Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: McLaren Vale and Fleurieu Coast Visitor Centre, 796 Main Rd, McLaren Vale, South Australia 5171 Australia
Enjoy morning tea and wander around The Gallery, featuring local, regional and state exhibitions
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: d'Arenberg, Osborn Rd, McLaren Vale, South Australia 5171 Australia
One of the highlights of your day, explore the d’Arenberg Cube. Nestled amongst the vineyards, this 5 level “Rubik’s cube” has been carefully designed to entice and excite the senses. From the Alternate Realities Museum to the many art installations on display there is so much to see and experience whilst you are there. Enjoy a formal wine tasting on Level 4, where you can take in the scenic views of the vineyards.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Chalk Hill Wines, 56 Field St, McLaren Vale, South Australia 5171 Australia
Next head to Chalk Hill Wines, a family-owned winery, dedicated to making small batch, hand crafted wines of distinction. Indulge in a traditional Italian style shared lunch prepared by Cucina Di Strada, paired with four of Chalk Hill’s most popular wines.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Beresford Estate Wines, 252 Blewitt Springs Rd, McLaren Flat, South Australia 5171 Australia
Continue to Beresford Wines, where you can choose from one of three tastings in their brand-new Tasting Pavilion. The Premium Wine Tasting introduces you to a selection of their wines from the Estate and Limited Release range. The Vale Brewing Tasting offers up to five craft beers from the sessionable Vale range. The third option is the 23rd Street Distillery tastings, where you can choose from five craft spirits or three craft gins.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Wirra Wirra Vineyards, Strout Rd & McMurtrie Rd, McLaren Vale, South Australia 5171 Australia
The final cellar door is Wirra Wirra Vineyards, located amongst the gum trees in the historic ironstone cellars. Enjoy a short tour of the cellars and a structured tasting of their range of quality wines. Look out for the ‘catapult’ and the ¾ tonne Angelus Bell in the picturesque grounds surrounding the cellar door.
(Woodstock Wine Estate will be the replacement winery for wine tasting on dates Wirra Wirra is unavailable.)
Duration: 1 hour
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Adelaide Central Bus Station Franklin St, 83 Franklin St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
09:15 AM
8 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Tour does not operate on Christmas Day
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Karen_P
Fabulous, tour guide with lots of local knowledge, great wine, beautiful scenery, the cube is an experience.
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Posted On : 2024-04-12
Posted By : Punita_N
A great tour. Very friendly and knowledgeable driver/host.
Good itenery, food and wine tasting.
Picked up and dropped off at the exact time.
Highly recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-03-20
Posted By : Laurel_C
We couldn't fault this tour. The food was excellent. The service and our bus driver/ tour guide was fantastic. It is worth the money.
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Posted On : 2023-11-29
Posted By : IreneP
A great experience
Our driver was very knowledgeable
Met some great people
Lunch was fantastic
A great day out
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Posted On : 2023-11-24
Posted By : Grant_B
The full size coach for 20 ensured a comfortable ride.
The Cube was an amazing experience but the other vineyards were enjoyable especially Wirrta Wirra.
A really good day out and I recommend it totally.
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Posted On : 2023-10-06
Posted By : Christine_P
Athol our driver was lovely, very knowledgeable and friendly!! the bus clean and always ready and waiting for us, Athol was only to happy to help ! the visitor center with coffee and muffin (delicious) was perhaps a tad too long and if we had cut off time here and the D'arenburg cube i think other winemakers we visited would have not felt so rushed.
the cube whilst a great novelty was "all fur coat and no knickers" didn't understand the random video they showed and the wine tasting was very clinical and not at all friendly, there was no deviation to the tasting at all (if they had offered a sparkling i would have considered buying) but the girl who did it was brusque and rude. (a view evidenced by not one of the entire group bought here)
Chalks Hill by contrast was warm friendly and the ambience was next level, they asked us what our preferences were and bought out other wines we may like to taste out, the pizzas were delicious as too were the wines (i joined their wine club 🤷🏼♀️) Onto Beresford -again great host and wines/gin.... would have loved a bit more time here for tasting) and finally Wira Wira - great tour and lovely friendly hosts, really would have loved spending more time here!!!
Whilst i know the cube is a novelty the other wineries were much more friendly and frankly i thought much better wines, definitely would recommend a McClaren Vale wine tour, and will be visiting all (bar D'arenburg) again
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Posted On : 2023-07-29
Posted By : jesstY4934ZH
Having been on multiple wine tours across Australia's wine regions I was bitterly disappointed with this tour, the bus driver (tour guide would be too complimentary) knew little to nothing about wine or the region. Whilst the vineyards and wines were a welcome attraction, lunch consisted of 4 cubes of cheese and a slice of pizza. Our final stops were rushed as the driver had to finish personal phone calls before shuttling us around. If I could request a refund I would, the value from money was so far from the ball game I wish I had if walked to Dan Murphy's and had a wine at home. This tour did a disservice to the region and local winemakers, luckily other tour companions provided laughs throughout the day,
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Posted On : 2023-07-28
Posted By : BMS1966
A fantastic all-weather attraction, that is quirky and interesting, wine tasting on the 4th floor, with a restaurant and coffee shop on the 3rd, the 2nd floor had a Dali exhibition.
We took overseas visitors there and they were swept away with this unique attraction.
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Posted On : 2023-07-06
Posted By : Marie_T
All the wineries visited were world renowned and very well run and very friendly full of information. It made a wonderful day
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Posted On : 2023-05-27
Posted By : FrancisC_L
Whilst the excursions were great, one item had been changed without any notification to us that the Lunch at the d'Arenberg Cube had been deleted from the itinerary and would be available at another winery. The replacement lunch was fine, but we had been looking forward to the original itinerary of lunch at the Cube. Had we been advised of the change we may have chosen to seek another tour.
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Posted On : 2023-03-29
