McLaren Vale Private Wine Tour
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15 Ratings
McLaren Vale Wine Region
Explore McLaren Vale's iconic wineries, visit the d’Arenberg Cube, and taste wines straight from the barrel on this luxury wine tour.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • McLaren Vale Wine Region - Relax and enjoy the ride in our air-conditioned luxury Mercedes vehicle. This vehicle is yours exclusively for the tour.

It is a 50-minute scenic trip into the McLaren Vale wine region, escaping suburbia and passing through charming country towns before arriving in McLaren Vale.

There are over 90 cellar doors in the region. As our tour is customized to suit your preferences, we do not decide on the destinations until we meet you and learn about your tastes.

We typically visit around five cellar doors and can include a visit to The d’Arenberg Cube if you wish.

We are very flexible and can include a visit to the Willunga Farmers Market (Saturdays only), a coastal drive, or a stop at a chocolate outlet, gin distillery, or craft brewery if you want a break from wine tasting.

Lunch is included - a delicious regional platter at one of the McLaren Vale cellar doors.

What's Included
  • Basic tasting fees included (where applicable)
  • Delicious regional lunch platters at a McLaren Vale cellar door
  • Fully accredited drivers with local knowledge
  • Entry to The d’Arenberg Cube (if requested)
  • Return transfers to Adelaide CBD, Glenelg, and Southern Suburbs on the way to McLaren Vale
What's Not Included
  • Premium tasting fees
  • Any drinks - eg. glasses of wine, beer, gin or soft drinks
  • Entry to the Salvador Dali exhibition at The d’Arenberg Cube
  • Gin tasting flight fee (if applicable)
Additional Information

With this luxury wine tour you’ll spend a day exploring some of McLaren Vale’s iconic and boutique cellar doors and wineries.

You’ll escape suburbia during the 50-minute trip to the region, driving through quaint country towns and rolling vineyards.

Once in McLaren Vale, you can visit The d’Arenberg Cube—a newly built structure shaped like a Rubik’s Cube—and complete your visit there with a tasting of the fabulous range of wines.

We have a flexible itinerary, and you may find yourself tasting wine directly from the barrel with a winemaker and checking out the winery and barrel room! (subject to availability)

Location
McLaren Vale Wine Region
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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H3780dystevem
Apr 9, 2024
Friendly, informative driver, a spacious clean car and a great wine tasting experience - Nick picked us up from the cruise terminal and drove us to McLaren Vale for a wine tour during our ship's day docked in Adelaide. Nick was just as friendly and informative as can be. For our first stop he took us to Molly Dooker winery. This was the highlight of our day. This winery is on beautifully maintained grounds, with a view of the valley. The tasting room ("cellar door") at Molly Dooker was modern, clean and comfortable. More importantly, the wines were delicious. So happy that Nick brought us to this winery. Based on reviews, we had also pre-booked (on our own) lunch at the d'Arenberg Veranda restaurant and a visit to the d'Arenberg Cube, which Nick drove us to. The d'Arenberg experience was somewhat disappointing compared to Molly Dooker. In retrospect, I wish we had let Nick choose our lunch spot and a couple different wineries, instead of d'Arenberg (which we chose ourselves). The only real highlight of d'Arenberg was the fantastic view of the vale from one of its balconies. Bottom line: Just tell Nick what you want to taste, experience, eat and he will find the right places take you to. Also, we wrapped up a little early, so Nick graciously offered to take us to a nearby wildlife sanctuary where we got a glimpse of a kangaroo and an emu. He also took a brief detour to show us downtown Adelaide before dropping us off at the cruise terminal.
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Csharpley
Jun 1, 2023
A great day in the McLaren. - Nick made this trip outstanding! He was courteous, knowledgeable, amusing, and totally focussed on our preferred sites and venues. We could not fault this tour, and very highly recommend it ti anyone with a genuine interest in wine and the McLaren region. Very confortable vehicle, great lunch, and a lovely day. Very good value for money.
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Landshark70
Jul 8, 2022
Nick created a great day for us in McLaren Vale - My husband and I were fortunate to have Nick all to ourselves for a wine tour of McLaren Vale. We visited 4 wineries, and got to try some great wines that we’d never find in the states. Nick shared lots of info about the wineries, the area, history, owners and wines themselves. Nick was so friendly and easygoing, and he arranged the day beautifully including a wonderful lunch at one of the wineries. We would happily tour with Nick again!
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208codyw
Oct 1, 2020
Touring the Vale in style - My husband and I spent an awesome day with Greg from Wine Diva Tours. Greg was a most warm and friendly host, and took us on a wine tasting experience that was most enjoyable. He tailored the tour to complement our wine tastes and had organised a delicious and plentiful tasting platter for our midday stop. We would highly recommend using Wine Diva Tours for your wine trip. We plan to come back in the future as there are still wine areas that we are keen to explore ; and Greg from Wine Diva Tours is the one we want to help us explore them.
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Helen1499
Mar 24, 2020
Great day and excellent wines thanks to Nick - My daughter and I had a wonderful day visiting McLaren Vale wineries. Although we have been there before, Nick introduced us to fabulous small family owned vineyards that I wasn't aware of. I highly recommend this tour and will definitely do it again. Thanks Nick!!
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Cmanderson1
Feb 9, 2020
Very memorable day in McLaren Vale - Such a fantastic experience. My wife and I have done similar tours in wine regions elsewhere in the world, and this was quite possibly the best. We visited a compelling variety of cellars ranging from larger producers to one doing interesting experimental things off the beaten path. Greg curated our itinerary according to our interests and based on his close connections with people and country here (he specializes only in McLaren Vale, which is also his home, and his intimate knowledge really comes through!). You will be well taken care of!
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Tripmember07222019
Jan 24, 2020
Fantastic Wine Tour - We did a brilliant winery tour with Wine Diva Tours and Chris as our guide. He did a fantastic job and personally I learned more about wines in this one day than I've learned the rest of my life. Lunch was at the Salopian Inn which was to die for. A trip that will forever remain etched in my memory.
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Camanthea
Jul 1, 2019
Very relaxing and personalised - Excellent wine tour - Greg was great - no pressure and linked us with wineries best suited to us. We had lots of time to ask questions. We used the time to select some great wines for our upcoming wedding - so many wines to taste 😄
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John
May 15, 2019
McLaren Vale wineries - Adelaides McLaren Vale. It matters not if you’re from interstate, or from overseas if your passion is wines, the best first hand advise I can give you is to take a wine tour with Greg from Wine Diva tours!!!!!! Please do yourself a favor when you are in Adelaide, forget about the high volume sell outs at Barossa... visit McLaren Vale instead. McLaren Vale is one the worlds premiere wine making regions. Greg from Diva has17 years of experience living right smack in the heart of McLaren Vale and has unsurpassable knowledge of the Region. Wine Diva tours picked us up from our hotel, in an immaculately detailed silver Mercedes Benz. Within ten minutes of conversing with Greg he knew exactly what our personal tastes were and we were on our way. What amazed us was Greg tailored our tour of McLaren Vale to our own personal desires. He made direct contact to personal at the vineyards to announce our arrival, often speaking directly to the owners/wine makers themselves. As soon as we stepped out of the vehicle, we were treated like royalty. We were also able to go on a behind the Scenes tour of a few vineyards we visited ,guided by none other then head wine makers. Wine Diva tours personally tailor a wine tasting tour unlike anything you have ever experienced before-no time restraints, no restrictions! Greg from Wine Diva has the best knowledge and contacts in the McLaren Vale region. Ten out of Ten experience . By the way lunch, that he organized was amazing also!
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Fatboyslim253
Feb 17, 2018
Bespoke Wine Tour from hosts with the most 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 5 star 🌟🌟⭐️⭐️⭐️ - We spent a great day out with our hosts with the most, Greg and Dee Linton on a bespoke wine tour. We began our day being in luxury transport after Greg asked us what we like. We then sat back in comfort and let Greg and Dee do all the work 🍷 Greg and Dee generously shared their knowledge,and love of McLaren Vale and surrounding areas with us. The hardest part of the day was deciding what wines to try. Nothing was a problem The service excellent and extremely personable. What an exciting adventure we had; and I even got to see a real life trebuchet 😂 Coming from very near the Hunter Vallet in NSW it was a great experience to compare the wines, vineyards and views. McLaren Vale has loads of charm and with hosts like these how could you have a better experience? Whenever I think of Prosecco I will do it with a smile as I will be reminded of my awesome day out with Greg and Dee 👏👏👏👏👏
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