Yarra Valley Wine Tour - Self-Guided GPS Audio Guide

Duration4h - 9h

Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before

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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesChinese, English

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Drive the Yarra Valley yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point — Healesville, Coldstream, Yarra Glen, Seville, or straight out of Melbourne — choose the cellar doors you want, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 85 stories cover 63 cellar doors and the people behind them: as you pass Yering Station you'll hear how the Ryrie brothers planted Victoria's first vines on this riverbank in 1838, and how Paul de Castella later bought the run and made it famous, taking a grand prix at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. No group, no schedule, no guide — pause for a long lunch in Healesville, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops through the Upper Yarra. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries.

What's included

Email and in-app chat support
Regional chapters on the Ryrie brothers, de Castella and the 1969 revival
Complete offline download - audio, maps and route stored on your phone
GPS audio tour of the Yarra Valley with stories playing automatically at each stop
Buy once, no expiry, with free content and audio updates for life
In-app map with every winery, village and lookout pinned
Trip planner to build and reorder your own route
Cellar-door narration for Yering Station, Domaine Chandon, Yarra Yering and Oakridge
One purchase covers everyone in the vehicle

Wine tastings and cellar-door tasting fees (paid directly at each winery)
Food, meals and snacks
Transport - you drive your own car or rental vehicle
Fuel, parking and road tolls
Mobile data or wifi to download the tour before you set out

What to expect

Healesville
30m

The valley's north-eastern township at the base of the Great Dividing Range, and the default start point for the drive.
Yering Station
30m

Where the Ryrie brothers planted Victoria's first vines in 1838 and Paul de Castella later made the wines that won a grand prix at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle; the de Castella bluestone buildings still stand.
Domaine Chandon
30m

On Maroondah Highway at Coldstream, established in 1986 when Moet and Chandon chose the Yarra Valley for their Australian sparkling wine operation.
Yarra Yering
30m

At Gruyere, the twelve hectares Dr Bailey Carrodus planted at the foot of the Warramate Hills in 1969.
Coldstream Hills Cellar Door
30m

On Maddens Lane at Gruyere, on the warm sheltered valley floor where Chardonnay grows alongside Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.
Oakridge Wines
30m

On Maroondah Highway at Coldstream, in the historic heart of the valley floor.
TarraWarra Estate Cellar Door
30m

A working winery estate near Yarra Glen that also holds the TarraWarra Museum of Art, opened in 2003 by collectors Eva and Marc Besen.
De Bortoli Winery
30m

On Pinnacle Lane at Dixons Creek, in the warmer sheltered hill country north of Yarra Glen that gives richer Shiraz and Cabernet.
Rochford Wines Yarra Valley
30m

One of the grand Coldstream estates on Maroondah Highway, with sweeping views across the valley floor.
Giant Steps Tasting Room
30m

On Maroondah Highway in the middle of Healesville, sharing its address with the Healesville Hotel.
Healesville Sanctuary
30m

Founded in 1934 as the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary on twenty-eight acres of bushland, now home to over a hundred and forty native species.
Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
30m

On the Maroondah Highway near Yering Station, a working Belgian-style chocolate factory, cafe and ice creamery.

Meeting and pickup