Full day wine tour
- Duration: 8 Hours (approx.)
- Location: Penola
- Product code: FDWT
Welcome to the Coonawarra Discovery Full Day Tour. This 7 hour tour allows you great flexibility while ensuring you still get the best Coonawarra cellar door experience. There are multiple options for every stop and our experienced guides can steer you in the right direction when local events make certain places even more essential. We will show you the highlights of the Coonawarra wine region in an day filled with sensory adventures. Your guides have grown up in the area and have developed personal relationships with the people behind the counters.
Guests don’t get to Coonawarra as often as other wine regions due to it’s isolation so don't miss the opportunity to experience what it has to offer by having to worry about driving. If you are not sure about wine styles or brands, go with our default selection which is finely tuned to succeed for most palates and knowledge levels.
An example of your full day tour:
At 10 minutes to 10am we arrive at your accommodation in Penola or Coonawarra. (Mt Gambier, Millicent, Robe, Beachport or Naracoorte pickups and drop offs
available by arrangement). You climb in to the nice new Hyundai iMax and its off to our first winery – the impressive Parker Estate.
Enjoy the architecture and the spaces, the cheese and nibbles and most importantly, the wine. See an 18 litre melchior and admire the current art collection – it is always changing.
After you are satiated at Yalumba Menzies, your guide takes you to Highbank, a boutique winery on only 4 hectares of vines but with some beautiful views and
supurb hand-built buildings that are available for bookings should you require.
After a comfortable chat with Denis Vice of Highbank, you are delivered at 12.15pm to Wynns, the pillar of Coonawarra winemaking and really a “must-see”. You can check out the wonderfully gnarled old vines – the oldest in the region, the fascinating museum displays or just head straight to the wine tasting on offer. You may also enjoy an optional cheese platter.
After the morning’s activities you may be feeling a bit peckish and so you are now presented with your lunch options – great pizzas at Fodder, a 2 course set menu at Chardonnay Lodge, a 3 course set menu feast at Upstairs at Hollicks or a generous cheese and meat platter in Eric Brand’s Private cellar. On this occassion you choose the latter!
All of your lunch venue options also provide wine tastings if you wish to combine your visit.
After lunch you are driven up to the north of Coonawarra to view the magnificent Rymills winery and try their range of award-winning wines, and then its time to
try a chocolate and wine pairing at Penley Estate, one of our favourites.
Now it is time for one of Penola’s younger heros – Majella, and if you have kept to the schedule (no problems if not) we land at our final destination – the tranquil
Balnaves besides the lake. (If you chose Blok Estate instead, you may get scones now).
It is now 5.00pm and you are totally ready to return to your cottage (also arranged by us for you) – which we immediately do. All you have left to do today is write us a five-star review and get ready for diinner in one of Penola’s great restaurants – or even a trip to Millicent to try the famous Mayura Station Wagyu. We can arrange transport whatever your choice is, and you will always be in safe hands!
UNIQUE FEATURES·
* A customisable tour program to suit your individual palate.·
* Intimate sized groups with an average size of 3-4 people·
* 7 hours in duration visiting 8 wineries·
* Current model accredited vehicle with air con and heating·
* Meet and greet the people behind the scenes·
* Local guides with extensive knowledge·
* Unique experiences on every tour – private tastings and introductions·
* Complimentary Bottled Water included.·
* Tour times: 10.00am - 5:00pm 7 Days a week
