Hunter Valley Wine Tour from Sydney: 3 Wineries & Vineyard Picnic

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Sydney, Australia

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10 to 12 hours (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Planning a wine country visit from Sydney can mean renting a car and choosing a designated driver. However, this round-trip tour makes it easy to explore the Hunter Valley. Travel with a local guide, take in scenic countryside views, and sample wines at some of the region’s best-known wineries. It’s a relaxed way to experience Australian wine country—with the bonus of possible wildlife sightings along the way.

Convenient round-trip from Sydney saves you the hassle of renting a car
Visit three distinctive wineries in one seamless experience
Get the inside scoop on the area from a local guide
Indulge in a vineyard picnic with local wine and cheese

What's Included

Wine tastings at 3 distinctive wineries (Sobels + 2 rotating venues)
Behind-the-scenes winery production tour at Sobels Winery
Hunter Valley Chocolate Company visit
Vineyard picnic with local wine and cheese
Return transportation from Sydney to Hunter Valley in comfortable air-conditioned minibus
Expert bilingual tour guide (English, Portuguese, or Spanish)

Lunch

Lunch may be added to cart during checkout

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

812 George St, Haymarket NSW 2000, Australia
Meetup at 812 George Street, Haymarket, Sydney. This location is placed between the St Laurence Church and Side Bar.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.7:00 am

Itinerary

Sydney

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Wyong

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hunter Valley (Pass By)

Sobel's Winery

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Bimbadgen Winery

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

4 Pines at the Farm - Hunter Valley

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Hunter Valley Chocolate Company

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

De Bortoli Wines

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Pokolbin

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 23 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

LaraBusra_C

Aurelio was amazing ! I travel the world, I participate in many tours, but this was the most fun and enjoyable tour I have attended. I'm not exaggerating :) it's all thanks to our tour guide. thanks

Reviews

4.6

based on 22 reviews

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If James is your driver then this is a great option

CarlA_P, May 2025

This tour group received a 5* rating because of our driver and tour guide James. If not for him, it would have been a 1* review. The Viator description was grossly inaccurate and what was listed as the highlight vineyard on the tour (McGuigans) wasn’t on his schedule. McGuigans tastings moved to a new location and might not be a big deal today, but when I was last in Australia over 25 years ago — it stood out. I booked the tour based on that perceived stop — then shared the Viator description with James. He said he could fix it and made a separate side trip for my wife and me while the other 9 guests visited a chocolate company. Food listed as included was a separate charge — and while our restaurant stop was fun, there was no pizza as an option as advertised, and lunch with a drink was 31AUD/pp. The last wine stop did include an excellent charcuterie board that James brought us gratis, and on the way back — everyone had a chance to take photographs of a large group of kangaroos. James made it memorable and for that we’re grateful.

Amazing Tour!

LaraBusra_C, Jan 2025

Aurelio was amazing ! I travel the world, I participate in many tours, but this was the most fun and enjoyable tour I have attended. I'm not exaggerating :) it's all thanks to our tour guide. thanks

Great area to visit and...

Andrew_D, Dec 2024

Great area to visit and Michael, our guide was excellent. Many wines to sample and a bonus chocolate tasting

winery experience

MaryAnn_N, Dec 2024

The experience was good and the guide tour was fantastic. The winery that we visited was all good The only thing that is a bit off is the waiting time of serving you to taste the wine, the interval is quite long waiting.

Nice trip to The Hunter

Shaun_M, Mar 2024

The first two wineries were great, very pleasant day out. Gabe the driver was very organised, we enjoyed ourselves

Encounter Hunter Valley

Sachiko_U, Aug 2023

It was a first experience for us to join a winery tour. We enjoyed various types of grape variety and found differences among them. Especially for my son, it was a good occasion to taste dessert wines. Good driver and great picnic!

The BEST winery tour

Anne_H, Aug 2023

Such a wonderful experience and well organised trip. The tour guides were such legends and prepared a beautiful picnic for all of us. 10/10 would recommend

Very professional and...

Francois_L, Mar 2023

Very professional and lots of fun tasting and evaluating the different wines. Our guide was very friendly and treated us afterwards to a picnic of wine, cheese, fruits and meats. Very nice excursion!

The best tour ever…..

PUISHAN_W, Oct 2022

We enjoyed the day with Maikel and Alin. Due to the weather forecast, we couldn’t reschedule the date but they still managed to take us, so, it became private tour!!!! We shared lots of cultural issues and not just about wine tasting! Thanks a lot for making us a day and it’s 10000000% recommended!