Private Food and Wine Tours in Victoria from Melbourne
Cellar doors, cheese, chocolate and long lunches across Victoria, with a professional chauffeur and a premium vehicle.
Royall Rides provides private, luxury food and wine tours from Melbourne, with a professional chauffeur, a premium vehicle, and an itinerary built around the tastes you actually want to explore. Victoria's food and wine regions sit within roughly an hour or two of the city, and a chauffeur means everyone in your group can taste freely, linger over lunch, and enjoy the day without anyone watching the clock or the road.
Whether you are planning private food and wine tours Melbourne couples love, or luxury food and wine tours Victoria for a celebration, our chauffeur driven food and wine tour service goes well beyond cellar doors. A good day combines wine with cheese, chocolate, craft spirits, cider, beer, and a long vineyard lunch, paced so that no single stop feels rushed. It is the broader choice for guests who want gourmet food tours Victoria can offer across more than one region, from a Yarra Valley food and wine tour to a Mornington Peninsula food and wine tour. If you want one wine region in depth, our dedicated pages cover each one in detail.
Every day is planned individually. You tell us your preferred region, who is travelling, and what you enjoy, and we build a route with a sensible number of stops, a lunch booking that suits the group, and time to buy what you love and take it home. Your chauffeur collects you at your door and stays with you all day, so the only decisions left are what to taste next.
Provided by
Royall Rides, a private luxury chauffeur and tour company based in Melbourne
Regions
Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Macedon Ranges, and the Geelong and Bellarine area
Duration
Most tours run a full day of around 6 to 9 hours; half-day options available
Includes
Private chauffeur, premium vehicle, door-to-door pickup, fully flexible itinerary (tasting fees and meals are generally separate unless confirmed at booking)
Best for
Couples, food lovers, small groups, celebrations, and corporate guests
What Is a Private Food and Wine Tour?
In short: a private food and wine tour is a chauffeur-driven day from Melbourne combining wineries with other regional producers, such as cheesemakers, chocolatiers, distilleries, and breweries, planned around your own tastes rather than a fixed group route.
Wine is the anchor of most days, but the best itineraries are rarely wine alone. After three or four tastings, palates and attention both begin to fade, and the day improves enormously when a cellar door is followed by a cheese platter, a chocolate tasting, or a stroll through a village. A well-paced private tour balances a few wineries with a long lunch and one or two non-wine stops, so the day has rhythm and variety instead of one tasting after another.
Because the tour is private, the balance is entirely yours. Guests who love red wine can spend more time at fewer estates, guests who prefer sparkling can build the day around bubbles, and groups with mixed tastes can add a brewery or distillery so everyone has something to look forward to. Your chauffeur handles the driving, the timing, and the parking, which is what allows the whole group to taste. If your heart is set on a single wine region, our dedicated Yarra Valley wine tours and Mornington Peninsula tours go deeper on each. This page is for guests who want a wider food and wine experience.
Choose Your Food and Wine Region
Each region has its own character, and choosing the right one is the most important decision in planning your day. Your itinerary can be tailored based on your available time, interests, and preferred experiences. These are the regions most commonly chosen.
Yarra Valley Food and Wine
Around an hour east of Melbourne, the Yarra Valley is Victoria's best-known wine region and also its most varied for food. Cool-climate Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and traditional-method sparkling wine sit alongside artisan producers within a short drive of each other. Depending on your itinerary, stops can include Domaine Chandon for sparkling wine and lunch, Yarra Valley Dairy or Coldstream Dairy for cheese, the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie, and Four Pillars Gin in Healesville. Because so many producers are close together, it is the easiest region in which to build a varied day without long transfers between stops.
Mornington Peninsula Food and Wine
Just over an hour southeast of Melbourne, the Peninsula blends cool-climate wine, best known for Pinot Noir, with coastal scenery and a relaxed pace. Cellar doors such as Pt Leo Estate, Montalto, and Yabby Lake can be paired with long vineyard lunches, produce stops, and views over the bay or the vines. The Peninsula suits guests who want the day to feel like a short holiday rather than a tasting circuit, and it combines naturally with a coastal stop or a visit to Peninsula Hot Springs.
Macedon Ranges
Around an hour north-west of Melbourne, the Macedon Ranges suit guests who prefer boutique cool-climate vineyards, countryside villages, and a quieter pace than the busier regions. It is a good choice for repeat visitors who have already done the Yarra Valley or the Peninsula and want something different.
Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula
For guests wanting something less visited, the Bellarine Peninsula offers wineries, local seafood, and coastal towns, and suits a flexible custom itinerary. It pairs well with a relaxed lunch by the water and is a rewarding option for guests who like to explore beyond the best-known names.
Your Food and Wine Day at a Glance
A typical full-day private tour begins with a private pickup from your Melbourne accommodation at a time that suits the region and the group. The drive into wine country takes around an hour in most cases, and the first cellar door tasting of the day usually follows mid-morning, when palates are fresh. A second stop, often a cheese, chocolate, or produce stop, gives the group a change of pace before lunch.
Lunch is the centrepiece of the day, whether at a winery restaurant overlooking the vines or a relaxed local venue. After lunch, the afternoon might include a craft distillery, brewery, or cider stop, followed by a final tasting or scenic stop before the return journey to Melbourne. This is a starting framework, not a fixed script. Stops can be added, removed, or reordered depending on your interests and how the day is running.
Can I Customise My Food and Wine Tour?
Yes. Every food and wine tour can be shaped around your preferences. You decide which regions and producers to visit, how much of the day goes to wine versus cheese, chocolate, spirits, and beer, and how long you would like to spend at each stop. You can choose the lunch venue and tell us about dietary requirements, and you can build in celebrations such as birthdays or anniversaries so the day has a moment designed for the occasion.
If you are unsure where to start, tell us what you enjoy drinking and eating and how many people are coming, and we will suggest a route. If you already have favourite producers in mind, we will build the day around them and add stops that complement them.
Build Your Own ItineraryHow Does a Private Food and Wine Tour Work?
1
Tell Us Your Tastes.
Share your preferred region, date, group size, and the flavours you would like to explore.
2
We Plan the Day.
Choose your own producers or let us recommend a well-paced route, including a lunch stop that suits your group.
3
Enjoy the Day.
Your chauffeur collects you at your door and takes care of the driving, timing, and logistics.
Popular Food and Wine Tour Styles
These are examples, not fixed packages. Mix and match to suit your group, or ask us for something entirely different.
Wine and Long Lunch.
Fewer stops and more time over a vineyard lunch, ideal for guests who would rather savour two or three places than hurry through six.
Cheese, Chocolate and Bubbles.
A grazing-style day across artisan producers, built around sparkling wine, cheese, and chocolate with a lighter focus on red wine.
Brewery, Cider and Gin Trail.
Craft drinks beyond the cellar door, suited to groups with mixed tastes who want variety.
Coast and Cellar Door.
Mornington Peninsula views paired with a lighter tasting schedule, for guests who want scenery as much as wine.
Wine and Wellness.
A shorter tasting day paired with a relaxing stop, popular for couples who want an unhurried day.
How to Plan the Perfect Food and Wine Day
A few simple decisions make the difference between a good food and wine day and a great one. The first is pacing. Most guests are happiest with four to six stops including lunch, rather than an ambitious list that leaves no time to enjoy any of it. The second is the lunch booking: popular winery restaurants fill quickly on weekends and in summer, so we recommend deciding on your date early and letting us secure a table that suits the timing of your route.
Tasting fees are usually charged by individual venues and are generally separate from your chauffeur and vehicle, so it helps to budget for them and for any purchases. If you plan to buy wine, tell us in advance so we can choose a vehicle with room for cases. Dietary requirements are easiest to manage when we know about them early, because we can recommend lunch venues that cater well for them. Finally, remember that regions differ by season: summer is busy and warm, autumn brings harvest atmosphere, and winter offers quieter cellar doors and cosy open-fire lunches.
Why Choose a Private Chauffeur-Driven Food and Wine Tour?
In short: a chauffeur means no designated driver and no timetable, so everyone in your group can taste, linger over lunch, and move at their own pace.
Everyone Gets to Taste
No one has to stay sober to drive, so the whole group can enjoy the day, including whoever would normally be the designated driver. It is the single biggest reason groups choose a chauffeur over driving themselves.
Variety Without Rushing
A private itinerary lets you balance wine, food, and scenery rather than racing between stops. You decide how long to stay at each place, and the day follows your appetite.
Room for Your Purchases
Cases of wine, cheese, and chocolates travel in comfort, and nothing needs to be carried on or off public transport. Ask us about chilled storage for perishable items.
Private and Personal
Your tour is exclusively for you and your group, with no strangers sharing the vehicle and no one else's schedule to work around.
Local Knowledge
Your chauffeur can suggest producers and lunch spots that suit your tastes and help sequence the day sensibly, so the route makes geographic sense and the afternoon does not collapse into traffic.
Who Are Our Food and Wine Tours Perfect For?
Couples
Couples often choose a food and wine day for an anniversary or a quiet weekend away, with a long lunch as the centrepiece.
Families
Families enjoy the flexible pacing and the produce, chocolate, and lunch stops that suit all ages.
International visitors
International visitors experience Victoria's food and wine culture without renting a car or learning unfamiliar country roads.
Small private groups
Small private groups such as friends and hens parties travel together in one coordinated vehicle.
Special occasions
Special occasions including birthdays and celebrations can be built around a memorable stop.
Corporate guests
Corporate guests use food and wine days for client hospitality and team time away from the office, where a chauffeur keeps the day smooth and professional.
Travel from Melbourne in a Luxury Vehicle
Every food and wine tour is run by a professional chauffeur in a premium vehicle from our fleet. Depending on your group size, your day can be spent in a Mercedes-Maybach, BMW i7 xDrive60, Mercedes-Benz GLS400D, or Mercedes V-Class, with space for whatever you bring home. A comfortable vehicle matters on a day that includes several hours of seated travel, and the right choice depends on group size, luggage, and how many cases of wine you expect to buy.
Explore More Luxury Tours from Melbourne
Food and wine is just one way to experience Victoria with Royall Rides. If you want to focus on a single region, see our Yarra Valley Wine Tours or the Mornington Peninsula. For scenery, explore the Great Ocean Road, or browse all of our Day Tours from Melbourne. If you would like to see several regions across a few days, our Multi-Day Tours are designed for that, and our Custom Tours are built entirely around your own ideas.
Plan Your Private Food and Wine Tour
Tell us which flavours you love, who is travelling, and how long you have, and we will help create a private food and wine day around your group. A rough idea is enough to start, and we will take care of the details from there.
Enquire About Your Food and Wine TourPrivate Food and Wine Tour FAQs
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What is included in a private food and wine tour?
Your private chauffeur, premium vehicle, and door-to-door pickup are included. Tasting fees, lunch, and purchases are generally separate unless confirmed at booking, and your quote will make clear exactly what is covered.
02
How many stops can we make in a day?
Most full-day itineraries comfortably cover four to six stops including lunch, depending on how long you would like to linger at each. Fewer stops with more time usually makes for a better day.
03
Can we combine wine with cheese, chocolate and spirits?
Yes. Most guests mix cellar doors with cheese, chocolate, gin, cider, or brewery stops depending on the region, and we can shape the balance around your own tastes.
04
Can you cater for dietary requirements?
Tell us your requirements when you enquire and we will recommend venues that can accommodate them, so lunch is something everyone can enjoy.
05
Which region is best for a food and wine tour?
The Yarra Valley offers the widest mix of wine and artisan producers in a compact area, while the Mornington Peninsula pairs wine with coastal scenery. We will recommend one based on your tastes and the time you have.
06
Can we pick the wineries and producers?
Yes. You can choose your own, or leave the planning to us and we will suggest a route that fits your group.
07
Can we combine regions in one day?
Because the regions lie in different directions from Melbourne, we usually recommend one region per day, or a multi-day tour to cover more.
08
Is it suitable for corporate groups?
Yes. Food and wine days are popular for client entertainment and team events. See our corporate chauffeur service.
09
How much does a private food and wine tour cost?
Pricing depends on the vehicle, the length of the day, and the region. Food and wine days are commonly booked by the hour or as a full day, and we confirm your quote, including what is and is not included, before you book.
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Is there room for wine and food purchases?
Yes. Our vehicles have space for luggage and purchases, and the V-Class and GLS400D suit groups bringing home several cases. Ask us about chilled storage for perishable items.
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Is the tour suitable for children?
Yes, families are welcome. Let us know the ages of any children when you enquire so we can plan stops and seating accordingly.
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Can you take us to regional food and wine events?
Yes. Food and wine events, including those during the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, take place across the city and regional Victoria, and we can plan transfers or a full-day itinerary around them.