Ultimate Winery Experiences Australia

Tour McLaren Vale with Small Batch

Private Tour

Small Batch Wine Tours, an associate member of Ultimate Winery Experiences Australia, invites you to discover the very best of McLaren Vale with the Ultimate Wineries McLaren Vale Tour. This private, premium day out brings together two of the region’s most historic and iconic names - Hardy’s Wines and d’Arenberg - for an immersive journey through heritage, craftsmanship, and exceptional wine.

Begin with an intimate behind-the-scenes tour of the historic Hardys Tintara winery, where the legacy of founder Thomas Hardy comes to life. Walk through more than a century of winemaking history before tasting a selection of Hardy’s most rare and iconic wines.

Continue to d’Arenberg and admire the striking Cube, one of Australia’s most unique tasting spaces. Here, enjoy a vertical tasting of The Dead Arm Shiraz, featuring the current release and aged museum vintages that highlight why this wine is so highly collected.

A seasonal lunch at d’Arry’s Verandah completes the day, perfectly paired with d’Arenberg wines. With a professional wine guide leading the way, this is the ultimate McLaren Vale experience.

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Riding Through Barossa Vines

The land of the Peramangk, Ngadjuri and Kaurna People, Traditional Owners of the Barossa region. 

The Barossa wine region is a contemporary region with a European tradition of celebrating food and wine that spans seven generations. The Barossa wine region has a long history of making full-bodied reds, fortified and robust white wines.

As well as its 150+ wineries, the Barossa is home to award-winning restaurants, stone churches and heritage buildings, in a uniquely Australian landscape of gum trees and vineyards.

The Barossa (zone) consists of the lower, warmer Barossa Valley (region), which is suited to producing award-winning Shiraz, and the cooler higher Eden Valley (region), famous for its Riesling.

The Barossa region produces a great variety of wine, with the main styles being Chardonnay, Riesling, Semillon, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.

Tour the Barossa and you’ll see well preserved 180-year-old villages, chateaus and churches, gracious heritage towns, century-old cellars and some of the world’s oldest Shiraz vineyards. Listen carefully and you might even hear the local German ‘Barossa Deutsch’ being spoken.

HISTORY

The Barossa’s winemaking and grape growing heritage dates back to 1842, when the first vines were planted by European immigrants. They left a distinctive legacy in the food and wine traditions and architecture of the region. Today the region is home to sixth-generation winemakers who work with some of the world’s oldest vines, as well as a dynamic community of artisan food producers.