Adelaide Hills Gourmet & Breathtaking e-Bike Self-Guided Tour to Pike & Joyce
- Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)
- Location: Uraidla, South Australia
- Product code: PY7VXG
Meet your friendly host from E-Go Bike Hire at the hip Uraidla Hotel & Republic Bakery in the picturesque village of Uraidla, only a hop, skip and jump above the Adelaide CBD. Why not arrive extra early and enjoy the Hills charm and hospitality, have a cuppa and a bite to eat at the Republic Bakery beforehand, their cheese and tomato toastie is the best!
Discover this internationally renowned part of the Adelaide Hills, Peramangk and Kaurna Country, one of Australia's most vibrant cool climate wine regions acknowledged for its bio-diversity, stunning scenery, distinctive premium wines, horticulture, and home to the largest cycling event in the southern hemisphere, The Tour Down Under.
Enjoy a warm welcome by the cellar door and restaurant hosts at the boutique Pike & Joyce Winery. Taste their estate-grown, award winning, cool climate wines which are some of the best produced in the Adelaide Hills. or book a sumptuous meal where their frequently changing menu ensures the freshest seasonal produce which reflects the provenance of the Adelaide Hills and surrounds.
On return from your adventure, why not relax and enjoy the ambience, warmth and hospitality of the award-winning Uraidla Hotel, licensed since 1867, a great place to reflect on the days achievements and experiences over a refreshment. At the 2023 Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards the Uraidla Hotel won the title for Australia’s Best Listing of South Australian Wines and was a finalist in Australia’s Best Pub Restaurant Wine List.
Departure Location: Uraidla Hotel & Republic Bakery, 1196 Greenhill Road, Uraidla, SA
Duration: Day Hire
Group Size: Minimum 2 Maximum 10
Riding time: 2 hours and 30 minutes for the untrained rider
Distance: 28.8km
Suitable for: Naturally fit, casual and expert rider
Itinerary:
10.00am - Meet, greet, registration, induction, fit-out, road skills
10.45am - Depart Uraidla Hotel
12.30pm - Lunch at Pike & Joyce, 730 Mawson Road, Lenswood SA 5240
4.00pm - Return anytime by 4.00pm
Highlights:
The Piccadilly Valley skirted with vineyards, orchards market gardens and native bush
Breathtaking scenery meandering through ever changing countryside
Pike & Joyce winery, cellar door and restaurant
Including stunning quiet gravel roads amplifying important bio-diversity
Highlights along this Route to stop and enjoy.
The Adelaide Hills is arguably Australia’s most beautiful and sophisticated wine region. Vineyards are interspersed with organic apple and cherry orchards, century-old market gardens, and sheep and beef farms across the region’s rolling hills, with over fifty cellar doors dotted throughout the picturesque landscape.
Opening hours listed below were correct at the time of printing, best to view websites to confirm or to pre book meal or wine tasting so as not to be disappointed on the day.
Uraidla Republic Bakery & Brewery
Why not arrive extra early and enjoy a cuppa and a bite to eat before your e-Bike adventure begins at the hip Uraidla Republic Bakery. Their cheese and tomato toasties are the best!
Open 7 days 7.00am till 4.00pm
Pike & Joyce
Pike & Joyce have earned an enviable reputation as some of the Adelaide Hills’ finest. It is a proud partnership between two families who share a history, a love of the Adelaide Hills, a passion for great food and wine, and a determination to produce the finest wine possible from any given year.
The 25 hectares of prime grape growing land are some of the highest in the Adelaide Hills, combined with gravelly loam soils, sloping aspects, it provides the perfect terroir for the production of the highest quality cool climate wines.
The Joyce’s long horticultural history, combined with the Pike’s vast viticultural experience, ensures the vines are managed meticulously. The Pike’s winemaking style aims to strike the perfect balance of winemaking philosophy, combining traditional old-world techniques with a modern Australian approach to produce wines that reflect the variety, region and vintage, as well as their own interpretation on some classic European styles.
Open Tasting Room 11am - 4pm everyday
Open Restaurant 12pm - 4pm everyday
Uraidla Hotel
A perfect place to end the day to relax and reflect on the days experiences. Enjoy a refreshment, take advantage of their all-day dining option or pre-book for dinner at their restaurant. At the 2023 Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards the Uraidla Hotel won the title for Australia’s Best Listing of South Australian Wines and was a finalist in Australia’s Best Pub Restaurant Wine List. Pre-bookings may be made for a 30 minute wine tasting with the resident sommelier in the Uraidla Hotels infamous ‘The Tank’ where over 4,000 bottles of local, South Australian, national and international wines are available.
Open 7 days, 11.30am till late