Hunter Valley Wine Tasting, Lunch & Chocolate Tour

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 30

LanguagesEN · CM +1

PickupAt your hotel

Australia's oldest Pinot Noir tastes different when you're standing in the vineyard that grew it.

A nine-hour Hunter Valley wine tour from Sydney includes three guided tastings at historic and contemporary wineries, a two-course lunch with wine pairings at an elegant country manor, and a chocolate tasting at HV Chocolate Company. You choose your guide's language—English, Mandarin or Japanese—at checkout. Hotel pickup is included, and the day covers the full sensory landscape of the region: tasting, sight, smell, touch and sound.

Step-by-step itinerary

Hunter Valley wine and chocolate tour

Travel to Hunter Valley
Visit historic vineyard and wine tasting
Wine tasting at Mount Pleasant Wines
Enjoy two-course lunch with wine pairing
Chocolate tasting at Hunter Valley Chocolate Company
Return home

The Experience

The day starts with a stop at one of Hunter Valley's oldest vineyards, where you walk among the vines and taste your first wine while looking out across the valley. From there you move to Mount Pleasant Wines, a cornerstone of Australian winemaking, where the tasting centers on a rare opportunity: Australia's oldest Pinot Noir, tasted while standing in view of the vines that produced it. That combination of history and place is what separates this stop from any other cellar door.

Lunch happens at voco Kirkton Park Hotel, an elegant country manor set in the Hunter Valley landscape. The two-course meal pairs local Hunter Valley red and white wines to each dish, and a glass of wine, beer or soft drink comes with it. After lunch, the final stop is HV Chocolate Company for a chocolate tasting that closes the sensory arc the day has been building—wine, food, now chocolate.

Your guide speaks English, Mandarin or Japanese depending on which option you select at booking. The coach is air-conditioned, bottled water and snacks travel with you, and gratuities are included in the price. The full day runs nine hours from pickup at your hotel.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and return in an air-conditioned coach.
three guided wine tastings at select Hunter Valley wineries including Mount Pleasant Wines.
a two-course gourmet lunch with local wine pairings at voco Kirkton Park Hotel.
a chocolate tasting at HV Chocolate Company.
bottled water and complimentary snacks onboard.
a live guide in your choice of English, Mandarin or Japanese.
gratuities.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelers

Operated by Brighton Tours - Gray Line Sydney

Is this one for you?Book the English-speaking option if you want the full narrative of each winery's history and winemaking philosophy; choose Mandarin or Japanese if you prefer the experience guided in your native language and want to share the day with others in your group who speak it.