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Grampians Estate

Restaurant

Sip and see for yourself why this winery has won so many Halliday awards. The cellar door is the best place to try the estate’s drops – including its celebrated shiraz, chardonnay and riesling. It’s also a picturesque spot for lunch platters that champion local charcuterie and Great Ocean Road cheeses.

Great Western Hotel

Restaurant

Visit this historic boozer for a wine list packed with representatives from Grampians wineries – and stay for the seasonal pub-grub menu.

Salinger’s Great Western

Cafe

Don’t be fooled by the historic 1860s building – Salinger’s is thoroughly modern. There’s a zero-waste, zero-food-miles ambition here and much of the menu draws its ingredients from the on-site kitchen garden. It’s mostly about breakfast and brunch, but a very respectable wine list kicks in from the afternoon onwards.

Seppelt Wines

Bar

Explore the largest underground cellar in the southern hemisphere. Here, the pioneer of Australia’s sparkling shiraz will guide you through the veritable labyrinth, before offering a taste of these award-winning wines. You can also book a candlelit dinner for two deep down in the cellars.

Best's Great Western

Bar

A definitive Grampians winery by fifth generation vignerons. Tour the historic underground cellars, then pair Halliday award-winning drops with custom grazing platters. A wine tasting is complimentary, but bookings are essential.

Seppelt Wines Underground Cellar Tour

Shop

In 1868, Grampians vigneron Hans Irvine hired a group of gold miners to dig a cellar for his now legendary wine: the first sparkling shiraz in Australia. Over the course of 60 years, those miners would excavate the largest underground wine cellar in the Southern Hemisphere, spanning three kilometres and three million bottles-worth of real estate. Don your proverbial hardhat and explore these heritage-listed caverns on a guided underground tour. You’ll find out why they’re known as “The Drives”, as well as what makes the Grampians home to some of the most unique winemaking terroir in the world. Tours leave from The Shafthouse cellar door on the hour, from 11am to 3pm daily.

Best’s Wines

Shop

This family-run vineyard has been operating since the 1860s, making it one of the oldest wineries in the country. Riesling, chardonnay, pinot noir and dolcetto are all grown here, but Best’s is renowned for its shiraz, which is among the finest in Australia. Don’t leave without a tour of the historic hand-dug cellar.