A Yarra Valley
Degustation Wine Tour
with your dog
If you love food as much as you love wine and your puppy –
then this degustation tour is pawfect for you.
Remember the progressive dinner parties of the 80s? When you went from place to place, having something fabulous to eat at each one? Well, this is the equivalent food & wine tasting tour – and bonus – you get to bring your dog!
What's included?
We’ll start the day with a wine tasting paired with a selection of mouthwatering croissants and Danish pastries. Sip a Blanc de Blanc with your butter croissant, a Pinot Gris with a raspberry Danish, see how Chardonnay pairs with an escargot, or a Pinot Noir with a cherry Danish.
Experience a tasting flight of wines, paired superbly with the ideal charcuterie and small goods – think chicken parfait, maybe some Wagyu carpaccio, or porcini truffle arancini – the ingredients are local, the offerings are seasonal and you’ll get to enjoy what’s fresh and best.
Next, we’ll scoot over to Steels Gate winery for a top-shelf wine tasting and where we can discuss their restaurant’s menu and which wine would pair best with the courses you’re leaning towards for lunch.
At 1.30pm sit down to lunch in their restaurant – the covered deck has sweeping views for you to drink in as you enjoy your leisurely a la carte lunch and all the while you’ll have your pupster by your side. There’s something special about knowing you’ve paired your food with the perfect glass of wine.
Hands up for a cuvée chocolate tasting paired with matched wines? Leave it with us – and Tokar Estate; this pairing is quite simply divine.
Gin, beer or cider lovers can request a tasting paddle to cleanse your palate! For gin lovers, you can sample Stag Lane’s gins at their property high on the ridge between Healesville and Yarra Glen, and literally see the botanicals growing that they infuse in their gins. Now you’re talking!!
Of course, if you’d prefer a paired beer tasting, we’ll head around the corner to Watts River Brewing – where Ben & Aaron, two ex-White Rabbit brewers, draw inspiration from old-world Belgian ales and new-world craft beers, to brew their distinctive beer, on-site, for you to experience in a tasting paddle.
Optional Extras
If you’re celebrating a birthday or a special occasion, let us ‘big it up’ for you – & have a delicious cake made for you, which we’ll present you with when we arrive to pick you up for your tour, and we’ll pop it in your fridge with a bottle of the region’s finest sparkling to enjoy when you get home.
Let us put together a Yarra Valley Hamper for you full of our region’s tastiest and most well-known produce – for you to give as a gift or enjoy yourselves. Choose a sweet hamper, or savoury or even a mix of both!
