Yarra Valley Beer and Wine Tours from Melbourne by Classic Convertible

Spend a day exploring the Yarra Valley’s wineries and breweries in style -- chauffeur-driven in a unique classic Chevrolet convertible. Riding in the retro luxury of an open-top Chevy, you’ll be driven along scenic country roads to sample some of the Yarra Valley’s finest boutique wines or ales. Tastings are included, and you have the option to enjoy lunch at Dominique Portet Winery or Hargreaves Hill Brewery.

This private group tour is limited to four people, providing a personalized experience.

Leaving Melbourne, put the Chevrolet's top down and feel the wind in your hair as you are driven through the city’s leafy eastern suburbs to the vineyard-striped hills of the Yarra Valley.

You have four Yarra Valley tour option to choose from: a winery tour with wine tastings, a combined wine and beer tour with tastings, a brewery tour with tastings and lunch, or an all-inclusive winery tour including wine tastings, lunch and a cheese platter. Whichever tour you choose, you'll enjoy the unique experience of being chauffeur-driven through the Yarra Valley in a classic Chevrolet convertible.

Winery tour:
The Yarra Valley winery tour focuses on small boutique wineries, with stops for wine tastings at a range of smaller wineries including award-winning Punt Road Winery, the Coldstream Hills Winery founded by legendary wine writer James Halliday, the family-run Warramate Winery -- dry grown and hand pruned, the French Bordeaux-style Dominique Portet Winery, the Yarra Yering Winery, one of the oldest and most successful, and finally, the Yarra Valley Sticks Winery. The winery tour also stops at Coombe Farm and the Italian-style DeBortoli Winery, with its fine cheese room for wine and cheese pairing. The number of wineries visited varies, as the wine tour follows a relaxed pace.

All-inclusive winery tour:
If you choose the all-inclusive winery tour, you'll follow the above itinerary, plus enjoy lunch with a complimentary bottle of wine at Dominique Portet Winery and a cheese platter at Sticks Winery.

Brewery tour:
Beer-lovers choosing the Yarra Valley brewery tour will visit several well-known breweries, including Buckleys Brewery with its choice of four traditionally brewed beers, White Rabbit ales at Innocent Bystander Giant Steps in Healesville, preservative-free beers at Hargreaves Hill Brewery in Yarra Glen and unique ales at Coldstream Brewery. The brewery tour also includes a brasserie-style lunch at Hargreaves Hill Brewery’s bar and restaurant.

Combined wine and beer tour:
If you can’t decide between wine and beer, choose the combined tour and visit two breweries and three wineries, with all tastings included.

• Transport by Chevrolet convertible
• Wine and beer tastings, depending on option selected
• Lunch, if option selected
• Cheese platter, if option selected
  
• Hotel pickup and drop-off
• Driver/guide
  
• Private tour

• Food and drinks, unless specified
• Gratuities (optional)