Gourmet Getaway Tours

Gourmet Getaway Tours runs chef-guided Hunter Valley food and wine day tours from Sydney, and the food element here isn't a supporting act — it's the headline. The guide is also a chef, the meals are prepared on the tour itself, and the philosophy is that wine makes far more sense when the food alongside it is calibrated to match it. From $277 per person, the day runs up to 11 hours — departing Monday and Wednesday, returning to Sydney around 6:30pm. Groups of 2 to 16 travel together through the Hunter's famous cellar doors, with a progressive breakfast and chef-prepared lunch woven into the itinerary at the region's most renowned wineries. The pairing logic runs through every stop: the menu is designed around the wines being tasted at each estate, not assembled beforehand and hoped to work. The Hunter Valley produces some of Australia's most distinctive wines — Semillon that ages for decades into toasty, honeyed complexity, and Shiraz with a peppery earthiness that the warmer Barossa can't replicate. The valley's history as the country's oldest wine region (commercial wine production from the 1820s) gives it a depth of character that serious wine tourists find deeply rewarding. Gourmet Getaway makes that depth accessible through food — the gut-level way that most people actually understand wine. Private tour formats are available for groups wanting to book the entire experience. The small group cap of 16 ensures the day stays intimate regardless of format. Ready to book? Send Gourmet Getaway Tours an enquiry and they'll be in touch within 24 hours.