Wine & Cellar Doors
Taste the Peninsula
The best wine & cellar doors in Fleurieu Peninsula
From the legendary Shiraz of McLaren Vale to small-batch grenache and emerging Italian varietals, the Fleurieu is South Australia's most celebrated wine region. Over 80 cellar doors welcome visitors for tastings, tours and vineyard meals.
The Fleurieu Peninsula is one of Australia's great wine destinations, and its beating heart is McLaren Vale — the birthplace of South Australia's wine industry and one of the country's oldest regions. The warm, maritime climate here produces the generous, sun-soaked Shiraz and Grenache the Vale is famous for, alongside a growing cast of Mediterranean varieties like Vermentino, Fiano and Nero d'Avola that suit the warming seasons.
But the peninsula's cellar doors reach well beyond the Vale. You'll find boutique, family-run wineries around Willunga, Sellicks Hill, Currency Creek and the Southern Fleurieu, many of them pouring tastings just metres from the vines. The experiences run the full range — from architectural landmarks like the d'Arenberg Cube to honest tin-shed makers where the winemaker is often the one behind the bar.
Most cellar doors open daily for tastings, and a good number have kitchens or restaurants attached, so you can build an entire day around long lunches and slow drives. If you plan to taste widely, consider a designated driver or one of the local small-group wine tours. Spring and autumn are the prettiest seasons in the vineyards, but the cellar doors welcome visitors year-round.
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Mt Billy Wines
A Southern Fleurieu small-batch producer focused on premium Shiraz, with a town-based cellar door in central Victor Harbor.
Mt Jagged Wines
A newly-opened cellar door at one of the southern Fleurieu's fastest-expanding cool-climate vineyards, on the Victor Harbor Road in Mount Jagged.
Nick Haselgrove Wines
Third-generation winemaker Nick Haselgrove's project, behind the Blackbilly, Clarence Hill and The Old Faithful labels - shared cellar door on Foggo Road.
No. 58 Cellar Door
A multi-winery cellar door on the historic Waverley Estate at Port Elliot, pouring Thunderbird Wines and several southern Fleurieu small producers.
Noon Winery
$$$Cult Grenache, open only in November
Legendary cult winery by Drew Noon MW, making small batches of some of Australia's most sought-after Grenache and Shiraz. Open only three weekends a year.
Oliver's Taranga Vineyards
$$180+ years of family viticulture
Sixth-generation family vineyard founded in 1841, one of the oldest continuous winegrowing families in McLaren Vale.
Oliverhill Winery
A boutique reds producer on Seaview Road near the Onkaparinga Gorge, known for the Jimmy Section Shiraz and an unusual Durif.
One Paddock Currency Creek Winery
A Currency Creek winery, providore and restaurant on a sprawling vineyard estate, with multiple event spaces and a long lunch reputation.
Orbis Wines
A regenerative and biodynamic 'living wines' producer with weekend appointment tastings on the McLaren Vale plain.
Organic Hill Wines
A certified-organic, biodynamic and vegan producer with a historic barn cellar door on Twentyeight Road - by appointment while renovating.
Ortus Wines
A mother-daughter-owned winery with a warehouse-style cellar door on Willunga's main road, paired with a contemporary art programme curated by Praxis Artspace.
Ox Hardy Wines
$$$Sixth-generation Hardy at historic Upper Tintara
Andrew 'Ox' Hardy pours shiraz, grenache and fiano from a rustic tasting space at the historic Upper Tintara Vineyard in Blewitt Springs.
Oxenberry Farm
A boutique Scarpantoni-family winery on the original 1840 Oxenberry Farm homestead, with a cellar door cafe and duck-filled wetlands.
Parri Estate
A scenic hilltop cellar door on Ingoldby Road, McLaren Flat, also a popular wedding and events venue with sweeping vineyard views.
Paxton Wines
$$Certified organic & biodynamic
Leading certified organic and biodynamic producer with a cellar door on Wheaton Road, owned and run by the Paxton family.
Penny's Hill Estate
The historic Ingleburne homestead winery, home of the Copper-dressed Shiraz, the Kitchen Door restaurant and the Red Dot Gallery - one of the iconic McLaren Vale estates.
Pertaringa / Bec Hardy Wines
$$Two brands, one beautiful cellar door
Contemporary cellar door on Hunt Road showcasing both the Pertaringa and Bec Hardy ranges - wines by the sixth-generation Hardy family.
Pirramimma
A fifth-generation Johnston family estate making McLaren Vale Shiraz since 1892, from some of the region's oldest vines.
Primo Estate
$$$Joseph and the Il Briccone spirit
Family winery by the Grilli family known for Joseph wines, the Il Briccone blend, and one of Australia's most admired Italian-accented ranges.
Red Dot Gallery at Penny's Hill
A constantly-changing contemporary art gallery built into the historic 'Ingleburne' cellar door at Penny's Hill, alongside the wine tasting room and The Kitchen Door restaurant.
Richard Hamilton Wines
$$Leconfield sister brand with Willunga views
Family-owned McLaren Vale winery on Main Road with a modern cellar door set amongst vineyards, views to the Willunga escarpment, and sister-brand Leconfield.
Rudderless Wines
A 5-acre estate vineyard wrapped around the historic 1858 Victory Hotel at Sellicks Hill, made by the Yangarra winemaking team.
S.C. Pannell
$$$Mediterranean varietals & a hilltop restaurant
Stephen Pannell's renowned cellar door and restaurant high above McLaren Vale, specialising in Grenache, Tempranillo and other Mediterranean varietals.
Sabella Vineyards
Italian-accented cellar door and restaurant pairing Sabella estate wines with Joe Cangiano's wood-fired Italian cooking on McLaren Vale's main road.