Gold Coast Wine Tours

"What an absolute amazing day! Thank you Jim for an incredible experience touring the wineries & distillery in Mt Tambourine. Lunch was incredible, the wineries & distillery was out of this world & I can’t speak highly enough of Jim our driver who went above & beyond to make our day sensational & then to top it off at the end of the day with car karaoke making our way down the mountain. Will definitely do this again. Thanks Jim for an incredibly fun day."

"Shoutout to Jim, Third time round tambourine mountain. Successfully and professionally you have catered to our needs as what we perceive as a wine tour adventure! Outstanding selection of vineyards, breweries and food. Solid effort, GCWT#4 pending.."

"Not sure whether to give a 4 or a 5. Communication could be a bit better. Our group was getting picked up from multiple locations. The one I was going to pick got scrapped the last minute a couple hours before the pick up. But it was added back in for me so I'm super grateful. There was also some confusion at the pick up spot. But I could have called the driver instead of emailing the owner, so maybe that one's on me. We got there in the end. Our driver (Ian) was awesome. We all loved him. Super nice man, and he offered to take photos of our group and send to us. We started at Cedar Creek Estate and where they had us seated was waaay too small for our group. That was a bit of a negative first impression, but the people who did our tastings were great so made up for it. Also, what happens at the venues isn't really in the hands of Gold Coast Wine Tours. But they do pick the venues. We got 10% off and I was happy to purchase some tasty wines that were made locally. Just sucked how commercial it felt, but that must just be how things are. I can't imagine it's easy for them. But overall a great first stop on our tour. Jim also showed up and introduced himself. It was a nice personal touch. Second stop was Bush Turkey Bistro with Sirromet wines. We were blessed with good weather so this was a nice stop even though the place was short staffed and our poor driver, Ian, had to do the wine selection and pouring for us. So major props to him there! We then went to lunch at Wolf restaurant. The food was well presented and tasty, but tiny portions that cost too much as you would expect in a fancy restaurant. We got significantly delayed here and I'm not sure that the place is worth the price. But again out of the tour company's control. I don't have much experience with the fancier restaurants on Mt Tamborine. But if I could choose I'd opt for more cheese / fruit pairings with the tastings, rather than this restaurant. Our last stop was Cauldron Distillery. Quite packed, stuff took too long to come out, not sure that the dips were worth it either but 5 of us shared dips and cheeseboard so it wasn't too bad. A bit disappointed they didn't pair gins with different tonic waters and nibbles. But the time I did a gin tasting like that it was hella expensive. The atmosphere ended up being quite lovely. Open field, slowly setting sun, live music. Our significant delay had its perks! Tasty cocktails here too. Not Ian's fault we were running late, but he gave us extra time to finish what we had ordered without being too rushed, so that was nice. I should add the van is super comfortable and a lovely ride. Ian also had an esky for us to put any purchased wine in. 6 of our group have already booked our next tour with Gold Coast Wine Tours."

"We had a great day on the GC Wine Tour doing the Hi-Tea Cocktail Tour. Jim was awesome. From the communication and planning of our tour. to the minute he picked us up from the accommodation & he on time. We enjoy the 3 locations that he took us to & the Hi-Tea lunch was amazing. Overall the experience was 5 stars. Highly recommended ☆☆☆☆☆"

"Absolutely the best day out! We had a private tour organised by Jim for my 50th birthday celebrations and it did not disappoint. Chauffeur driven door to door and a beautiful lunch at the newly opened WOLF restaurant on Mt Tambourine. We will be booking another tour with Jim in the future. Cannot fault this experience, it was the best birthday of my life. Thank you."