyards, located amongst the gum trees in the historic ironstone cellars. Enjoy a short tour of the cellars and a structured tasting of their range of quality wines. Look out for the ‘catapult’ and the ¾ tonne Angelus Bell in the picturesque grounds surrounding the cellar door.
What's Included
  • Wine tasting
  • Lunch included
  • Professional driver/guide
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Live commentary on board
  • Tea and coffee provided
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels)
What's Not Included
  • Additional alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Tour does not operate on Christmas Day
Location
Adelaide Central Bus Station Franklin St
Franklin Street
Please arrive at 9.00am to meet your driver by the entrance to the bus bays inside the Adelaide Central Bus Station, 83-85 Franklin Street, Adelaide
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(28 Ratings)
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Punita_n
Mar 20, 2024
A great tour. Very... - A great tour. Very friendly and knowledgeable driver/host. Good itenery, food and wine tasting. Picked up and dropped off at the exact time. Highly recommend this tour.
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Laurel_c
Nov 29, 2023
Definitely worth the money. - We couldn't fault this tour. The food was excellent. The service and our bus driver/ tour guide was fantastic. It is worth the money.
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Irenep
Nov 24, 2023
Brilliant - A great experience Our driver was very knowledgeable Met some great people Lunch was fantastic A great day out
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Grant_b
Oct 6, 2023
A grape filled day - The full size coach for 20 ensured a comfortable ride. The Cube was an amazing experience but the other vineyards were enjoyable especially Wirrta Wirra. A really good day out and I recommend it totally.
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Bms1966
Jul 6, 2023
Somewhere different - A fantastic all-weather attraction, that is quirky and interesting, wine tasting on the 4th floor, with a restaurant and coffee shop on the 3rd, the 2nd floor had a Dali exhibition. We took overseas visitors there and they were swept away with this unique attraction.
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Marie_t
May 27, 2023
Explore and be delighted - All the wineries visited were world renowned and very well run and very friendly full of information. It made a wonderful day
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O6566nkjeanetteh
Mar 27, 2023
Lovely and relaxing day out to the Mclaren Vale wineries and food testing. - Each visit was excellent had a great day. Driver Roger had great knowledge of the road routes and very informative of the areas and places and itinery we were to visit. Great day loved every minute of the trip. Must keep informing all our friends to do this again. Thanks for the day.
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Christine_p
Jul 29, 2023
Skip the cube - Athol our driver was lovely, very knowledgeable and friendly!! the bus clean and always ready and waiting for us, Athol was only to happy to help ! the visitor center with coffee and muffin (delicious) was perhaps a tad too long and if we had cut off time here and the D'arenburg cube i think other winemakers we visited would have not felt so rushed. the cube whilst a great novelty was "all fur coat and no knickers" didn't understand the random video they showed and the wine tasting was very clinical and not at all friendly, there was no deviation to the tasting at all (if they had offered a sparkling i would have considered buying) but the girl who did it was brusque and rude. (a view evidenced by not one of the entire group bought here) Chalks Hill by contrast was warm friendly and the ambience was next level, they asked us what our preferences were and bought out other wines we may like to taste out, the pizzas were delicious as too were the wines (i joined their wine club 🤷🏼‍♀️) Onto Beresford -again great host and wines/gin.... would have loved a bit more time here for tasting) and finally Wira Wira - great tour and lovely friendly hosts, really would have loved spending more time here!!! Whilst i know the cube is a novelty the other wineries were much more friendly and frankly i thought much better wines, definitely would recommend a McClaren Vale wine tour, and will be visiting all (bar D'arenburg) again
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Francisc_l
Mar 29, 2023
Great Day, Great Service and Great Company - Whilst the excursions were great, one item had been changed without any notification to us that the Lunch at the d'Arenberg Cube had been deleted from the itinerary and would be available at another winery. The replacement lunch was fine, but we had been looking forward to the original itinerary of lunch at the Cube. Had we been advised of the change we may have chosen to seek another tour.
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Jessty4934zh
Jul 28, 2023
Book with someone else! - Having been on multiple wine tours across Australia's wine regions I was bitterly disappointed with this tour, the bus driver (tour guide would be too complimentary) knew little to nothing about wine or the region. Whilst the vineyards and wines were a welcome attraction, lunch consisted of 4 cubes of cheese and a slice of pizza. Our final stops were rushed as the driver had to finish personal phone calls before shuttling us around. If I could request a refund I would, the value from money was so far from the ball game I wish I had if walked to Dan Murphy's and had a wine at home. This tour did a disservice to the region and local winemakers, luckily other tour companions provided laughs throughout the day,
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