Yarra Valley Wine Tour Melbourne: 4 Wineries & Lunch

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Duration8h

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Four Wineries, One Day: Why the Yarra Valley Pulls You Back

You visit four Yarra Valley wineries with a guide who teaches you how to taste and why these cool-climate wines matter, eat lunch with wine included at Balgownie Estate, and return to Melbourne without driving or planning a single stop. The fixed itinerary and included transport mean a full day in the valley costs less in time and stress than arranging it yourself.

Step-by-step itinerary

Yarra Valley wineries and lunch tour

Depart Melbourne for Yarra Valley
Visit Greenstone Vineyards and cellar door
Visit Balgownie Estate cellar door
Enjoy lunch with wine at Balgownie restaurant
Visit Yering Farm cellar door
Visit Soumah Yarra Valley cellar door
Return to Melbourne

The Experience

There's something about standing in a vineyard an hour from the city and realizing you've left Melbourne behind completely. The Yarra Valley wine tour takes you through four of the region's most established wineries — Greenstone Vineyards, Balgownie Estate, Yering Farm, and Soumah — each one different enough that you're not just repeating the same tasting four times. Your guide acts as a wine tutor throughout the day, which means you're not just drinking; you're learning why cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from this valley taste the way they do. The landscape does something too — rolling hills, the Warramate Hills in the distance, vineyards that stretch toward the Great Dividing Range. It's the kind of scenery that makes you want to stay longer than the day allows.

Greenstone sits at the base of the Christmas Hills with views across its own estate vineyard, and it's where the winemaking actually happens — you can see the operation, not just taste the result. Balgownie comes next, tucked off the Melba Highway, and this is where lunch lands: one course at their restaurant with a glass of wine included, plus tea or coffee. The cellar door at Yering Farm is a converted hay shed at the top of a hill, all rustic character and antique cooper tools on display from pioneer winemakers over a century ago. Soumah rounds it out with a focus on northern Italian and southeastern French varieties — Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with awards behind them, and the views don't stop. You move between wineries in an air-conditioned minibus, so the driving isn't something you're managing yourself.

Pickup happens from designated meeting points in central Melbourne, and the whole day is structured so you're not arranging transport, timing tastings, or figuring out where to eat. The group stays under 24 people maximum — often smaller — which means the cellar doors don't feel crowded and your guide can actually talk to you instead of herding. If you need a vegetarian lunch option, that's available; other dietary needs just need to be flagged at booking. Children from age five can come if an adult is with them (one child per two adults), though the tour is really built around wine education, so it works best if everyone in your group is there for the tasting itself.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or meeting-point pickup in central Melbourne, transport by air-conditioned minibus, wine tastings at four Yarra Valley wineries, a one-course lunch at Balgownie Estate with a glass of wine and tea or coffee, and drop-off back in central Melbourne. A wine tutor guide leads the group throughout.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Australian Wine Tour Company

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste serious Yarra Valley wines without driving, arranging four separate visits, or figuring out lunch — the guide and fixed schedule handle all of that, leaving you to focus on the wine and the landscape.