Totally recommended. Brilliant day tour. - Started the day with friendly greeting by Gab our host for the day on our Darling Harbour pickup. After the other people were onboard we made of to the Hunter Valley stopping at a services en route. Our first vineyard was Sobels where Dave gave us a great talk on Wine making before our tasting commenced. On the whole, very nice wines and great variety. We moved onto Four Pines for lunch and more tasting. Loved the sparkling Rose. Our last Vineyard was at Draytons. The final stop was at Hunter Valley Chocolate. Mmmm. On our way back, Gab stopped and pointed out some wild roos. Wow. Overall an excellent day no matter what the weather and a big shout out to our host and driver Gab. Thank you.

Our First Wine Tour Experience - It was our very first wine tour experience, and we’re truly happy and grateful that we got to enjoy it with Sightseeing Tours Australia. 🍷✨

So beautiful - Yesterday I went on a tour of the Hunter Valley in Australia and we had an incredibly good guide named Gabriel. I would like to thank him. He was so kind and attentive to our needs, and he made the whole day truly fun and enjoyable. He is such a sweet person, and you can tell he does his job with real passion. He definitely gave his very best, explaining even more than necessary, and thanks to him everything was wonderful. He really made the day unforgettable.

Wine and chocolate - Three wineries in the hunter valley w a nice small group. It was nice the wineries were tasty and the drive around the valley was nice.

Hunter valley 3-3-26 - Well organised tour with a good lunch provided with an Attentive and knowledgeable tour guide .

Good Tour - Emma is a Great Guide - Emma was very good Three wineries, well two plus a brewery Sobels winery was mediocre at best, the serving person was just a wine pourer, no factual information about the wines and advised every one poured that they sell boxes of that wine, the wine was ok but to be honest was just ok, wine tour at this winery was quite basic but ok 4 Pines was ok, lunch here was ok, can choose a beer or wine with lunch, the wine was explained well even though none are made on premises which again was ok Draytons winery was the best out of all three, Emily was a great host and knew the wines very well and was very engaging, would recommend this winery, we became a member and spent nearly $1000 which was again a reflection on the service and the wines. Overall a good experience but if you don’t like whites which I don’t, then this may not be the tour for you, perhaps a suggestion, each one should be flexible for the audience. Chocolate tasting was ok, very over priced chocolate though. Great job Emma with driving and looking after the group

Wines not for bouggie pallets - If you have an experienced wine pallet the wineries on this tour offer mostly sweet wines. We did not find any wines that we wanted to purchase. Most disappointing was the winery that presented a blue wine (artificial coloring added) Sobels winery had some lovely fortified (ports) wines. The driver / tour guide was excellent, bus was clean. If you prefer (jungle juice) sweet tart wines the wineries on this tour are for you.

The wineries were good... - The wineries were good with knowledgeable people. The wines were a good selection. However, the hosts were silent during most of the journey and they could’ve been better at talking about the countryside we were traveling through and even told us about the history of Hunter Valley.

The pick up address for... - The pick up address for the Four Seasons Hotel is wrong. The actual pickup location is on an entirely different street than the listed address. The wineries visited are at best mediocre. With all the wineries in the Hunter Valley it would not be difficult to select wineries with a much better quality of wines. The lunch was good, much better than the wine tasting at that winery. I would not go on this trip again.

Late pick up to start the day... didn't visit all tour spots - We were very excited for this experience. We were given a pick up time of 7:20 and by 7:35 when the bus had not arrived yet, I called the tour provider, who advised they were held up and stuck in traffic and would be there for pick up in 10 minutes. I had to make another phone call at 7:50 as the driver had still not shown up. Finally, at 7:53 the driver arrived, almost 35 minutes late, so this started the day out on quite a sour note. After speaking to fellow patrons, the pick ups were late at every stop by at least 30 minutes. First winery, Sobel's was amazing with a wonderful wine tasting and very interesting history of the winery. We were obviously late to the second winery 4 Pines at the Farm, as we sat straight down to lunch and although we had a wine tasting, it was at our table and felt rushed. The next stop advertised on the itinerary is Hunter Valley Gardens. We did not go here even though part of the cost covered entry to here. The item says "take a break and explore Hunter Valley Gardens Village" and there was supposed to be 45 minutes allocated to this. We were taken to Pepper Creek Village instead, which has very little there, and were given just 20 minutes there (but this wasn't needed - it has 1 shop and a restaurant). When t he driver was asked about going to HVG he gave 3 different excuses other than it was cut because he was 35 minutes late and had to make up the time. The final winery was again good and we had a range of products to sample. Our final shop was the Peterson's Chocolate shop which had some great things on offer but was a little on the expensive side. I later contacted the tour company regarding these above issues, particularly not visiting the Hunter Valley Gardens as I had chosen this tour due to the visit there, and I was told I would be given a call back. I instead received a message via Viator suggesting I had misunderstood the itinerary. I knew it was to the HVG Village but we did not go there and they did not seem to acknowledge this. Also noted was that there were internet issues that delayed the pick up time, which was different from what I was told when I had called. They acknowledged that patrons had lost time on the tour due to their mistake. Again, a simple message sent out to patron advising at the time would have been appropriate rather than several patrons having to call to find out what was happening. I have asked for a partial refund for the entry to HVG, which the experience notes is part of the full cost, as we did not attend there. I am yet to hear back from them a week later. have given 2 stars for the wine tasting and the lunch which was really good. The other 3 stars have been lost due to the late pick up and patrons losing time based on that, the non visit to HVG Village and finally due to the poor response from the operator.