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Ultimate Winery Experiences Australia – Victoria

Extended
Food and Wine Tours
Full Day

Highlights

  • Savour award-winning wines at renowned Victorian wineries, enhancing your palate with unique tasting experiences.
  • Explore stunning landscapes while enjoying immersive winery tours that connect you with local winemakers and their stories.
  • Indulge in exquisite food-wine pairings at picturesque venues, elevating your culinary journey in the Mornington Peninsula.
  • Discover the art of Muscat blending with hands-on experiences at historic wineries like Stanton and Killeen in Rutherglen.
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Ultimate Winery Experiences Australia is a consortium of premium, award-winning wineries offering unique wine experiences including barrel, private and structured tastings, food-wine matching, wine education and gastronomy in spectacular locations within renowned wine regions.

These wineries are not simply venues to taste and purchase wine. Most offer a complete experience – restaurants, accommodation, tours, as well as exciting behind-the-scenes winery experiences. They allow visitors to interact with the wine, the winemaker, and enjoy first-hand the rich diversity that the Victorian wine regions have to offer.

Ultimate Winery Experiences Australia offer experiences in Brown Brother and Pizzini Wines in King Valley; Montalto, Pt. Leo Estate and Ten Minutes By Tractor in Mornington Peninsula; Stanton and Killeen in Rutherglen and Chandon in Yarra Valley.

Check out their bookable self-drive itineraries, and bookable tours.

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Morninton Peninsula - Terroir to Table

Morninton Peninsula – Terroir to Table

Take a deep dive into the unique Terroir of the Mornington Peninsula and the abundant produce it has to offer.

This immersive experience showcases the sub-regionality of the Mornington Peninsula and the exceptional produce it has to offer. From the seaside to the rich fertile soil, the Mornington Peninsula is a food and wine lover’s paradise. The team invite you to experience the local flavours from two iconic wineries, Montalto and Ten Minutes By Tractor, and explore the produce that has made this region famous.

Icons of Victoria's High Country - Experience 3 of Victoria's most iconic wineries

Icons of Victoria's High Country – Experience 3 of Victoria's most iconic wineries

Your tour starts with Stanton and Killeen – Master Blenders: Blend Your Own Muscat.

Discover the art of Muscat blending at Stanton and Killeen with this immersive hands-on experience. Begin with a guided tour through the original 19th-century winery, where you’ll hear stories of seven generations of family winemaking and explore the historic fortified casks lining the cellar. Along the way, taste through the famous Rutherglen Muscat classifications, from Rutherglen to Rare, while learning how each style develops with age. Then, step into the role of blender as you sample four different Muscat parcels and experiment with ratios to create your own perfect blend. Once complete, your personalised Muscat will be bottled with a custom label to take home.

The second day of the tour begins with Brown Brothers – Prosecco Brunch.

Relax in your own private Prosecco Lounge while tasting through Brown Brothers’ full Prosecco range, paired with pastries, local cheeses, terrines, and fresh seasonal fruit.

This will be followed by Pizzini Wines – Kiln Tasting Room Experience.

Explore Pizzini’s family winemaking story while comparing new release wines with aged back vintages, followed by a glass of wine and an Italian-style grazing platter.

Mornington Peninsula Day Tour - Localing

Mornington Peninsula Day Tour – Localing

Discover the unique character of coastal winemaking on this immersive journey through Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, where cooling ocean breezes create elegant, refined expressions of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Your Localing host will collect you from your accommodation for a scenic drive through rolling vineyards and along the rugged coastline. Your first stop is Ten Minutes by Tractor, where you’ll step beyond the cellar door for a vineyard tour of the Spedding and Gabrielle vineyards. Learn how elevation, soil, and climate shape the region’s cool-climate wines before returning to a private tasting room for a guided masterclass featuring a curated selection of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Next, enjoy a three-course wine-paired lunch at Pt. Leo Estate, overlooking Western Port Bay. After lunch, wander through the renowned Sculpture Park, where large-scale artworks sit among vines with sweeping ocean views.

The afternoon is yours to enjoy—visit another winery, explore the Peninsula’s beaches, or seek out local wildlife such as kangaroos and native birdlife—before a relaxed return to Melbourne by 6pm.

Mornington Peninsula Day Tour - Great Private Tours

Mornington Peninsula Day Tour – Great Private Tours

Great Private Tours have designed this tour to highlight the exquisite wines and cuisine of the Mornington Peninsula. Located only one hour south east of Melbourne this maritime cool climate region boasts an array of dining experiences with oceanic vistas and forrested laneway roads that make the region popular amongst the locals and a treasured find for the internationals.

This tour is all about pairing exquisite wines with an array of chefs’ hatted fine dining experiences that you can select from.

Tour includes a visit to three wineries – Montalto, Pt. Leo Estate, and Ten Minutes by Tractor, choice of Chefs Hatted lunch, luxury Mercedes vehicle, expert guide, flexible Itinerary.

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