How do I do the Hunter Valley distillery trail without driving?
GR8 Transfers provides a car and chauffeur for six hours, with any stops you choose, for $750 in the Executive Sedan. Eight hours is $1,000, and the price is per car. A February 2026 guide lists 13 distillery and craft-drinks venues, with paid tastings from $10 to $45 (as read on 31 Oct 2026). Eleven are in Pokolbin, and two are outside it.
- Time needed
- 6 or 8 hours
- How we drive you
- Day package · Drop-off & collection
- From
- $750 per car, day package
- Season
- Year-round
- Venue
- Hunter Valley distilleries and craft-drinks venues
Choose how we drive you.
Pick the way that suits the day. Every option has one fixed fare per car, set before you book.
| How we drive you | Executive Sedanup to 3 passengers · 2 large bags | Premium Sedanluxury class · up to 3 · 2 large bags | Executive SUVup to 4 passengers · 3 large bags | Premium SUVup to 4 passengers · 4 large bags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Six hours, any stops: distilleries, lunch and a cellar door or twoA car and chauffeur for 6 hours, with the stops you choose.Book this option → | $750 | $1,000 | $825 | $1,075 |
| Eight hours, with time for the two venues outside Pokolbin as wellA car and chauffeur for 8 hours, with the stops you choose.Book this option → | $1,000 | $1,335 | $1,100 | $1,435 |
| One tasting: dropped at a single distillery, collected afterwardsWe drop you off and come back at the time you set: two one-way trips. Your Pokolbin accommodation → A Pokolbin distillery, about 10 km each way.Book this option → | about $170 | about $230 | about $190 | about $250 |
Prices are for the whole car, not per person, and include tolls, GST and the NSW levy; the same fare applies at any hour. A drop-off and collection is exactly two one-way fares. Day packages, Executive Sedan: $750 for 6 hours, $1,000 for 8 hours or $1,250 for 10 hours; the hours start at pickup. “About” marks a fare worked out from an estimated road distance; the booking form shows the exact fixed fare for your address before you pay. People Mover (6–7 passengers) quoted on request; larger groups travel in two or more cars on the same schedule. Fares checked 31 October 2026.
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The day, step by step.
- 10:30am
Example: the six hours start when your chauffeur picks you up from your Pokolbin accommodation.
- 10:45am
First stop, a whisky tasting at Tower Whiskey Distillery. Check each venue's opening hours before the day.
- 12:00pm
Gin at The Loft at Pepper Tree Wines, then lunch at a venue of your choice.
- 2:15pm
Short tastings at Hunter Distillery and Pokolbin Distillery.
- 3:45pm
A last stop at Night Merchant Distillery at Bimbadgen.
- 4:30pm
Back at your accommodation as the six hours end.
What the venue provides.
- Tastings priced by each venue, from free to $45 as listed on 31 Oct 2026
- Bottle sales and any bookings a venue asks for
- Each venue's own opening hours
Venue: Hunter Valley distilleries and craft-drinks venues, Pokolbin
What GR8 Transfers provides.
- Your own car and chauffeur for the day, any stops in the valley
- Pickup and drop-off at your accommodation
- One fixed price per car, not per person
- No designated driver needed in your group
Good to know.
Outside Pokolbin
The guide puts Kawal Rock Distillery about 25 minutes from Broke Road, and Millbrook Estate is in Millfield. If either is on your list, the 8-hour car gives more time on the road.
Free and low-cost tastings
Small Mouth lists free in-store tastings, and FAR Distilling and Hunter Distillery each start at $10 (as listed on 31 Oct 2026).
Opening hours
Each venue sets its own hours and tasting format, so check before the day and plan the order with your chauffeur.
Wine estates too
The guide's list also takes in wine estates: Hope Estate, Tempus Two and Tamburlaine Organic Wines. Hope Estate tastings start at $20 per person (as listed on 31 Oct 2026).
Questions about Hunter Valley distillery and craft-drinks trail.
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Where these facts come from.
- Australian Traveller, every distillery in the Hunter Valley (5 Feb 2026)checked 31 October 2026
- GR8 Transfers, pricingchecked 31 October 2026
Venue details, opening times and third-party prices were checked on 31 October 2026 and can change, so confirm them with the venue before you travel. GR8 Transfers is independent of the venues and operators named on this page; we provide the car and the chauffeur. GR8 fares come from our fixed-fare engine on the day this page was built.
Book your ride: Hunter Valley distillery and craft-drinks trail.
Tell us where and when. One fixed fare per car, confirmed before you pay, and free cancellation up to 1 hour before pickup.