Award-Winning Hunter Valley Wine & Cheese Tour from Sydney

Overview

Available languages

English

11 hours

Mobile ticket

Discover why we have been awarded "Best Hunter Valley Tour Operator" for 4 consecutive years on this premium small-group wine tour from Sydney. We specialize in boutique family-owned wineries where passionate winemakers share their craft personally. Sample up to 20 premium wines including world-renowned Hunter Valley Semillon and Shiraz at 3-4 exclusive cellar doors, enjoy expert-guided cheese tastings, and savor a delicious local lunch with complementary wine. Your award-winning experience includes comfortable transportation through scenic countryside, visits to intimate boutique wineries in the Pokolbin area, comprehensive cheese tastings with local artisan varieties, and lunch in a scenic setting. Our local guide and expert presenters bring wine knowledge and insider access to family-owned properties where you'll discover stories behind wines available exclusively at these cellar doors.

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Pick-ups are from designated meeting points.

Small-group tour with a maximum 14 participants

Must be 18 years or older to taste wines

Not suitable for children under 18 years of age

Return to Sydney is around 6-6:30pm (depending on traffic)

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Sydney

Join your small-group tour at your designated pickup point and board our comfortable air-conditioned coach for the scenic 2-hour drive to Hunter Valley. Your expert guide shares regional history and points out landmarks as you travel across Sydney Harbour Bridge, past Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, and over the Hawkesbury River.

Admission Not Applicable

Cessnock

Drive through Cessnock, the charming gateway town to Hunter Valley's wine region and historic coal mining heritage.

Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

Comfortable air-conditioned vehicle for scenic journey to and from the Hunter

Kangaroo spotting amongst the vines at the vineyards we visit (sightings not guaranteed)

Wine tastings at 3-4 boutique wineries featuring premium Hunter Valley varietals

Award-winning guide and sommeliers with certified wine knowledge

Pickup and drop-off from convenient central Sydney meeting points

Lakeside lunch with a glass of wine - hot and cold options in a relaxed setting

Guided artisan cheese tasting with local varieties and expert explanations

gratuities

Options

Tour with Cafe Lunch

Pickup included

Reviews

4.70

368 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

292

Hunter valley wine tour
joncI3133KN,,Jan 27, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Superb day out. Highly recommend . Ben was an excellent tour guide and the 3 vineyards and cheese making tour were a big highlight of our Sydney trip
Hunter Valley
baynesey68,,Jan 27, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Wonderful variety of wines, lovely lunch and an excellent guide. The cheese selection was small but good. Excellent day.
Lovely wine tour in the Hunter Valley
PeggyB3719,,Jan 27, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Delightful day! Stuart was a great guide, enjoyed him a lot. We visited 3 small boutique wineries … enjoyed them all. Stuart found us some kangaroos at the last one! Cheese tasting was very nice and lunch was ample and tasty. Only suggestion might be to not have the cheese immediately after the fairly hefty lunch. But we all did eat it and enjoyed it. I do recommend this tour!
Wine only please.
grahamMotherwell,,Jan 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
We went on a wine, vodka, cheese and chocolate tour. This review isn't about the firm that took us on the tour because someone else booked it for us and I can't remember what the name was, whoever it was they did a fantastic job getting us from A-B, this review is my opinion on what you should do on the tour because a lot of time is wasted doing boring stuff. Ok on my opinion give the vodka, cheese and chocolate a by, the vodka is poor quality flavoured the stuff you get around Xmas in a bottle shaped like a ball or shoe over priced crap, the cheese was nice but nothing u don't get at home ok if you live in Australia but no good if you have to hold on to it then transport it back to the UK and then chocolate we sit down and the first thing we get told they import it from Belgium so kind of done that in Belgium and then we look around the shop and they are selling chocolate from five miles from my home so not a Ozzie experience. We visited three wineries tasted a lot of wine, spoke to passionate people who produced the wine and knew everything about it, this was worth doing we also stopped off for a bit of food can't fault it.
Highly Recommended Hunter Valley Wine and Cheese Tour
Ull-123,,Dec 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had an absolutely fantastic day on the Hunter Valley wine and cheese tour. The wines were delicious, the atmosphere was relaxed, and everything was very well organized. Our guide, Tony, truly made the experience special with his engaging stories and interesting facts about Australia. We couldn’t have asked for a better day and can highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the area.
Well organised, but disappointed in Hunter Valley.
MelanieB4224,,Dec 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
Very well organised, but rushed to visit the 3 vineyards and lunch stop. Tour leader was very knowledgeable and went above and beyond to accomadate clients wishes. Compared to vineyard tours in other countries, the Hunter Valley did not meet expectations, and were disappointed with it, rather than the tour organisation.
Would not recommend
Lynz harris68,,Dec 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
Although this was a good day out and not terrible, Saddlers creek was a nice start and the best of the lot was The Hanging Tree. Everything else was average and tired. Last vineyard was run down, even dirty glasses for the tasting! Lunch could have been swapped out for a nice platter at one of the stops maybe? Our driver for the day was fun and friendly but not really dressed to represent a company. Long way to travel for this experience. Wouldn’t recommend.
Ben was the best
Maevekelly14,,Dec 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Ben was excellent so friendly and informational, especially as a solo traveller. The lunch included was delicious and the cheese tasting was an unexpected treat. Saddler vineyard was my favourite - Scotty was great.
Hunter Valley Brighton tour
Yoges M,,Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Was a great experience with Yang. He was accommodative and was pleasant . The two places we went were good and and enougth wine samples. Lunch was huge portion and delicious
Great way to spend a day tasting good white wines.
robertsR3909OT,,Dec 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Our guide was great, the trip was well organized, lots to do in short time. I would give it 5 stars except for one of the wineries where the person serving the wine was off the mark. Otherwise a great way to spend a day tasting good white wines. This is not known as a red wine region and tasting the reds confirms this.