There are days when a quick pour at the cellar door simply won't do. Perhaps you're celebrating a milestone, treating a loved one, or you've simply decided that today is the day to slow down properly. For those occasions, we recommend booking a Premium Wine Tasting – our most indulgent tasting experience, designed for guests who have a little more time on their hands and want to make the most of it.
Hosted at our picturesque cellar door in Pokolbin, the Premium Wine Tasting builds on our much-loved Personal Tasting with a run of extra touches that turn an afternoon of wine tasting into something altogether more memorable.
What's Included
A Premium Wine Tasting includes:
- Access to exclusive wines, including premium releases when available
- Your own personal wine consultant, dedicated to helping you find wines you'll genuinely love
- A gourmet Hunter Valley cheese platter, served with a selection of olives, dried fruits and quince paste
- Access to our Round Table room and Verandah tasting areas
- Complimentary water provided
Together, these elements are designed to give you the time, the setting and the guidance to properly explore what Ivanhoe Wines has to offer.
A Cheese Platter Worth Lingering Over
Good wine deserves good company, and few things pair as naturally with a glass of Hunter Valley Shiraz or Semillon as a well-considered cheese platter. Ours is built around local produce – a selection of cheeses served alongside olives, dried fruits and quince paste, each chosen to complement the wines you'll be tasting. It's a simple pleasure, but one that transforms a tasting from a quick stop into a proper occasion, best enjoyed unhurried, with good conversation and a view worth pausing for.
Exclusive Wines, Poured Just for You
Where our Personal Tasting introduces you to our latest release wines, the Premium Wine Tasting opens the door to a broader and more exclusive selection. Depending on availability, this may include premium releases such as our Premium Reserve Shiraz or other limited wines not typically found on our standard tasting list – the kind of wines that reward a little more time and attention.
Your personal wine consultant will guide you through each pour, sharing the story behind the vintage and helping you find the styles that speak to your own palate, whether that's a bold, structured red or a bright, aromatic white.
Your Own Personal Wine Consultant
The Premium Wine Tasting is a considered, personalised experience. A member of our team will be dedicated to your table, tailoring the tasting to your preferences rather than working through a fixed list. Curious about how a vintage compares to previous years, or which wine might suit a particular meal? This is the tasting to ask those questions in.
Round Table Room and Verandah: Views Over the Brokenback Range
Setting matters as much as what's in the glass, and the Premium Wine Tasting gives you access to two of our favourite spots at the cellar door: the Round Table room and our Verandah tasting area. Perched on eighty acres of volcanic soil, our cellar door looks out over the Brokenback Range, and there are few better ways to spend an afternoon than with a glass of estate-grown wine in hand, a cheese platter within reach and that view stretching out in front of you. It's a setting that makes the case for itself – unhurried, relaxed and entirely worth the extra time.
The Details
- Price: $45 per person (direct bookings)
- Group size: 2–8 guests
- Duration: Approximately 45 minutes
- Location: Ivanhoe Wines, Pokolbin, NSW
- Bookings: Essential
Ivanhoe Wines keeps things small and personal, with a maximum of eight guests per booking. We'd ask that larger groups travelling together avoid making separate bookings for the same time slot, as this is a policy we hold firmly to in order to protect the intimate nature of the experience for every guest at the cellar door.
Perfect For
A Premium Wine Tasting suits any occasion that calls for a little extra. Birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, or simply a long-overdue catch-up with friends – this is a tasting built for lingering, not rushing. It's equally at home as the centrepiece of a Hunter Valley day trip or as one stop among several, for those keen to make the most of everything Pokolbin has to offer.
Ready to Treat Yourself?
Our cellar door is especially popular during the warmer months, and Premium Wine Tastings do book out, so we'd encourage you to secure your spot in advance. Whether you're marking something special or simply carving out time to properly enjoy a glass of wine with a view, we'd love to welcome you to the table.
Bookings are essential and can be made directly through our website, or by calling us on 02 4998 7325.