Perth Swan Valley Wine Tour: Small Group & Gourmet Lunch

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Duration7h

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Swan Valley's Best Wineries in One Day, Without the Tour Bus

You get picked up from central Perth, visit premium boutique wineries you wouldn't find on a standard tour, taste sparkling through fortified wines with morning tea and a gourmet lunch included, then finish with chocolate and gourmet food sampling. Small groups mean you're never waiting in a crowd, and the wine-accredited guide does the talking so you don't have to figure it out yourself.

Step-by-step itinerary

Swan Valley wine and gourmet tour

Travel 30 minutes from Perth
Learn Swan Valley wine region history
Enjoy air conditioned travel and bottled water
Visit boutique wineries for premium tastings
Sample sparkling, white, rose, red wines
Enjoy artisan cheeseboard morning tea
Have gourmet main course lunch with drink
Sample hand crafted chocolates and gourmet foods

The Experience

You don't expect a wine tour to feel personal when you're one of forty people climbing back onto a coach. This one caps out at ten. That single detail changes everything — the wineries you can actually get into, the pace you move at, the way the guide can actually talk to you instead of shouting over an engine. The Swan Valley sits just thirty minutes from Perth city centre, and it's been producing wine since the 1830s, but the big operators have locked most travellers into the same three stops, the same tasting room, the same rushed lunch. A VIP Swan Valley wine tour here works differently because the small group size means access to boutique producers that don't host the standard tour circuit.

Your day starts with pickup from one of four central Perth locations — the train station, Barrack Street Jetty, Crown Casino, or Guildford — and your guide is wine-accredited and internationally experienced, which means the commentary isn't just "this is a nice red." You'll learn why the Swan Valley's terrain and climate produce what they do, and you'll taste it across sparkling, white, rosé, red and fortified wines at hand-selected wineries. The vehicle is air-conditioned with in-vehicle refrigeration, so the bottles stay cold and you're not sweating through the tasting notes. Morning tea arrives as an artisan cheeseboard, then lunch is a proper gourmet main course — vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan options are all there — with a glass of wine or your choice of beverage included. It's not rushed.

The day finishes at one of Australia's top 100 gourmet experiences, where you sample hand-crafted local chocolates and gourmet foods, with optional wine tasting if you want to keep going. The whole thing is built around not feeling like you're being herded. Bubble wrap is available for any bottles you buy, and the guide handles the logistics so you can focus on the tasting and the conversation. It's the kind of day where you actually remember what you drank and why.

What’s included

Your day includes pickup from one of four central Perth locations (Perth Train Station, Barrack Street Jetty, Crown Casino or Guildford), visits to premium award-winning boutique wineries with tastings of sparkling, white, rosé, red and fortified wines, an artisan cheeseboard for morning tea, a gourmet main course lunch with a glass of wine or beverage of your choice (vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan options available), hand-crafted chocolate and gourmet food sampling, professional commentary from an internationally experienced wine-accredited local guide, air-conditioned transport with in-vehicle refrigeration and bottled water, and bubble wrap for wine purchases.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Best of Perth Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste Swan Valley's best wineries without feeling like one of forty people on a coach — the small group size is what makes access to boutique producers possible and keeps the pace unhurried enough to actually enjoy the tasting.