Yarra Valley Grazing Tour: Vin-, gin-, ost- og sjokoladeopplevelse

Totally recommend taking the Yarra Valley Gourmet Tours under Go West! Our tour guide Alisha was super fantastic and sassy, love the way she gave little tidbits of facts about each stop that we were going to. That made each interaction with the proprietors super fun & genuine. For this tour we went to the following: 1. Balgownie Estate - had a tasting of 5 wines there introduced to us by Nicola. Each wine was delicious and had a nice time walking around the place afterwards. 2. Coldstream Dairy - we were greeted by Sparkles the dog, and their peppercorn cheese and cranberry cheese were so good I ended up buying them both. They also do jams & preserves. 3. Four Pillars Distillery - we got the G&T Paddle where we tasted 3-4 types of gins with a mixer of our choice (I took lemonade). Really super experience! My favourite was the Bloody Shiraz Gin with dark citrus. 4. Rochford Wineries - this was the lunch stop for our tour (I had the 16 hour slow cooked beef oyster blade - sooo tender) and after that we had a wine tasting introduced by Freddy. They also sell whiskies (large and small bottles) and other wines like Moscato (must try!) 5. Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery - we were ushered into a room where they gave tastings of their chocolate. The milk chocolate coated raspberry licorice and the choc coated freeze dried strawberries are the kicker! Really fantastic experience for my first time in Melbourne, 5 stars recommendation for those who want a nicely paced food and wine tour!

早上Go West Tours的車準時在飯店門口接我們上車。離開墨爾本市區，行車約一個多小時，周遭已換景成葡萄園、農場。到達第一家博爾基尼酒莊葡萄園(Balgownie Estate)，我們在酒莊解說員介紹中試喝了5種酒。第二站，吃起司去！在起司店(科爾德斯特里姆乳業)吃了三種起司配餅乾&很多種果醬。接著往這裡一家著名的琴酒廠FOUR PILLARS，酒廠給每人準備4杯不同的琴酒，並可自己選擇加通寧水、lemonade或氣泡水。這時很多人就開始臉頰紅通通的。接著至羅奇福德(Rochford)酒莊午餐，午餐佐紅酒、白酒擇一。飯後再讓大家品酒，試了酒廠酒單中的四種，外加一種甜點酒。最後一站到達巧克力、冰淇淋店，店裡讓大家試吃了十幾種巧克力，我們自己又買了兩大球冰淇淋，吃得滿肚子香甜香甜的。 帶著微醺和香甜的滋味上車，準備回墨爾本了，這亞拉河谷酒莊美食一日遊內容真豐盛。值得一提的是:這位司機兼導遊Terry.R熱情幽默，開車技術一流！

The trip was Great! Git a variety…cheese, wine, chocolate, and Gin. particularly good when some of us do not drink. The lunch was like a gourmet dinner quality, what a surprise. Our tour guide Lucy was excellent. Her pleasant personality and the lively briefing throughout the journey had made the trip so much more fun, bonding the people together. Blessed to have her.

There’s a lot of pick up locations to choose you can chose which location to pick you up! Went on the tour with Tom (Go West!) he was amazing… a non stop eating and drinking, went to Balgownie then somewhere a family owned dairy for cheese platter then a new add on activity at Four pillar “Gin Tasting” after that another wine tasting at Rochford together with lunch. For this Gin Tasting, my preference is better to had Gin Tasting after lunch instead of empty stomach. As for lunch time, we had choices of steak/salmon/chicken/vegetarian, foods were super delicious!! Highly recommend!! Lastly end with nice chocolate tasting and the chocolates were yummy Strongly recommended for this tour!

Our guide, Bill, was fantastic—friendly, extremely funny, and full of energy. The trip was excellent, with great wine, gin, pizza and cheese tastings. One suggestion for an even better experience: ending the tour with some ice cream in the Yarra Valley would be a perfect final touch.

The Yarra Gourmet experience was a lot of fun! I got to taste a variety of wines , gin, cheese and chocolates. the lunch provided was delicious and definitely worth it.

This tour by Go West Tours was the best tour we had in Melbourne. We were given ample time at each of the 5 locations. Our favourite was the Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery. The coconut-macadamia praline was so tasty that we bought so many of it. The dairy shop where we had the cheese tasting platter was good too. Only felt that the lunch could have been better. Otherwise a great trip!

Despite being anosmic from birth, I really enjoyed the gourmet tour. It was a delightful exploration of taste and the overall experience. Our guide, Laney, was incredibly fun and made the experience enjoyable for everyone.

絕對不可錯過的旅程，不管是芝士廠及朱古力廠，或重點的三間酒廠都無與倫比，而酒莊的午餐更令人喜出望外。以性價比論，應該是整個墨爾本行程中的不二之選。另外司機兼導遊Aaron 風趣兼細心，沿途講解清晰，令整個旅程生色不少。

This is a must - do in melbourne. We were taken to 5 different places with 2 sessions of wine tasting which were soooo good. The lunch was perfect. The cheese was amazing. I love the cheese with cranberries. The organic farm was impressive to me with how they put alll their hearts in growing the organic produce. Lastly the chocolate factory was like a dream. The scenery was so prettyyy and i loved it. Our tour guide Jon was wonderful, too. Please dont miss it, you will like it as much as i do.