A lovely place for wine tasting with a bite to eat (charcuterie platter). They were friendly with…read moreour kiddos and the ambiance was relaxing and easy.

Aloha, as we ubered through the Adelaide Hills wine-tasting, our last stop Shaw & Smith. We've…read morehad these wines before so were happy to sit down for a small charcuterie platter with our wines, nice. We did 2 tastings of the higher end & regular, both were very nice. A beautiful modern building, so nice to sit & sip looking out over the hills of vines. I felt so happy & peaceful here. An absolutely beautiful setting. Mahalo

Easily the best highlight and my favorite place in Australia. From the views, to the wines, to the…read morefood, it was the ultimate experience. Truly some of the best wine I've ever had. If only they shipped to the United States. Doing a wine flight was so much fun and so perfect. It was the most stunning day so it was a must we sat outside and the restaurant as winery were so accommodating. The sourdough bread was the perfect appetizer and paired perfectly with the arancini, olives, and wine. It's a must to visit the Adelaide Hills while in Australia and I'm so glad I did!

We stopped into the restaurant for lunch and ordered the chef's harvest menu…read more The first course, pastrami and duck pate were great. Tender, savory and creamy dishes were a nice match and delicious! If that's all we ordered this would have been a 5 star review. Unfortunately the rest of the meal was just average. The pork dish was good but the fish course didn't match the flavors of the other courses. Overall it was nice but nothing memorable except the pastrami.

Aloha, we arrived around lunchtime & got the first class treatment at Bird in Hand Winery. They do…read morehave a nice restaurant too, but we opted for the full tasting along with the charcuterie & meat platter, wow oh so yummy! They let us sit in the barrel room enjoying the view, eating & drinking to our pace, nice. Great wines, some expensive some very well priced. We bought a few to enjoy during the rest of our trip in Adelaide. Fun time, thanks Jason for the suggestion!

How could you give this winery less than 5 stars? Outstanding service and beautiful place! Very…read morehappy to spend Saturday afternoon playing with kids on the beautiful lawn. Classy place, dressy casual suggested.

Nice Vinyard, lovely location with great views of the vineyard. Staff were friendly and helpful…read morewith their knowledge of the wines. Definitely worth a visit.

The most recent time that we visited Nepenthe was for the Annual Winter Reds Festival. This event…read moreis becoming more and more popular, and a large number of cellar doors are opening both unticketed and ticketed events to the public to showcase just how good it is to sit around a fire with a tasty glass of red wine and enjoy some downtime in the hills. Nepenthe was pumping on this particular day. The shed was full of willing punters, who were incidentally also trying to stay warm out of the rain (this particular day was wet. As in, non-stop showers all afternoon wet) but the cellar door was also accessible for those of us who were a little more tame in their celebrations. The wines are really good. The sauvignon blanc, the shiraz and the cabernet all have their own charms, at a reasonable price too. They had TacoCat the food van in attendance to feed the starving (or just curious) masses, and DJ in tow to keep the party going into the night. The festival is a 2 day affair, and we visited on the Saturday, so they were open until 8pm. Some, if not most, of the wineries close around 5pm. On previous visits, we have really enjoyed the sunshine on the hill by the tree. The view is to die for. You can see clear out to Balhannah/Woodside and beyond. Once you settle in to your first glass of wine and take a deep whiff of the grass under your toes, you will want to stay a while.

Amazing setting, knowledgeable staff and excellent wines. Boutique, no busses, Nice modern and…read morelightfilled cellardoor set amongst the Vines. The oldest (?) vineyard in Adelaide hills, with an excellent range of single vineyards wines from its Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and Coonawarra vineyards. Excellent ratings in the Halliday bible! For those interested, try the Chardonnay that is grown on some of the oldest rocks in the world! They wine is lovely, and you can admire a piece of the rock as you sample it!

Down an alleyway just off the start of main road in Hahndorf you will find a little cottage tucked…read moreaway that is the home for Scott & La Prova Cellar Door. A traditional style German cottage has been transformed into a chic and modern style cellar door. The exterior seems to draw you in, as if you were visiting your friend's home. Outside you will find a few small tables you can enjoy with a friend and a nice glass of vino. Inside you will find some very welcoming staff and wine enthusiasts with a long tasting table set up for tasting and waiting for your arrival. The décor is styled in a very thoughtful way; displaying some cute succulents in glass jars and plants in paper bags. Very up to date with modern décor, but still with a cottage feel with cool old arm chairs. As for the tasting, well (like any cellar door should) they have a glass set up for each taste. I get annoyed when you are made to use the same glass for each wine. I think it is important through a tasting experience that you do not have reminisce interfering with the taste of the next wine. The staff are very knowledgeable and passionate about their produce and brand. You can see that they are love sharing their expertise and welcoming new comers to their wine. As for the wine, well you can see why they are so proud. In particular, you must buy a bottle of the La Prova Garanega. This is a unique wine as generally this grape is mixed with others. Lightly sweet and a touch dry; a simple but comfortable wine, quite easy on the palate. Oh, and also as a treat, the tasting is served with a goats cheese and lavosh. Ahhhh heaven! I would definitely recommend stopping at this cellar door anytime you visit Hahndorf. I might actually turn into a regular taster!

In the obnoxiously manicured main street that is Hahndorf-festival-for-tourists there lies a few…read morelittle places that are more than worth a visit. One of these havens offers a series of nice drops split into two different labels. The La Prova Nero from a couple of years back aced it, no sorry - nailed it. The varietals are Italian in origin, and are nice and decently priced, coupled with nibbling platters (a tad small, so get ready to get lunch somewhere else), offer a nice place to hide from the crowds. Definitely try their wines, the staff don't bite.

Absolutely love this cellar door a fav!! Walked away with a dozen. Great family service. Don't miss…read morethis stop when your in Hahndorf.

Wandered in to Somerled Cellar Door after visiting the cellar door attached to the hahndorf inn and…read moreseeing Somerled on a map of the Adelaide Hills wine region. So glad my husband and I stumbled upon this absolute gem!!! We originally came in looking for a tasting of a few reds. We each did the red tasting, which consisted of a Pinot noir rose, Pinot noir dry red, cab Sauvignon and their flagship Shiraz. All of the wines were awesome! So awesome that we decided to join the jockey club to receive a case per year (yes....so good that we are having the case shipped across the world back to the USA!). The jockey club comes with tasting notes and recipes paired with each wine/vintage. Such a cool and fun way to experience the wine. After joining the club, we also each got a half glass of the shiraz (more like a full glass) and got to try a few other wines that we would be getting in our shipment. Loved the atmosphere of the cellar door and appreciate it is family run. The winemaker, his wife, and daughter were all in the cellar door talking to us as well as the locals grabbing a glass. What a wonderful spot and family-run business. Highly highly recommend stopping in here!!

Wow! I googled this place in anticipation of writing the first review, because I'd never heard of…read moreit last year and it is slightly off the beaten track, but lo and behold, it wasn't even registered as a business on Yelp! So here it is! I also wanted to review this place in anticipation of the upcoming Winter Reds Festival that takes place annually in the winter all around the Adelaide Hills. If you can get along to VPW, I highly recommend it. The cellar door is a family-run operation and everyone who works here is charming and friendly. The place itself is also charming and cosy, and you could be forgiven for wanting to stay overnight after you've enjoyed their wine range! (although being serious, I think you'll have to look down the road for accomodation) They seem to enjoy doing french-themed light meals (last year's Winter Reds they did a coq au vin (that's chicken in wine for all you non-Frenchies!) and they also did a French themed food spread at Crush 2015 this year but I was busy out at Longview so I missed it!) and the wines are interesting and tasty. As they say, their wines are 'premium, elegant, cool climates Adelaide Hills wines'. They are definitely, as they have also self-described, a 'chic boutique'! In that the wines are all small batch production, and the Cellar Door is only open on the 4th weekend of every month (and not open every month either!) but if they are open for the Winter Reds Festival, I highly recommend getting in for some good ol' fashioned home cooked winter treats and cracking vino!

I still can't work out how I found out about this place but I am glad I did. We went up one lazy…read moreSunday afternoon for wood oven pizzas as once a month they host a Sunday pizza lunch (visit the website to find out when). The service was great and we were welcomed to the winery like we were family. We sat outside and enjoyed the beautiful view as well as getting to watch our pizzas being made fresh in an epic wood oven. Not your standard pizza toppings but they were very yummy - we had the marinated lamb and smashing pumpkin! The pizzas were delicious and it would be remiss of me to mention that the wine was delightful. I'd suggest booking, it got pretty busy pretty fast.

Great Wines in the Adelaide Hills, Just outside of Mt Barker is this little gem of a Winery. Not…read morejust your everyday wines. The staff believe in healthier sustainable bio-dynamic wines (keep an eye out for sheep in the vines as you drive to the Cellar Door. What is also great about this place is their regular 'Last Sunday of the Month' Lunch. Most often they serve up some tasty Organic Wood Oven Pizza, but there are also other occasions, such as the annual Feral Feast. If you aren't doing anything one Sunday and love some great wines, it's well worth the short drive (especially for the last Sunday of the Month)

The best South Australian sparkling wine is found here…read more Tastings by appointment only, in a beautiful kitchen with views to the dry-grown vines and pet guinea fowl, Champagne addicts and foodies Rod and Rachel make beautiful, Old World style wines with the highlight being their transcendant sparkling made from their Chardonnay grapes. Their blanc de blanc is disgorged to order, crown capped and the date of disgorgement carefully labelled by hand: at $45 a bottle it offers superior value and flavour over the common NV Moet et Chandon. Their shiraz is also delicious: elegant yet full of spicy red fruit flavours, and excellent with duck.