Rutherglen Wineries

Date
Tue 22 August 2023
Duration
5 days (22 August - 26 August)
Meet
Option 1 - Bewong Rest Area Option 2 - Roses Cafe Goulburn
Time
Option 1 - Bewong Rest Area 8:15 am for 8:30 am departure Option 2 - Roses Café Goulburn 10:30 am for 11:15 am departure
Organiser
Rose Smith, southcoast@mx5.com.au
Assistant
Geoff Smith, southcoast@mx5.com.au

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Join us for a tour of Rutherglen’s renown wineries from the grand to the tiny and rustic, discover a range of fantastic cellar doors a short distance from each other. Savour wines crafted by talented makers who’ll share their passion and knowledge over a guided tasting of their range. Along the way we will investigate the odd historic site, enjoy some retail therapy and savour the delights of the bakeries, hotels and restaurants along the way.

Note: Bookings close Monday 24th July 2023

 When:- Tuesday 22nd August – Saturday 26th August

Meet:- Option 1 - Bewong Rest Area 8:15 am for 8:30 am departure

            Option 2 - Roses Café Goulburn 10:30 am for 11:15 am departure

 Accommodation:- Rooms have been reserved in each of the three motels listed below. You will need to contact each venue and book your accommodation from a pool of reserved rooms, don’t forget to mention that you are part of the MX5 group.

  1. Tuesday 22nd August - Poet’s Recall Motel, 37 West St (cnr Punch St), Gundagai NSW 2722, Phone: 02 6944 1777
  2. Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th August - Poachers Paradise Motel, 97 Murray St, Rutherglen VIC 3685, Phone: 02 6032 7373 
  3. Friday 25th August -Carlyle Suites and Apartments 148 Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650 Phone: 02 6933 6100

 

Itinery ( draft )

Tuesday 22nd August Bewong Rest Area to Gundagai – 3hrs 36 min – 319km

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8:30am Depart Bewong Rest Area

10:30 am Morning Tea:- Roses Café Goulburn

1:15 pm Lunch:- Criterion Hotel Gundagai

Old Court House and Gaol ( Self-guided tour from Information Centre )

6:30 pm Dinner:- Lotts Family Hotel Gundagai

Accommodation:- Poet’s Recall Motel

Wednesday 23rd August -Gundagai to Campbells Wines 2hrs 35 mins 230km

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10:30 am Morning Tea – Holbrook Bakery

1:00 pm Lunch:- Campbells Winery Platter, tour and Private Tasting

Buller Wines

Dinner:- Poachers Paradise Hotel

Accommodation:- Poachers Paradise Motel

 

Thursday 24th August -winery tour 2hr 42 min Driving 208km

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Morning Tea:- Beechworth Bakery

De Bortoli Wines

Lunch:- Jones Winery

Lilliput Winery

Baileys of Glenrowan

Dinner:- Star Hotel

Accommodation:- Poachers Paradise Motel

 

Friday 25th August - winery tour 3hr 38 min Driving 302km

https://goo.gl/maps/YSL3y8P5NhkRtHPC8

Drive to Corowa via Yarrawonga

9:30 am Morning Tea:- Corowa Bakery

10:00 am -All Saints Winery

Pfeiffer Wines

Lunch:- Old Empire Hotel Wahgunyah

Corowa Distilling Co

Dinner:- ??????

Accommodation:-

Carlyle Suites and Apartments

148 Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650

Phone: 02 6933 6100

 

Saturday 26th August

Make your own way home