McLaren Vale Wine Tour - Self-Guided GPS Audio Guide

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4 to 9 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Drive McLaren Vale 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 — McLaren Vale Township, Willunga, the coast, or straight from Adelaide — choose the cellar doors you want, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 116 narrated stories cover 78 cellar doors and the people behind them: as you pass Kay Brothers at Amery you'll hear how Herbert and Frederick Kay planted Block Six Shiraz into sandy loam in 1892 — and those same vines are still cropping today. No group, no schedule, no guide — pause for a long lunch, double back, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops, so Blewitt Springs' patchy coverage never matters. 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
GPS audio tour of McLaren Vale with stories playing automatically at each stop
Complete offline download - audio, maps and route stored on your phone
Regional chapters on John Reynell, Thomas Hardy and the ancient Maslin sands
Buy once, no expiry, with free content and audio updates for life
In-app map with every winery, village and lookout pinned
Cellar-door narration for d'Arenberg, Wirra Wirra, Coriole and Kay Brothers
Trip planner to build and reorder your own route
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

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
You can choose from multiple locations at checkout.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 to 9 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    McLaren Vale

    Main Road and the visitor centre anchor the region's densest run of cellar doors, on heavy Biscay clay and red-brown earth that gives full-bodied Shiraz.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    d'Arenberg

    Founded in 1912 by Joseph Rowe Osborn and now in the hands of fourth-generation winemaker Chester Osborn, using basket presses for both reds and whites.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Wirra Wirra Vineyards

    Founded in 1894 by Robert Strangways Wigley, a former South Australian state cricketer; the winery sat roofless and vineless for over thirty years before being rebuilt.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Coriole Winery

    On Chaffeys Road, known for its Italianate gardens as much as its wines.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Kay Brothers Cellar Door & Winery

    On Kays Road at Amery, where Herbert and Frederick Kay planted Block Six Shiraz on 18 July 1892 into sandy loam over limestone.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Chapel Hill Winery

    Perched on the Seaview ridge with its landmark chapel cellar door, making benchmark Cabernet and Shiraz with firm savoury tannins.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Samuel's Gorge

    Small-batch wines made in a restored 1853 building on Chaffeys Road, overlooking the Onkaparinga Gorge.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Yangarra Estate Vineyard

    Out on McLaren Flat Road toward Kangarilla, working the elevated eastern sands that give Grenache its purity and fine-grained texture.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 9
    Bekkers Wine

    On Seaview Road, a small producer drawing on the ancient sands and ironstone of the region's elevated eastern edge.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Pirramimma Winery

    Founded after Alexander Johnston bought ninety-seven hectares of red earth outside the village in 1892; one of the region's oldest family-owned wineries.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 11
    Willunga

    A heritage town of 1840s stone buildings, home to the Willunga Farmers Market every Saturday morning since 2003.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 12
    Port Willunga

    The clifftop above the reef where the Danish barque Star of Greece ran aground in 1888 with the loss of eleven lives.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 13
    McLaren Vale Wine Region

    On Main Road, the modern face of the Tintara estate where Thomas Hardy founded his wine empire in 1853.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
  • Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency: max 2 texts per booking. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help
  • Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi
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Day Trips
Wine Tastings
Bus Tours
Private and Luxury
Private Sightseeing Tours
Audio Guides
Historical Tours
Wine Tours
Car Tours
Food & Drink
Spring Break
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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