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With an abundance of workshops on offer, make a weekend of it and unleash your creative side.

Treat yourself to an unforgettable experience, celebrate that special milestone with your nearest and dearest, or choose one as an inspirational gift for a loved one.

Here’s a wrap-up of Margaret River Region workshops and classes providing hands-on and informative ways to learn a new skill and have some fun.

Happs Wines & Commonage Pottery workshops, Quindalup.
Get in on the creativity, talent and passion at Commonage Pottery. Photo: Happs Wines & Commonage Pottery

Creative Pursuits

Commonage Pottery

Painting with Wax, Botanicals in Tableware, Seed Pods in Clay, and Pottery Wheel workshops. The creativity, talent and passion at Commonage Pottery is overflowing, and they offer a whole bunch of inspiring and immersive workshops they’d love to share with you.

Here you can learn anything from ancient techniques of painting with beeswax, finding your own botanical style for a tableware collection, building clay seed pods with local flora as inspiration, to wheel throwing with Commonage Pottery’s very own professional potter.

At the end of each workshop take home your work of art to show your friends and family your newfound (or ever developing) talent or bring them along to spend a few hours of interactive quality time together. Workshops are thoughtfully designed to be enjoyed by both individuals and groups, kindly note the 48-hours cancellation policy.

Clairault Wines Blending Masterclasses
Wine blending masterclass at Clairault Streicker Wines.

The Perfect Blend

Clairault Streicker

Looking for a fun and educational way to learn about wine? Become a winemaker for the day with an interactive wine blending experience at Clairault Streicker.

Their expert team will guide you through the wine blending process, helping you choose the right combination of flavours to match your taste. Measure, mix and taste the wines before bottling your new-found blend to take home.

Celebrating a special milestone? Extend your masterclass to include a 3-course lunch and paired wine tasting. The perfect excuse for a long lunch with vineyard views.

Passel Estate’s Provenance Unearthed
Passel Estate’s Provenance Unearthed. Photo: Passel Estate

Passel Estate

The educational guided wine tasting experience Provenance Unearthed at Passel Estate demonstrates the stylistic differences of Margaret River varietals compared with premium wines from other renowned Australian wine regions. Leave with an increased appreciation of the influence soils, climate and winemaking philosophy has on the taste of wine.

Sit down, relax and enjoy six superb wines in the beautiful surrounds of the estate. Extra plus? A share of your spend will go directly towards further conservation efforts at Passel Estate.

Happs Wines

Let’s scale it right back to basics. Maybe you would like to know a little more about how to taste wine in the first place, identify varieties you like, and be in the know of basic food and wine pairing.

You’re in need of a little Wine Tasting 101, and at Happs Wines they make it fun, educational, and delicious. Happs believe wine should be accessible for everyone, and we couldn’t agree more.

Sit down and be guided through a tutorial (and tasting) of eight wines, and with the help of your wine tasting reference sheet and guide, take the time to connect with your own unique palete. Is that Black Plum, Blackberry or Black Cherry you’re tasting…? Finish the class with a blind tasting, and really put your new skills to the test.

Yahava Koffeeworks
Sample coffees, chocolates and other delights at Yahava. Photo: Yahava Koffeeworks

Yahava Koffeeworks

Coffee aficionados – let Yahava Koffeeworks take you on an incredible taste adventure. Sample coffees, chocolates and other delights from exotic lands and far away locations.

In a hands-on approach, you will learn to brew their current Specialty Estate through 3 different methods and understand how to taste it. Their expert team will help you discover a coffee you really love, then take home a batch of coffee you helped roast.

An hour and a half of gastronomic fun – perfect for a group of friends.

Giniversity

Master the art of blending spirits with a fun and interactive workshop at Giniversity, led by the experts at Margaret River Distilling Co.

Giniversity’s ethos is all about innovation – experimenting with exotic and native botanicals to craft unique recipes reminiscent of Australia’s South West.

Unleash your creativity by mixing and matching botanicals like a master distiller. You’ll learn the origins of gin, then create your own bespoke blend to bottle and take home. The masterclasses are popular so book in advance.

Vasse Virgin Perfumery Workshops
Master the art of perfumery at Vasse Virgin.

Hands On

Vasse Virgin

Learn how to create beautiful, natural perfumes at Vasse Virgin in Wilyabrup. For over 20 years Vasse Virgin has created chemical-free skin and body care products.

Receive hands on tuition from their highly trained staff on the art of natural perfumery. Craft your own signature fragrance using notes from pure essential oils.

Treat yourself or share this indulgent experience with a group of friends.

Wellness Style

Retreats and workshops with Amber

Take a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and create a special time for yourself to reconnect with your heart and soul.

Amber from Yoga and Therapy with Amber started teaching yoga and meditation in 2016 and is regularly hosting retreats, workshops, events, classes and private sessions around the world. She’s trained in Cranio-Sacral Therapy and Sound Massage and offers recharging Anapanasati silent retreats and full moon events for women in the Margaret River Region. Get ready for classes and retreats shaped to nurture and transform you.

Sound Meditation - Untamed Escapes 4-Day Margaret River Yoga Retreat
Yoga and Therapy with Amber. Photo: Supplied

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