Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney
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Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney
By Activity Tours Australia
Recommended by 97% of travelers
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Ideal tour for wine lovers and foodies, this tour allows you to spend the day visiting boutique wineries, local cheese makers, and learning about the Hunter Valley’s thriving food scene. Don’t worry about renting a car or choosing a designated driver, and receive personalized attention in a small group. Plus, you'll sample up to 20 wine varieties.
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₱6,505.81
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Ages 0-99, max of 20 per group
Duration: 11h
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Highlights
- Tour the Hunter Valley with a guide and don’t worry about driving
- Visit well-loved wineries and buy bottles direct from producers
- Taste local wines and cheese and enjoy a café lunch
- Hassle-free round-trip transportation from central Sydney
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Local guide
- Wine tasting
- Cheese tasting
- Cafe lunch with hot and cold options
- Pickup and drop off from designated meeting points or contact the operator to request a hotel pick up (many central hotels)
- Entry/Admission - Hunter Valley
What's not included- not applicable
- Depart central Sydney for a 2-hour journey through the Ku-ring-guy Chase National Park to the Hunter Valley. Don’t worry about driving or missing any of the most loved local wineries on this tour. On arrival, your guide introduces you to distinguished, regional food and wine producers and fills you in on the local foodie scene. Experience tastings at wineries including: Iron Gate Estate, Tempus Two Wines, and McGuigan Wines, with the option to buy bottles direct from producers. Taste 20 wine varieties throughout the day, sample cheese from local producers and enjoy a café lunch before returning to Sydney in the evening.
- Departure details
- Traveler pickup is offered.
- *** PICK UP TIMES WILL BE BETWEEN 7AM AND 7:50AM *** Please contact Activity Tours to confirm or change your pick up time and location which may be up to 50 minutes before the listed tour departure time. Please arrive on time or early to your CONFIRMED pickup location since we do not go to all locations every day unless there is a confirmed pickup. Your voucher may not show your confirmed pick up if you have asked for a change after booking. 7:00am - Holiday Inn Potts Point - 203 Victoria St 7:15am - Mercure Central 818-820 George St, Little Regent St Entrance 7:20am - Rydges World Square, 389 Pitt St 7:30am - Novotel Darling Harbour, 100 Murray St 7:35am - Grace Hotel, 77 York St 7:50am - Radisson Blu Plaza, 27 O Connell St
- Hotel pickup is offered. View the hotel list on our checkout page to see if yours is included among the pickup points.
Return details- Returns to original departure point
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5558HVV- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Pick-ups are from designated meeting points. Some additional central hotel pick-up may be possible by request
- Small-group tour with a maximum 20 participants
- Must be 18 years or older to taste wines
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- 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
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- A note from Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney
- Registered COVID Safe Business and recognised as COVID Ready with Australian Tourism Export Council.
What you can expect during your visit- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Contactless payment for gratuities and add-ons
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Face masks provided for travelers
Community- Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.
- Which attractions will I visit with Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney?
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- How much is Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney?
- Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney price starts from ₱6,553.17. Discover and book Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney on Tripadvisor
- What is the Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney cancellation policy?
- Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney on Tripadvisor
- Which company provides Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney?
- Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney is hosted by Activity Tours Australia. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Activity Tours Australia on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Small-Group Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tasting Tour from Sydney on Tripadvisor
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5558HVV
Itinerary
- You'll get picked upSee departure details
- Pass bySydney Harbour Bridge
- 1Hunter ValleyStop: 5 hours - Admission includedEnjoy a selection of wines from local Hunter Valley cellar doors. We typically visit three wineries, giving us the time and space to enjoy each glass without being rushed.Read morePass byKu-Ring-Gai ChaseHawkesbury River
- You'll return to the starting point
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00In the Mountains with Jim!
We had an absolutely fantastic day in the Blue Mountains with an extremely knowledgeable tour guide, Jim. The tour …
Ngclaris
00Awesome boutique tour
Perfect weather with a fantastic, entertaining and humourous guide, Steve. The pace was just right, not rushed and …
Max S
00Many things seen
Mike good driver. Polite and helpful Could talk more. Long day. Saw lot of things I would advise to advertise end…
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00Blue Mountains on a rainy / foggy day but Jim saved the day.
Sadly the day was rainy and just heavy fog. Our tour guide Jim made the best of it for us and it was just one gre…
Delhilea
00Recommend to go to the blue mountains
Our guide Steve was Amazing and made our day tour to the blue mountains even better. With this tour you'll see a wi…
coolesu
00Quality guide!
Terrible foggy and rainy weather blocked all the views but amazing super experienced tourguide Jim created an alte…
DanaSchi
00Highly recommended
This trip has exceeded my expectations. Our guide, Chris, was amazing, gave us a lot of information about Australia…
Claudia T
00Great day tour from Sydney
Scotty Edwards, our tour guide, was absolutely fabulous! He put everyone at ease, entertained a myriad of questions…
Viren2401
00Fabulous trip
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murrayhill529
00Awful all around
Please save yourself 11hrs cooped up in a bus to only see a few kangaroos, we chose the wildlife tour because was s…
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00Blue mountain day trip
The trip was great. Our tour guide, Steve, was friendly and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this trip. Lunc…
Majid A
00A good short trip
It was a good trip with a good driver and a comfortable car. The trip duration was 9 hours though. The trip duratio…
Sue D
00Full day in Blue Mountains
We were picked up by Bob in the Andersen Tour Company. Bob was fantastic. He told stories, took us to some amazing …
marianabelaf
00Great experience
Excellent organization. Tour guide Steve was fenomenal, really learned and seen a lot. Went to Featherdale, prince…
CamCam68
00Fantastic day out in the Blue Mountains.
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Leah P
Dartford, UK74 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
If you like wine then this is the tour for you, if you don’t then I maybe wouldn’t bother. There is a LOT of wine. If you’re not sure about what wines you like then this tour will help you to find out.
Our first stop was a lovely vineyard and the lady serving the wines and talking to us about each wine was lovely. Her name was Catherine. I loved one of the sparkling wines so much I purchased one to take home.
Onto our second stop and Amy who was doing our wine tasting was very knowledgable about the wines and the area. My husband purchased a bottle of red to take home from this vineyard.
We loved the ones so much we got one each! 😂
After this we stopped for our cheese tasting which was delicious. Blake who served us told us all about the cheeses and how long they take to make.
We enjoyed the cheeses so much we purchased 2 cheeses, the crackers and the quince paste to go with them.
After cheese it was onto our last stop where we tasted wine AND chocolates. Mel our taste expert was fab at explaining why certain flavours go with certain wines.
We liked the chocolates so much we purchased a few.
After this we had an extra stop our driver, Chris took us to so we had a chance to relax before heading home. We purchased some Prosecco from here which was lovely.
We then headed back to the city.
When we arrived home my husband and I sat down in our suite and indulged in our dinner. You may have guessed but our dinner was the cheese, crackers, Prosecco and chocolates we purchased on the tour.
It was such a great day and the weather was great. Chris was a fab driver talking to us about all the different locations passed and was really knowledgable.
He also pointed out some kangaroos which meant we got to see them out in the open which was so cool!
Great day, great wine, great cheese and great chocolates! Don’t need much more.
Our first stop was a lovely vineyard and the lady serving the wines and talking to us about each wine was lovely. Her name was Catherine. I loved one of the sparkling wines so much I purchased one to take home.
Onto our second stop and Amy who was doing our wine tasting was very knowledgable about the wines and the area. My husband purchased a bottle of red to take home from this vineyard.
We loved the ones so much we got one each! 😂
After this we stopped for our cheese tasting which was delicious. Blake who served us told us all about the cheeses and how long they take to make.
We enjoyed the cheeses so much we purchased 2 cheeses, the crackers and the quince paste to go with them.
After cheese it was onto our last stop where we tasted wine AND chocolates. Mel our taste expert was fab at explaining why certain flavours go with certain wines.
We liked the chocolates so much we purchased a few.
After this we had an extra stop our driver, Chris took us to so we had a chance to relax before heading home. We purchased some Prosecco from here which was lovely.
We then headed back to the city.
When we arrived home my husband and I sat down in our suite and indulged in our dinner. You may have guessed but our dinner was the cheese, crackers, Prosecco and chocolates we purchased on the tour.
It was such a great day and the weather was great. Chris was a fab driver talking to us about all the different locations passed and was really knowledgable.
He also pointed out some kangaroos which meant we got to see them out in the open which was so cool!
Great day, great wine, great cheese and great chocolates! Don’t need much more.
Written 17 October 2022
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activitytours
What a comprehensive run down of your day in the Hunter Valley! We are delighted that you had such a wonderful time and enjoyed the local wines and produce, and were able to support the local businesses with your purchases too.
Written 1 November 2022
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
neilCheltenham
cheltenham15 contributions
Feb 2023
A fun day on a small group tour to the Hunter Valley. We went to three small vineyards, where we tasted 5-6 wines at each one. The hosts at each vineyard talked us through the wines. We tasted some really good wines and bought a couple which we enjoyed in our hotel in Sydney. Lunch and a free drink were provided at a golf club – although the food was a bit average. The day also included an enjoyable cheese tasting at a cheese factory. Our driver and guide, Jim, was very helpful and offered a fun and informative commentary. He was very enthusiastic and told us about the region and about Sydney.
Written 7 March 2023
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ActivityManager
Thank you for your positive feedback and walk through of the day in the Hunter Valley. Jim is one of our most experienced guides and loves to add his own flavour to the day so we're really glad that you enjoyed it. Cheers!
Written 7 March 2023
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Ruthlols
Holyhead, UK18 contributions
Dec 2022
Steve our guide was very informative and the people at the vineyards and the cheese factory were all knowledgeable and able to pass on the information in simple terms which made it a pleasant day. The order of the day was we visited two vineyards followed by cheese tasting then lunch followed by the final vineyard. It would have been better to have the cheese tasting after the first vineyard as we felt having the cheese tasting then lunch so close together that we were not ready for lunch. Otherwise, a very enjoyable day tasting 25 different wines where we all slept on the bus on the way home. Thank you Steve again very enjoyable experience.
Written 10 January 2023
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activitytours
Thanks you for your constructive feedback. We're pleased that you had an enjoyable day tasting wines and local cheese in the Hunter Valley.
We are looking at whether we can reorder when we conduct the cheese tasting during the day. One thing we can be sure of is that you will have a wide range of delicious wines to sample and local chese to try!
With thanks
Brad
Written 19 January 2023
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Mandy L
Singapore, Singapore4 contributions
May 2022 • Couples
Gorgeous weather for our winery & cheese tour (not forgetting chocolate!) 7 in our small group, which included 3 Australians & an English guy. They made the tour so fun!
Jim our driver cum guide is excellent - experienced, helpful & extremely knowledgeable about the Hunter Valley area, and Sydney in general. We visited 3 wineries & a cheese shop. Lovely lunch at a local country club - what an unexpected surprise! Such a worthy tour. Highly recommended!
Jim our driver cum guide is excellent - experienced, helpful & extremely knowledgeable about the Hunter Valley area, and Sydney in general. We visited 3 wineries & a cheese shop. Lovely lunch at a local country club - what an unexpected surprise! Such a worthy tour. Highly recommended!
Written 15 May 2022
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Boutique T
Thank you for such wonderful feedback on the Hunter Valley tour and your guide Jim - he will be very pleased that you enjoyed the day so much. We hope to see you again!
Written 10 July 2022
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Gaurav S
Singapore, Singapore14 contributions
Fabulous tour. Steve is the rock star. Without his engaging stories and friendly attitude the trip wouldn't be that much fun.
The wine tasting is in spectacular locations. With a wide and creative selection of wines.
As a suggestion, the cheese tasting could be a wine pairing option. I did miss some palette cleansing at the vineyards and missed wine at the cheese shop.
The lunch stop was perfectly timed and the food was good.
Chocolate pairing was ok. Not a fan of sweet white chocolates with any wine combos. Too much sugar masks the taste of wine.
The wine tasting is in spectacular locations. With a wide and creative selection of wines.
As a suggestion, the cheese tasting could be a wine pairing option. I did miss some palette cleansing at the vineyards and missed wine at the cheese shop.
The lunch stop was perfectly timed and the food was good.
Chocolate pairing was ok. Not a fan of sweet white chocolates with any wine combos. Too much sugar masks the taste of wine.
Written 5 September 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Boutique T
Thanks for sharing your excellent feedback on the wine and cheese tasting tour. Steve's experience and love of the Hunter Valley really shines through and helps to make the whole day more enjoyable. Cheers!
Written 7 September 2022
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
tdjohnston1959
Grafton, MA11 contributions
Nov 2019
Our tour guide was great. The day was longer than we expected due to traffic. The wineries and people were very nice. We weren't thrilled with the wines, but know that we have high standards based on our wine preferences. Recommend this tour if you're interested in getting outside of the city and want to see and experience more of Australia.
Written 2 January 2020
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Thanks for your review of our Hunter Valley day tour! We're glad to hear you had a great day out experiencing what this part of Australia has to offer. Unfortunately at this time of year when there are lots of holidaymakers on the roads, it can cause some delays. We hope you enjoyed getting out of the city though and experiencing some of the wine and local produce the Hunter region has to offer. All the best for your 2020, the Activity Tours team.
Written 3 January 2020
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Mila B
3 contributions
Mar 2022 • Friends
This tour was delightful, we would 1000% recommend it and make sure to ask for Steve! He is an incredible guide, has amazing positive energy, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Australian geology, history, and wine. The tour includes tastings at 3 different wineries, a delicious cheese tasting, and lunch. Great value! Would highly recommend going if you’re visiting and enjoy wine
Written 14 March 2022
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activitytours
Thank you for letting us know how much you enjoyed the Hunter Valley wine and cheese tasting tour with Steve. We were recently recognised in the NSW tourism awards and this is due to our fantastic guides like Steve. We hope to see you again!
Written 15 March 2022
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HayDegha0917
Los Angeles, CA16 contributions
Dec 2022
The trip was definitely fine--competent driver, good use of time, good winery picks. The real issue is with the wine valley itself. The wines are just so...blah, and this has to do with the climate in Hunter Valley, which essentially cooks the grapes to the point that there is not a lot you can do with them. So, if you have a day to waste, go. The cheese tasting was definitely interesting. But, otherwise, save the money for the club?
Written 25 December 2022
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activitytours
Thank you for sharing your view on Hunter Valley wines. We're sorry that the unique local wines were not to your personal taste, but very pleased that you enjoyed the overall tour experience, cheese tasting, and your tour guide. Maybe next time you visit we can show you around the Blue Mountains instead!
Written 1 January 2023
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Cathy B
Nottingham, UK24 contributions
Feb 2023
We joined the Hunter Valley trip and it was possibly my favourite day of my trip to New South Wales. Moira organised us brilliantly from our very first contact and Jim was a brilliant host and looked after us so well. He was so knowledgeable and laid back and totally made our day. Our favourite vineyard was Saddler’s Creek where the wine was delicious and the staff made us so welcome. A highly recommended day.
Written 6 March 2023
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ActivityManager
Hi Cathy, thank you for your wonderful feedback and recommendation! Jim will be very excited that you had such a great day out with Jim in the Hunter Valley. Wine tasting at Saddlers Creek is a great experience, and complements the other two wineries, cheese tasting and lunch throughout the day. Cheers!
Written 7 March 2023
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AmyFinney
London, UK8 contributions
Myself and my now husband have done quite a few wine tours in our time, and this was definitely the best so far. Our guide Jeff was brilliant, had a great sense of humour and interesting throughout but equally let us just enjoy the day. We went to three different vineyards and tried SO many different wines (I think 6-7 of each!), plus had a cheese tasting, chocolate matching and a really substantial lunch with a glass of wine included too. Honestly the wines were great, it was well executed and we just had the best day. Have already sent a link to a friend of mine and will be back when I’m next in Oz to take my mum too! Thank you!
Written 19 November 2022
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Jeff will be very happy to hear that you had such a lovely time in the Hunter Valley. He is a real character and loves to entertain. Thanks for letting us know how much you enjoyed the tour.
Written 30 November 2022
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Raenard D
Charlotte, NC3 contributions
Hi! Would it be OK if we brought a 3 year along with us? If so, what would be the cost for child to join. Thank you!!
MRWoo
Anaheim, CA
Hi. I’m thinking of booking for Thursday, June 20 for 2 travelers. We’re going to be staying at the Westin Hotel at 1 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000. Would we be able to arrange for pickup at this hotel? If so, what time? Thank you!
evazaparis
2 contributions
Where is the place for departure ?
PhillipH54
Rustington, UK12 contributions
There are several pick up points listed when you book. We were picked up at the Holiday Inn Potts Point
Zita M
Hong Kong Island, China
So we gather at the selected pick up point as listed when we did the booking or we get picked up directly from our hotel?
Valley View Lod... M
Manzini, Manzini, Swaziland5 contributions
Is there a chocolate tasting included in this tour?
chuiwh
Singapore, Singapore4 contributions
Hi,
I would like to check if we can bring along a foldable wheelchair for this tour?
My mom is not totally wheelchair bound. She can walk using crutches or with help from us for around 30 minutes a time. The wheelchair will be for when her legs are too tired to walk.
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