Updated 5 September 2026
The best Yarra Valley winery day is one that matches your group’s interests and leaves time to enjoy each stop. Choose a few experiences, reserve lunch separately where needed, and build the transport around confirmed bookings. This guide helps you compare venues without trying to fit the whole valley into one day.
CHANDON: Sparkling Wine Experiences
CHANDON offers guided sparkling-wine tastings and dining experiences. It is a useful starting point for a group interested in sparkling wine, with several ways to structure a visit. Choose the experience before setting your arrival time. Explore CHANDON experiences.
Oakridge: Plan A Cellar-Door Visit
Oakridge offers several wine-tasting experiences and recommends bookings. Its website also publishes a restaurant-closure notice, so do not rely on the former restaurant as your lunch stop. Arrange lunch elsewhere unless the venue directly confirms a current dining option. Oakridge cellar door · Restaurant update.
Yarra Yering: A Focused Tasting
Yarra Yering offers guided tastings in its founder’s former house. Its tasting-room information says food and wine by the glass are not offered, so plan a separate meal stop. This is a good option when the tasting itself is the main reason to visit. Yarra Yering tasting details.
Zonzo Estate: Make Lunch Part Of The Plan
Zonzo Estate combines wine, food and a Yarra Glen setting. Check restaurant availability for your date and group size before fixing the itinerary, and allow time for the meal rather than treating it as a quick stop between tastings. Zonzo Estate restaurant.
Levantine Hill: A Dining-Led Visit
Levantine Hill offers restaurant dining and food-and-wine experiences. If lunch is the centrepiece of your day, reserve it first and organise any other tasting around that time. Levantine Hill dining.
TarraWarra: Wine And Art
TarraWarra brings together a winery setting, dining and an art experience. Check the separate arrangements for the activities you want; a tasting reservation should not be assumed to include a gallery visit or meal. Plan a TarraWarra visit.
Rochford: Check What Is On
Rochford combines wine experiences with dining and events. Check the programme for your date before arranging a regular winery visit, particularly if your plans overlap with an event. Rochford visitor information.
Optional Alternative: Four Pillars In Healesville
Four Pillars is a gin distillery, rather than a winery. It can be an alternative stop for a group interested in spirits. Check its Healesville experiences and reserve the activity that suits your party. Four Pillars visitor information.
A Comfortable Shape For The Day
Consider one booked tasting, a relaxed lunch and one afternoon experience. This is a planning suggestion, not a fixed package. Confirm each venue’s duration and leave travel time between stops. Avoid adding another reservation simply because there is a gap on the itinerary.
Arrange The Transport Around Your Reservations
Send Chauffeur Link Melbourne your pickup address, passenger total, booked venues and preferred return time. Mention child seats, luggage and accessibility needs. Confirm who is arranging venue bookings and which charges are included in your quote. Venue details checked 5 September 2026; use the official links for current availability. If children are joining the outing, arrange child seats for the Yarra Valley journey and ask each venue about suitable experiences and access for your family.
Plan Your Journey With Chauffeur Link Melbourne
Send CLM your date, pickup, destination, passenger numbers and any special requirements. We will discuss the arrangements and prepare a quote for the agreed journey.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Many Wineries Should We Visit?
Choose the number around the duration of each tasting and your meal booking. Two tasting experiences with lunch is a useful starting point for an unhurried plan.
Are Tasting Fees And Lunch Included In The Transport Quote?
Check the inclusions in your written quote. Do not assume venue charges or meals are included unless stated.
Can Non-Drinkers Join The Tour?
Yes, they can travel with your party. Ask each venue about suitable food, non-alcoholic options and the experience available to them.
Where Do You Meet At The Airport?
At Melbourne Airport, your driver meets you inside the terminal at the Chauffeur Meeting Point, holding a sign with your name. See our Chauffeur Meeting Point guide. For Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibus bookings, your driver meets the group outside the terminal in the Groups and Charters Lane.
