Yalumba Cooperage Tour

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Yalumba Cooperage Tour

Cultural and Theme Tours
Food and Wine Tours
2 min guests
12 max guests

Highlights

  • Explore Yalumba’s Cooperage, the only on-site winery Cooperage in Australia, and witness a century-old craft.
  • Observe skilled Coopers crafting wine barrels, gaining insight into a unique tradition that enhances Yalumba’s fine wines.
  • Savour a guided tasting of five iconic wines in the Wine Room, showcasing the best of Yalumba and Barossa.
  • Delight in a Yalumba Colouring Pack for kids, ensuring a family-friendly experience while adults enjoy the tour.

Enjoy a unique and fascinating journey of discovery of Yalumba’s Cooperage; the only on-site winery Cooperage in Australia and one of five in the world.

Our Cooperage experience begins with a short introduction of the winery and our family owners the Hill-Smiths.

Enjoy a rare insight into the craft of wine barrel making, a tradition that has been happening at Yalumba for over 100 years.

Depending on the time of year you may see firsthand the Coopers hard at work preparing or maintaining wine barrels for Yalumba’s fine wines*.

Return to our Wine Room for a tasting with our Ambassador of five wines from the portfolio, featuring varieties iconic to both Yalumba and Barossa.

Children will instead receive a Yalumba Colouring Pack and Trevallie Orchard treat.

*Cooper’s not onsite Saturdays, Sundays & Public Holidays

Tour details

  • Cultural and Theme Tours
  • Food and Wine Tours
  • Half Day or Less
  • On-site Experience
  • Small Group Tour
  • Basic
  • Available from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2026
  • Available from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2026
  • Available from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2026
  • Available from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2026
  • Available from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2026

Features

Service facilities

  • Carpark
  • Family Friendly
  • Non Smoking
  • Pet Friendly – Enquire
  • Public Toilet
Accessibility

This business does not currently offer accessible facilities.

Operation information

Yalumba Family Winemakers Experiences

Established in 1849, Yalumba is Australia’s most historic family owned wine company. It remains fiercely independent and extremely progressive through the generational ownership by the Hill-Smith family.

Yalumba’s longevity an success is a result of patience, collaboration and progressive thinking. There is foresight to embrace the natural terroir to craft wines with individual character and a sense of purpose, a spirit to reinvest in the land upon which it operates and knowledge to behave as a leader in the industry. It is committed to sharing stories of provenance gathered over more than 170 years of history of family winemaking.

They look forward to sharing our stories, wine and hospitality with all our guests.

Accreditations

  • Barossa Trust Mark

Memberships

  • Australian Tourism Export Council
  • Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
  • Tourism Industry Council of SA

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