Private Tours
Enjoy a private tour in our BWM X5 and let our accredited driver look after your every need as you visit the best wineries. Comfortable maximum of 3-4 guests per tour. Sunroof, great aircon and heating. Umbrellas provided if required. Free collection and delivery to and from your accommodation in Penola or Coonawarra. Our qualified drivers will not intrude upon your day with their opinions - it is your enjoyment that matters!
Naracoorte, Robe, Mount Gambier pickups also available (additional charges apply).
If you stay at our accommodation property Coonawarra Bush Holiday Park or Ruby’s Cottage in Penola, you will enjoy 10% discount for our wine tours.
Private Chauffeur BMW full day tour $249 per person including 8 wineries, max 4 persons. Custom itinerary or let me reveal the best cellar doors in the area. Lunch option paid direct to chosen establishment. For group bookings of 4 guests, please call us to enjoy a special group discount.
Tour duration: 10.00am -5.00 pm, max 4 persons.
Full Day Itinerary example:
9.50 Collection at Penola/Coonawarra accommodation
10.00 Parker Estate
10.45 Patricks
11.30 Wynns (cheese platter optional)
12.15 Brands Laira
1.00 Your choice of lunch - platter, picnic or a la carte (see options below)
2.00 Balnaves
2.45 Majella
3.30 Redman
4.15 Whistlepost
5.00 Return to accommodation
BMW X5 4.8 litre V8
Brands Laira
Hundred of Comaum, Coonawarra
Wynns Coonawarra Estate
Private Chauffeur BMW half day tour $155 per person including 4 wineries, max 4 persons. Choose your wineries or let me take you to the top 4 in terms of guest enjoyment. This involves ambience, wine quality and staffing factors.For group bookings of 4 guests, please call us to enjoy a special group discount.
Tour duration: 12.00pm -4.40 pm, max 4 persons.
Half Day Itinerary example:
12.10 Collection at Penola/Coonawarra accommodation
12.20 Brands Laira
1.00 Your choice of lunch - platter, picnic or a la carte (see options below)
2.00 Balnaves
2.45 Majella
3.30 Redman
4.15 Whistlepost
5.00 Return to accommodation
BUSH WINE AND CHOCOLATE OPTION
Exclusive to Coonawarra Discovery Hundred of Comaum Coonawarra Wine and Chocolate Pairing 1.5 hours $20 pp and includes bush landrover trip - add this option to your tour.
Balnaves Coonawarra
Leconfield
Parker Estate
Whistlepost
PAID FLIGHT WINERIES
Recently (as of August 2020), some Coonawarra wineries have introduced paid flights instead of free tastings. Payment for these tastings is sometimes (but not always) offset against any wine purchases made at the winery. Coonawarra Discovery does not include any of these wineries in its standard itineraries due to this policy but is happy to take you so long as you understsand you will be required to pay for these flights and that the cost of these flights is not included in the tour fee. Currently, the wineries offering paid flights (redeemable) are Raidis Estate, DiGiogio, and Leconfield.
FOOD OPTIONS
Optional lunch choices from $20 cheese platters, hearty ploughman’s platters $45 (2 persons) and sit down lunches at Chardonnay Lodge, Ottelia or Hollicks from $70-$90pp. Do not forget the excellent local cafes also - Vintage cafe, Cafe Lito in Penola and the Coonawarra General store, all of which have hot home-made food and outdoor seating.
We highly recommend:
Ploughman’s Platters at Brands Laira $25 pp or Patricks of Coonawarra $45 for two persons
We can arrange platters as part of your tour, but if you prefer a more formal lunch try these options:
Chardonnay Lodge - $40-50 pp
Website: Chardonnay Lodge | Coonawarra
margaret@chardonnaylodge.com.au Landline: (08) 8736 3078 | Mobile: 0416494868
Hollicks - $70-90 pp
Website: Restaurant | Hollick Estates | Coonawarra
Contact +61 (0) 8 8737 2752 or upstairs@hollick.com