Welcome to Tasmania and Welcome to Herbaceous Tours!

Welcome to our new look web site. There is now a fairly detailed description of each tour which should make it easier to decide which of our wonderful tours you want to go on. There is also a new page called Tour Dates which sets out the tour dates month by month which should also make it easier for you to plan your holiday.
We are now open for bookings for the months October 2010 to January 2011 along with the exciting White Wine Weekend tour. The tours to the Tasman Peninsula are nearly finalised so there will be plenty to choose from. If you still can't decide why not book one in each region!
Please remember that tour destinations may change without notice; this is due to the fact that things 'happen' on farms and with food producers which may mean they suddenly cannot have us visiting.

Congratulations!
The Wrest Point Royal Hobart Fine Foods Awards were held recently and some of the producers we visit were amongst the Medal winners! Congratulations to John at Valhalla Ice Cream, Ryan at Grandvewe Cheese, Ashley and Jennifer at Wicked Cheese, David and Wendy at Elmside Estate (Olive Oil) and Adrian at Mures Fishing.
The awards attract producers from all over Australia so it is nice to see what we already know; our Tassie products are pretty special.


Herbaceous Tours caters for all who are passionate about Food and Wine, specifically the wonderful abundance of it in Tasmania. Do you want to know its sources, how it is cultivated or produced? Then an Herbaceous Tour is for you!
Our tours are very special, as they take you "through" the Farm gate and allow You to interact with a diverse group of Farmers, Providores, and Producers of a wide variety of Tasmanian Food and Wine products.
Most of the facilities we will be visiting on Herbaceous Tours are working farms and producers who do not normally cater for tourists. This ensures that each participant of an Herbaceous Tour is sure to enjoy a genuinely unique experience of Tasmania.

We are very fortunate to be working with such a diverse group of producers, such as Goat Cheese, Saffron, Sheep Cheese, Berries, Fish, Abalone, organic Beef, Fruit Wines and Olive Oil, to mention but a few.
(Check out the full list under the Tour tab.)
In addition to visiting the various farms and production facilities, our Providores, producers and farmers will explain to us the many wonderful and interesting processes surrounding their respective products.

With a large number of them coming from different backgrounds, some are second generation farmers and others are "sea change" producers who have followed their dreams, they all share one thing in common --- they are all passionate about Tasmanian Food and Wine --- and Herbaceous Tours is proud to be associated with all of them!
So, if You are a real "foodie" or are simply interested in where and how some of our wonderful Tasmanian Food and Wine is produced, choose an area, book a tour, and be prepared to come home enriched with far more knowledge about the fascinating world of Tasmanian Food and Wine!