Newcastle: Private Tailored Hunter Valley Wine Tour
Overview
Explore the Hunter Valley your way on this private wine tour from Newcastle, shaped entirely around your group. From iconic Australian labels to family-run cellar doors, every stop is hand-picked, with a private guide and door-to-door transport so all you have to do is sip, taste and enjoy.
What's included:
- Three exclusive seated wine tastings, each a relaxed and immersive cellar door experience
- An artisan vodka and gin tasting, discovering the craft behind these award-winning spirits
- A paired tasting of local cheese, chocolate or small bites, showing how food changes the flavours of wine
- Lunch at 4 Pines at The Farm, with an à la carte meal (at your own cost) overlooking the vines
- Pick up and drop off at your Newcastle address
- Relaxed, insightful commentary from your guide as you travel between stops
As a private tour, you choose the cellar doors, the pace and the timing, making it ideal for couples, groups of friends, corporate days and milestone celebrations.
What's Included
- Cheese or chocolate or small bites paired tasting
- 3 x Premium sit down wine tastings
- Spirit distillery tasting
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Lunch
Meeting and Pickup
We pick you up and drop you back to your specified Newcastle or Hunter Valley Wine Country address - hotel, airbnb, private residence.Pick up areas accepted are: Newcastle East/ West, Merewether, Cooks Hill, The Hill, Bar Beach, Adamstown, Hamilton, Kotara, Lambton, New Lambton, Mayfield, Waratah, Jesmond, Cameron Park, Wallsend & 10km around Pokolbin Village.For other Newcastle or Hunter Valley locations please contact us prior to booking.Travel time from Newcastle to the Hunter Valley is roughly an hour each way.
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Hungerford Hill Wines
1 hour Admission Ticket Included
Small Mouth Vodka
45 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard
1 hour Admission Ticket Included
4 Pines at the Farm - Hunter Valley
1 hour 30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Hunter Wine Lab
1 hour Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour goes from Newcastle to the Hunter Valley (and returns). The driving time to the Hunter Valley from Newcastle is approximately one hour each way, depending on which suburb people are getting picked up from, this time will increase.
- Total tour duration includes travel time.
Frequently Asked Questions (8)
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Frequently Asked Questions (8)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (AEDT).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Cheese or chocolate or small bites paired tasting.
- 3 x Premium sit down wine tastings.
- Spirit distillery tasting.
- Air-conditioned vehicle.
- Lunch.
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Newcastle: Private Tailored Hunter Valley Wine Tour is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Newcastle: Private Tailored Hunter Valley Wine Tour will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Cheese or chocolate or small bites paired tasting
- 3 x Premium sit down wine tastings
- Spirit distillery tasting
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Lunch
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour goes from Newcastle to the Hunter Valley (and returns). The driving time to the Hunter Valley from Newcastle is approximately one hour each way, depending on which suburb people are getting picked up from, this time will increase.
- Total tour duration includes travel time.
