Barossa Valley Essen & Wein Tour

A good day. Our driver Geoff was knowledgeable and patient with our inane questions. Worth the investment.

The Barossa Valley Food and Wine Tour is such an enjoyable experience. It is a small group tour by Bums on Seat Tour. I met two lovely couples from New Zealand. Our tour guide Miro is great. We visited four family-owned wineries, and they are all excellent from the staff, wine and the venues. We got to see Maggie Beer's Farm Shop as well. Tour is highly recommended.

I thought 4 wineries plus Maggie Beers was too much to do in the time allowed. 3 wineries would be enough.

Our Barossa Valley Wine (and food) Tour was fantastic. Our guide/driver Deep, made the tour very enjoyable and fun. The wineries we visited were mostly family owned smaller establishments that only sold through the celler door. All wines/tawnys/meads tasted were really good and those who presented there products were great to listen to. You could purchase any of there products at these wineries or they would ship them to you for a small cost (approx $11.50 AUS)

We had a fabulous full day tour with Bums on Seats small group tour. We visited Maggie Beers Farm shop and 4 wineries where we had very generous tastings of their products. We had a very tasty lunch at Kies wineries followed by another round of tastings. We had 13 on our tour and Deep was our driver and tour Guide, he had a great knowledge of the Barossa & its wines and kept us all entertained with jokes & interesting bits of trivia about the Wineries & the Barossa in general. We would highly recommend this tour company and our driver Deep.

Overall we did have a good day. Unfortunately for us we had a very, very new tour guide, appreciate they have to start somewhere but it was very evident this was new if not very first day… They didn’t have any wine knowledge, read off notes on a phone and took multiple wrong turns even with maps directing. I’ve done many wine tours around the world and this was a first to have a guide that didn’t know anything about wine so I feel like we missed out on a lot. There was a bit of confusion throughout the day, told going to a winery then ended up at Maggie beer with no explanation, assumed a tasting but just walked inside and that was it. We had no idea what we were doing there.

We had a fantastic experience. The wineries provided great presentations on their wine tasting. The places we were taken to, where boutique wineries not the mass produced type found in large retail outlets. The lunch provided was lovely in a beautiful setting. Made a lot of acquaintances with people from all over the world which made it a truly cultural experience. Would recommend it for locals for this reason. Deep was a fantastic guide.

Spent the day in the Barossa with Deep and two other tour participants. As there were only 3 of us Deep drove us around in a car, which made the tour more intimate. The four wineries were top notch - I particularly enjoyed Kies winery. Would highly recommend this tour.

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Just wanted to say a huge thanks for Saturday's tour as it was so amazing. Everyone had the best time. You all do an amazing job with communication pre booking and on the day with pick ups etc. Makes it all go very smoothly. The whole day was so good with a good variety of wineries and Maggie beers. Maddie our tour guide was fabulous with loads of info and fun along the way and kept us all on track. The only feedback I would give is re the last winery Chateau Tanunda and the presenter was very lack lustre and not at all welcoming or fun and the wine wasn't very good either. All the other wineries were amazing and delicious wine. Look forward to booking with you again for our next adventure. Regards and thanks Jodie Cook

Paul, our guide, was friendly and knowledgeable. He shared a lot of interesting information throughout the day, and we appreciated his enthusiasm. However, the tour felt a little rushed, and I was expecting a more wine-focused experience. Although there were five stops (including feeding the horses), there were only two wine tastings. I had expected more winery visits and more opportunities to taste different wines. The first stop was at Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop, where we only had time to browse the shop. We then visited the Barossa Valley Chocolate Company, which was an unexpected stop for many guests. One guest even chose to stay on the bus rather than visit the chocolate shop, as it was not what she had expected from a wine tour. We then continued to Château Tanunda for a wine tasting. Lunch was at Kies Family Wines, where we also had another wine tasting, and the day finished with free time in the German town of Hahndorf. Overall, it was an enjoyable day, but it felt more like a Barossa Valley sightseeing tour than a dedicated wine tour. If you’re booking this tour mainly for wine tasting, it’s worth knowing that the itinerary includes several non-wine attractions. This tour may be better suited to people who enjoy a relaxed sightseeing experience rather than those looking for a more immersive wine tour.