Discover Australia's premium and oldest wine-growing region on this full-day Sydney tour to the Hunter Valley.

Cross the Harbour Bridge, travel through stunning Ku-Ring-Gai National Park and the spectacular Hawkesbury River.

Enjoy great scenery of sandstone cliffs, farmlands and bush landscapes.

Visit 3-4 boutique wineries where you will have an opportunity to sample premium regional wines, some of which are not available anywhere else in the world.

Enjoy cheese, olive oil and chocolate tasting at boutique cheese, chocolate and olive shops.

The Hunter Valley is the oldest wine region in Australia and is renowned worldwide for its Semillon, the finest white wine of the region. Many wineries have won awards and high praise from experts for their Shiraz, Chardonnay and Chambourcin.

The local Hunter Distillery won a gold medal at a prestigious international spirits competition in San Francisco for its myrtle-flavoured vodka, made from rainwater and wheat with 100 per cent organic ingredients.

On this tour, which takes you 170 km from Sydney, you can enjoy:

• Visits to 3-4 boutique wineries
• Tasting of the best dry and dessert wines, sparkling wines and long-aged ports
• A boutique distillery with tastings of Australian vodka with myrtle, coffee, apple and pepper flavours
• The regional delicacies - cheeses, olives and chocolate
• Galleries or the Hunter Valley Gardens with designs from around the world, optional
• Lunch with wine tasting, optional
• A demonstration of how the local wine, port and vodka are made (by special request)
• A brewery visit with beer tasting, optional
• A visit to one of the two Australian wildlife parks on the road to the valley, optional

All entrance fees, tastings and lunch are extra.