Introducing our once-in-a-lifetime wine tour experience

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Focussed on delivering a more exclusive experience of the best wineries in Victoria, you’ll be privy to in-depth information, meet top winemakers, and sample the most premium wines available. Your tour host will be an experienced wine industry professional who will enhance the day with their wine knowledge and hospitality skills

Our Premium Wine Tours are fully customisable and private, ensuring you get the most intimate and comprehensive wine tour possible. This isn’t a tour designed for just anyone; this is for those truly passionate, perhaps already with wine knowledge or the desire to learn more, and those looking for a more elite experience than the mainstream.

Check out our Premium Mornington Tours and Premium Yarra Valley Tours

A cut above the rest

If you’re willing to pay a little more than the usual for a wine tour that’s miles ahead of the norm, then this is for you. The exemplary level of these private, premium tours is unparalleled to any other in Victoria.

Your backstage pass

With your trusted host leading the way, you’ll be given an all-access pass behind the scenes to some of Victoria’s best wineries. Delve beyond the cellar door and into a world seldom scene by surface-level wine tasting tours.

Meet those in the know

Who better to gain in-depth information into the wines you’re sampling than the winemakers themselves? While the host who will spend the day with you can impart knowledge from their years of experience in the industry.

Example Day Out

Wine Compass’ Premium wine tours are perfect for wine lovers and collectors, sommeliers and wine students. Even if your exposure to wine tasting is minimal, this will take you to the next level. Here are some examples of the premium, behind-the-scenes style features you can expect on your tour with us.

Example stop: Barrel tasting

Compare a ‘work in progress’ with the finished product through a barrel tasting and winery tour. Here you’ll get to try wine straight from the barrel, and later sample the bottled beauty to see the differences a bit of time and final processing can have.

Example stop: tasting and tour in the vines

Depending on the weather, a tour and tasting amongst the vines is a perfect opportunity to learn more about the planting and harvesting process that goes into achieving that perfect yield.

Example stop: Private tasting

Stop by another premium winery, where you’ll be able to taste more spectacular wines with a highly engaging and personal experience.

Example stop: Gourmet lunch

After whetting your palate, a lunch stop is on the cards. Wine Compass offers many gourmet options through our Premium Wine Tours, from more casual but scenic picnics through to 3 course formal dining.

Other options

We have many other types of stops available too including:

• Distilleries
• Cider makers
• Breweries
• Chocolate makers
• Dairies for cheese
• And more

Bookings & Tour Pricing

All of Wine Compass’ Premium wine tours are completely tailored to the specifics of your group. To provide an accurate quote, we require a quick consultation with you first. After you contact us, we’ll be able to put together your custom itinerary and provide pricing for you.

Contact us today for your personalised quote.

Why Mornington Peninsula or Yarra Valley?

Check out our Mornington Peninsula Premium Tours and Yarra Valley Premium Tours

Victoria is home to two world-class wine regions with remarkably high production and quality overall. The Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley are both cool climate regions, and as such are renowned for offering top Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. As well as that, the Peninsula region pioneered Pinot Gris/Grigio in Australia, and is notable for producing outstanding cool-climate Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc, Sangiovese, Friulano, Muscat, and many other dessert wines.

The Yarra Valley particularly shines with a number of white varieties, too, including Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, as well as a slightly warmer climate for Shiraz and Cabernet. Both regions produce outstanding sparkling wine made from traditional blends.

Discover some of our favourite Mornington Peninsula wineries here or Yarra Valley wineries here.

Our premium tours can offer guided tastings and master classes

Premium tours include barrel hall tastings and cellar tours

Winery and cellar tours with winemakers

Recent tripadvisor feedback

“Highly recommended”

What a great way to spend the day, delicious wine, gorgeous views, amazing lunch and a fantastic host. Jarrod was fabulous, super knowledgeable on the vineyards and different wines – he discreetly sat back and listened to our feedback on the tastings and very quickly noticed our likes and dislikes and was able to advise the next vineyards which wines each person might like (he was spot on).
Could not recommend this tour more highly – thank you so much

“Fantastic day out!”

A HUGE thank you to the team at Wine Compass who made our anniversary special. Adam and Gabi were a pleasure to book with and gave us plenty of choices for stops. On the day we had Jarrod as our host and he was incredible. He had great knowledge of wine and an obvious passion for his job. He kept us on track whilst giving us space throughout the day.

“Look no further”

A great day out with fantastic fun hosts. We were visiting our daughter, and she booked this trip as a late christmas present. A punctual pick up, and then off to some exellent wineries. At no time were we hurried, and our hosts were happy to share their knowledge of wine with us. Fantastic long lunch in a great setting. No hesitation in recommending this trip to others.