Small-Group Tour: Swan Valley Food and Wine Trail
Overview
- Small-group Swan Valley food and wine tour from Perth
- Indulge your taste buds with more than 25 different tastings
- Meet the growers and see the processing behind your favorite food labels
- Taste award-winning wines and sample fresh produce directly from the growers
- Choice of a morning or afternoon itinerary
- Small-group tour limited to 16 people ensures a more personalized experience
You have your choice of a morning ‘sweet’ tour or an afternoon ‘savory’ tour. See the Itinerary for full details on each tour and a list of possible stops.
Itinerary
Start your morning off by tasting exotic coffee blends from around the world at Yahava Koffee Works. Sample chocolate-coated coffee beans and take a behind-the-scenes look at the coffee-roasting process.
Visit Windarra Honey where you can chat with the bee keepers, view bees busy at work in a live display and sample this season’s finest. Discover unique indigenous history with a visit to Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery to sample authentic Australian bush tucker jams, sauces and chutneys made from native Australian food plants.
Visit Oggie's Ice-cream Cafe and English Sweet Shop to taste a range of delicious ice-cream flavors. Wash everything down with a visit to Windy Creek Estate. Here, sample award-winning premium and fortified wines accompanied by West Australian cheeses and a range of homemade jams and chutneys (midweek only). Stop at Mondo Nougat for treats and a behind-the-scenes view of production. Step next door to visit Morish Nuts to enjoy unlimited tasting of roasted brittle and infused nuts including macadamias (chilli, wasabi, truffle and abalone to name a few).
Visit Whistlers Chocolate—WA’s oldest confectionery company. Finish off with a visit to Michael Brothers Juice to sample raw unprocessed fruit juices plus sample the range of alcoholic fruit ciders at FUNK Cidery.
On Saturday the tour will visit the oldest winery in Western Australia, Olive Farm Wines to sample awarded wines accompanied by marinated olives, and on Sunday, the tour will visit Harris Organic Wines, the only organic winery in Perth, Western Australia. Learn about how they use minimal artificial energy sources during the wine making process.
The mid-week morning tours will also visit Maison St Honore (Swan Valley’s only Macaron and Cake Factory) for delicious sampling.
Itinerary is subject to change; some of the places you may visit include:
- Yahava Koffee Works
- Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery
- Oggies Ice-cream Café & English Sweet Shop
- Windy Creek Estate (Wednesday)
- Olive Farm Wines (Saturday)
- Harris Organic Wines Sunday)
- Whistlers Chocolate
- Michael Brothers Juice
- FUNK Cider
- Fresh local produce – Grower Direct Farmstall (seasonal)
- Windarra Honey
- Maison St Honore (Wednesday)
Afternoon tour: Savory Delights
Start your afternoon tour by tasting exotic coffee blends at Yahava Koffee Works. Sample chocolate-coated coffee beans, and take a behind-the-scenes look at the coffee-roasting process.
Enjoy a chocolate fix at the Margaret River Chocolate Company and Providore Pavilion for handcrafted jams, chutneys, liqueur sauces and many more savory delights.
Next, visit Lavender Bistro & Boutique to enjoy scones with jam and cream accompanied by refreshing lavender tea and unique lavender wine!
Visit the House of Honey and try some Honey mead. Then, visit the third generation operated Twin Hill Wines to taste local handcrafted gourmet cheeses, marinated olives, premium wines.
Conclude your tour with an icy cold beer, alcoholic or non-alcoholic ginger beer or cider at internationally multi-award-winning Ironbark Brewery. Enjoy your drinks and try one the brewery’s famous wood-fired pizzas, dips and damper, salt and pepper squid, and nachos (own expense).
On Saturday and Sunday, the tour will visit Taylors Art & Coffee House to meet resident nationally awarded artisan Jude Taylor, hear her fascinating story and also enjoy sampling Swan Valley’s “humane food”.
Itinerary is subject to change; some of the places you may visit include:
- Yahava Koffee Works
- Margaret River Chocolate Company
- Margaret River Providore
- Lavender Bistro & Boutique
- Twin Hill Wines
- Ironbark Brewery
- The House of Honey Sticky Spoon Café
- The House of Honey Meadery
- Taylors Art & Coffee House
- Fresh local produce – Grower Direct Farmstall (seasonal)
Reviews
Viator Traveler's Reviews
This was certainly one of the highlights of our Perth trip.While most 'gourmet tours' offer predominantly wine tasting, this tour offers a large variety of the beautiful Swan valley produce. Loris' arrangements were excellent and everywhere we went there were seperate arrangements made so that we could speed graze . Enjoyed the food trail thoroughly
1st- the samples were very small, not enough to satisfy any type of hunger
2nd- this is essentially a shopping trip, a lady drops you off at various shops to encourage you to spend more money
3rd- Overpriced, not worth it! You can drive to swan valley yourself and go to all the places and have the same experience, the places are very close in distance - and there was little to know special treatment for being with the tour except for coffee and wine, all customers of these shops get the same samples.
4th-The weather put a damper on events of the day , it was wet, cold, and rainy and a few of the stops were outdoor.
On a high note, The Tour guide was very nice thats why i gave it 1 star
Terrific Host. Small groups, personal tours. Perfect way to spend Sunday afternoon and see the Swan Valley. Honey, chocolate, wine, coffee, lavendar scones and beer tasings all in one afternoon. Last stop at Iron Bark brewery with wood-fired pizza and beer tastings in a great beer garden. Perfect.