Wine & Cellar Doors
Taste the Peninsula
The best wine & cellar doors in McLaren Vale
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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Tinlins Wines
A Scottish-heritage McLaren Vale wine institution since 1952, famous for the bring-your-own-flagon cellar door pouring bulk Shiraz, Grenache and tawny port.
Varney Wines
$$Heritage 1870s barn overlooking Onkaparinga Gorge
Alan Varney's cellar door sits in a restored 1870s limestone barn on the edge of the Onkaparinga Gorge at Old Noarlunga.
Vasarelli Cellar Door Restaurant
Family Italian and McLaren Vale wine
A family-owned cellar door and Italian restaurant in the heart of McLaren Vale, with authentic southern-Italian cooking and estate-grown wines.
Willunga 100 Wines
$$$The Grenache Room at Blind Spot Vineyard
Willunga 100's Grenache Room is a grenache-focused tasting space inside a restored 1920s cottage in the Blind Spot Vineyard at Blewitt Springs.
Wirra Wirra Vineyards
$$Heritage ironstone cellars
Heritage winery established in 1894, famous for The Angelus Cabernet and the award-winning Harry's Deli bistro in the ironstone cellar.
Woodstock Wine Estate
$$Family-friendly Douglas Gully winery
Family-owned winery with the Stocks Tasting Room, Coterie Restaurant, native wildlife park and extensive gardens on Douglas Gully Road.
Yangarra Estate Vineyard
$$$Biodynamic Grenache pioneers
Certified biodynamic and organic estate in the sandy-soil Blewitt Springs sub-region, making Australia's most celebrated old-vine Grenache.
Zerella Wines
A third-generation Italian-Australian family making Nebbiolo, Fiano, Vermentino and Shiraz from estate vines, with a relaxed rustic cellar door.
Zonte's Footstep
$$Cellar Door & Kitchen on the Main Road
Family winery with a casual cellar door and kitchen on Main Road, McLaren Flat, known for Chocolate Factory Shiraz and a fun, family-friendly vibe.