d'Arenberg: The Blending Bench and Degustation with Wine Pairing
Overview
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4 hours 30 minutes
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Visit d'Arenberg winery in McLaren Vale for the Blending Bench, a hands-on experience where you get to play winemaker. Using three barrel samples of d'Arenberg's premium shiraz, you can create a wine of your very own and bottle a 750-mililiter sample to take home with you.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age is 18 years
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
d'Arenberg
Arrive at d'Arenberg winery for your Blending Bench experience, where a palette of wine parcels, each with distinctive flavors and textures, awaits your blending in search of balance, fullness, and finesse. The physical work is already done for you—picking, crushing, fermenting, foot treading, basket pressing, and barrel aging. You'll create a wine that is truly unique, and then bottle, name, and label a 750-ml sample to take home and show off to your friends. Following your blending session, sit down to an 8-course degustation at d’Arry’s Verandah Restaurant, overlooking the rolling hills of McLaren Vale. An homage, if you like, to the old adage "variety is the spice of life," this meal is an exceptional way to end your d'Arenberg experience. The resulting combination of flavors and textures created between the food and wine pairings will be the highlight of your time in South Australia.
What‘s Included
750-ml sample bottle of wine to take home
Blending Bench experience
8-course degustation with matching wines
Transportation to/from winery
Options
Degustation Including Wine
Degustation lunch is paired with carefully selected wines and includes Lobster, cheese & coffees
Reviews
14 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Best long lunch experience at a winery I’ve ever had!
nattyplus2,Mar 11, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.005 out of 5 ⭐️ experience! Richard and the staff made our first trip to Adelaide extra special 🙏 lunch at the d'Arry's Verandah Restaurant is top tier, the food was nothing less than spectacular, every dish was perfectly cooked and presented the price is great value and the wine pairings (we had 4 bottles between 6 ppl) couldn’t have been better. Highly recommend heading here for at least a half day 3 hours wasn’t enough to fit lunch and a tasting so we will be back for the cellar door next visit. Looking forward to actually getting inside the cube! The lunch was so great we just couldn’t think to leave to squeeze it in. Thank you 🙏
Great experience, great staff.
Kate R,Feb 27, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great hosts at both the blending experience and the degustation lunch made our entire morning not only very tasty but highly enjoyable. Thanks d'Arenberg team!
Disappointing Service Overshadowed an Expensive Experience
stephanierN8763BH,Jan 16, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00We visited in January 2026 as a party of five, meeting the $200+ per person minimum for the Blending Bench and degustation with wine pairing. At this price point, one reasonably expects a polished and well-managed experience. The food itself was excellent — the tasting trays were genuinely delicious and thoughtfully prepared. Unfortunately, this was entirely undermined by the service. A neighbouring table, who arrived after us, was served entrées, mains and dessert while we were still waiting on our mains. The disparity in pacing and attention was stark and difficult to overlook. Good food cannot compensate for poor service, particularly in a setting that markets itself as premium. The trays were impressive; the service, regrettably, was not. Make of that what you will.
very special day full of amazing memory making experiences
marilynv946,Nov 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What an amazing day we had. We started off with the blending bench experience, which was both fun and educational and we each got to take a bottle of wine home we blended ourselves, so special. The degustation lunch and wine pairing was amazing, beautiful food and beautiful wine to compliment it perfectly. We then finished off with a wine tasting experience which was also just fantastic. Staff were so friendly, informative and very welcoming, the location was magic, even with wet weather outside the views were spectacular from inside. Would recommend this to anyone.
A must fo in McLaren vale
debragZ173EW,Mar 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fabulous experience, loved exploring the cube, wine tasting on the 4th floor was fantastic with amazing views. We then went to the verandah for the degustation lunch, this was an amazing meal abd the flavours, service and views all outstanding. I can highly recommend, but to get the best experience I suggest booking well in advance.
Your next visit: d'Arenberg Cube!
ariellem735,Jan 6, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very unique place, combining wine, art paintings, sculptures made this place absolutely fabulous! Even the toilets were unlike anything else, simply beautiful!
Highly recommended to see this place if you’re in Adelaide.
Ben717,Dec 13, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The atmosphere is excellent and the staff are very friendly. Top wines in the McLaren Vale. Good Lunch but may be overpriced. Definitely cheaper than some of the other wineries.we enjoyed the day trip. You must visit the ground floor visual Show.
Quirky different
135rolando,Mar 5, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is a seriously different approach to wineries. Interesting tasting, interesting restaurants and food. The building is quirky, exhibitions interesting with the whole place themed as eccentric. Great afternoon but keep your wallet topped up.
Go early
JoniHelsinki,Jan 31, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00A bit of a circus, we made sure to be first in line in the morning and therefore got more attention. This vinery simply attracts a b bigger audience than it can comfortably entertain. The draw is the spectacular building and the rather mixed art, some of which is quite good, and some massproduced.
Food & Wine experience
Patricia T,Sep 20, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00OMG the food was amazing. We learnt a lot about the wine and made a nice drop to take home. The cube is great to look around plenty to see especially if your into art.
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