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Hunter Valley Highlights: Wine, Cheese, and Spirits Tour
4.9
52 Ratings
Hunter Valley
Discover the best of Hunter Valley on this comprehensive Half Day Tour, available both in the morning and afternoon. You’ll visit three unique venues, offering a variety of tasting experiences perfect for enthusiasts of wine, cheese, and spirits!
The tour includes stops at one distillery and two cellar doors in the Lovedale/Pokolbin regions.
Discover the best of Hunter Valley on this comprehensive Half Day Tour, available both in the morning and afternoon. You’ll visit three unique venues, offering a variety of tasting experiences perfect for enthusiasts of wine, cheese, and spirits!
The tour includes stops at one distillery and two cellar doors in the Lovedale/Pokolbin regions.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Hunter Valley - Complimentary return transfers commence at 9:15am for a 10:00am start OR 2:15pm for a 3:00pm start from Nulkaba, Lovedale, Pokolbin, Cessnock and Rothbury (please enquire for other locations). Your pick-up time will be confirmed by text the day prior (by 6:30pm).
- Hunter Valley - Visit a guided wine tasting at a boutique cellar…
- Hunter Valley - Complimentary return transfers commence at 9:15am for a 10:00am start OR 2:15pm for a 3:00pm start from Nulkaba, Lovedale, Pokolbin, Cessnock and Rothbury (please enquire for other locations). Your pick-up time will be confirmed by text the day prior (by 6:30pm).
- Hunter Valley - Visit a guided wine tasting at a boutique cellar door featuring a range of Hunter Valley premium wines, where we will learn all about what we are best known and famous for in the region.
- Hunter Valley - Visit one of the oldest wine makers in the region for a “Mystery Wine Tasting”. With a dedicated wine expert and tasting notes on hand, you will be guided through tasting a range of different wines, along with a delicious cheese and charcuterie platter served to the table to enjoy throughout the experience. Can you guess what they all are and solve the mystery?
- Hunter Valley - Visit a local distillery for a guided tasting of their signature range of locally made premium spirits (sample; gins, flavoured vodkas, schnapps and liqueurs).
- Hunter Valley - Following the tour, you can continue your day or evening with transfers to lunch or dinner in the Pokolbin or Lovedale region OR returns back to your accommodation (specify when booking if you require a transfer to a different location)
What's Included
- Bottled Water
- Complimentary storage & cooler box for purchases
- Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off
- Wine Tasting
- Spirits Tasting
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- ‘Mystery Wine Tasting’ with cheese & charcuterie platter
- Designated driver/guide
- Bottled Water
- Complimentary storage & cooler box for purchases
- Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off
- Wine Tasting
- Spirits Tasting
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- ‘Mystery Wine Tasting’ with cheese & charcuterie platter
- Designated driver/guide
What's Not Included
- Additional bottles or produce from tastings
- Additional bottles or produce from tastings
Location
Hunter Valley
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(52 Ratings)
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Kayleeny2024
Nov 24, 2024
Fun, affordable sample of the Hunter Region - Graham was a fabulous host. Great small group with pickup and drop off included. All venues were welcoming and knowledgeable. Had a fun time 😎
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Pasqualei437
Nov 23, 2024
Whispers of the Vine - My partner and I had a great time! Lots of different wines to try, also very fun with the mystery wine tasting part of the tour.
Our driver Graeme was safe and knowledgeable about the places we went too, also had cool story’s to go along to each place we visited. 10/10 would do again.
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Mcgjo
Nov 10, 2024
Sample the Hunter, you won't regret it! - iHop was an excellent way to sample the Hunter, if you're short on time.
Our tour operator (Kristy), was really lovely and full of Hunter knowledge!
We started at a Gin & Vodka distillery (highly recommend the Mocha Vodka) followed by Tulloch winery where we sampled some of the most amazing Verdelho & Barbera the hunter has to offer along with a glorious (and plentiful) charcuterie & cheese board.
We ended the tour at an up & coming winery/brewery called The Wine Lab, nestled in the back country... the serenity was at its peak! The favourite for the group was the chilled sparkling red served at the Wine Lab - a unique and delicious beverage!
Every venue spoke so highly of Kristy and it felt as though we had preferential treatment at every location.
We will definitely book with iHop and will be recommending this tour to friends and family.
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Peter
Oct 28, 2024
Bespoke Birthday Winetasting - Tim organised a bespoke wine tasting for 40 of us to celebrate my birthday. He and Christine were very friendly and knowledgeable hosts and drivers on the buses but more importantly took care of all the organisation and liaison with the 2 wineries. Thanks also for the lovely birthday gift! Highly recommended
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B4989fhjulieh
Oct 28, 2024
Fabulous afternoon of wine tasting ! - Excellent tour and fabulous value for money. The host and driver of our tour was extremely knowledgeable of the area, history of wine growing, and told us so much more as we traveled from winery to winery. All of the wineries and the distillery were very generous with the number of samples, maybe too many and we had a great time chatting with our hosts and fellow tasters. Wouldn’t hesitate in recommending iHop to anyone, I’ll certainly book with them again, excellent tour company.
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745milosj
Oct 5, 2024
IHope gives you the real experience - Graeme from iHope was the perfect guide so you can experience the hunter valley, the set locations were perfect as i had bought many bottles of wine and spirits as the taste was too good i had to buy all my favourites. Thank you again Graeme for being such a gentleman and being down to earth we will be back again hopefully with you next time.
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A7239sijohno
Sep 23, 2024
Experience the Hunter - We have been guests of iHop quite a few years ago and decided go back and see what the Sample the Hunter Half Day Tour offered and we were not disappointed. Our tour started with a complimentary pick-up at our hotel where we were met by our delightful host Kristy an iHop co-owner for a 10.00am start. Kristy guided us through a fantastic itinerary of visits to Cellar Doors and a Distillery in the Pokolbin area where we sampled some excellent wines accompanied by a very tasty charcuterie board, plus some very nice spirits at a local Distillery. All-in-all we had a very memorable Hunter Valley experience. On your next trip to the Hunter Valley put one of iHop's tours at the top of your list for an unforgettable experience in Wine Country.
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N495sqliamd
Sep 21, 2024
Amazing! - Such a lovely 3 hours out. Host was amazing and so knowledgeable. Enjoyed every minute of it. We attended 2 winery's and 1 distillery. Views we amazing.
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Passenger59870248983
Jul 21, 2024
Exceptional experience that was a highlight of our visit - Tim could not have been more helpful. Informative with his knowledge of the region and its history. Choice of wineries were perfect especially Domaine de BINET. Dan was an amazing host. Dave at Tulloch Wines ran a close second. Pokolbin Distillery capped off our tour perfectly.
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S1642inerinb
Jul 11, 2024
Great Tour - We had great time on the 3pm tour. Flick was an amazing guide and made the night seamless, she was also very helpful with suggestions of other places and knowledgeable of the area. I would recommend this tour to anyone wanting a good choice of different places for a weekend in the Hunter Valley :).
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