Khao Yai Vineyards: Which Estates Are Worth the Drive

Thailand's best-known wine region sits in the hills north-east of the villa, and it is smaller than the internet suggests: four estates are genuinely open to visitors, and only two of them publish tour times you can plan a day around. Here is what each one offers, with the practical detail confirmed from the estates themselves.

The area's wines carry the "Khao Yai Wine" geographical indication, registered in 2018 and covering vineyards above 300 metres in the Pak Chong and Wang Nam Khiao districts — which is why the estates cluster where they do.

GranMonte, Asoke Valley

A family estate in Pak Chong at about 350 metres, and the easiest one to visit on a schedule. The guided vineyard and winery tour runs in English and Thai and finishes with a tasting of four wines paired with bites that include Khao Yai-made artisanal cheeses.

• Tours weekdays at 10:00, 11:30, 13:30, 15:00 and 16:00; weekends and public holidays at 09:00, 10:00, 11:30, 13:30, 15:00 and 16:30.
• 690 baht per adult, 590 baht under 20 (under-20s are served the estate's grape juice).
• Walk-ins are welcome, but the estate strongly recommends reserving.
• VinCotto, the estate restaurant, publishes its menu online — mains run roughly 520–590 baht, pizza 320–480, steaks from 560.
• There is also a shop and café, and eight rooms if you decide to stay in the vines.
• About 78 km from the villa, roughly 1 h 10 – 1 h 20 by car, going around the park rather than through it.

GranMonte does not publish opening hours for the estate, shop or restaurant, so treat the tour departures as your anchor and call ahead for lunch. Note that its website asks visitors to confirm they are 21 or over before it will load.

PB Valley Khao Yai Winery

The region's largest estate, planted in 1989, and the most structured visit: four tours a day, each about 70 minutes, ending with three wines at the tasting centre. The estate describes itself as open to visitors daily.

• Tours at 09:15, 11:15, 13:15 and 15:15; reservations must be made at least 72 hours ahead.
• The published rate is 380 baht per adult and 300 baht for children under 12, free under 4 — but the winery's own page marks those rates as valid until 31 October 2025, so confirm the current price when you book.
• The Great Hornbill Grill on site is open daily 11:00–20:00 and cooks over a wood-fired oven.
• A cooking class with the restaurant team runs about 3½ hours at 1,800 baht net per person, minimum four people, booked well in advance.
• Grape picking is not permitted on the tour; table grapes are grown year-round in a protected part of the estate.
• About 74 km from the villa, roughly 1 h 10 – 1 h 15 by car.

If you care about seeing work in the vines, the estate's own calendar is the one to plan against: pruning at the end of September or start of October, wine-grape harvest from late January until about mid-March. The estate also says plainly that while the region is a year-round destination, November to March is the best window — and its flower park is a November-to-February attraction.

Alcidini

A small family vineyard and winery founded in 2001, higher up at about 550 metres in the Wang Katha area of Pak Chong, growing Syrah, Muscat Blau and Maroo Seedless alongside an avocado orchard. The estate says it is open to the public every day, but publishes no opening times, tasting programme or prices — so this is a phone-ahead visit rather than a scheduled one.

Village Farm & Winery

Often listed with the Pak Chong estates, but it is in Wang Nam Khiao — about 161 km from the villa, two hours or more each way, which makes it an overnight rather than a day trip. Its own site presents it as accommodation with a kitchen serving Thai and international food paired with its own wine; it publishes nothing about day visits, tastings or vineyard tours, so ask before you drive.

One name to cross off

Silverlake still appears in Khao Yai round-ups. It is not in Khao Yai — it is in Sattahip, Chonburi, roughly 180 km away — and Thailand's DASTA lists it as permanently closed, while both of its old web addresses are dead. Don't build a day around it.

Planning the day

1. Pick one estate for the tour and one for lunch — GranMonte and PB Valley are about 9 km apart, so pairing them is easy.
2. Book: PB Valley needs 72 hours' notice, GranMonte strongly recommends reserving, Alcidini needs a call.
3. Decide who is driving before the tastings. There is no public transport up here and the estates are 15 minutes apart by road only.
4. Leave the villa by 08:30 for a late-morning tour; both estates are a little over an hour away.

Driving times are approximate, by car, outside peak traffic and with no stops; they come from OpenStreetMap-based routing, not from measured journeys. Add time for the queue at a national-park checkpoint.

Sources and last reviewed

Last reviewed 9 September 2026. Tour times, prices and opening hours change without notice — confirm with the estate before you drive. Two things we could not verify: GranMonte's opening hours (not published anywhere on its site) and PB Valley's current tour price (its published rate carries a lapsed validity date).

• GranMonte — tours, restaurant, shop and vineyard pages: granmonte.com/tour.php, granmonte.com/restaurant.php, granmonte.com/vineyard.php (accessed 9 September 2026)
• PB Valley Khao Yai Winery — wine tour, restaurant, farm and about pages: pbvalley.com/wine-tour/, pbvalley.com/restaurant/, pbvalley.com/farm-gardens/, pbvalley.com/about-us/ (accessed 9 September 2026)
• Alcidini Winery — alcidini.com and alcidini.com/17194175/about-us (accessed 9 September 2026)
• Village Farm & Winery — villagefarmwinery.com (accessed 9 September 2026)
• Silverlake status — DASTA record smartdastaapp.dasta.or.th/place/7, listed as permanently closed (accessed 9 September 2026)
• Distances routed from the Ban Na area with OSRM (router.project-osrm.org) and Valhalla (valhalla1.openstreetmap.de), OpenStreetMap data (9 September 2026)