Booking fee
The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Learn what goes into making the perfect glass of incredibly well-balanced red wine.
Urban Winery Sydney’s blending sessions are one of the more entertaining and informative classes. Separated into groups, sit down with our head winemaker Alex Retief and be taken through six single variety red wines, exploring the aroma, structure and palate-feel of each.
Each group is then given measuring cylinders and half an hour to come up with their favourite blend, for example, mixing 50% shiraz, 30% merlot, 10% petit verdot and 10% tempranillo. These ‘favourite blends’ are then collated and poured to the groups, so they can be blind-tasted and judged by everyone involved – with an ultimate winner appointed on the day.
Our guests will sit amongst the wine barrels in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, however feel as though they have been transported to the vineyards of regional NSW. The experience will round out with a sample from a few select bottles paired with a cheese and charcuterie platter.
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Each group is then given measuring cylinders and half an hour to come up with their favorite blend
Snacks
Blind-tasted and judged by everyone involved
Enjoy a shared NSW charcuterie and cheese platter
Tasting six wines from three different wine regions, exploring the aroma, structure and palate-feel of each
Two-hour blending session with winemaker
Alcoholic Beverages
Souvenir bottle of A. Retief wine to take home
Additional take away wines available to purchase and take home from the cellar door
Departure Point
122 Lang Rd, Moore Park NSW 2021, Australia
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Minimum age is 18 years to partake in the experience however children are permitted within the winery
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
sofilidgren
07 Nov 2019
I just love it and will go again. the tasting combined with the food they offered was done with professionalism. It also had a very personal touch from the owner, which made the visit special
Happiness273100
03 Sep 2019
My son and I recently did the red wine blending experience and must say we had a great time. It was all about the structure of different wine varieties which we had never really thought about before. But each wine was explained and more importantly tasted and then we got to do our own blends and then blind taste each others. Unfortunately his blend came out the winner. We really learnt a lot about wine structure while having an absolute ball. Alex was fantastic and we would recommend this experience to anyone who likes red wine.
Nadean_T
20 Jul 2019
Issy was friendly knowledgeable and easy going a fabulous thing to do if you enjoy your wine we learnt so much about tasting wine and it was great fun to blend our own
This tour in
New South Wales
is organized by
Urban Winery Sydney
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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