Taste your way from the Yarra Valley to Victora's Shiraz Central. Visit tiny Rutherglen in the north, the southern Pinot Coast and the King Valley Prosecco Road, northeast of Melbourne. Get a taste for Victoria's top drops on a journey through its best wine-growing regions. With more than 800 wineries and 600 cellar doors across five outstanding wine regions, Victoria has the perfect grape style to suit every palate.
Yarra Valley wineries craft cool-climate award-winning chardonnays, pinot noir, shiraz and cabernet sauvignon. Find a Yarra Valley holiday rental on Search and Stay and enjoy those cool-climate beauties. From architectural statements to rustic tin sheds hidden among the vines, the Yarra Valley has a wonderful range of cellar doors, all reflecting the diversity of styles and approaches in this beautiful, cool-climate region, a stone's throw from Melbourne. Snap up new vintage cool-climate masterpieces from over 70 wineries around Healesville and the beautiful hill country of Nillumbik, Hurstbridge and Kangaroo Ground. Find a Yarra Valley holiday rental on Search and Stay and enjoy these cool-climate beauties.
Visit the cellar doors of stalwarts that continue to innovate like DeBortoli, Fergusson and Yering Station to newer favourites like Punt Road and Mandala Wines. Sample the grapes and marvel at the harmony of diverse soils, temperate weather, and the dedication of generations of vignerons in the pioneering region that kick-started Victoria's wine industry in 1838.
Match the superb estate wines with a meal at a winery restaurant in the region that boasts multiple hatted chefs.
The Pinot Coast combines the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas, with exceptional cool-climate pinot noir, local seafood, salt air and artisan produce on offer. Discover a majestic, spectacular Southern Ocean coastline, where seductive cool-climate pinot noir, tended by creative winemakers, flourishes. This vast coastline is the southernmost edge of mainland Australia, where outstanding cool-climate pinot noir is paired with locally sourced seafood. Spend days exploring vast beaches or cozy villages, popping into friendly cellar doors, and tasting acclaimed pinot noir, handcrafted cheeses, freshly picked berries and more. Book a holiday home in Mornington Peninsula on Search and Stay for indulgent wine and seafood holidays.
In Victora's Shiraz Central, pioneering winemakers create cool-spiced shiraz in classic bush settings. The wild heart of Victoria’s highlands is just waiting to be discovered. Sample distinctive cool-spiced shiraz, meet pioneering winemakers, explore spectacular national parks and say hello to native wildlife. The naturally rugged and diverse Shiraz Central region stretches from the north west of Melbourne and is home to a distinct cool-spiced Australian shiraz. Just a short drive from the city are the rolling hills of the Macedon Ranges or Heathcote – from there, explore onwards to the Grampians or Pyrenees regions or book a holiday accommodation on Search and Stay in the areas around the gold-rush cities of Bendigo and Ballarat. Here, visitors experience surprising cellar doors, uncover classic Australian bush landscapes, witness kangaroos in their natural surrounds or share a yarn with pioneering winemakers who aren’t afraid to do it their way.
Things get bubbly along the King Valley Prosecco Road, with Italian-influenced sparkling prosecco and food to match. And it's a sweet deal in rural Rutherglen, where fortified muscat wines are made. Knock on a King Valley cellar door and be greeted by generations of winemaking families passionately offering tastings of their groundbreaking Italian varietals. Step into Little Italy in the King Valley, where dynamic Italian migrant families established wineries that continue to innovate through the generations. You'll taste increasingly well-known Italian wines, including prosecco, nebbiolo, sangiovese, pinot grigio, dolcetto, arneis and barbera. Meet the King Valley's characters. Delight in rustic Italian cuisine from Katrina's cookbook matched with house drops at Pizzini Wines, or chat to Otto Dal Zotto about his family's wines over bocce at Dal Zotto Estate. Encounter the Brown brothers at the eponymous vineyard's gourmet Epicurean Centre. Since 1999, when Otto Dal Zotto planted the first prosecco vines in the King Valley, five other local winemakers have begun producing the sparkling Italian white. Together they have created Prosecco Road, a sensational food and wine trail celebrating the best of the rustic Italian dining experience. Find a King Valley holiday rental property on Search and Stay, if the Italian way is for you.
Whichever holiday property you book on Search and Stay, take plenty of time and make space for wine tasting in Victoria and discover your favourites.
Source: Visit Victoria