Yarra Valley

Winery

Maddens Rise

Emma and Justin's small Coldstream winery farms biologically and keeps things estate-only — fruit in, bottle out, minimal intervention. The Arcobaleno, Cinq Amis, and a Sparkling Pinot Meunier are among the wines poured at the cellar door, where dogs are apparently as welcome as anyone else.

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Gembrook Hill

Perched at high altitude in the Yarra Valley, this winery specialises in cool-climate wines including Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Blanc de Blancs.

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Yeringberg

The de Pury family have farmed this 500-hectare Yarra Valley property since 1863, and are now into their fifth generation. Sheep, cattle and vines share the land — the last planted in blocks dating back to the 1860s. The Cabernet blend is the calling card, built for time in bottle. Sandra and David de Pury took out Real Review's 2025 Vigneron of the Year.

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Ancient Wisdom Distillery

Pakenham's Ancient Wisdom distillery draws its whisky base from Blue Mountains spring water, then splits into unexpected directions: chocolate and coffee expressions, a tawny port barrel release at $110, and French oak chardonnay and American oak pinot barrel variants. The vodka, described as luscious with nutty undertones, rounds out a small but genuinely unusual range.

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McMullen Distillery

Joshua McMullen and his team spent three years tinkering with small batches before committing to a full distillery in 2024. The target: a rich, smoky, peaty whisky made in a copper pot still — Rosie, modelled on the ancient stills of Islay — using hand-milled grain and spring water. Still young, but the direction is clear and the intent is serious.

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Imbue Distillery Door

A family-and-friends operation in the hills above Melbourne, Imbue makes gin, whisky, vodka, brandy, agave spirits, and liqueurs from its Research distillery. The standout is the Angel's Share range — a mulberry cask whisky among them — alongside a juniper cask gin and a Bittersweet Aperitivo. Drop-ins can taste at the Distillery Door; tours available by booking.

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Stefani Estate Cellar Door

Stefano Stefani grew up among Tuscan vineyards before planting his first Yarra Valley vines in 1998. Three distinct sites now span 12 hectares — a steep 301-metre south-facing slope for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, lower ground for Sangiovese and Shiraz. Son Alessandro returned from Burgundy and Rheinhessen to take the winemaking reins in 2022. The cellar door pours alongside grazing plates.

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Stag Lane Farm Distillery

This award-winning Yarra Valley distillery crafts premium Mary Monica gins using botanicals grown on their own regenerative citrus farm, from hand-picked lime and lemongrass to ginger and cinnamon. Their cellar door, bar and café offers tastings with stunning valley views, plus farm-to-table dishes made from fresh produce grown on-site.

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Hoddles Creek Estate

On Gembrook Road in the Upper Yarra, Hoddles Creek Estate works old vines with minimal intervention, chasing balance and ageability over easy fruit. The wines — Pinot Noir and Chardonnay country up here — reward the patient. Few addresses in the valley handle the cool-climate brief with this kind of quiet conviction.

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Squitchy Lane

Mike Fitzpatrick captained Carlton to two premierships before planting his attention on six hectares of Yarra Valley vines, originally established in 1982. The vineyard, named after his Oxford street, produces hand-picked Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Fumé Blanc and Pinot Noir — varieties that suit the site rather than the market. Twenty-odd years of frost, smoke and bird damage have sharpened rather than softened the focus.

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Smiley Brewing Co

Located on Southeast Boulevard in Pakenham, this craft brewery specializes in beer and cider with an impressive 4.9/5 Google rating. They focus on quality craft beverages that have earned them strong local recognition.

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Payten & Jones

Alex Payten and Andy Jones work Rhône varieties and alternatives — Roussanne, Vermentino, Grenache — with minimal intervention, letting Victorian vineyard sites do the talking. The Healesville operation is small, the approach hands-off, the wines site-driven without apology.

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Yileena Park

Boutique Yarra Glen winery producing Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon from cool-climate vineyards on the valley floor. Yileena Park offers a relaxed cellar door experience with small-production wines made with minimal intervention in the heart of the Yarra Valley wine region.

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Riverstone Estate Yarra Valley

Riverstone Estate offers award-winning wines and breathtaking Yarra Valley views, featuring premium varietals including Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Shiraz. The winery combines exceptional wine tasting experiences with fine dining and serves as a stunning venue for weddings and corporate events.

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Naught Distilling

In the hills east of Melbourne, Naught makes gin in the shadows of the Yarra Valley. Their Australian Dry runs at 41.7% ABV; the standout is a Sangiovese Gin aged nine months in red wine barrels, now sold out. Both speak to a distillery with a clear point of view and the restraint to let the liquid do the talking.

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Steels Creek Estate

Simon hand-planted this upper Steels Creek valley site in 1981 — Colombard, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon — and later added Shiraz on the back block in 1994. He makes everything on-site using wild yeast ferments, open fermenters for reds, barrel fermentation for Chardonnay. No insecticides, no synthetic fertilisers. Small operation; all processes completed in what may be the Yarra Valley's smallest winery.

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Bulong Estate Winery

Matt grows the grapes, makes the wine, and bottles it on the same 120-acre Upper Yarra property — no fruit leaves the land. The estate's oldest vines are Pinot Gris, planted in 1995, and surplus fruit goes to the likes of Mac Forbes and Innocent Bystander. Monica runs the venue side. The amphitheatre-shaped property sits beneath Mount Donna Buang, just outside Yarra Junction.

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Pimpernel Vineyards

Winemaker Damien Archibald dry-grows his fruit and keeps intervention low — two commitments that shape everything from yield to finish. The cellar door runs Thursday to Sunday for guided tastings, current and museum release. Pimpernel has been working this way in Coldstream since 2001.

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Jayden Ong Winery & Cellar Bar

Jayden Ong's cellar bar opened in Healesville in January 2021, but the more interesting story is what he grows: two single-vineyard sites, including a south-facing plot close to 700m above sea level on Mount Toolebewong — the Yarra Valley's highest altitude vineyard. Organic farming, no herbicides, four labels. Lunch Friday through Sunday; dinner Friday and Saturday.

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Warramunda Estate

Warramunda's 55-acre Upper Yarra vineyard runs on rainwater, lunar-timed pruning and cover crops of rye and clover worked back as compost. Three soil types — red basalt, sedimentary clay, ancient ocean bed — underpin a focused range led by Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The cellar door closed in 2024; wines are the whole point now.

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Sweetwater Brewing

Ben and Hanna Hamilton run this 500-litre brewhouse in Healesville, where you drink among the tanks. Ben's Belgian-leaning instincts show in dry, balanced beers built for session drinking. Pizza and Yarra Valley wines round out the cellar door, which opens Thursday to Monday — Friday and Saturday until eight.

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Four Pillars Gin Distillery

This Healesville distillery crafts distinctive gins including their signature Bloody Shiraz Gin and latest release El Cuatro Gin, alongside ready-to-drink gin tins and cocktails. They offer tastings, masterclasses and dining at their on-site venue, earning a stellar 4.8/5 Google rating.

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Watts River Brewing

Ben and Hanna Hamilton run this family brewery from a 500-litre brewhouse on Hunter Road, pouring Belgian-leaning, sessionable beers direct from the fermentation tanks. The cellar door adds Yarra Valley wines, spirits, pizza and snacks — an all-ages setup that feels lived-in rather than staged, which tracks for a family with young kids running the show.

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Morgans Winery & Distillery

Roger Morgan planted Cabernet Sauvignon on these north-facing Seville slopes in 1971. Simon and Michele Gunther, who bought the property in 2009, have since added a distillery producing gin and vodka from fermented local whey and estate grapes. The cellar door pairs the wines with cheese against views over the Warburton Valley. The hare on the label is Michele's late father's signature.

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Four Pillars Gin

One of Australia's most celebrated craft gin distilleries, nestled in the Yarra Valley with a stunning cellar door and distillery tour experience.

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Hop Hen Brewing

This Lilydale brewery produces "Very Plucky Beers" and offers online ordering for customers. With an impressive 4.8/5 Google rating, they've built a strong reputation among local beer enthusiasts.

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Alchemy Distillers

Evan Kipping and Jannick Zester started this Healesville distillery in 2016 with an open brief: explore distillation in all its forms. The range reflects that — Australia's Champion Vodka, a Gold Medal Chamomile Gin, and a single malt whisky now in the mix. Cellar door and food on site at 242 Maroondah Highway.

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Warburton Brewing Co

Ben and Hanna Hamilton brew Belgian-influenced, sessionable beers from a 500-litre brewhouse on Hunter Road, Healesville — you drink among the fermentation tanks. The cellar door runs Thursday to Monday, pouring the core range alongside Yarra Valley wines, spirits and pizza. Small-scale, family-run, and genuinely set up for a long afternoon.

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Helen's Hill Estate

Ten years of five-red-star Halliday ratings gives Helen's Hill a certain confidence. The cellar door pours estate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Fiano and Sangiovese; the Deck Bistro and lawn bar handle the food side, with woodfired pizza and seasonal plates looking out over the vines. An hour from Melbourne, and it earns the drive.

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Boat O'Craigo, Yarra Valley

A family-owned boutique winery in Healesville producing premium cool climate wines including Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay from over 50 acres of single vineyard sites. Features an award-winning cellar door, restaurant, and wedding venue with live music sessions on The Deck.

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Killik Handcrafted Rum

Belgrave's family-run distillery makes the case that Australian rum has been missing something specific: hogo. Using wild fermentation, Killik produces high-ester rums in the Jamaican tradition — fruity, funky, built for Daiquiris or drinking straight. The distillery door opens Wednesday to Sunday, with a bar and café on site at 64–68 Monbulk Road.

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Napoleone Cider

The Napoleone family has been farming this Coldstream land since 1948. Today the third and fourth generations press apples and pears from their own orchard into fruit-forward ciders — Napoleone Apple, Napoleone Pear, Louis Apple, Louis Rosé — using British and French techniques alongside the Punt Road winemaking team. Tastings run daily at the Punt Road cellar door; the outdoor cider bar opens through the warmer months.

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Oakridge Wines

Upper Yarra Valley pioneer producing single-vineyard wines from 10 hectares surrounding its cellar door, plus carefully selected regional sites. Handpicked fruit, natural yeasts, minimal pumping and plunging, small barrels — the approach is deliberate restraint. Cover crops, compost teas and an on-site insectarium keep synthetic inputs low. The wines are built for site expression rather than winemaker fingerprint.

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Medhurst Cellar Door

Ross and Robyn Wilson planted this north-facing Gruyere hillside in 2000 with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. The on-site winery — designed by Folk Architects and sunk into the slope with a living roof — won a Victorian Architectural Award in 2012. Come for single-site wines from a 25-year-old estate; the cellar door runs Thursday to Monday.

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Cannibal Creek Vineyard

Patrick Hardiker was a builder in Western Australia before planting vines at Tynong in 1997. That background shows — he and Kirsten built the cellar door themselves. The vineyard is hand-tended and increasingly farmed with sustainability front of mind. Their first Pinot Noir, released around 2000, was the proof of concept that set the course.

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Whispering Hills Vineyard

Red volcanic soils, small-batch runs of one to six barrels, and a wood-fired oven built by Nick Scott to his father Alan's design — Whispering Hills has been quietly doing its own thing in Seville since 1985. Talk to Murray about the vines, order a pizza, and if you're there between late February and mid-April, watch the vintage unfold through the winery window.

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St Ronans Cider

In Badger Creek, St Ronans makes two tiers of cider: grab-and-go apple stubbies at 5.4%, and the Méthode Traditionnelle range — cork-finished 750ml bottles that spend six months on lees before hand riddling and disgorging. The result is textured, fine-structured cider that holds its own against charcuterie or a cheese plate. No added water, sugar, or concentrate.

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Re’em Yarra Valley at Helen & Joey Estate - Restaurant, Hotel, Best Winery, Cellar Door

Helen and Joey founded this 200-acre Spring Lane vineyard in 2010, and the estate now runs four distinct wine labels — Unicorn, Wayward Child, Re'em and Alicorn — alongside a restaurant, cellar door and boutique accommodation. Their Chinese heritage inflects the whole operation. The Re'em arm handles the hotel and hospitality side; the wines handle the reason to come.

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Helen & Joey Estate

Helen and Joey — the names are on the gate and on every decision made here. Founded in 2010 on Spring Lane in Gruyere, the 200-acre estate runs four distinct wine labels (Unicorn, Wayward Child, Re'em, Alicorn), a cellar door, boutique accommodation, and an 80-seat restaurant. The owners' Chinese heritage shapes a sensibility that sits somewhere between methodical and experimental.

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Coldstream Hills Cellar Door

Founded by James Halliday in 1985, this iconic Yarra Valley winery offers tastings of award-winning wines with prime views overlooking the valley. Led by winemakers Andrew Fleming and Greg Jarratt, Coldstream Hills showcases wines that express the individuality of their vineyards and the pedigree of the Yarra Valley.

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TarraWarra Estate

Marc and Eva Besen bought this 400-hectare Yarra Glen property in 1979; the first Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines went in four years later on John Middleton's advice. Winemaker Sarah Fagan brings two decades of cool-climate experience to the cellar door, while chef Daniel Snooks draws on the estate's kitchen garden. The on-site Museum of Art is a genuine reason to linger.

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Rob Dolan Wines

After 30 years making wine at other people's labels, Rob Dolan turned his Yarra Valley grower relationships into his own operation. The Black Label range — experimental, cellar-door-only, varying vintage to vintage — sits alongside the flagship White Label and small-batch Signature Series. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are the backbone, but Cabernet Franc and a Blanc de Blancs signal a winemaker still testing limits.

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TarraWarra Yarra Valley Winery, Restaurant & Cellar Door

Marc and Eva Besen planted the first vines here in 1983 — six hectares of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir — on the advice of Yarra Valley legend Dr John Middleton. Winemaker Sarah Fagan, shaped by stints at Littorai, Weingut Leitz and GD Vajra, now runs the cellar door and one-hat restaurant, where chef Daniel Snooks draws from an on-site kitchen garden.

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Greenstone Vineyards

Two vineyards, two distinct geologies. The Heathcote site near Colbinabbin sits on 550-million-year-old Cambrian greenstone — copper-infused basalt streaked with limestone — planted at twice regional vine density for Shiraz and Sangiovese. The Yarra Glen cellar door, originally planted in 1983 by Louis Bialkower with James Halliday's help, handles Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Serious provenance on both counts.

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Punt Road Wines

The Napoleone family traces its Yarra Valley roots to 1948, when Joseph Napoleone — an Abruzzese immigrant who'd arrived in 1926 — finally reunited his family and planted apples at Wandin. The Coldstream vineyard came later, in 1978, on land once farmed by Swiss pioneer Hubert De Castella from 1860. Three generations on, the estate still grows apples alongside Yarra Valley wine grapes.

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Coombe Yarra Valley

Dame Nellie Melba built Coombe Cottage in 1912, and the estate has traded on that legacy ever since — wisely. Seven acres of gardens frame a cellar door and restaurant pouring wines grown on the property. The connection to Melba is genuine: her granddaughter Pamela Lady Vestey lived here until 2011, keeping the place from becoming mere nostalgia.

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St Huberts Cellar Door

This highly-rated winery in Victoria's Yarra Valley offers wine tastings and cellar door experiences in the picturesque Coldstream region. With a 4.5-star rating, visitors can enjoy quality wines while taking in the scenic vineyard surroundings.

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Badger Creek Blueberry Winery

A two-generation blueberry-growing family that rebuilt after losing their original Narbethong farm to the Black Saturday fires. Their cellar door near Healesville pours blueberry wine — it takes over a kilo of fruit per 750ml bottle — alongside St Ronan's apple and pear ciders, made on-site since 2012. Regional platters, frozen berries and house preserves round it out.

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Honey Wines Australia

The Johns family have been working this Yering property since 1989, turning cool-climate fruit into small-batch wines and cider from their cellar door on St Huberts Road. Open daily, no booking required for groups under five. The farmhouse accommodation — The George at Yering — sits among the orchards if you want to stay on.

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Panton Hill Vineyard & Winery

Dutch-born, Canadian-raised Teunis Kwak planted his first vines here in 1977, having spent years before that quarrying sandstone from the property itself to build the winery by hand. Recycled timbers, Welsh slate (ships' ballast), and convict-mined Grampians stone—the same source as Parliament House—give the building its particular weight. The wines are estate-grown on rocky, low-yield slopes. Saturdays only, fire lit in winter.

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Yering Farm Wines

The Johns family have been farming this Yering block since 1989, turning cool-climate fruit into still wines and orchard cider. The cellar door at St Huberts Road opens daily — no booking needed unless you're five or more. Accommodation at the on-site George at Yering farmhouse makes it easy to stay longer than planned.

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Zonzo Estate Yarra Valley

A Yarra Valley destination offering wine, food and wedding services across two locations in Yarra Glen and Healesville. Known for their Italian-inspired approach with wine, spritz offerings, and dining experiences in the heart of Victoria's premier wine region.

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De Bortoli Wines Yarra Valley Cellar Door and Restaurant

Experience award-winning wines and authentic Italian hospitality at this renowned Yarra Valley cellar door, part of a family winemaking legacy spanning over 95 years. The venue combines wine tasting with dining, showcasing De Bortoli's extensive range of wines from vineyards across Australia in a welcoming atmosphere that celebrates good wine, good food and good friends.

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Zonzo Estate

Italian food, Yarra Valley wine, and weddings in the one address — Zonzo Estate wears its influences openly, operating a cellar door, bottle shop, and restaurant at Yarra Glen alongside sister venue Zoncello in Healesville. The Italian inflection runs through everything from the name to the greeting on the website. A clear proposition, competently executed.

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Dominique Portet Winery

Dominique Portet was born at Château Lafite-Rothschild, where his father managed the estate. He founded this Coldstream winery in 2000; his son Ben, trained at Beychevelle and Roederer, has been chief winemaker since 2008. The French-style bistro and pétanque terrace make a strong case for staying through lunch.

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Mac Forbes

Mac Forbes has spent two decades mapping the Yarra Valley vineyard by vineyard — grey loamy clay at Woori Yallock, volcanic red soils at Hoddles Creek, north-facing mudstone at Gladysdale. Each site produces wines built for different purposes: structure, purity, perfume. The Wurundjeri people's 50,000-year farming knowledge informs the approach. This is sustained, specific inquiry expressed through Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Chenin Blanc.

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Mac Forbes Winery

Mac Forbes has been farming the Yarra Valley since 2004 across four distinct sites — grey loamy clay at Woori Yallock, volcanic red soils at Hoddles Creek, north-facing mudstone at Gladysdale — each coaxing different structure and perfume from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Chenin Blanc. The wines are site studies as much as they are bottles.

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Yarra Yering

Dry-grown across 29 hectares in Gruyere since 1969, Yarra Yering built its reputation on two wines: Dry Red No. 1 (Cabernet-based) and Dry Red No. 2. Winemaker Sarah Crowe describes 2021 as "one of the greats" — a vintage that earned a rare 100-point review. Tastings by appointment; wines available direct.

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SOUMAH of Yarra Valley

Soumah's Gruyere estate makes a compelling case for northern Italian varieties in cool-climate Victoria. Nebbiolo, Barbera, Marzemino, and Brachetto sit alongside Yarra Valley Chardonnay and Pinot Noir across four ranges — from the accessible d'Soumah tier to single-vineyard Hexham and Upper Ngumby bottlings and the top-end Equilibrio series. The Muse Collection adds a Méthode Traditionnelle sparkling and a sous-voile Savagnin to keep things interesting.

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Killara Estate

Down Sunnyside Road in Seville East, at the cooler upper reaches of the Yarra Valley, Killara Estate opens its cellar door Wednesday to Sunday. The setting — vineyard, valley, an hour from Melbourne — does most of the talking. Come for the wines; stay longer than planned.

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Innocent Bystander

A relaxed Yarra Valley winery and pizzeria in Healesville that brings an unpretentious approach to wine. Innocent Bystander produces a diverse range including reds, whites, rosés and sparkling wines, best enjoyed with good company in their casual dining setting.

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Carlei Estate Winery & The Green Vineyards

Located in Beaconsfield Upper, this family-owned winery combines traditional winemaking with sustainable vineyard practices. Visitors can discover their wine story while exploring both Carlei Estate and The Green Vineyards operations in Victoria's scenic Dandenong Ranges region.

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Tokar Estate

Coldstream's Tokar Estate makes a point of the amphora — their special-release Tempranillo fermented in clay sits at the serious end of a lineup that also includes a Coldstream Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir and single-vineyard Shiraz and Cabernet. The cellar door runs seven days; the restaurant Thursday to Sunday. Six Maddens Lane is a full day's itinerary in itself.

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Domaine Chandon

Founded in 1986 on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country, this winery showcases one of Australia's most extensive collections of méthode traditionnelle sparkling wines. Visitors can enjoy tastings and dining experiences amid breathtaking Yarra Ranges views.

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Giant Steps

Phil Sexton named this Yarra Valley winery after a Coltrane album in 1997, which tells you something about the sensibility. Six single-vineyard Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs — including the Applejack and Sexton sites — are the focus, with current head winemaker Mel Chester keeping the winemaking transparent enough that the differences between slopes do the talking. The 2025 Halliday Winery of the Year award is recent and deserved.

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Hubert Estate

Charles Hubert de Castella arrived from Switzerland in 1862, well before the Yarra Valley acquired its wine reputation. The estate he planted has since grown into something harder to categorise: lunch at Quarters, an Indigenous art gallery that predates the current wine tourism boom, and Harriett for weddings and events. The landscape does the heavy lifting; the programming gives you a reason to stay.

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Massaros Estate

Ten years into its run, this 25-acre Italian-heritage winery in Kangaroo Ground has accumulated weddings, milestone dinners, and a loyal repeat clientele — some of whom have been coming since before they could read the menu. Tastings Thursday to Sunday, noon to four. Lunch and dinner the same days. The views take in Melbourne's skyline across the vines and olive groves.

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GinFinity

This Belgrave distillery specializes in crafting premium gin with a focus on quality and innovation. With a solid 4.2/5 Google rating, they offer visitors a taste of locally-produced spirits in the scenic Dandenong Ranges area.

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Levantine Hill

Two vineyards merged into one Coldstream estate, with a truffle grove alongside the homestead vines. The curved architecture is hard to miss on the hillside — all soaring ceilings and sweeping lines built to hold a cellar door, restaurant and dedicated winery. The family's steeper clay-loam blocks sit at elevations they compare to Grand Cru Chablis.

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Levantine Hill Estate

Two vineyards merged into one estate on a steep clay-loam hillside in Coldstream, the family blocks sitting at elevations comparable to Chablis Grand Cru. The sweeping curved building — high ceilings, rolling-hill sightlines — houses both cellar door and restaurant. A truffle grove borders the homestead. The wines are estate-grown; the architecture was clearly not an afterthought.

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Yering Station

The Ryrie brothers planted vines here in 1838, making this Victoria's first vineyard. The Rathbone family took over in 1996 and built it into a full estate — cellar door, restaurant, five vineyard sites across Yarra Glen and Coldstream. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are the focus. The grounds are worth the drive alone.

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Hargreaves Hill Brewing Co.

Founder Simon Walkenhorst was performing classical piano before he started brewing in 2004. That background shows — Hargreaves Hill built its reputation on precision with traditional styles rather than novelty chasing. The Lilydale taproom on Beresford Road, open Wednesday through Sunday, pours the core range alongside a steady rotation of seasonals. The brewery survived being burnt down in the Black Saturday fires and has kept going independently since.

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Yering Station Winery

Victoria's first vineyard, established in 1838 and proudly family owned, offers wine tastings in their historic cellar door and dining with views of the Yarra Ranges. The estate also hosts weddings and operates a wine club with home delivery and exclusive member benefits.

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Cellar Door at Balgownie Estate

Located in Yarra Glen, this cellar door offers immersive wine-tasting experiences featuring award-winning wines from their Yarra Valley and Bendigo vineyards. Guests can choose from various tasting options including their popular Museum Tasting with limited release collections, or add chocolate pairings to enhance the experience.

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Rochford Wines

Three vineyards, two cellar doors, a pizzeria, a restaurant, and a gin bar — Rochford operates at a scale that few Yarra Valley estates match. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Shiraz grow across sites chosen for their distinct microclimates. The outdoor music programme draws serious crowds to Coldstream. Come for a glass; you'll likely stay for the afternoon.

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Coldstream Brewery

Two Gippsland mates who first tasted European beer properly in their twenties, Mike and Rohan shipped a secondhand brewing kit from just outside Auckland in 2005 and set up in a former tannery-turned-antique-shop at the gateway to the Yarra Valley. The core range — Pilsner, Golden Ale, Pale Ale, Porter — still runs from that original kit, now in Moorabbin, while a nano-brewery on site turns out seasonal batches.

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Jinks Creek Winery

Premium cool-climate producer in Tynong North, South Gippsland, crafting small-batch Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Shiraz from estate vineyards. Jinks Creek is one of the region's most dedicated producers, with a cellar door offering intimate tastings in a tranquil rural setting.