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Firescreek Botanical Winery - tasting experiences on the Central Coast

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Firescreek Botanical Winery (Holgate)4.8 (152)

From $49pp

Small groups can book the foraging workshop privately, with their own garden room looking over the ponds.

Choosing a Tasting Experience

For a hens morning, a birthday with a difference or a team afternoon among gardens rather than bars, the hinterland's tasting option is Firescreek Botanical Winery in Holgate. It is a family winery making small-batch wines from fruit, flowers and herbs instead of grapes, using regenerative organic farming. That makes it a different kind of outing from the coast's town venues: the property takes in organic gardens, an orchard, vines and a patch of rainforest, and its group experiences are built around them. Three ways a hinterland group can book in, and two more besides:

Foraging and Mixology Workshop: taste first, collect garnishes outdoors, then mix three small cocktails with a bartender guiding you.
Wine-Maker's Secret Garden Tour: the more personal option, moving around the grounds with a wine at each stop and a look into the vat room.
Chocolate and Wine Pairing: a garden board of four wines, each partnered with a handmade chocolate.
Pampering: guests mix their own scrubs and bath soaks between wine and chocolate tastings, with a private group minimum of 10.
Drop-in visits: free tastings at the cellar door Wednesday to Sunday, no reservation required.

Experiences start From $49 per person, and the workshop room holds up to 24 guests.

Central Coast Hinterland Wine, Gin & Beer Experiences

Hens groups: a hands-on cocktail workshop in antique crystal glassware makes a gentle start to the celebration.
Mixed-age family birthdays: child pricing covers ages 3 to 17 on the foraging workshop.
Non-drinkers: mocktail ingredients are supplied, and non-drinking adults pay a lower rate.
Small private parties: a party of 10 or fewer can take over the whole workshop, with a pond-side garden room to itself.

How Firescreek differs from a cellar-door crawl

Not grape wine: the tasting covers vintages made from botanicals and fruit, a change for guests who think they know wine.
One property: the gardens, orchard and rainforest are all on Wattle Tree Road, so there is no moving between stops.
Tasting only: state cellar door law keeps on-site drinking to what each experience pours.
Taking wine home: bottles are sold to take away rather than poured by the glass.

Common Questions About Tasting Experiences

Is there a winery in the Central Coast Hinterland that runs group workshops?

Yes. Firescreek Botanical Winery in Holgate offers several bookable formats – cocktail-making with foraged garnishes, a guided garden tour, a chocolate pairing, and scrub-and-soak pampering for private parties.

Can children come along to a winery experience?

On the foraging workshop, yes. There is pricing for children aged 3 to 17, and mocktail ingredients are supplied for anyone not drinking.

How many people can a hinterland wine workshop take?

Firescreek's workshop has room for 24 in total, and it can be booked exclusively for a private group of up to 10 guests.

Can we drink wine by the glass after the tasting?

No. Under NSW cellar door rules, drinking on site is limited to the tasting in each experience, but wine is sold to take home.