My McLaren Vale
My McLaren Vale
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My McLaren Vale offers unique, private tours of McLaren Vale including visits to wineries, breweries, distilleries, beaches, arthouses and more. With a local's knowledge you will be lead around this amazing region and shown just some of the many hidden gems in the area. Why wouldn't you book???
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travelmonsterSydney
Sydney, Australia40 contributions
Oct 2020
Jon was a fantastic guide for McLaren Vale. He's well connected within the wine industry and gave us some great insight to the region. He's clearly very well liked and respected by all the cellar doors and put a lot of effort into tailoring our itinerary to reflect the style of wines we liked. Could not have had a better time.
Written 2 November 2020
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Paul A
Brisbane, Australia11 contributions
Apr 2021 • Couples
Jon took us on a private tour of wineries in McLaren Vale. An exceptional experience! He is an excellent guide - personable and relaxed, great choices of vineyards, very comfortable vehicle and interesting, knowledgeable info about the area. Jon is well known in the wineries and this certainly helps with the service at cellar doors. Included lunch was generous and sensational. Jon was very flexible with the planned itinerary too. He easily switched to a craft beer venue followed by craft gin after lunch in response to our wine fatigue. We appreciated the change of pace. A wonderful, professionally run tour and far better value for money than a large group tour. Highly recommended.
Written 25 April 2021
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Steve A
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Feb 2023 • Friends
51 FIVE star reviews can not be wrong.
Jon rocks!!
If you aren’t touring with Jon you are wasting your time. He is welcomed with open arms wherever he goes and by association so are you.
We had a great two days. Informative and interesting when it needed to be but mostly we laughed all the way around. Admittedly Jon is working in one of the best wine regions in Australia and is driving you to some of the best on offer so you know to stand out, he has to shine. Shine he does.
Jon rocks!!
If you aren’t touring with Jon you are wasting your time. He is welcomed with open arms wherever he goes and by association so are you.
We had a great two days. Informative and interesting when it needed to be but mostly we laughed all the way around. Admittedly Jon is working in one of the best wine regions in Australia and is driving you to some of the best on offer so you know to stand out, he has to shine. Shine he does.
Written 22 February 2023
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seedyem
Melbourne, Australia3 contributions
Mar 2020 • Friends
We had a fantastic time with Jon who shared some of his secret McLaren Vale highlights. It’s apparent from his warm reception at wineries that he is widely liked and after spending a day with him, it’s easy to see why. He was flexible with the itinerary and kept a great balance of letting us draw out some stops and then encouraging us to move on so we didn’t miss out. I’m certain we would not have found the wonderful places we visited if we’d planned our own day. 1000% recommend.
Written 1 March 2020
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Thank you so much for your kind words and really glad you enjoyed your visit to our wonderful region.
Written 8 March 2020
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Belinda
1 contribution
Jan 2021
My family and I had a wonderful experience with Jon on our winery tour in January 2021.
A winery tour with 3 children (aged 9-13) may seem like it can’t be done, but Jon made it work better than we could possibly imagine. He tailored a tour for us featuring wineries that produced the types of wines we were most interested in (plus a brewery and a gin distillery), while also selecting places that were more kid-friendly. He even joined in a hit of cricket (with equipment he supplied) with the kids on the brewery lawn.
Jon has a huge wealth of knowledge about the region and about winemaking. He is also very laid back and extremely good company. It was obvious from his interactions with the staff at each winery that he is very highly regarded.
The 6 of us (my husband and me, 3 kids and Jon – plus the bottles of wine we picked up along the way) were comfortable in Jon’s new CX-9.
A winery tour with 3 children (aged 9-13) may seem like it can’t be done, but Jon made it work better than we could possibly imagine. He tailored a tour for us featuring wineries that produced the types of wines we were most interested in (plus a brewery and a gin distillery), while also selecting places that were more kid-friendly. He even joined in a hit of cricket (with equipment he supplied) with the kids on the brewery lawn.
Jon has a huge wealth of knowledge about the region and about winemaking. He is also very laid back and extremely good company. It was obvious from his interactions with the staff at each winery that he is very highly regarded.
The 6 of us (my husband and me, 3 kids and Jon – plus the bottles of wine we picked up along the way) were comfortable in Jon’s new CX-9.
Written 1 February 2021
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Tony
2 contributions
July 2020 • Family
Jon was an excellent guide and host who knows both the wine making and vine growing to answer most questions. He knew when to host and when to step back. Jon also entertained our kids when they were too fidgity to sit around so we could enjoy the tasting, which was unexpected but greatly appreciated.
I'd strongly recommend Jon to anyone.
I'd strongly recommend Jon to anyone.
Written 11 July 2020
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Thank you very much for the great review and it was wonderful meeting you and your family.
Written 19 July 2020
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DeniseGold
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia41 contributions
Mar 2021
I originally organised to have Jon take me around Mclaren Vale in December for my birthday however, due to the SA circuit breaker lockdown, my flights were cancelled. Jon was really understanding of this and as such i reached out to him again in March to do that same tour and it was absolutely amazing. I really felt like he listened to me and understood what I wanted to get out of the tour (i.e. a mix of good reds, some scenery and unique architecture) and organised a fantastic tailored itinerary.
He's super friendly, passionate and knowledgeable about all things wine and has extensive experience working in various capacities across several wineries. I didn't want to have to lug around all the wines I purchased throughout my tour in my ongoing travels around SA and Jon kindly offered to organise to have this sent back to me which I greatly appreciated.
I had an incredible day and it was all thanks to Jon. Highly recommended!
He's super friendly, passionate and knowledgeable about all things wine and has extensive experience working in various capacities across several wineries. I didn't want to have to lug around all the wines I purchased throughout my tour in my ongoing travels around SA and Jon kindly offered to organise to have this sent back to me which I greatly appreciated.
I had an incredible day and it was all thanks to Jon. Highly recommended!
Written 8 April 2021
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Sian Howell
Darwin, Australia6 contributions
Jan 2020
My partner and I are generally indecisive when we travel, so having Jon create a flexible itinerary based on our wine preferences made our holiday so much easier.
Being collected from our Adelaide CBD hotel and dropped to our McLaren Vale hotel at the end of the tour was also such a help.
We felt like we were part of the "in-crowd' as we visited each of the wineries and loved that the timing of everything was at a relaxed pace (because we are the chatty kind.)
It was such a beautiful way to experience McLaren Vale and we are so grateful for the life changing discovery of Sparkling Shiraz!
Jon, thanks again for sharing your knowledge and time with us - we had a blast.
Cheers,
Sian & Michael
Darwin NT
Being collected from our Adelaide CBD hotel and dropped to our McLaren Vale hotel at the end of the tour was also such a help.
We felt like we were part of the "in-crowd' as we visited each of the wineries and loved that the timing of everything was at a relaxed pace (because we are the chatty kind.)
It was such a beautiful way to experience McLaren Vale and we are so grateful for the life changing discovery of Sparkling Shiraz!
Jon, thanks again for sharing your knowledge and time with us - we had a blast.
Cheers,
Sian & Michael
Darwin NT
Written 4 February 2020
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Thank you both! It was great meeting you and keep trying those new wines!
Written 8 March 2020
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Hannah M
Adelaide, Australia3 contributions
Oct 2020
Jon was very attentive to our tastes and flexible with the itinerary so we could decide where to go as the day went on. He knows all the cellar doors and has great knowledge of the wines. Plus- he was a great photographer! Definitely recommend.
Written 25 October 2020
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Jacqui W
Perth, Western Australia, Australia3 contributions
Dec 2019
We had a wonderful day with Jon. He was a fantastic guide, very knowledgeable on wine and the McLaren Vale area. He arranged the tour to suit us so we had reds, whites and beers. We learnt a lot about the differences in the grapes, the whole wine making process from start to finish and tasted quite a variety of different styles. Jon is well known in the area and we were made to feel like family and he was flexible with times/places.
The whole day, from start (pick up at our hotel) to finish (dropped back to our hotel some 8+ hours later) was thoroughly enjoyable. The scenery, the history not only of the wine region but on Adelaide/South Australia, great conversation and laughs, and a thoughtful host who understood what we were looking for in a tour.
We highly recommend Jon for your tour of this wine region, you won't be disappointed.
The whole day, from start (pick up at our hotel) to finish (dropped back to our hotel some 8+ hours later) was thoroughly enjoyable. The scenery, the history not only of the wine region but on Adelaide/South Australia, great conversation and laughs, and a thoughtful host who understood what we were looking for in a tour.
We highly recommend Jon for your tour of this wine region, you won't be disappointed.
Written 14 January 2020
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Thank you for your very kind words and so happy you enjoyed your visit!
Written 8 March 2020
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