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Highlands Food and Wine Tours
Things To Do Mittagong, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Food and Wine Tours
Discover the award-wining cool climate wines of the Southern Highlands with Highlands Food & Wine Tours.
Offering localised insights with hosts who live in the area, this is the perfect getaway from Sydney or Canberra. The Southern Highlands boasts some of Australia’s best winemakers as well as award-winning food producers.
Tours include
– Southern Highlands Wines Uncorked
– Essential Southern Highlands
– Highlands Pinot Trail
– Beers and Burgers
– Recharge, Reset & Rejuvenate
– Highlands Cooking Classes
Highlands Food and Wine Tours have scheduled weekend tours that offer a central pickup point in Mittagong or door to door transfers for bookings of 8 or more. Perfect for couples, friends or solo travellers who want to meet like-minded people with a maximum of 20 guests on each tour.
In addition to the scheduled Saturday tours each week Highlands Food and Wine Tours can also cater to private or group bookings on both weekend and mid-week tours.
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$220
If you appreciate Pinot and enjoy an in-depth knowledge of wine, then this is the experience for you.
The day will start with a visit to Centennial Vineyards, where you will embark on a sensory experience and immerse yourself in our world of the Southern Highlands noble varietal ‘Pinot Noir’. You’ll taste your way through 9 different styles of Pinot from their Southern Highlands estate, learn about wine appreciation, winemaking and food and wine pairing.
Following this masterclass, the tour heads to Southern Highlands Winery to enjoy a delicious two course lunch – inspired by the owner’s Italian heritage – and experience a wine tasting. This tour is all about taking your time and really diving into the flavours of the region.
The third and final stop of the day is a private wine tasting at St Maur, Exeter. Starting off as a dairy farm, the cattle were soon replaced with vineyards and they produced their first vintage in 2003. Small batches of Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet are harvested in mid to late autumn and pruned heavily to control leaf growth, limiting the grape quantity but produce a more intensely flavoured wine.
Disabled Access
Carpark$195
This tour is the perfect introduction to the cool climate wines of the region.
Guest picks up begins at 9.45am from Mittagong Railway Station followed by Bowral Railway Station as well as any groups staying locally by prior arrangement.
The first stop of the day at 10.30am is at Cherry Tree Hill which has been awarded best small cellar door by Gourmet Traveller for four consecutive years in 2018, 2019. 2020 and 2021.
Next, make way to Eling Forest, recognised for its true expression of the unique climate of the Southern Highlands territory expressed in the production of elegant and balanced wines. You will get to try some local ciders in their cellar door.
Then head to the township of Bowral and the Mill precinct, an artfully restored hub with a selection of restaurants and cafes. Enjoy share plates for lunch from the resident foodie stalls and taste local biodynamic Tractorless Vineyard wines.
Depart around 2.30pm after a tasting or two, then drive to the last winery of the day with a trip along Wombeyan Caves Road to Joadja Estate, the Oldest Winery in the region.
Disabled Access
Carpark$195
Take a deep dive into cool climate wine territory and experience local favourites. If you’re looking for the best in the region, this is the tour for you.
Guest picks up begins at 9.45am from Mittagong Railway Station followed by Bowral Railway Station as well as any groups staying locally by prior arrangement.
First stop of the day is at Centennial Vineyards, one of the largest producers in the region – up to 35 wines on offer and Gourmet Traveller Wine Best Large Cellar Door in the region 2021.
Then, wind along the old Hume Highway just past Wombeyan Caves Road to Artemis Winery in the region. A visit to this family-owned winery will give you a glimpse into winery life which is also now a Distillery securing them Gourmet Traveller Wine’s Best Additional Cellar Door Experience in the region in 2021.
Then head towards the historical village of Berrima, where you will have time to enjoy lunch at the Surveyor General Inn.
Whilst in Berrima, stop in at the magnificent Bendooley Estate known for its fresh, modern feel serving their cool climate wines in their brand-new cellar door.
Disabled Access
Carpark$195
If you enjoy all kinds of drinks, and want to explore the region’s best beers, wines and spirits this is the tour for you.
Guest picks up begins at 9.45am from Mittagong Railway Station followed by Bowral Railway Station as well as any groups staying locally by prior arrangement.
Firstly, the tour heads to the picturesque Artemis Winery. Don’t be fooled by the term ‘wine’ as it’s much more than that with beers available for tasting, as well as the well-known gins and rums, which are made using age old methods and hands-on techniques to produce the finest spirits in traditional pot stills.
Next stop is in Mittagong at Eden Brewery. Sample craft beer freshly brewed in the Southern Highlands, with the highest quality ingredients.
What goes better with beer than a burger? Whilst enjoying a paddle of tastings on-site, you can grab one of these damn good burgers, crafted by Boozy Burgers, which feature pickles freshly pickled in the Eden Brewery Beer and locally sourced mince, right from the paddock. With a range of burger options, there is something for everyone!
Finish with a visit to the Taphouse in Moss Vale the home of Southern Highlands Brewing.
Disabled Access
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