Hunter Valley Private Tour: Premium Wine, Cheese, and Handmade Chocolates Experience
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12 Ratings
Sydney
Embark on a premium wine, cheese, and handmade chocolates experience in the Hunter Valley. Customize your day to indulge in the finest wines, local cheeses, and scrumptious canapes. Explore craft breweries and distilleries, or visit a wildlife park for a unique Australian tasting experience.
Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge - Drive over Australia’s most iconic bridge and discover the affluent north shore of Sydney.
  • Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park - Drive adjacent to the fabulous Ku-ring-Gai Chase National Park famous for its sandstone cliffs and towering eucalyptus trees.
  • Hunter Valley - Sample semillon, chardonnay, verdelho, shiraz and cabernet amongst other varietals in Australia’s oldest wine region. Option to visit a distillery or craft brewery as well.
  • Lovedale - Discover the rolling vineyards and plains of Lovedale an unheralded part of the Hunter famous for it’s ‘long lunch’ festival. Look out for kangaroos lazing about in the fields.
  • Pokolbin - The heart of the Hunter. Over 100 wineries, cellar doors/ tasting rooms, restaurants, markets and festival venues base themselves here.
  • Hunter Valley Gardens - Optional visit to Australia’s largest botanical garden.
  • Somersby Waterfalls and Picnic Area - Optional visit for a short waterfall walk if there is time on the drive to the Hunter or at the end of the tour.
What's Included
  • Bottled water throughout the tour
  • Free cheese tastings (optional)
  • Wine Tasting Fees at 3 hand selected wineries, or/ 2 wineries and one whiskey, gin, vodka tasting
  • Private touring with personalized service
  • Free chocolate tastings (optional)
What's Not Included
  • Lunch at guests expense but we’ll make a reservation for you at one of our favourite restaurants
  • Optional - upgrade to premium reserve wine tastings from AUD$20 per person per winery payable on day
  • Optional - Cheese and/ or hand made chocolate with wine pairing from AUD$25 per person. Pay on day
  • Optional - shared cheese, olive and produce boards from AUD$30 payable on day
  • Optional- Hunter Valley Wildlife Park - koalas, kangaroos from $42 per person. Cash payable to guide
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Advise at time of booking for upgrades payable in cash to guide on day
Additional Information

Join us for a gastronomic journey suitable for all lovers of good food and drink from the the wine connoisseur to the newly converted, the traditional beer and whiskey drinker or anyone looking for a unique Australian tasting experience.

Tailor the day to your preferences: indulge in premium single estate hand-crafted wine, pair wine with local cheeses or scrumptious canapes, or try something a little daring and match wine with hand made chocolate.

Change direction and try local gin, vodka, bourbon or single malt whiskey, or try a hazy pale ale or pilsner at a craft brewery.

As another option blend your time with a visit to a wildlife park to pat a koala, hand feed kangaroos and to see the unique Tasmanian devil amongst other animals.

Journey with us over the Sydney Harbour Bridge to both the Hunter Valley’s main hub of Pokolbin plus the lesser visited roads of Lovedale and Mount View.

Once you have booked we will contact you to customise and personalise your day.

  • Optional activities at Australian Wildlife Park are supervised by the keepers.
Location
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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V7076jpkentc
Apr 7, 2024
A great escape from the city! - Ben was great! The tour was exactly what we were looking for. An enjoyable day outside the big city, with plenty of wine and relaxation. He is very knowledgeable and informative. Highly recommend if you are looking for a great day outside the crowds.
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Conorg589
Mar 9, 2023
Overall fun and engaging experience visiting the Hunter Valley area - My partner and I did a Hunter Valley wine tour that included a visit to 3 wineries in the valley. We paid a little extra to get picked up from/dropped off at our hotel and to enjoy a cheese plate at one of the wineries. Ben put together a full day schedule for us and was very prompt and pleasant throughout the day. Had great conversation on the drive up and was very knowledgeable about the area. Overall had a great experience with fantastic wines and local foods (cheese and chocolate). Would definitely recommend for anyone visiting Sydney or looking to explore some of Australia's wine country!
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Reeny311
Nov 8, 2022
Lovely wine tour of Hunter Valley :) - Ben was an excellent tour guide for the day. Was punctual to arrive at our accommodation for the pick up and on the ride into Hunter Valley, he did not forget to guide us through the amazing natural scenery available just within Sydney. He was also quite knowledgable with Aussie wines too. We managed to visit 4 wineries on the day- Tyrrells, Brokenwood (light lunch there too), Audrey Wilkinson & Viden Wines. To top if off we visited the chocolate factory for a simple tasting. We had a blast :) not to mention how we were blessed with amazing blue skies and sunny weather on the day. Till next time!
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Mandhlancs_england
Sep 19, 2022
Great wine tour of Hunter Valley - Have previously reviewed Ben's Sydney tour. Excellent pre tour communications. Ben picked us up from our CBD hotel on time in a comfortable SUV and explained the history of the area on our drive to Hunter Valley. He is very knowledgeable on almost everything , locations, history or geography as well as the wineries of the Hunter Valley. We had chosen four wineries we wanted to visit - Tyrells VIP Premium Tasting Experience was outstanding and set a very high bar for the rest of our trip - Brokenwood Match Experience. 6 wines with matching canapes was OK but few of the wines were from Hunter Valley and didn't get to taste the best wines -Lunch was at Il Caciatore - Northern Tuscan lunch. excellent value, - Peppertree Wines -wanted to do the premium tasting, but this was unavailable. The ordinary tasting was VERY ordinary and the server disinterested, could not recommend this place -Mt Pleasant Wines Significant Sites Tasting. -lovely refurbished setting, great location and great wines, recommended. We had asked Ben to try to find some kangaroos and we spent a little time finding them successfully return journey was spent dozing, I will blame the jet-lag . Highly recommend Ben and personalised sydney tours
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Thanh_v
Aug 14, 2022
Amazing wine tasting trip and blending in the nature - The waterfall is amazing. Great talk with the tour guide! The wine are so nice! We has a great time. Will definitely go there again
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Walter
May 7, 2022
Beautiful visit to Hunter Valley - Excellent guide by Ben. A real connoisseur of the Hunter Valley, as well as of wine tasting. Helped us to fix some things that we needed in our way, and gave us nice recommendations on places to taste and eat.
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Newtravelsydney
Apr 22, 2022
The greeny - Lucky we had beautiful weather to see these beautiful places and enjoy the scenery the food the wine the friendly east going locals Driving seeing the cows the beautiful greeny
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Marcel_m
Apr 17, 2022
Excellent guide - We had a wonderful time during our visit to the Hunter Valley. Ben was a great guide and facilitator. He provided excellent communication prior to the trip, was on time and provided a very comfortable schedule to take our time at all wineries. Would definitely recommend.
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Clay101
Feb 12, 2022
Amazing/ - Ben was a awesome guy really down to earth and chilled. He had a good knowledge of the Hunter Valley Region and took us to wineries that were a bit more tucked away from the main tourist spots which made the experience all the more enjoyable and gave a very personalised feeling a amazing experience overall. Great value for money.
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Patricea934
Jun 7, 2021
Hunter Valley - Very impressed with Personalised Tours Sydney. Our group went to Hunter Valley for the first time last week. The full day tour was definitely worth it. Ben is an excellent tour guide - knowledgeable and accommodating!
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