4 Winery Visits in Gold Coast to Build a Day Around

1.Mount Tamborine Wine Tasting Tour from Brisbane or the Gold Coast

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 465 reviews · from $136Our pick

Spend about eight hours exploring Mt Tamborine with The Vino Bus. Your guide, perhaps Ari, Boris, Barry, or Harry, handles the driving while you visit four tasting venues, sample wines and liqueurs, enjoy a two-course winery lunch, and stop for mountain views. Pickup, snacks, water, and transport are included.

“Bit of a drive to the first winery, but once there we enjoyed an excellent selection of unique types of wine to taste (including honey wine and various tawny’s along with more classic red and whites). The lunch stop was excellent and my Read more”

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2.Gold Coast Hot Air Balloon + Winery Breakfast + Return Transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 446 reviews · from $355

Start before dawn with hotel pickup, watch the balloon inflate, then float over the Gold Coast hinterland at sunrise with live commentary. After helping pack the balloon, enjoy a buffet breakfast, sparkling wine, vineyard visit, wine tasting, photos, and an alpaca experience before returning to your hotel.

“This is the second time we have taken a balloon trip with this company and on both occasions we had an amazing time. The experience was well organised, thoroughly recommend!”

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3.Gold Coast Sunset Cruise with sparkling wine & nibbles platter

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 93 reviews · from $85Best value

Join Michael and Samara aboard a small luxury sailboat from Main Beach for a relaxed two-hour cruise on the Gold Coast Broadwater. Sip two glasses of sparkling wine, share fruit, cheese, crackers, and other nibbles, and pass Marina Mirage, Palazzo Versace, Sea World, Wave Break Island, and Surfers Paradise. The boat carries up to 10 people.

“Bought this as a 70th birthday gift. The recipients thought it was wonderful. Food on board was very generous and fresh.”

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4.Tamborine Mountain Local Winery Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 70 reviews · 8 hours · from $162

Spend eight hours with Pineapple Tours AU visiting Cedar Creek, Witches Falls, and Hampton Estate wineries on Tamborine Mountain. You will taste local wines, learn about the region, enjoy a two-course lunch, and ride in a small group of up to 13. Guides such as Anthony, Michelle, and William add local stories and easygoing company.

“Fun day on tambourine with a really interesting driver full of local information, interesting wines and yummy lunch”

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