Sydney Grains and Grapes Hunter Valley Wine and Beer with Lunch
Description
The Hunter Valley Grains & Grapes Tour takes you on a delicious wine, cheese & spirits tour with lunch just a few hours north of Sydney! What makes this tour the ultimate Hunter trip, is you have the option to also taste some local beer at a few stops OR you can keep on the wines & add some chocolate too! The Grains & Grapes has everyone’s tastes covered! Asides from all the beautiful wines, tasty beers & hand crafted produce, Dave’s works hard to take you behind the scenes of the production houses to meet the makers & get a true sense of the region. We’ll always include a tour of a vineyard, winery or both on our tours. We also try to only visit small family run wineries so our guests get to meet & chat with locals to really appreciate & understand what goes into what they are tasting. As we are visiting small producers, our tour vehicles are usually between 12 and 22 seats (including the driver). The Dave’s love the Hunter Valley & we want to show you the BEST of the region!
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Itinerary
At our first winery, your ‘Dave for the day’ will take you on a guided tour of a vineyard, winery production area or both. After you’ve learnt a little it’s time to drink a little with our first wine tasting.
Lunch is often at a winery and the second stop, but we use a number of venues. We do find a shared lunch or excellent wood fired pizzas, salads and a drink gets the conversation going! For your drink you can choose beer, wine or soft drink. Lunch and the drink are included in the tour price.
After lunch, we’ll visit a local family distillery’s cellar door for some gin, vodka and liqueur tasting. It’s a perfect post-lunch perk up!
The second official wine tasting of the day (we don’t count the wine you drink at lunch as a tasting) will be complimented with local cheeses. Your server will direct you to which wine matches best with which cheese.
The final stop, you have the choice to enjoy a wine and chocolate pairing or you can try a paddle of locally made craft beers.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We use small vehicles, so need notice to accommodate a wheelchair. Please contact us before you book. Please note our vehicles do not have a lift or ramp, foldable chairs only.
Reviews(15)
We had a fantastic experience with Dave’s Tours from start to finish. The customer service was excellent—Fiona was especially helpful when we were making our booking. Before confirming, we got in touch to ask about vegetarian options, as other tours we looked at only offered a salad (not quite enough for a full day of wine tasting!). Fiona let us know they could arrange vegetarian pizzas, which was great. We actually forgot to include this request when we booked through TripAdvisor rather than directly, but Fiona spotted this and proactively emailed to confirm she’d added our dietary requirements to the booking. On the day, our driver and host, Drew, was brilliant. He made sure everything ran smoothly, including checking that our lunch met our requests. The pizzas and side salads were really good, and Drew himself was friendly, helpful, and very knowledgeable. His commentary during the journey added a lot to the experience. Overall, it was a really enjoyable day out. The wine, cheese and chocolate sampling was fun. Our only small disappointment was at one of the venues, where we were expecting a flight of beers to sample. Due to supply issues, we were instead given a small glass of the same beer each, which was a bit underwhelming. That said, it didn’t take away too much from what was otherwise a great experience—we’d happily recommend Dave’s Tours!
Drew, our driver and tour guide, was exceptional! He told us about the area as we drove out to Hunter Valley. Each winery was excellent! We loved the custom service of the 4 TB winery’s. Lunch was delicious. We had plenty of wood fired pizza and salad. The trip was worth every penny! Highly Recommend!
Fantastic experience with our knowledgeable host Drew. We enjoyed the wineries and the pizza. Drew gave us expert commentary on the bus and got us all back safely. Well worth the trip.
We had a great time with this experience. Dave’s company was very professional and the experience of their historical Australia knowledge was apparent. The wineries and the experience was amazing, great wines, great food and the bonus cheese and wine was delicious!! I truly recommend this experience.
What a great time ! Drew was an amazing and informative guide. The tastings were so much fun and the wood fired pizza and salad lunch was great. A perfect day trip. Hunter Valley is absolutely beautiful.
WendieC thanks for the review. Love hearing you had a perfect day trip. Drew will be rapt to hear you enjoyed the tastings and the info along the way, and that the wood fired pizza and salad hit the spot. The Hunter really is a stunner. Hope we see you back for another day in wine country. Here’s to the vintners The Daves
Fantastic trip and made all the better by our tour guide Chris, funny and informative, plenty wines to sample also chocolate beer and Gin, happy days. Would definitely recommend
Thanks for the fantastic review! We’re so glad you had a great day on the Sydney Grains and Grapes Hunter Valley Wine and Beer Tour and that Chris made it such a fun and informative experience. Wine, beer, gin and chocolate — hard to beat that combo! Chin chin, The Daves
Drew was fantastic, his knowledge of the wines and regions was first class. Lunch was very enjoyable. We highly recommend this company.
Thanks for the great review and for joining our Grains and Grapes Hunter Valley tour. Drew will be pleased to hear his wine knowledge impressed, and we’re glad lunch hit the spot too. Appreciate the recommendation and hope to see you again on another tour. The Dave’s
We had a great day. The vineyards were excellent. Colin our driver and guide was really friendly and knowledgeable . TKS
Hi Pauline, Thanks for the great review! We’re so glad you had a fantastic day on the Sydney Grains and Grapes Hunter Valley Wine and Beer Tour. It’s lovely to hear you enjoyed the vineyards, the wines, and lunch — and that Colin’s friendly, knowledgeable guiding helped make it such a memorable experience. Cheers to great wine, The Daves
Great day trip with Col (Dave for the day) visiting some beautiful wineries. Lunch was amazing and loved the distillery. Col was incredibly knowledgeable giving us lots interesting info on the history of the Hunter and wine making.
Hi Mockingbird1979, Thanks for the great review! We’re so glad you had an awesome day on the Sydney Grains and Grapes Hunter Valley Wine and Beer Tour. Visiting beautiful wineries, enjoying a great lunch, and finishing at the distillery makes for a pretty special day — and it’s great to hear Col (Dave for the day!) added so much with his knowledge of the Hunter and winemaking. From vine to glass, The Daves
Had a wonderful time! Our guide (Chris) was great- talked just enough to give us an idea of the area and the history of Hunter Valley, but also gave us some nice quiet time to enjoy the sites and relax. Wine was delicious at all of the venues, very friendly staff at all locations. We visited several places for wine (and beer) and ended the day at a distillery. Distillery wasn’t our thing but if you like flavored vodkas or gin, then it’s the place for you. Van was comfortable for the trek to and from Hunter Valley. Overall enjoyed and would recommend. Was a lovely end to our trip to Australia.
Thanks for the great review! Glad you enjoyed the wine, the stops, and that Chris made the day such a good one. Cheers, Ben
