Swan Valley Wine Tour Perth: Upper Reach Vineyard & Tasting

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Duration1h

GroupUp to 12

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Walk Through a Working Winery and Taste Wine Straight From the Tank

You walk through the vineyard, tour the working winery with the people who make the wine, and taste award-winning wines from barrel and tank. The tour includes all tastings, a guide who answers real questions, and time to shop local produce at the Cellar Door before you leave. It's a morning commitment starting at 10:30am, and you'll be on your feet on a trail, so comfortable shoes matter.

Step-by-step itinerary

Guided vineyard and wine tasting tour

Meet at Cellar Door at 10:30am
Guided walk to vineyard
Learn about Swan Valley wine region
Taste white wines at Cellar Door
Visit working winery and view equipment
Sample wines directly from tank
Discuss oak barrels in barrel room
Ask winemakers questions
Finish at Cellar Door for shopping

The Experience

The moment you step into the barrel room at Upper Reach, you realize this isn't a polished tasting room experience — it's the actual place where wine gets made. The barrels are there, the equipment is there, and the people who grow the grapes and make the wine are the ones walking you through it. That's not something you get everywhere, and it changes how the whole thing lands. The Swan Valley Wine Tour starts at 10:30am at the Cellar Door, and from there you head down a vineyard trail that runs along the Swan River itself — the walk is gentle, nothing strenuous, but the setting shifts how you see the whole region.

The tour moves through three distinct parts, and they build on each other in a way that actually makes sense. First, you're in the vineyard learning which grape varieties grow here and why the Swan Valley matters as a wine region. Then you're back at the Cellar Door tasting white wines while someone explains the winemaking process — not from a script, but from someone who does it. After that comes the working winery itself, where you might taste wine directly from the tank, the way the winemaker does. That "grape to glass" understanding people talk about? It's real here because you're standing in the place where it happens.

The red wine section happens in the barrel room, where oak plays its role and you get to ask actual questions of the people who made the wine. Most tours end with a shop-and-leave moment; this one finishes at the Cellar Door where there's locally made produce and wine to browse if you want to take something home. The whole thing takes a few hours, and you'll want sensible walking shoes — no high heels — but the pace is set by the group, not by a clock.

What’s included

Your tour includes a guided walk through the vineyard along the Swan River, a working winery tour with the people who make the wine, tastings of award-winning white and red wines (including wine tasted directly from tank), a tour host, and time to shop locally made produce and wine at the Cellar Door. All wine tastings, local taxes, and GST are included.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcome

Operated by Upper Reach Winery

Is this one for you?This works well if you want to understand how wine actually gets made rather than just taste it — the winemakers themselves run the tour, which is what makes the questions worth asking and the answers worth remembering.