About
Sip your way through the Hunter Valley’s most sumptuous, sophisticated, and downright delicious wines, with a tour to remember from Grape to Glass.
With access to the Hunter Valley’s finest boutique vintners, breweries, and distilleries, our guides will introduce you to local heroes, guest favourites and those all-important rising stars. But, given the wealth of artisanal goodness on our doorstep, the experience won’t stop there. Because a truly decadent wine tour isn’t just about the wine – it’s an atmospheric, entertaining feast for the senses.
As we make our way through the spectacular landscape, take the opportunity to sample some handcrafted chocolate, unwind with a vineyard picnic, savour a gourmet lunch, or explore delicious local cheeses.
Customise Your Experience
While we think our itineraries are perfectly proportioned, this isn’t our experience – it’s yours. That’s why we love to create customised tours just for you. Whether it’s a special occasion with a loved one, a fun day out with a group of family, friends, or work colleagues, or just a chance to indulge personal passions, we’re here to make the most decadent of dreams come true.
If cheese is your thing, tell us! If you want to get down on one knee at a cellar door, we want to help! Proposal packages, tours are just a few of our superpowers. Whatever it takes to make your day extra-special, we’re here to make it happen.
Vanessa Egan-Smith, Owner & Lead guide
9 years' experience in hospitality & wine industry (WSET Trained)
“Welcome to our stunning region – we can’t wait to introduce you to some of the most incredible wines and delicacies our local artisans have to offer.”
Grape To Glass Tours
- Local pick-up and drop-off
- Local guides
- Venue & activity options to suit the whole family
- Itineraries designed to accommodate pets
- Customisable to personal preferences & dietary requirements
- Fully accredited by Transport NSW and the Hunter Valley Wine & Tourism Association.
EXCELLENT35 reviews on
Alison S2023-11-14Pet friendly wine tours Vanessa was friendly and knowledgeable and gave us a choice of places to visit depending on our wine/drink preferences. It was great to be able to bring the dog and she even provided a dog treats!vicky M2023-11-12Great day in the valley. Had the best day with Vanessa. No stress. It was just a fun day out with a new friend. Vanessa was happy to use some of our suggestions then fill in the gaps with what she knows best. We would definitely use her again and highly recommend her.alleys772023-10-10Wonderful day! Vanessa was an amazing host for my partner and I during our honeymoon. She listened to what we wanted and created a beautiful day with amazing views and fabulous wine. We will definitely book again! Thank you so much Vanessa, Ben and I had such a lovely day.Mike R2023-09-18Personal Wine Tasting Experience! So much FUN! We had a great experience with Mike. My wife and daughter and son-in-law did a private wine tasting with Mike on Saturday evening. He is very personable, catered to the knowledge level of our group and has a ton of knowledge and experience with various wines. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Mike did an outstanding job. We had a blast and learned a lot! Thanks, Mike! Cheeers!!Michael2023-08-15A great tour A fun tour with lots of different wines and great food, the different wineries were all different and had great hosts, a fun day with plenty to try as wellSarah C2023-05-31The best pet-friendly, private wine tour in the Hunter with the most lovely guide 🙂 We love Grape to Glass - this is the second time we’ve booked a private wine tour with Vanessa. She picks the best boutique wineries and is fantastic at communicating and planning what you want from your day before the trip. We also love that we can bring our fur baby, Otis! The car is super comfortable, Vanessa is so knowledgeable about the area and wineries - a true local! We’ll be back again next year and would highly recommend this wine tour. Thank you Vanessa!Greg K2023-03-02Fantastic dog friendly human friendly wine tour This would have to be the best wine tour I’ve ever done in Australia.We have been on many tours in SA,WA Mudgee, Vic , Tas Over the recent years but taking the tour with our friends from SA yesterday this company exceeded our expectations. From the first time I spoke with Venessa booking the tour till the end of the day when we were dropped back to our accommodation we were spoilt and treated like royalty. Our friends dog was treated as well as us during the whole experience . We’ll worth the trip A little suggestion would just let her take you to 3 wineries and lunch in the middle.Sabine2022-11-19Best pet friendly wine tour in the Hunter Valley! Vanessa was a wonderful host and made our tour extra special. The fact that this tour is dog friendly just meant everything to us. Our Whippets Phantom & Sophie were made to feel very welcome and we were also super impressed! We absolutely loved the wine & chocolate pairing! We highly recommend this tour to anyone, especially if you own dogs!Mel&Bru2022-11-01Amazing 100% Recommend 100% recommend this amazing tour. We laughed, we drank we ate. Vanessa was the best tour guide we have ever had and truly made our day! Every tasting venue had the most beautiful views, wines and atmosphere. We will definitely be back and will be recommending all our friends to book this tour on their next visit to the Hunter. Thanks again Vanessa.Frank A2022-10-26Beyond words of this amazing experience What can I say, Vanessa went above and beyond. What was initially planned to be a private tour for me and my now fiance turned to be a surprise beautiful garden proposal. Initially I had planned a hot air balloon ride where I was planning to do a proposal, but that got cancelled due to bad weather. Desperate, I messaged Vanessa as a long shot chance that maybe she could do something special for us as a plan B. I had already planned the private tour with her, and so figured she would be my last hope. Vanessa honestly helped me beyond words can even say. She helped set up something so beautiful at the first vineyard she was taking us to, and it couldn't have gone anymore perfect. The first location was beautiful at the Hanging Gardens with amazing wine and a beautiful rose garden. She took us too so many different and varied locations where we could sample many different things that the Hunter had to offer. From Chocolate pairings, Cheese tasting, Cider, Beer, the tour let us try so many things, that we felt we got the true Hunter experience. (P.S That coconut / lime truffle we tried at Glandore with the wine was unbelieveable!) Vanessa was extremelly nice and friendly, and from the very beginning, she catered the whole experience to a tour she thought we would enjoy. I cannot recommend this tour enough.
EXCELLENT35 reviews onAlison S2023-11-14Pet friendly wine tours Vanessa was friendly and knowledgeable and gave us a choice of places to visit depending on our wine/drink preferences. It was great to be able to bring the dog and she even provided a dog treats!vicky M2023-11-12Great day in the valley. Had the best day with Vanessa. No stress. It was just a fun day out with a new friend. Vanessa was happy to use some of our suggestions then fill in the gaps with what she knows best. We would definitely use her again and highly recommend her.alleys772023-10-10Wonderful day! Vanessa was an amazing host for my partner and I during our honeymoon. She listened to what we wanted and created a beautiful day with amazing views and fabulous wine. We will definitely book again! Thank you so much Vanessa, Ben and I had such a lovely day.Mike R2023-09-18Personal Wine Tasting Experience! So much FUN! We had a great experience with Mike. My wife and daughter and son-in-law did a private wine tasting with Mike on Saturday evening. He is very personable, catered to the knowledge level of our group and has a ton of knowledge and experience with various wines. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Mike did an outstanding job. We had a blast and learned a lot! Thanks, Mike! Cheeers!!Michael2023-08-15A great tour A fun tour with lots of different wines and great food, the different wineries were all different and had great hosts, a fun day with plenty to try as wellSarah C2023-05-31The best pet-friendly, private wine tour in the Hunter with the most lovely guide 🙂 We love Grape to Glass - this is the second time we’ve booked a private wine tour with Vanessa. She picks the best boutique wineries and is fantastic at communicating and planning what you want from your day before the trip. We also love that we can bring our fur baby, Otis! The car is super comfortable, Vanessa is so knowledgeable about the area and wineries - a true local! We’ll be back again next year and would highly recommend this wine tour. Thank you Vanessa!Greg K2023-03-02Fantastic dog friendly human friendly wine tour This would have to be the best wine tour I’ve ever done in Australia.We have been on many tours in SA,WA Mudgee, Vic , Tas Over the recent years but taking the tour with our friends from SA yesterday this company exceeded our expectations. From the first time I spoke with Venessa booking the tour till the end of the day when we were dropped back to our accommodation we were spoilt and treated like royalty. Our friends dog was treated as well as us during the whole experience . We’ll worth the trip A little suggestion would just let her take you to 3 wineries and lunch in the middle.Sabine2022-11-19Best pet friendly wine tour in the Hunter Valley! Vanessa was a wonderful host and made our tour extra special. The fact that this tour is dog friendly just meant everything to us. Our Whippets Phantom & Sophie were made to feel very welcome and we were also super impressed! We absolutely loved the wine & chocolate pairing! We highly recommend this tour to anyone, especially if you own dogs!Mel&Bru2022-11-01Amazing 100% Recommend 100% recommend this amazing tour. We laughed, we drank we ate. Vanessa was the best tour guide we have ever had and truly made our day! Every tasting venue had the most beautiful views, wines and atmosphere. We will definitely be back and will be recommending all our friends to book this tour on their next visit to the Hunter. Thanks again Vanessa.Frank A2022-10-26Beyond words of this amazing experience What can I say, Vanessa went above and beyond. What was initially planned to be a private tour for me and my now fiance turned to be a surprise beautiful garden proposal. Initially I had planned a hot air balloon ride where I was planning to do a proposal, but that got cancelled due to bad weather. Desperate, I messaged Vanessa as a long shot chance that maybe she could do something special for us as a plan B. I had already planned the private tour with her, and so figured she would be my last hope. Vanessa honestly helped me beyond words can even say. She helped set up something so beautiful at the first vineyard she was taking us to, and it couldn't have gone anymore perfect. The first location was beautiful at the Hanging Gardens with amazing wine and a beautiful rose garden. She took us too so many different and varied locations where we could sample many different things that the Hunter had to offer. From Chocolate pairings, Cheese tasting, Cider, Beer, the tour let us try so many things, that we felt we got the true Hunter experience. (P.S That coconut / lime truffle we tried at Glandore with the wine was unbelieveable!) Vanessa was extremelly nice and friendly, and from the very beginning, she catered the whole experience to a tour she thought we would enjoy. I cannot recommend this tour enough.
