About This Experience

The day starts with a ferry across Broken Bay: Fantasea Cruising from Palm Beach to Ettalong Wharf, water light and coastline before a single cork is pulled. On the other side, your Coast to Cork driver is waiting, and the Hunter Valley's hidden gem wineries are the destination. No other Hunter tour begins this beautifully. This is the wine day built for Sydney's Northern Beaches and the Central Coast: return ferry ticket from Palm Beach included, or pickup and drop-off at your designated location on the Central Coast if you are already north of the bay. Either way, the drive that usually makes the Hunter feel far away becomes someone else's job, and the scenery becomes yours. The tastings are the heart of it: three exclusive, tailored sessions at some of the Hunter Valley's finest boutique wineries, in an intimate group of just 2 to 11 guests. Small groups taste differently, slower pours, real conversations, and cellar doors chosen for their wines and their welcome rather than their coach parking. Lunch is reserved for the group at one of the Hunter's favourite cafe restaurants, where breads, a main course and a glass of wine are yours to order at your own expense; the reservation itself, the hard part on a Hunter weekend, is already made. Semillon and Shiraz built this valley's name, and the boutique estates this tour favours are where those grapes still get personal attention. Between tastings, the countryside does its part: vines, hills and the easy pace that makes the Hunter Australia's favourite wine escape. Your date is confirmed instantly online through Wine Trails, booked direct with the operator and with no middleman markup on the price. Most Hunter tours fight Sydney traffic in both directions; this one replaces it with a ferry deck and a coastline. For Palm Beach and Central Coast travellers, it is the obvious choice, and for everyone else it might be worth relocating a day for: three boutique tastings, a booked lunch table, a small group, and the prettiest commute in Australian wine touring.

Highlights

• ✓Return ferry ticket with Fantasea cruising from Palm Beach to Ettalong Wharf
• ✓Pick-up and drop-off at your designated location on the Central Coast
• ✓3 exclusive, tailored wine tastings at some of the Hunter Valley’s finest wineries
• ✓Artsinal Chocolatier visit
• ✓Optional Gin tasting at no extra charge

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