2/5 Todd P. 1 year ago on Google
We
had
been
on
a
Swan
Valley
wine
tour
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
had
a
blast
but
this
was
with
a
different
operator
who
unfortunately
didn't
have
any
available
slots
on
our
dates
in
December.
So
we
went
with
Black
Swan
tours
and
the
difference
could
not
be
more
striking:
The
wineries
themselves
were
all
a
bit
meh
and
the
group
rather
big
with
a
rusty
old
tour
bus
filled
to
the
last
seat.
The
tour
guide
did
this
just
as
a
side
gig
and
while
he
was
friendly
and
all,
this
showed
as
he
was
certainly
no
wine
connoisseur.
His
main
concern
seemed
to
be
to
stick
to
his
timeline
and
at
one
more
commercial
winery,
he
got
into
endless
discussions
with
the
winery
operator
about
payment
which
seemed
to
happen
in
cash.
We've
never
seen
this
in
any
such
tour
ever
and
wondered
why
there
is
so
little
trust
in
the
operator
and
if
that's
such
an
issue,
why
do
we
not
visit
any
of
the
dozen
or
so
other
vineries
instead?
This
issue
took
so
long
to
be
resolved
that
we
first
waited
around
for
ages
and
then
had
to
skull
down
the
wines
in
a
rush
once
we
finally
started
the
tasting.
Very
unprofessional.
Finally,
the
last
stop
was
a
typical
tourist
trap
and
a
waste
of
time,
some
weird
chocolate
place
peddling
overpriced
chocolate
and
chocolate
liquors.
If
I
want
chocolate,
I
do
a
chocolate
tour.
We
could
have
easily
tasted
more
wine
instead.
All
in
all,
I
wouldn't
recommend
this
operator.
Seemed
all
a
bit
lifeless
and
the
cash
dealings
were
borderline
dodgy.