Stanthorpe Escape Tours

Queensland’s Granite Belt is Australia’s highest altitude

wine region with a climate similar to France’s Rhone Valley.
With the first wine grapes planted in the 1860’s,

it’s Queensland’s premium wine producing region with a

few surprises up its sleeve.

Private Hire Tours

Full Day Tour

Extended Overnight Tours

We offer pickup/ return for your group from

Gold Coast

Brisbane

Ipswich

Our Stanthorpe Escape Tours are operated by

Cork n Fork Tours

Established in March 2000 Cork n Fork Tours are the

Premier Wine Tour operator of the Scenic Rim Area

of Southeast Queensland.

We are a family business and have a real passion for

what we do and the regions we visit.

Cork n Fork Tours guides you through the fantastic experience

of wine tasting and will ensure you have a fun packed day!

The Granite Belt wine makers are admired for their expressions of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Verdelho,

and other mainstream varieties however it’s their Strange Bird Wines that have wine lovers describing the area as full of surprises.
These non-signature varieties allow wine makers to experiment, bend the rules and surprise even the most adventurous of wine lovers.
Strange Bird are what they call their rare to find alternative, lesser-known wine varieties.

Our Strange Bird Wine Tour provides the opportunity for you to taste wines you may never have heard of or tasted before.
Enjoyed in Europe for generations, these alternative varieties, Alvarinho, Jacquez, Malvasia, Montepulciano, Saperavi,

Sylvaner and Tinto Cao, to name just a few

Our Tours gives you the opportunity to taste and quench your desire for something new and exciting.
Gold, gold, and more gold awards are a testimony to160 years of wine making history and the Granite Belt’s

growing reputation as one of Australia’s most interesting wine regions.