Wine Blending Experience: Create Your Own Bottle

This wine blending experience is ideal for enthusiasts at any stage, from seasoned connoisseurs to those new to the world of wine.

Join us for an unforgettable interactive session of red wine blending and education!

A minimum of 2 participants and a maximum of 14 are needed to conduct this experience.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • McCaffrey’s Estate Cellar Door - Join us for a hands-on blending experience, creating your own unique bottle of wine to take home.
    Our wine educators will guide you through the process of selecting and blending different varietals to create a wine that perfectly suits your taste. You’ll get to experiment with different blending ratios until you…
What's Included
  • Taste and blend your own bottle of wine to take home
Location
McCaffrey's Estate Cellar Door
Hermitage Road
We are located at McCaffrey's Estate, 614 Hermitage Road Pokolbin, please park outside the cellar door and come on in ready for your wine experience.
Cancellation Policy

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

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E9457bolindah
Jan 19, 2026
Best Day Out - The wine maker class was so much fun. Declan taught us a lot in the 90 minutes we were there. The room, equipment and atmosphere was wonderful and well organised. Highly recommend this experience for friends wanting to do something different when visiting our beautiful Hunter Valley wine region.
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Kimarkh
Jan 18, 2026
Enjoyable and Informative - Highly recommended. This experience was informative and enjoyable delivered in a professional easygoing manner that made concepts easy to understand and remember. The wine was high quality and the set-up well thought out and presented. The cheese platter offers local produce and went down very well with a final glass 🍷.
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Jason
Jan 5, 2026
Winemaker for a day - What a great experience where you feel totally comfortable no matter what level of understanding of wines you bring to the table. Declan is super knowledgeable and very happy to answer questions and share wine making experiences. An added bonus was tasting delicious wines and making our own blends. Highly recommended.
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Alistair
Dec 28, 2025
Winemaker for the Day - a must do experience! - Winemaker for the Day experience at McCaffrey’s Estate was excellent and I highly recommend it to couples, friends and families as a different, fun and engaging experience from wine tasting at cellar doors. Declan is highly knowledgeable and makes the wine making experience fun and relatable. Danielle and Declan are wonderful hosts and we made sure we bought some extra bottles to sample.
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Flyer20620236230
Nov 18, 2025
Go deeper with your understanding of wines - What an awesome time we had with Declan learning about blending wines. He had a really clear way of breaking down wine characteristics which enables you to get into the fun blending bit quickly. Bottling up at the end was loads of fun and we enjoyed trying each others blends over that nights BBQ dinner. Terrific time, definitely recommend this experience.
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Thierryo805
Nov 2, 2025
Excellent Expreience very much Recommended to do - Very much recommend that Wine Making Experience in the Hunter. Declan is a very goodand talented host... he knows his business... We were 3 of us and enjoyed every minute + you leave with a bottle of your own wine so if you don't like it, that is your fault and cannot blame anyone else because on that day you are the winemaker.
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H3162irstuartk
Oct 13, 2025
One of the best wine tasting hosts in the Hunter - Declan and the team at McCaffreys offer one of the best wine tasting/making experiences you will get. Declan is authentic and extremely welcoming to everyone. The wines are pretty darn good as well, which of course helps :)
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Richardq532
Oct 9, 2025
Wine Blending Course - Spectacular - Incredible hospitality from Declan (Bronze Medalist representing Australia at the World Wine Tasting Championships) and beautiful wine
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Jeantripierarnold
Aug 2, 2025
A must in Hunter Valley - Fun, engaging and educational. Highly recommend! Learned about the process, tasting techniques, and how to balance notes. A good way to break up your wine experience in the valley!
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Sunshine54448562114
Jul 7, 2025
Worth it! - Had a really great time, blended a brilliant wine. Well worth the time. Great value for money. A really fun experience. Classy and casual. Cheers Declan 🍷
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From $89
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).