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Give a day in the Yarra Valley

Three places, and the people who grow, cook and pour what you taste along the way.

The Makers' Circuit is a whole day in the Yarra Valley, spent with the people who make the food and wine and shaped around what the season is doing. You give the day. They take it when the time is right.

A rammed-earth building at dusk, one window lit gold and revealing a wine bar and set dining tables inside, with a concrete bench built into the wall beneath it.
Courtesy of TarraWarra

The day, in three parts

Yering Station

A glass of Yarrabank on arrival and a walk down into the underground barrel cellar to see how the wine is made, then a plated entree with a wine to match.

Overhead view of a dark bowl holding a battered zucchini flower and salmon roe, beside a white plate of sliced venison with beetroot, blueberries and a potato crisp.

TarraWarra Estate

A long lunch that begins in the kitchen garden, learning what is in season, before a three-course meal built from it. A handwritten recipe card to take home.

A roasted quail with pea puree on a stoneware plate, and a bowl of cured salmon with roe in a pool of buttermilk, beside a glass of red wine on a dark timber table.
Courtesy of TarraWarra

Yarra Valley Dairy

A closing cheese tasting in a private room inside a hundred-year-old milking shed, and some cheese to carry out.

A hand lifting a wedge of cheese from a timber board set with cut wedges and whipped cheeses, beside a plate marked with the Yarra Valley Dairy cow logo.
Courtesy of Yarra Valley Dairy

Wine is paired at every stop. A driver in a luxury vehicle collects the group in Melbourne and brings them home, so no one watches the clock or the road.

Who it is for

A milestone worth marking. A thank you with more thought in it than a bottle. A gift for the person who would rather learn how a dish is made than be handed another one. The day sits best as a group of four to six.

A brick winery entrance with a YERING STATION sign above dark timber-framed doors, glimpsed through out-of-focus garden leaves.
Photography: Mitch Fong

Purchase

Choose the gift

A note arrives by email with a reference to quote when writing in to book.

Step 1 of 3 · The gift

$795 per guest × 2 $1,590
Small-party supplement $450
Total $2,040

From $795 per person, the same as booking direct.

Step 1 of 3: The gift

The gift

How it works

  1. 1

    Choose the number of guests and buy the gift. The gift note arrives by email, with a reference.

  2. 2

    When they are ready, they write to hello@themakerscircuit.com.au with the reference and a few dates that suit.

  3. 3

    We confirm the date and arrange the day. The table is already paid for.

Good to know

Valid for 12 months from purchase, and dietary requirements are arranged with notice. Redeemable Wednesday to Saturday, with the date confirmed by us once the recipient writes in.