The tour was great and our guide Matt was brilliant! Highly recommend!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Driver with a good taste in music that takes requests
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- A guided chocolate tasting
- Wine tastings
Excludes
- Lunch - We stop at a winery where you can buy or bring your own food. We felt you have more choice and freedom this way. Only food bought at the winery can be consumed at the winery.
- Hotel pick-ups and drop-offs
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is located in Melbourne CBD on FLINDERS STREET, 3000. It is NOT on Russell Street Extension. Your vehicle will be parked opposite 154 Flinders Street or opposite 1 Hosier Lane (A famous graffiti laneway that is worth taking a photo off if you are running early
Return
- This is the same street that we started the tour with you in the morning. This is also in the FREE TRAM ZONE! You are welcome to stay on the vehicle and we will take you back to the pick up point where we started the day but this will be a 20 minute drive in traffic instead of a four minute walk.
Itinerary
"The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia" - FLINDERS STREET, 3000 (This is directly opposite 154 Flinders Street) - A 2 minute walk from Melbourne's main train station - Flinders Street Railway Station. You will be greeted by one of our tour guides in either one of our 14-seater white Mercedes-Benz buses or one of our 22-seater buses at 8.35am, where we will check you in and pick your seat. The bus leaves promptly at 9am or earlier if everyone has arrived. Late arrivals cannot be waited for. If everyone arrives early and we depart early, then we can stop half way for a coffee and look for kangaroos (weather dependant).
Just a 60 minute drive to get you to your first winery. (30 minutes on the freeway and 30 minutes through the countryside and vineyards, passing through the lovely town of Warrandyte).
We visit Soumah every day. You will enjoy a guided tasting of five different wines, varying from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Nebbiolo and Brachetto. You will be sure to find something pleasing while overlooking the rolling hills of the vineyard and the majestic Warramate Hills.
We visit St Huberts Cellar door every day. Here you will enjoy four of their well-known wines. Don't feel like wine? Let us treat you to a can of beer or cider instead? How about a spirit tasting? For a small fee, you can pay for a gin or whisky tasting at St Huberts Cellar Door! Talk about spoilt for choice!
We visit 'Quarters' restaurant @ Hubert Estate every day for lunch and a look around their indigenous art gallery on the floor below their cellar door. If you brought your own food, you can eat it somewhere away from their grounds. We will sit in the restaurant and enjoy lunch together. Food and drink are not included in the tour price here, as to give you more freedom to enjoy whatever you choose for your lunch. They offer a wide variety of fantastic food here and cater for all dietary requirements. "With a menu full of Modern Australian and European inspired dishes, Quarters is perfect for foodies, families, and everyone in between. Think succulent steaks, vibrant local veg, and delicate, flaky fish. Feeling extra hungry? Try some pasta, handmade on site, and our incredible (yes, incredible) woodfired pizza, unlike any others in the region. Lucky everyone has a second stomach for dessert, because our dedicated team of pastry chefs will tempt anyone with a sweet tooth."
On the way to lunch at Hubert Estate, we can pull into Chandon, Yarra Valley's home of sparkling wine, for a photo and to browse their shop. There is no booking here. You can also have lunch there if you would like, instead of Hubert Estate, but you will have to contact Chandon yourself and make your lunch booking in your own name. (You will have to contact us to ask us what time you need to make this booking please). This would mean you would miss the 11.30am St Huberts wine tasting with the rest of the group. We would then pick you up at 1pm to head to The Chocolaterie for a private chocolate tasting together. At Hubert estate, we have lunch tables booked seven days a week. At Chandon, there is nothing booked and you will have to make your own booking if you would like to have lunch there.
If The Chocolaterie isn't your thing, then let your driver know at lunch and they will happily take you to Yarrawood Estate Winery where you can buy yourself a glass of wine. Or we can also take you to Balgownie Estate early where you can buy yourself a drink before we arrive with the rest of the group and pay for your wine tasting.
We visit the Chocolaterie every day for a fantastic guided tasting of 10 of there 500 different chocolates. The Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery is a popular attraction in the Yarra Valley, known for their wide variety of handmade chocolates and delicious ice cream. Visitors can watch the chocolatiers at work, sample their products, and purchase gelato and gifts to take home.
We visit Balgownie Estate every day. You will enjoy a guided tasting of five different wines and whilst enjoying the incredible views! Balgownie Estate is also an award winning hotel. So if you do not want to join in with the guided wine tasting, then we will buy you a glass of wine or a tea or a coffee and you can take a seat and enjoy the ambience and the view.
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Reviews
Loved our day out with Matt wine tasting across the different winery’s! Such a different experience in each, Matt was friendly prompt and made everyone feel welcome from all parts of the world! X
Matt was a fantastic tour guide and we had lots of fun. 🫶🏼
Very good experience with a great guide! Great venues and super experience!
We had Matt as our guide for the wine tasting tour, and he was absolutely fantastic! He kept the atmosphere fun and lively throughout the day and made sure everyone was having a great time. The wineries were lovely, and the whole day was incredibly well organised, with perfect timing at each stop. Everything ran smoothly from start to finish. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience and would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the region!
Brilliant trip with Matt, lovely wineries and good fun on his bus.
Thoroughly enjoyed our trip with Matt to 3 wineries and a chocolate tasting. He also took us on a short detour to see wild kangaroos. The drive also had great scenery. We had the option of doing a tasting or enjoying a glass on wine on the deck at the 3rd winery. Lunch was very good.
Matt was an absolute legend! he made the tour feel personalised and engaging. each stop on the tour met us with knowledgeable and personable staff that were willing to go the extra mile. it definitely encompassed that homegrown, local feeling.
Such a good day out, highly recommend this tour!
We had an absolutely amazing day out in the Yarra valley with our guide Matt, our favourite stop on the tour was SOUMAH! Sam was a great host! Highly recommend this tour!!
Top notch, Matt was awesome!!!
Matt was very kind and friendly and the tour was a good all round experience.
Fantastic day out. Matt was an awesome host. Food and wine brilliant. Highly recommended.
Tom is an amazing tour guide, smooth driving, look after us, making sure we are fed before we get drinks, just overall 10/10
Tom was great! Beautiful and fun day!
Great trip. Tom was an awesome guide
Tommo and everyone on our trip were amazing. Were locals to Melbourne and still had a wonderful time, granted the tastings definitely help the good mood but these guys really do put the effort in to make it a memorable day. Cheers!
Tommo was a great tour guide and driver, the chocolate was great and the wine was even better. Yarra Valley is one of the most beautiful places in Australia
Matt was a great guide. Tour was amazing
Excellent day out. Gilbert was a great guide, really knowledgeable about wine and also the areas we passed from Central Melbourne to Yarra Valley. It was well timed with great stops for Wine, Cheese and Chocolate. It didn't feel rushed or laboured either. Vineyards were great with real variety. My particular favourite was Soumah which was amazing. Sam was excellent and his dry sense of humour was hilarious. I would highly recommed
What a fantastic day with Gilberto! We had some amazing wines and visited a lovely cheese dairy and very tempting chocolaterie. Learnt a lot about Yarra Valley wine and had a great sing song on the way back to Melbourne! Thanks Gil for a fabulous day! Big shout out to Jennie and Sam for some excellent wine tasting and entertainment!
Our driver, Matt was extremely pleasant, funny, obliging & an entertaining guide. The venues visited were great. The pizza at Herbert’s Estate was yummy! Thanks Matt & fellow day trippers for a great day!
Had a great day. Gilberto driving the wombat bus was lovely. Really knowledgeable and good fun. We went to 3 wineries. Great variety and each had a great host. Also cheese and chocolate tasting. Would recommend
Absolutely value for money. Great day out! Don’t miss it.
Red Carpet Tours- Gilberto was the best
Matt is outstanding. Brilliant guide with an outstanding personality. Perfect for the role. Excellent trip as the venues were top class to match our driver - Matt
Gilberto was a great tour host. Awesome value for money and a great day out while on holidays.
Matt was terrific. Extremely accomadating
Our driver Matt was sensational
This tour was absolutely fantastic! Our guide, Matt, was amazing; so knowledgeable and such a lovely person. He really made the day special for my family and I. Seriously cannot recommend this tour enough. :))))
Great variety of drinks, great host, great food, great day all round.
The tour was excellent! Every place we visited was beautiful, and our guide Gilbert was very friendly and knowledgeable
Easy pickup, nice views, tour guide was very friendly and the wines were delicious. I learned plenty about the region’s specialties and history, and the other customers were nice people from a wide rage of backgrounds. Definitely worth the money and would go again.
We did the winery tour with Red Carpet it lived up to the name. Our guide, Gilbert, was warm, knowledgeable and made the whole experience feel personal.
Great day out with Gilberto around yarra valley! Friendly guide, beautiful scenery and perfectly timed. Good wine too. Recommended
Amazing experience! Got tipsy!
Gilbert was the best!! Highly recommend!
Great experience I love the winery’s and the chocolate factory and I had lots of fun
Worth the money. Lunch was great. Dont get smashed.
This was such a fantastic experience, especially as a solo traveler. Gilberto was super knowledgeable and a great guide. By the end of the experience, I got to try so many delicious drinks and chocolate and by the end of it, had a few new friends. Would absolutely recommend anyone to go on this adventure
A great experience, Gilberto was very friendly and gave us lots of info on the area as we were driving to each location. Tasted some lovely wine, chocolate and cider, would definitely recommend.
Increíble experiencia, Gilbert el mejor.
Amazing Day Out, Plenty Of Good Wine And Plenty Of Nice Food. Gilberto The Bus driver had a cracking taste in music and was very knowledgeable of the winery’s Vineyards were great and because the wife is not a fan of Red Wine the winery’s switched it out for something more to her taste. The last stop was a great cider very tasty. The wife loved the chocolatier places
Tommo was amazing! We have done lots of tours in different countries and the thing that always makes an experience worthwhile or not is the tour operator. Tommo was knowledgeable, kind and absolutely hilarious. The tour went to 4 different wineries, the chocolate factory, gin and whisky tasting and the pie shop. Value for money was excellent with lots of different wines to sample. Definitely recommend.
We had the best day on the wine tour and Tommo was a great guide who made the experience fun! Lots of wine to taste and well worth the money. Would definitely recommend
Thomas is very joyful, considerate, pleasant and very helpful . Tour was amazing, had great wine tasting sessions. It included gin and beer too . Lunch spot was delicious, loved the pizza and tiramisu. Would highly recommend it with Thomas 🩵
Wonderful wine tasting sessions, Thomas was very helpful, considerate and joyful 😊. Even included gin and whiskey tasting sessions. Bought wine and gin. Lunch was delicious ( pizza and tiramisu) Highly recommended Loved it Great experience
Tom was a great tour guide who took his time to make everyone feel welcome and taken care of. The wineries were great with lots of varieties of wine and other drink options. It was a really fun day with girlfriends. The food for lunch was tasty and the chocolate was yummy. I would recommend this tour tour to friends and family.
Fabulous day, very well run. Tom was a fantastic guide. Wineries were all stunning, food was delicious! Highly recommend.
Thank you Gilbo for your nice hospitality, you made the trip so pleasant and smooth. Thank you
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