Cellar door

Argyle Forest Estate

Our Betelgeuse Shiraz is an award winning wine made from low-yielding vines using sustainable viticulture practices. We concentrate on optimizing fruit quality from each vine to produce this exceptional Shiraz.

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Barfold Estate

"Barfold Estate is a small, family owned vineyard and winery located in the SW corner of the Heathcote region. Our philosophy in making elegant, powerful and complex red wines is simple: estate grown, small berried fruit from low yielding vines, small-batch open fermented, natural yeasts, hand plunged, basket-pressed, carefully selected oak, gentle hand-crafted management and minimal intervention.
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Burke & Wills Winery

Small family owned operation started in 1986 in Lancefield, Macedon Ranges, before moving to Burke & Wills in 2004. Listed in the 2012 James Halliday Wine Companion as one of the 'Ten Dark Horses' of the Australian Wine Industry.

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Carlei Estate

Sergio Carlei makes wine from the heart and in a short time, his passion moved from being an original garagiste in Melbourne sourcing fruit from Heathcote to a full-operational and professional winery in Upper Beaconsfield, producing over 10,000 cases per year.

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Chalmers

The Chalmers family’s commitment to innovation and excellence has made them a pivotal force in the Australian wine scene. Their Heathcote vineyard features over 20 Italian grape varieties, many of which are still rare in Australia. Their Chalmers and Montevecchio wines are made with sustainability, diversity, authenticity and quality at the core of their philosophy.

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Condie Estate

Condie Estate is a small batch producer owned by Richie & Rosanne Condie, situated 5kms from Heathcote on Wild Duck Creek. Our fruit is organically grown on our two vineyards and the wines are made by us, drop into our cellar door and taste the experience. 

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Devil's Cave Vineyard

Small family run winery based in the central Heathcote region making premium wines off low yielding vineyards.

Domaine Asmara

At Domaine Asmara, we are known for our small range of premium red and white wines. We're not a huge winery. In fact, we’re pretty small. We don't spend a fortune on marketing. In fact, we spend hardly anything.We don't have a heap of fancy equipment or a big staff, there is only a few of us doing all the work. But the one thing we don't compromise on is our wine.

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ECK Wines

Situated on the northern banks of Lake Eppalock, ECK Wines was borne out of love to create and wanting life to be "of the land".

After growing up in the leafy streets of inner eastern Melbourne and working as a Collins Street Lawyer for 5 years, Emily (now owner and winemaker) yearned to return to what she loved - making and creating and then sharing those creations with friends and family. After moving to the Macedon Ranges in 2016, the idea of making a living from the land started to form.

Come 2019, Emily took her last V-Line train into Melbourne and worked as Assistant Winemaker at Hanging Rock Winery. At that time, Emily and her husband Tom had taken over the small block of Shiraz vines in Central Heathcote (formally known as “Armstead Estate). They farm this site organically, whilst also working as a négociant producer, sourcing fruit from half a dozen sites within the Heathcote and Macedon Ranges regions.

ECK Wines was launched in late 2019 and currently, there are two ranges: the Core Range and Appellation Range. The core wines aim to capture history, elegance, lineage and grace in a bottle. Each year, Emily seeks to bring a sense of balance to these wines, to improve quality, to let the wine speak of its expression of place and heritage. The appellation wines allow Emily space to creatively play with regionality, variety, technique and off-centre ideas, bringing excitement and energy to the bottle. These wines speak of Place, People and Play and maybe a little more “nouveau”, although not always the case.

Currently, the Cellar Door is open once per year for tastings, or by appointment.

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Ellis Wines

Ellis Wines is a family owned business situated on the rich red Cambrian soil in Colbinabbin.

This famous soil extends both sides of the Mt Camel range found within the Heathcote wine growing region. In the words of international viticulturalist Larry Bradley... "This site is suitable for growing premium wine grapes. This Cambrian red soil has the potential to produce very high quality fruit"

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