COONAWARRA \ Little Black Book

COONAWARRA \

A small strip of land in the heart of the in South . Together our landscape, our people and our passion, work in harmony to create a signature region that delivers on a myriad of levels - producing that unmistakably speak of their place and reflect the character of their makers.

It’s a place that gets under your skin, leaving an indelible mark, for those who choose it as home and for those who keep coming back.

We invite you to Take the Time... Visit. Savour. Indulge. You’ll smell it, taste it and experience it for yourself. COONAWARRA \ Our Story

Think Coonawarra, and thoughts of There are the ruddy cheeks of those who tend the vines; sumptuous reds spring to mind – from the the crimson sunsets that sweep across a vast horizon; and of course, there’s the fiery passion in the veins of our rich rust-coloured Terra Rossa soil for which vignerons and winemakers. Almost a million years ago, it’s internationally recognized, to the prized an ocean teeming with sea-life lapped at the feet of the red wines that have made it famous. ancient Kanawinka Escarpment. Then came an ice age, and the great melt that followed led to the creation of the chalky white bedrock which is the foundation of this unique region. But nature had not finished, for with her winds, rain and sand she blanketed the plain with a soil rich in iron, silica and nutrients, to become one of the most renowned soils in the world. Long and narrow, this celebrated ridge of earth, together with pure underground water, cool nights and a long, mild growing season, is nature’s gift to wine lovers across the globe. This precious parcel of land is some of the most valuable agricultural land in the nation, and recognised as Australia’s premier region, contributing fruit to some of the finest wines in the world.

1 But of course, it took human spirit and ingenuity to bottle it, the same commitment to nurturing each parcel of delicate fruit and like all great appellations, the wines of Coonawarra speak and crafting them into wines of exceptional distinction that lend not just of the famous terroir, but also of the local community themselves perfectly to maturing in the cellar before flowing and people who give these wines their character. lusciously from bottle to decanter to glass. It began in 1890 with John Riddoch’s first plantings of vines, Many of our wines, including our celebrated Cabernet then carried into the next century by the Redman Family, and Sauvignon, not only taste exceptional when young, but also later by in 1951. These names are still revered, and cellar brilliantly. The ageability of Coonawarra wines are world their vision and heritage is proudly upheld by the world-class class – a fact endorsed by generations of collectors around the wineries which now call Coonawarra home. world. Today, new generations of old families toil Together, our landscape, our people and our passion work in alongside an influx of fresh talent to ensure the spirit of the harmony to create a signature wine region that delivers on a continues to thrive. It is a community myriad of levels. The cool climate , Shiraz, that’s vibrant, passionate, sophisticated and unique – one that and have made Coonawarra one of the honours tradition while embracing innovation and nurturing New World’s greatest appellations. sustainable for the future. Take the time to savour our wines. At vintage, every picker, cellar-hand and winemaker devotes Smell it, taste it and experience it for yourself.

2 A1 Piangil B10 Birdwood To Swan Reach Ouyen Manangatang Port I Enfield Mannum Billiatt n Australia call: Conservation Footscray Lobethal HUME 50 A17 B35 Park Nyah MURRAY Walkerville C743 32 FOOTSCRAY Carlton ADELAIDE B12 31 West Beach Woodside RD Mt.Lofty RD 24 23 Oakbank 21 B55 Underbool M31 50 ST ST Glenelg Karoonda TULLAMARINE 32 A13 Crafers Hahndorf B400CALDER International KING ST ST SPENCER Stirling DUDLEY Airport LA TROBE SPRING 22 SOUTH Kulkami B220 Nandaly LE Callington M79 VA Mount Barker Murray Bridge Murrayville Swan Hill WURUNDJERI M80 HWY MELBOURNE ST ADELAIDE Monarto A79 C754 M2 EASTERN Wynarka M1 FWY WHITEHALL ST River CITYLINK CITY Ph: 1300 655 990 FWY Pinaroo WAY ST 30 FWY Yarraville 43 ST

Noarlunga Yarra FLINDERS PASCOE LORIMER RIVER SUNSHINE TO GEELONG SALMON www.travellink.com.au B12 N & BALLARAT Lake Boga ST ROAD 43 WEST Tailem Bend 10 2 km TODD 30 Strathalbyn Jervois Sherlock HWY TAYLO RS RD Southbank Lameroo Scale Deniliquin McLaren Vale 40 GATE INGLES RD Sea Lake RD RD Wellington ST B12 Peake MALLEE MT Tunnel CITYLINK FWY COONAWARRA Take the Time Willunga B45 Parrakie 40 M1 M1 KINGSWAY A8 Westgate Cooks Plains RD RD Bridge RD DUKES TO BALLARAT ALEXANDER 35 31 RD GRAHAM ST \ HWY ST KILDA B37 RING MILLEARA RD Mount CITY B23 STATION Compass M8 WESTERN Lake Charm Barham South Lake Wyperfeld WILLIAMSTOWNB75 Alexandrina ST Port ST Melbourne 3 Coomandook National RD ST Milang HWY BRUNSWICK 30 RD McINTYRE ST GEORGES Park Melbourne QUEENS RD RD A13 RD RD 8 Woomelang BAY ALBERT PICKLES Albert Ashville PDE RD Normanville WESTERN Park Narrung UT Kerang BEACONSFI Goolwa M SUNSHINE Hindmarsh B1 Hopetoun Station Pier Fleurieu Yankalilla Ki Ki Big Desert RD HWY Island M80 ROYAL KERFERD RD Wilderness ROBINSONS Cohuna Peninsula Middleton FOOTSCRAY Tocumwal RD Mathoura ELD Lake Park MT DERRI Coonawarra is located half way Port Elliot Victoria RD Albert Ngarkat RD Delamere 17 83 Hobsons B37 Victor Harbor Conservation B200 FRANCIS MELBOURNE Middle 20 Younghusband Coonalpyn ST Bay 33 Park D N Park Peninsula RD Westgate PRINCES B57 M1 PDE Cape Jervis WEST GATE Bridge M1 Point Marsden 0 0.5 1 km Emu Bay Newland Head Coorong Meningie FWY RD between Melbourne and Adelaide. FITZGERAL Cobram Principal Sponsor Vehicular & PRINCES Scale ST Passenger Ferry National MILLERS FWYKOROROIT Stokes Bay Park Beulah CK Culburra Williamstown FITZROY RD Nathalia Kingscote Mt.Boothby Birchip TO GEELONGM1 BAY Penneshaw Conservation St Kilda Cygnet River Park Mount Rescue Tintinara Conservation B400 Magrath Flat B220 Park Numurkah American River ADELAIDE CITY MAP Wycheproof FROM MELBOURNE AIRPORT FROM MELBOURNE CITY Parndana Baudin Beach Echuca Daily direct flights from Adelaide Cape Willoughby Woods Well Cape Hart Ravine Des Carsoars Yanak Flinders Chase Messent Wilderness Protection Area Conservation B260 National Park Park Keith Mac Gillivray Charlton and Melbourne to 16 Warracknabeal Kyabram A8 DUKES Coorong Vivonne Bay Seal Bay Salt Creek Lowan Vale Wilderness Protection Area National Park Wirrega Rochester HWY Shepparton 18 B1 Donald Gum Lagoon HWY Gerang Gerung C234 Wedderburn Cape Gantheaume Nhill A300 Cape Bouguer Conservation Bordertown WESTERN 19 Park Kaniva A8 HWY Australia HWY South BORUNG A79 PRINCES Elmore Serviceton Minyip South Australia Dimboola Australia Willalooka B200 Wail SUNRAYSIA Inglewood A300 Victoria Little Desert Murchison Western Flat National Park Adelaide Murtoa St Arnaud Kooreh Logan WESTERN Rupanyup Victoria Little Desert HENTY B240 HWY B75 WIMMERA Marnoo A39 B57 National Park Melbourne HWY HWY River B240 HWY Padthaway WIMMERA Marong Bendigo Euroa Moliagul Nagambie Mitre Natimuk Horsham B220 Tarnagulla Wallabrook A66 Goroke Haven Stuart Mill Frances Mt.Arapiles- Bealiba Tooan A8 Callawadda M31 Keppoch State Park HWY St.Arnaud Dunolly Shelbourne HWY

Range A ovac Ravenswood Navarre National CALDER Park Dadswells Glenorchy Bet Bet Heathcote Bridge Natte Yallock C240 Redbank Mt.Alexander Regional Park N Moonambel Kingston S.E. SUNRAYSIA Maldon Harcourt 50 1510 2520 50 km WIMMERA Hynam Deep Lead Redesdale NORTHERN Seymour Landsborough Carisbrook A79 Tooborac Apsley Lake Maryborough PYRENEES Scale Wombelano Toolondo Castlemaine Reservoir Lonsdale Chewton Naracoorte 15 Lake HWY Wartook Wartook Avoca Paddys Ranges B180 Elphinstone HWY Stawell Kings Camp B101 Lucindale Edenhope State Park Castlemaine Diggings Taradale HWY B75 Great Western Crowlands National B1 Talbot Heritage Park Elmhurst HWY Malmsbury Black Range Halls Gap Broadford Alexandra Langkoop A200 PYRENEES HWY Big Heath BoolStruan State Park Ararat B180 Campbelltown HWY Conservation Lagoon 8 Regional Park Harrow 9Moora Moora Lake Pomonal Yandoit A300 Where are we? Reservoir Bellfield Park Kyneton M31 DRIVING TIMES & DISTANCES Warrak Evansford Hepburn Lancefield 1 MILE = 1.6 KM River Rocklands 7 Regional Park Poolaigelo Reservoir Lexton Kilmore Grampians HWY Clunes Glenlyon Langi Ghiran Tylden

HEN YT Ararat Mt Buangor Cape Domby Dergholme Balmoral National Moyston State Park Hepburn From To Time Km Miles From To Time Km Miles 13 State Park Park State Park Smeaton Springs Romsey FWY Macedon Wandong Glenelg Chetwynd Waubra Robe A8 Buangor Raglan Regional Park WESTERN Waterloo Kingston Daylesford Woodend Lake PRINCES B220 Kinglake Eliza Coonawarra MIDLAND Trentham Mount Macedon 14 Dergholme Bullarto RANGE Wallan National Melbourne Werribee 30 mins 35 22 Adelaide Hahndorf 30 mins 29 18 State Park Learmonth DIVIDING Trawalla Creswick GREAT Macedon Park Clay Wells Nareen HWY Beaufort Riddells Creek Dergholme Burrumbeet CALDER Geelong 1 hr 75 47 Birdwood 1 hr 46 29 Lake Penola River Maroona Miners Blackwood St.Clair Dundas Range Rest Rossbridge Lake Gisborne Wando Reserve Lerderderg Burrumbeet HUME Kinglake Murray Bridge 1 hr 78 49 Bullarook State Park Whittlesea Queenscli 1 hr 30 mins 105 66 Lake Tooloy - Lake Mundi B180 George Greendale Wildlife Reserve 10 M8 M79 1 hr 30 mins South Australia Cavendish 11 Bungaree Sunbury Torquay 1 hr 20 mins 98 61 HWY Wando Vale Craigieburn B300 Mannum 83 52 Ballarat FWY (via Birdwood) Millbrook Gordon Myrniong HWY B160 Ballan Diggers Rest Bulla Victoria 12 Mount Helen B360 Lorne 2 hrs 135 84 Nangwarry Mount Egerton MELBOURNE Cape Martin B101 Mount Burr Casterton B160 Coleraine Smythesdale Yendon AIRPORT Bordertown 3 hrs 271 169 HWY Glenthompson Scarsdale Buninyong Melton Greensborough Sandford Moorabool Healesville River Streatham Skipton Bacchus Apollo Bay 3 hrs 179 112 Kalangadoo A66 HWY B160 Wickliffe GLENELG MIDLAND McLaren Vale 30 mins 50 31 Southend Wannon Dunkeld B160 Linton Marsh River Creek Coburg Yarra Tarpeena GLENELG Paschendale M8 Lilydale

4 hrs 30 mins Millicent GLENELG Woady Douglas Point Warrayure Lake Bolac Enfield M80 Port Campbell 279 174 Cape Jervis 1 hr 30 mins 107 67 Wannon RockbankWerribee (via Great Ocean Rd) Snuggery Hamilton Brisbane Ranges Sunshine B380 Wilkin C146 National Park R Canunda Glencoe Strathdownie Flora and Fauna Merino Tarrington River Mount A300 Balliang East 5 hrs 20 mins National Tantanoola Reserve Tahara Fiery MELBOURNE Yaloak Mercer River M1 Ringwood 3 hrs (via Colac) 220 137 Mt Gambier 450 281 Park HAMILTON Pura Pura Meredith Balliang BURWOOD Dandenong Ranges HWY Mingay National Park (via R obe) B160 River Altona Caulfield HWY Mil lel Digby Lake B1 Elwood 5 hrs 30 mins 345 216 A200 Tabor Chatsworth River 5 hrs 30 mins Bonney Glenelg Rokewood Anakie Werribee Great Southern Touring Route NEPEAN 452 282 PRINCES Branxholme B140 HWY Little Point Cook The You Yangs PRINCESM1 3 hrs 30 mins (via Naracoorte) Mt Napier Sandringham Penshurst HWY Regional Park River 265 166 Mount Gambier State Park Derrinallum Lismore Lethbridge FWY (via Colac) Blue Lake M1 Dandenong HWY Crawford River HENTY Mt Gambier Naracoorte 1 hr 30 mins 100 62 Regional Park Caramut B140 HWY Hotspur Darlington HWY Hexham Teesdale HWY Lara Aspendale Ballarat 1 hr 30 mins 112 70 Winnap Condah Shelford PRINCES Berwick Dartmoor PORT PHILLIP BAY SOUTH Beachport 1 hr 81 50 Greenwald Minhamite HAMILTON AVALON Chelsea PRINCES HAMILTON Lake Cressy Bannockburn AIRPORT River Myamyn Wingeel Corio M1 Great Western 2 hrs 45 mins 220 137 B66 Hopkins Gnarpurt Donovans Inverleigh Pakenham Landing Hesse B140 Robe 2 hrs 125 78 Melbourne Adelaide Coastal Route Lower Glenelg A1 HWY Milltown Macarthur HWY CORIO BAY Portarlington Mortlake CranbourneGIPPSLAND Halls Gap 3 hrs 5 mins 250 156 National Park Mt Eccles River Douglas Point Lower Lake National HWY The Bellarine Frankston Wellington 4 hrs 227 142 Condah Park Hawkesdale River Geelong Glenelg Drumborg Lake Lake Ceres 1 Nelson National Broadwater C146 Leopold St Leonards 8 hrs Cape Northumberland Corangamite Murdeduke Barrabool BELLARINE Drysdale Koo-wee-rup Port MacDonnell Park River Ellerslie Glenormiston Mt Gambier 505 316 Homerton HWY Goolwa 5 hrs 311 194 Fitzroy PRINCES Grovedale HWY (via Great Ocean Rd) Heywood Beeac A1 Mornington HWY Woolsthorpe Tooradin River B120 Ocean Mornington Orford PRINCES Camperdown Red Rock Winchelsea B110 FWY Lang Lang 2 hrs 45 mins HWY Yaringa Marine WESTERN 6 hrs Warrong HWY Grove Queenscliff Peninsula Warrnambool 205 128 DISCOVERY BAY Tyrendarra Eumeralla Framlingham Coragulac National Park PORT 465 290 Heathmere SURFCOAST (via Nelson) PRINCES Moyne Winslow Point Lonsdale (via Princes Hwy) Melbourne Adelaide Inland Route Cororooke Barwon Vehicular & Gorae West A1 A1 Pomborneit Lake Barwon Wurdiboluc B100 Passenger Ferry Hastings Discovery Bay Codrington Kirkstall Colac Heads THE RIP Dromana PENINSULA French Island HOPKINS A440 Coastal Park Narrawong Bellbrae Torquay Port Phillip Heads TON National Park Goolwa Victor Harbor 15 mins 18 11 Mt Richmond HWY A1 Birregurra 2 Sorrento Warrnambool Dunkeld 1 hr 30 mins 95 59 National Allestree Wangoom Cobden Jan Juc Marine National Park NING Park PRINCES Toolong Panmure Colac Bambra Bells Beach B110 Crib Point French Island A420 5 Pirron Elliminyt MOR PORTLAND BAY HWY Swan Marsh Yallock Hahndorf 45 mins 53 33 A1 Killarney Deans Marsh Halls Gap 2 hrs 160 100 Discovery Bay Warrnambool River Passenger Marine National Park Portland Irrewillipe Anglesea Ferry Corinella Point Addis Mornington Peninsula WESTERN Allansford Naringal Scotts Marine National Park Cowes Cape Jervis 1 hr 79 49 Cape Bridgewater Point Danger Fairhaven National Park PORT Port Fairy 20 mins 30 19 Lawrence Rocks Creek Connections Cape Bridgewater Lady Julia Percy Island 6 B100 Creek Kawarren Barwon Downs Aireys Inlet Cape Nelson State Park Cape Schanck Flinders B420 McLaren Vale 30 mins 40 25 Cape Nelson Simpson RD San Remo Curdies Timboon Portland 1 hr 30 mins 95 41 Childers Cove River Gellibrand Forrest Great Penguin Parade Phillip Kennedys West Barwon Otway Island Kilcunda GREATCurdie Vale Adelaide 1 hr 83 52 Carlisle Reservoir National Lorne Ballarat 2 hrs 175 109 River Park Newfield Barramunga B460 BASS STRAIT Gellibrand Great B100 Cape Jervis Bay of Islands Otway Kangaroo Island 45 mins (via ferry) - - OCEAN Port Campbell National Adelaide 7 hrs 580 362 Peterborough National Park Park Beech Forest Tanybryn Port Campbell 3 OCEAN Kingscote Loch Ard Gorge RD Kennet River 3 Penneshaw 45 mins 58 36 The Twelve Apostles Lavers Cape Patton Halls Gap Ballarat 1 hr 45 mins 135 84 Melba Gully GREAT Hill Wongarra Princetown Paradise Skenes Creek Seal Bay CP 45 mins 60 37 4 Twelve Apostles Dunkeld 45 mins 65 41 Marine National Park B100 Apollo Bay Flinders Chase Johanna Marengo 1 hr 15 mins 99 62 Glenaire Hordern Melbourne 3 hrs 15 mins 250 156 Glenaire Beach Vale National Park Blanket Bay

Adelaide 5 hrs 30 mins 500 312 Adelaide 3 hrs 165 103 Cape Otway Lightstation

1. Waterfront Geelong 7. MacKenzie Falls 13. Obelisk, Robe 10. Ballarat Wildlife Park 22. Hahndorf, Adelaide 20. HMAS Hobart, 18. Seal Bay Kangaroo Island 5. Tower Hill 3. Triplet Falls, 2. Surfing, Torquay Fleurieu Reef, 12. Sovereign Hill, Ballarat 11. Art Gallery of Ballarat 9. Rock-climbing, Grampians 8. Wildlife, Grampians Great Otway NP 23. Adelaide Hills Market 17. Winery, McLaren Vale 15. Narracoorte Caves 4. Twelve Apostles NP 24. SA Art Gallery 14. Coonawarra Wine Region 6. Port Fairy 21. Cycling, Murraylands 19. Remarkable Rocks, KI 16. Touring, Coorong NP A1 Piangil B10 Birdwood To Swan Reach Ouyen Manangatang Port Adelaide I Enfield Mannum Billiatt n Australia call: Conservation Footscray Lobethal HUME 50 A17 B35 Park Nyah MURRAY Walkerville C743 32 FOOTSCRAY Carlton ADELAIDE B12 31 West Beach Woodside RD VICTORIA Mt.Lofty RD GULF ST VINCENT 24 23 Oakbank 21 B55 Underbool Melbourne M31 50 ST ST Glenelg Karoonda TULLAMARINE 32 A13 Crafers Hahndorf B400CALDER International KING ST ST SPENCER Stirling DUDLEY Airport LA TROBE SPRING 22 SOUTH Kulkami B220 Nandaly LE Callington M79 VA Mount Barker Murray Bridge Murrayville Swan Hill WURUNDJERI Monarto M80 HWY MELBOURNE ST M2 EASTERN Wynarka A79 C754 M1 FWY WHITEHALL ST River CITYLINK CITY Ph: 1300 655 990 FWY Pinaroo WAY ST 30 FWY Yarraville 43 ST

Noarlunga Yarra FLINDERS PASCOE LORIMER RIVER SUNSHINE TO GEELONG SALMON www.travellink.com.au B12 N & BALLARAT Lake Boga ST ROAD 43 WEST Tailem Bend 10 2 km TODD 30 Strathalbyn Jervois Sherlock HWY TAYLO RS RD Southbank Lameroo Scale Deniliquin McLaren Vale 40 GATE INGLES RD Sea Lake RD RD Wellington ST B12 Peake MALLEE MT Tunnel Parrakie CITYLINK 40 FWY M1 KINGSWAY Willunga B45 A8 Westgate M1 Cooks Plains RD RD Bridge RD DUKES TO BALLARAT ALEXANDER 35 31 RD GRAHAM ST HWY Coonawarra to...RING ST KILDA B37 MILLEARA RD Mount CITY B23 STATION Compass M8 WESTERN Lake Charm Barham South Lake Wyperfeld WILLIAMSTOWNB75 Alexandrina ST Port ST Melbourne 3 Coomandook National RD ST Milang HWY BRUNSWICK 30 RD McINTYRE ST GEORGES Park Melbourne QUEENS RD RD A13 RD RD 8 Woomelang BAY ALBERT PICKLES Albert Ashville PDE RD Normanville WESTERN Park Narrung UT Kerang BEACONSFI Goolwa M SUNSHINE Hindmarsh B1 South Australia Hopetoun Station Pier Fleurieu Yankalilla Ki Ki Big Desert RD HWY Island M80 ROYAL KERFERD RD Wilderness ROBINSONS Cohuna Peninsula Middleton FOOTSCRAY Tocumwal RD Mathoura ELD Lake Park Naracoorte MT DERRI Adelaide Victoria 28km RD 375km Port Elliot Albert Ngarkat RD Delamere 17 83 Hobsons B37 Victor Harbor Conservation B200 FRANCIS MELBOURNE Middle 20 Younghusband Coonalpyn ST Bay 33 Park D N Park Peninsula RD Westgate PRINCES B57 M1 PDE Cape Jervis WEST GATE Bridge M1 Point Marsden 0 0.5 1 km Emu Bay Newland Head Coorong Meningie FWY RD Principal Sponsor Vehicular & FITZGERAL Cobram PRINCES Scale ST Passenger Ferry National MILLERS ENCOUNTER BAY FWYKOROROIT Stokes Bay Park Beulah CK Culburra Williamstown FITZROY Backstairs Passage RD Nathalia Kingscote Mt.Boothby Mt GambierBirchip 52kmTO GEELONG M1 Melbourne 450kmPORT PHILLIP BAY Penneshaw Conservation St Kilda Cygnet River Park Mount Rescue Tintinara Conservation B400 Magrath Flat B220 Park Numurkah American River ADELAIDE CITY MAP Wycheproof FROM MELBOURNE AIRPORT FROM MELBOURNE CITY Baudin Beach Cape Borda Parndana KEITH Echuca Cape Willoughby Woods Well Cape Hart Ravine Des Carsoars Kangaroo Island Messent Yanak Flinders Chase Conservation Wilderness Protection Area National Park Keith B260 Mac Gillivray Park 16 Warracknabeal Charlton A8 DUKES Kyabram Cape Gantheaume Coorong Vivonne Bay Seal Bay Salt Creek Lowan Vale Wilderness Protection Area National Park Wirrega Rochester 18 HWY Shepparton COORONGB1 Donald Gum Lagoon HWY Gerang Gerung C234 Wedderburn Cape Gantheaume Nhill A300 Cape Bouguer Conservation Bordertown WESTERN 19 Park Kaniva A8 HWY Cape du Couedic Australia HWY South BORUNG A79 PRINCES Elmore Serviceton Minyip South Australia Mundulla Dimboola Australia Willalooka B200 Wail SUNRAYSIA Inglewood A300 Victoria Little Desert Murchison Western Flat National Park Adelaide Murtoa St Arnaud Kooreh Logan WESTERN Rupanyup Victoria Little Desert HENTY B240 HWY B75 WIMMERA Marnoo A39 B57 National Park Melbourne HWY HWY River B240 HWY Padthaway WIMMERA Marong Bendigo Euroa Moliagul Nagambie Mitre Natimuk Horsham B220 Tarnagulla Wallabrook A66 Goroke Haven Stuart Mill Frances Mt.Arapiles- Bealiba Tooan A8 Callawadda M31 LACEPEDE BAY Keppoch State Park HWY St.Arnaud Dunolly Shelbourne HWY

Range A ovac Ravenswood KINGSTON Navarre National CALDER Park Dadswells Glenorchy Bet Bet Heathcote Bridge Natte Yallock C240 Redbank Mt.Alexander NARACOORTE Regional Park N Moonambel Kingston S.E. SUNRAYSIA Maldon Harcourt 50 1510 2520 50 km WIMMERA Hynam Deep Lead Redesdale NORTHERN Seymour Landsborough Carisbrook A79 Tooborac Apsley Lake Maryborough PYRENEES Scale Wombelano Toolondo Castlemaine Reservoir Lonsdale Chewton Naracoorte 15 Lake HWY Wartook Wartook Avoca Paddys Ranges B180 Elphinstone HWY Stawell Kings Camp B101 Lucindale Edenhope State Park Castlemaine Cape Jaffa Diggings Taradale HWY B75 Great Western Crowlands National B1 Talbot Heritage Park Elmhurst HWY Malmsbury Black Range Halls Gap Broadford Alexandra Langkoop A200 PYRENEES HWY Big Heath BoolStruan State Park Ararat B180 Campbelltown HWY Conservation Lagoon 8 Regional Park COONAWARRAHarrow 9Moora Moora Lake Pomonal A300 ROBE Reservoir Bellfield Park Yandoit Wrattonbully Kyneton M31 DRIVING TIMES & DISTANCES Warrak Evansford Hepburn Lancefield 1 MILE = 1.6 KM River Rocklands 7 Regional Park Poolaigelo Reservoir Lexton Kilmore Grampians HWY Clunes Glenlyon Langi Ghiran Tylden

HEN YT Ararat Mt Buangor Cape Domby Dergholme Balmoral National Moyston State Park Hepburn From To Time Km Miles From To Time Km Miles 13 State Park Park State Park Smeaton Springs Romsey FWY Macedon Wandong Glenelg Chetwynd Waubra Robe A8 Buangor Raglan Regional Park WESTERN Waterloo Kingston Daylesford Woodend Lake PRINCES B220 Kinglake Eliza Coonawarra MIDLAND Trentham Mount Macedon 14 Dergholme Bullarto RANGE Wallan National Melbourne Werribee 30 mins 35 22 Adelaide Hahndorf 30 mins 29 18 State Park Learmonth DIVIDING Trawalla Creswick GREAT Macedon Park Clay Wells Nareen HWY Beaufort Riddells Creek Dergholme Burrumbeet CALDER Geelong 1 hr 75 47 Birdwood 1 hr 46 29 Lake Penola River Maroona Miners Blackwood St.Clair Dundas Range Rest Reserve Rossbridge Lake Gisborne Wando Burrumbeet Lerderderg Bullarook HUME Whittlesea Kinglake Queenscli 1 hr 30 mins 105 66 Murray Bridge 1 hr 78 49 B180 State Park Lake PENOLA Tooloy - Lake Mundi George Greendale Wildlife Reserve 10 M8 M79 1 hr 30 mins South Australia Cavendish 11 Bungaree Sunbury Torquay 1 hr 20 mins 98 61 HWY Wando Vale Craigieburn B300 Mannum 83 52 Ballarat FWY (via Birdwood) DUNKELD Millbrook Gordon Myrniong HWY B160 Ballan Diggers Rest Bulla Beachport Victoria 12 Mount Helen B360 Lorne 2 hrs 135 84 Nangwarry Mount Egerton MELBOURNE Cape Martin B101 Mount Burr Casterton B160 Coleraine Smythesdale Yendon AIRPORT Bordertown 3 hrs 271 169 HWY Glenthompson Scarsdale Buninyong Melton Greensborough Sandford Moorabool Healesville River Streatham Skipton Bacchus Apollo Bay 3 hrs 179 112 Kalangadoo A66 HWY B160 Wickliffe GLENELG MIDLAND McLaren Vale 30 mins 50 31 Southend Wannon Dunkeld B160 Linton Marsh MELBOURNERiver Creek Coburg Yarra Tarpeena GLENELG Paschendale M8 Lilydale

4 hrs 30 mins Millicent GLENELG Woady Douglas Point Warrayure Lake Bolac Enfield M80 Port Campbell 279 174 Cape Jervis 1 hr 30 mins 107 67 Wannon RockbankWerribee (via Great Ocean Rd) Snuggery Hamilton Brisbane Ranges Sunshine B380 Wilkin C146 National Park R Canunda Glencoe Strathdownie Flora and Fauna Merino Tarrington River Mount A300 Balliang East 5 hrs 20 mins National Tantanoola Reserve Tahara Fiery MELBOURNE Yaloak Mercer River M1 Ringwood 3 hrs (via Colac) 220 137 Mt Gambier 450 281 Park HAMILTON Pura Pura Meredith Balliang BURWOOD Dandenong Ranges HWY Mingay National Park (via R obe) B160 River Altona HWY MTMil lel GAMBIER Caulfield Digby Lake B1 Elwood Warrnambool 5 hrs 30 mins 345 216 A200 Tabor Chatsworth River 5 hrs 30 mins Bonney Glenelg Rokewood Anakie Werribee Great Southern Touring Route Woorndoo NEPEAN 452 282 PRINCES Branxholme B140 HWY Little Point Cook The You Yangs PRINCESM1 3 hrs 30 mins (via Naracoorte) Mt Napier Sandringham Penshurst HWY Regional Park River 265 166 Mount Gambier State Park Derrinallum Lismore HAMILTON Lethbridge FWY (via Colac) Blue Lake M1 Dandenong HWY Crawford River HENTY Mt Gambier Naracoorte 1 hr 30 mins 100 62 Regional Park Caramut B140 HWY Hotspur Byaduk Darlington HWY Hexham Teesdale HWY Lara Aspendale Ballarat 1 hr 30 mins 112 70 Winnap Condah Shelford PRINCES Berwick Dartmoor PORT PHILLIP BAY SOUTH Beachport 1 hr 81 50 Greenwald Minhamite HAMILTON AVALON Chelsea PRINCES HAMILTON Lake Cressy Bannockburn AIRPORT Carpenter Rocks River Myamyn Wingeel Corio M1 Great Western 2 hrs 45 mins 220 137 B66 Hopkins Gnarpurt Donovans Inverleigh Pakenham Landing Hesse B140 Robe 2 hrs 125 78 Melbourne Adelaide Coastal Route Lower Glenelg A1 HWY Milltown Macarthur HWY CORIO BAY Portarlington Mortlake CranbourneGIPPSLAND Halls Gap 3 hrs 5 mins 250 156 National Park Mt Eccles River Douglas Point Lower Lake National HWY The Bellarine Frankston Wellington 4 hrs 227 142 Condah Park Hawkesdale River Geelong Glenelg Drumborg Lake Lake Ceres 1 Nelson National Broadwater C146 Leopold St Leonards 8 hrs Cape Northumberland Corangamite Murdeduke Barrabool BELLARINE Drysdale Koo-wee-rup Port MacDonnell Park River Ellerslie Glenormiston Mt Gambier 505 316 Homerton HWY Goolwa 5 hrs 311 194 Fitzroy Noorat PRINCES Grovedale HWY (via Great Ocean Rd) Heywood Bessiebelle Beeac A1 Mornington HWY Woolsthorpe Tooradin River B120 Ocean Mornington Orford PRINCES Camperdown Red Rock Winchelsea B110 FWY Lang Lang 2 hrs 45 mins HWY Yaringa Marine WESTERN 6 hrs Warrong HWY Grove Queenscliff Peninsula Warrnambool 205 128 DISCOVERY BAY Tyrendarra Eumeralla Framlingham Coragulac National Park PORT 465 290 Heathmere SURFCOAST (via Nelson) PRINCES Moyne Winslow Terang Point Lonsdale (via Princes Hwy) Melbourne Adelaide Inland Route Cororooke Barwon Vehicular & Gorae West A1 A1 Pomborneit Lake Barwon Wurdiboluc B100 Passenger Ferry Hastings PORTLANDDiscovery Bay Codrington Kirkstall Colac Heads THE RIP Dromana PENINSULA French Island Coastal Park Koroit HOPKINS Bellbrae A440 Narrawong Garvoc Torquay Port Phillip Heads Sorrento TON National Park Goolwa Victor Harbor 15 mins 18 11 Mt Richmond Tower Hill WARNAMBOOL HWY A1 Birregurra 2 Warrnambool Dunkeld 1 hr 30 mins 95 59 National Allestree Yambuk Wangoom Cobden Jan Juc Marine National Park NING Park PRINCES Toolong Panmure Colac Bambra Bells Beach B110 Crib Point French Island A420 5 Pirron Elliminyt MOR PORTLAND BAY HWY Swan Marsh Yallock Hahndorf 45 mins 53 33 A1 Killarney Deans Marsh Halls Gap 2 hrs 160 100 Discovery Bay Warrnambool River Passenger Marine National Park Portland Irrewillipe Anglesea Ferry Corinella Port Fairy Point Addis Mornington Peninsula WESTERN Allansford Naringal Scotts Marine National Park Cowes Cape Jervis 1 hr 79 49 Cape Bridgewater Point Danger Fairhaven National Park PORT Port Fairy 20 mins 30 19 Lawrence Rocks Creek Connections Cape Bridgewater Lady Julia Percy Island 6 B100 Creek Kawarren Barwon Downs Aireys Inlet Cape Nelson State Park Cape Schanck Flinders B420 McLaren Vale 30 mins 40 25 Cape Nelson Nullawarre Simpson RD BASS STRAIT San Remo Curdies Timboon Portland 1 hr 30 mins 95 41 Childers Cove River Gellibrand Forrest Great Penguin Parade Phillip Kennedys West Barwon Otway Island Kilcunda GREATCurdie Vale Adelaide 1 hr 83 52 Carlisle Reservoir National Lorne Ballarat 2 hrs 175 109 GREAT OCEAN RD River Park Newfield Barramunga B460 BASS STRAIT Gellibrand Great B100 Cape Jervis Bay of Islands Otway Kangaroo Island 45 mins (via ferry) - - OCEAN Port Campbell National Adelaide 7 hrs 580 362 Peterborough National Park Park Beech Forest Tanybryn Wye River Port Campbell 3 OCEAN Kingscote Loch Ard Gorge RD Kennet River Penneshaw 45 mins 58 36 4 The Twelve Apostles Lavers Cape Patton Halls Gap Ballarat 1 hr 45 mins 135 84 Melba Gully GREAT Hill Wongarra Princetown Paradise Skenes Creek Seal Bay CP 45 mins 60 37 4 Twelve Apostles Dunkeld 45 mins 65 41 Marine National Park B100 Apollo Bay Flinders Chase Johanna Marengo 1 hr 15 mins 99 62 Glenaire Hordern Melbourne 3 hrs 15 mins 250 156 Glenaire Beach Vale National Park Blanket Bay

Adelaide 5 hrs 30 mins 500 312 Adelaide 3 hrs 165 103 Cape Otway Cape Otway Lightstation

1. Waterfront Geelong 7. MacKenzie Falls 13. Obelisk, Robe 10. Ballarat Wildlife Park 22. Hahndorf, Adelaide 20. HMAS Hobart, 18. Seal Bay Kangaroo Island 5. Tower Hill 3. Triplet Falls, 2. Surfing, Torquay Fleurieu Reef, 12. Sovereign Hill, Ballarat 11. Art Gallery of Ballarat 9. Rock-climbing, Grampians 8. Wildlife, Grampians Great Otway NP 23. Adelaide Hills Market 17. Winery, McLaren Vale 15. Narracoorte Caves 4. Twelve Apostles NP 24. SA Art Gallery 14. Coonawarra Wine Region 6. Port Fairy 21. Cycling, Murraylands 19. Remarkable Rocks, KI 16. Touring, Coorong NP COONAWARRA \ Wine Trail

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Balnaves of Coonawarra Established: 1990 In Summer, laze on the lawn on our outdoor lounges, Comments: relax on the deck overlooking the pond or borrow a Winery & Cellar Door Address: picnic rug and sit among our roses. In winter, relax by 15517 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, the fire inside with a glass of one of our award winning South Australia 5263 wines. Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 4.30pm, The Balnaves family settled in the Penola / Coonawarra Weekends & Public Holidays 11am - 4.30pm area in 1855 and have been working in the wine industry since the 1970’s. Our vineyards are situated Telephone: +61 8 8737 2946 on a shallow ridge at the southern end of the Terra Email: [email protected] Rossa strip. The vineyards are now 20 - 40 years old,

balanced and producing deeply flavoured small berry www.balnaves.com.au fruit. Complex and structured with careful attention to balnavesofcoonawarra detail working with fruit, and tannin integration, our BalnavesWine wines represent complex and individual expressions of Coonawarra. Linger at the cellar door and enjoy a picnic Balnaves_of_Coonawarra box filled with selected cheeses and seasonal produce. Highlights include: • James Halliday 5 star winery rating for 17 consecutive years • Langton’s V 2010 & VI 2014 - The Tally listed as Outstanding • 2014 James Halliday’s Top 100 Wineries • 2010 Tri-Nations Cabernet Sauvignon Trophy • 2008 James Halliday’s Winery of the Year • 2007 Jeremy Oliver’s Wine of the Year • 2005 Qantas/Gourmet Traveller Winemaker of the year

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Banks Thargo Wines Established: 1990 Banks Thargo Wines, located on the eastern side of Comments: Coonawarra, was established in 1990. The vineyard, Winery & Cellar Door Address: which surrounds the picturesque Penola Racecourse, 207 Racecourse Rd, Penola, South Australia 5277 has plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon, and Chardonnay. Opening Hours: By Appointment One of the smallest wine producers in Coonawarra, Banks Thargo Wines is entirely family owned and Telephone: +61 8 8736 3313 currently run with three generations of Kidman Fax: +61 8 8736 3312 family involved. Email: [email protected] Our aim is to consistently produce quality wines with strong flavours and intense colours. We achieve this by keeping our cropping levels low by hand pruning and of course a little help with Coonawarra’s cool climate and famous Terra Rossa soil.

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Bellwether Wines Established: Sue Bell created Bellwether, based at the 1868 Glen your own personal chef and winemaker. Every night is Roy Shearing Shed in Coonawarra. She focuses on a unique menu of local seasonal produce with wines Winery & Cellar Door Address: 14183 Riddoch special parcels of fruit with no ferment larger than 1 selected by the winemaker. A memorable experience Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia tone primarily for herself and some contract work for of food wine and conversation. local growers wanting to start their own brands. Opening Hours: Friday - Monday 11am - 5pm Make a night of it and book into one of their glamping All other times by appointment. As you turn off the Riddoch Hwy say hello to the sites, luxury bell tents nestled among 500+ year old red Bellwether hairy Highland Coos or our donkey Gerado. gums. Wake to the birds, sleep in a bed with linen and Closed: Tuesday - Thursday Photogenic apple loving animals! creature comforts, a short walk from our unique cellar You will then most likely be met at your car by Mabel door, toilets and bathrooms. Telephone: +61 417 080 945 their Maremma who guards the chickens. Email: [email protected] Comments: Wander through the produce garden, established with

the magic of the 1860’s sheep poo from under the old www.bellwetherwines.com.au shearing shed excavated during renovations. bellwether Ring the bell to be greeted at the arch doorway bellwetherwines by Sue, Steve or Rachell. Wander through the architectural beauty, evidence of the wealth of wool in this region in the late 1800’s. See the winery, kitchen and stunning ‘wool sorting’ dinner table. Gather around one of their shared tables and enjoy a wine tasting, including their top end, usually about 6 wines for $10. In winter they have homemade soup and their daily sourdough. You and your closest friends, or a bunch of work colleagues can enjoy a table of twelve dinner seated around a wool sorting dining table. Immersed in an 1868 shearing shed now a boutique winery, dining with 8 COONAWARRA \ Wine

Blok Estate Coonawarra Established: 1998 A great little family owned cellar door winery in Comments: Coonawarra. The Blok Coonawarra was established Winery & Cellar Door Address: in 1998 with the Trotter family taking ownership in 15535 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia 2005. The Blok Coonawarra is one of the smallest in Coonawarra but don’t let our small size fool you, we Opening Hours: Thursday - Monday 10am - 4pm, pack a punch producing outstanding wines that reflect Dec & Jan - 10am - 5pm both our passion for and the terroir of the region. Other times by appointment. As well as traditional red varieties such as Cabernet Telephone: +61 8 8737 2734 Sauvignon and Shiraz, The Blok Coonawarra also Fax: +61 8 8737 2994 produce Riesling and NV Sparkling Pinot Chardonnay. Email: [email protected] In a region dominated by red The Blok Coonawarra is producing some fine examples of cool www.blok.com.au climate whites, most notably our Riesling. blokcoonawarra Stay with us! Our newly renovated vineyard house, blokcoonawarra walking distance to many fantastic cellar doors, is the perfect base to explore Coonawarra. See The Winemakers House listing at the back for further details.

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Bowen Estate Established: 1972 Owned and operated by the Bowen family, Bowen Comments: Estate lies towards the southern end of the famous Winery & Cellar Door Address: Coonawarra strip. 15459 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia Established in 1972 on prime terra rossa soil, all our Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, vines are individually hand pruned ensuring maximum Sat - Sun 10am - 4pm grape quality for our select range of fine wines.

Telephone: +61 8 8737 2229 The wines we produce consistently reflect the true Fax: +61 8 8737 2173 characteristics of Coonawarra with each exhibiting Email: [email protected] strong varietal aromas, generous flavours and soft balanced tannins. www.bowenestate.com.au Bowen Estate’s three wines, Chardonnay, Shiraz Bowen-Estate and Cabernet Sauvignon, all show the hallmarks of the winemaking and viticultural skills of Doug Bowen and his daughter Emma and have become ‘classic coonawarra’ ™ benchmarks.

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Brand’s Laira Coonawarra Established: 1966 Brand’s Laira – Rated a ‘5 star winery’ by James The team look forward to welcoming you and giving Halliday. Brand’s Laira is an iconic winery, nestled you a taste of the real Coonawarra. Winery & Cellar Door Address: in the heart of the famed “terra rossa” strip of the 14860 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia Coonawarra region in South Australia. Steeped in Comments: heritage with a wealth of vineyards dating back Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 4.30pm, to 1893, Brand’s Laira offers a range of elegant yet Weekends & Public Holidays 11am - 4pm richly flavoured premium wines from this distinct region. Closed: Christmas Day & Good Friday Our winemaking philosophy is simple; we source the best possible fruit and use our unrivalled knowledge Telephone: +61 8 8736 3260 of the land and winemaking expertise to create world Email: [email protected] renowned wines in true Coonawarra style. www.brandslaira.com.au “To me making wine is much like cooking where it is BrandsLaira the final balance of components that make the meal or wine a winning combination.” Peter Weinberg, brandslaira Chief Winemaker. The full range of Brand’s Laira wines are available for complimentary tasting at the Cellar Door; award winning Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Riesling, Chardonnay, Rose and a Bordeaux Blend (Cabernet, , ). Guests can pre-order a delicious Ploughman’s platter for $25pp, which includes a glass of wine. Platters can be enjoyed in Eric Brand’s personal cellar, or on our beautiful lawns. We invite you to bring a picnic and or make use of our free electric BBQ and sheltered seating.

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Bundalong Coonawarra Established: 1989 Bundalong has been in the Porter family for over 65 Comments: years. An old shallow quarry with exposed red top Vineyard Address: soil suggested the presence of Coonawarra’s world Pahl Road, Coonawarra, South Australia renowned terra rossa soil and led us to plant vines. The first Cabernet Sauvignon was planted in 1989 Wine Enquiries: followed by Shiraz. Telephone: +61 8 8205 3311 Originally all grapes were sold to the largest buyer in Fax: +61 8 8205 3300 Coonawarra, with some blocks being graded in the Email: [email protected] top 5%.

The objective has always been quality rather than www.bundalongcoonawarra.com.au quantity. In 2008 we produced our first premium wines which scored a 5 star ranking by Halliday. We restrict our vintages to our very good years and our next vintage, 2012 received 95 points from Halliday. Our intimate knowledge of the vineyard enables us to manage the soil and microclimate to carefully balance the canopy and crop to produce a layering of flavours. Our current vintage is our 2015 limited release single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. We use specially selected parcels of fruit matured in French oak. To order or to be put on our mailing list please visit our website.

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DiGiorgio Family Wines Established: 1998 The DiGiorgio family had a vision to produce the Comments: highest quality wines from their estate grown fruit and Winery & Cellar Door Address: in March 2002, acquired the second oldest winery in 14918 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia the heart of Coonawarra, previously known as Rouge Homme. This has provided the family with a wonderful Opening Hours: production facility and a centrally located cellar door. Mon - Sun 10am - 5pm, including Public Holidays It has a blend of new and old technology allowing the family to produce premium hand crafted wines. Telephone: +61 8 8736 3222 This commitment has been rewarded by winning Fax: +61 8 8736 3233 numerous awards and a 5 Star Winery Rating. Email: [email protected] In addition to producing premium wines from www.digiorgio.com.au Coonawarra and Lucindale, the DiGiorgio family DiGiorgioFamilyWines sources specific varietal fruit from different areas of the Limestone Coast where they believe the terroir is DiGiorgioWines best suited to the variety. These wines make up the DiGiorgioFamilyWines Renaissance Range and are a selection of varieties specially chosen to demonstrate the versatility of the region and the passion and ambition of our winemakers. When visiting the cellar door you will have the opportunity to taste premium wines from our extensive portfolio, olive oil and local cheese. The outdoor seating area is the perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine with a “Pick Your Own Produce” platter with family and friends.

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Highbank Vineyards Established: 1986 Highbank Vineyards are located on the high banks of Comments: the classic terra rossa soil - each with stunning central Wine Enquiries: locations. 11 Maaoupe Road & Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia Highbank has an excellent reputation now for 20 vintages, producing high quality wines as the “Artisan Opening Hours: By Appointment of Coonawarra”.

Telephone: +61 8 8737 2020 Highbank wines are now available in the finest Email: [email protected] restaurants in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide. www.highbank.wine Exporting to more than ten countries in their 30 years of wine industry success. Highbank Vineyards also offers fantastic 4.5 star rated accommodation.

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Hoggies Estate Wines Established: 1992 Our philosophy is summed up by Gavin (Hoggie) Comments: … “the hallmarks for a successful wine brand are Cellar Door Address: Chardonnay Lodge, Riddoch consistency, approachability, drinkability and great Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia value for money.” Opening Hours: Friday - Wednesday 12noon - 6pm. In his quest to pursue these attributes, the Hoggies Closed: Thursday label was born. Clearly the key individual in the team is Gavin as Chief Telephone: +61 8 8736 3078 Winemaker and whose oversight in viticulture and final Fax: +61 8 8736 3363 blends is critical. Email: [email protected] or He has phenomenal support from his wife Julie who [email protected] keeps a keen eye on the Coonawarra vineyard, and his brother Barry who oversees the company’s vineyard www.chardonnaylodge.com.au interests in Mildura, and Victoria. Children Alana hoggieswine (Gardini), Christopher and Stephanie all chip in when required. hoggieswine Russell Badham is responsible for Export Marketing and Sales whilst Adam Gardini is the driving force behind the establishment and maintenance of our website and digital media. Our latest addition to the team is Keith Wilkens, a qualified Winemaker, who is responsible for logistics, packaging and inventory management, and a valuable assistant to Gavin in the winemaking department.

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Hollick Estates Established: 1983 Established in 1983, Hollick is a boutique winery Comments: renowned for their high-quality wines from both Winery & Cellar Door Address: Coonawarra and nearby Wrattonbully, as well as an 11 Racecourse Road, Penola, South Australia award-winning restaurant. Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, As an innovator of the region, Hollick has Weekends & Public Holidays 10am - 5pm experimented with a number of varietals and Closed: Good Friday & Christmas Day styles that ‘push the boundaries’ of winemaking, Telephone: +61 8 8737 2318 producing classic Coonawarra wines such Fax: +61 8 8737 2952 as Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot, and Email: [email protected] Chardonnay, along with more exotic styles such as , and . Driven by www.hollick.com quality and a hands-on approach, all Hollick wines are crafted from premium estate-grown fruit, and hollickestates reflect the unique characteristics of their three core hollickestates vineyards. Nestled in the picturesque Coonawarra, Hollick has perfectly integrated historic charm into their modern Cellar Door and restaurant complex, making it a ‘must see’ for visitors to the region. The Hollick Cellar Door is open 7 days a week. Winery tours can be organised in advance and bus tours can be accommodated by prior arrangement. Please phone 08 8737 2318 to make a booking. The Upstairs at Hollick restaurant is open for lunch 7 days a week from 12pm, and for dinner on Saturday evenings from 6pm.

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Jack Estate Established: 2011 Jack Estate is situated in the heart of the famed Comments: Coonawarra terra rossa strip, where it is one of the Winery Address: region’s promising new wineries. 15025 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia Although the winery site, originally part of John Opening Hours: By Appointment & Special Events Riddoch’s Penola Fruit Growing Colony, is steeped in history, the team at Jack Estate are passionate about Telephone: +61 8 8736 3130 bringing consumers a more modern expression of Fax: +61 8 8736 3163 Coonawarra terroir. We choose only the highest quality Email: [email protected] fruit and utilise new technologies coupled seamlessly with traditional techniques to create award winning www.jackestate.com wines. jackestate Jack Estate premium wines exude origin, class, and JackEstateWines confidence; and are for wine lovers to enjoy long into the future.

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Jim Brand Wines Established: 2005 A tribute to the late Jim Brand, an award winning Comments: winemaker who lost his battle with cancer in July 2005 Wine Enquiries: 11 Mary Street, Coonawarra, at only 52 years of age. Jim Brand was born into the South Australia third generation of an Australian winemaking legacy with his family name synonymous with the world Telephone: +61 488 771 046 renowned Coonawarra region. Email: [email protected] His life was dedicated to producing iconic wines from www.jimbrandwines.com.au his family’s famous vineyards, with a passion and sincerity which is evident in every glass. His passion

spoke much louder than his words, his influence felt long since his time passed. These wines are his family’s commitment to keeping his memory alive, through producing iconic Coonawarra wines with the elegance and style that Jim was famous for.

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Katnook Estate Established: 1979 Rich in history and tradition, Katnook Estate boasts Comments: 198 hectares of family owned vineyards lying in the Winery & Cellar Door Address: heart of Coonawarra’s prime terra rossa soil. Katnook’s Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia award winning wines include the iconic Katnook Limited Release Odyssey Cabernet Sauvignon and Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Prodigy Shiraz, the flagship Katnook Estate range and Sat - Sun 12pm - 5pm contemporary Katnook Founder’s Block label. Telephone: +61 8 8737 0300 A visit to Katnook Estate will give you more than a Fax: +61 8 8737 0330 tasting through delicious wines - it’s also a journey Email: [email protected] through a century of winemaking history. Katnook is the oldest existing winery in the region and John Riddoch’s www.katnookestate.com.au beautiful historic buildings have been restored and KatnookEstateWines converted into our Cellar Door. Visit and enjoy a free personalised tasting of Katnook’s award winning wines Katnook and sample a delicious selection of cheese and local KatnookWine produce. Adjacent to Cellar Door is our ‘terra rossa pit’, where you can see Coonawarra’s famous soil profile and learn why it is so important to wine flavour. You are welcome to bring your own picnic and enjoy in our dedicated outdoor area overlooking the vines, or in winter, relax in our comfortable lounge area and enjoy a glass of wine in front of the open fire.

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Kidman Wines Established: 1971 Sid Kidman planted the first vines on his family Comments: property in 1971 and has been managing the Winery & Cellar Door Address: vineyard ever since. Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia The vineyards form part of the famous Coonawarra Opening Hours: By appointment. district, which is located in the south east corner of South Australia. Telephone: +61 8 8736 5071 Fax: +61 8 8736 5070 The vineyard has grown to 17 hectares. The vines

are hand pruned which enhances the probability of Colours may vary from the final product Email: [email protected] 24 -26 White Road Gepps Cross Ph: (08) 8300 1614 / 15 Fax: (08) 8300 1679 low yields, enabling minimum interference in vine due to the printing process employed. www.kidmanwines.com.au management. WORKFLOW No.: WF364935 COLOURS CORR. SCORES DATE: 30/08/2006 ISSUE: 2 CUSTOMER: Vinpac Internatonal Pty Ltd 1: black 001 119 x 305 x 119 DIE No: - DESCRIPTION: Kidman Wnes Coonawarra 12 x 750ml 2: No. UP: 1 31/8/2006 The Cellar Door is housed in the old stables on the INT. DIM.: 314 x 235 x 297 3: MACHINE SCORES STEREO: G04484C ARTIST:hw Kidman property - Limestone Ridge. The stables were SALES REP: aa 4: 30 x 319 x 240 x 319 x 237 ARTIST: hw built in 1859 and are a great link with the district’s history. GLASS HANDLE WITH CARE The wines produced are Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, THIS SIDE UP Riesling and . The company is now run by Suzie and Sid Kidman and their son, George. He becomes the fourth generation of the Kidman family to farm at Limestone Ridge. KIDMAN KIDMAN WINES WINES GLUED INSIDE

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Koonara Wines Established: 1992 For over 100 years the Reschke family have been Comments: living on their property named ‘Koonara’ in the heart of Winery & Cellar Door Address: Coonawarra. Today Nicole and Dru Reschke live there 44 Church Street, Penola, South Australia with their two daughters Lucy and Alice. Opening Hours: Mon - Thurs 10am - 5pm, Koonara are eco-obsessed. Their vineyards are Fri - Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 10am - 4pm certified to Australian organic standards, and no herbicides or pesticides have been used for over 10 Telephone: +61 8 8737 3222 years. Email: [email protected] Koonara’s wines have below organic levels of sulphur, www.koonara.com are vegan friendly, most have no residual sugar - and all of their reds are aged in 100% fine-grain French Oak koonarawines barrels. Koonara They were awarded a “Five Star Winery” rating in the Koonara James Halliday 2017 Wine Companion, and were reviewed as “one of the best wineries in Coonawarra… a real highlight and a must to check out” from the West Australian. Drop into their cellar door on the main street of Penola for a diverse food and wine experience; with organic teas, olive oils as well as all their wines available for tasting.

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Ladbroke Grove Wines Established: 1982 Ladbroke Grove is a boutique winery which since its Comments: establishment in 1982 has been creating premium Wine Enquiries: wines of an exceptional standard. PO Box 320, Coonawarra, South Australia The unique soil and climatic conditions of Coonawarra, Telephone: 0417 855 495, 0401 054 225 innovative vineyard management techniques, and a Email: [email protected] state of the art Winery (built in 2010) has resulted in [email protected] producing a range of wines of uncompromising quality. Ladbroke Grove has enjoyed success with their wines, www.ladbrokegrove.com.au both domestically and internationally, and numerous awards and multiple trophies are a testament to this.

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Leconfield Wines Established: 1974 Sydney Hamilton (1898-1987) was a noted Australian Comments: oenologist, with a winemaking career spanning nearly Winery & Cellar Door Address: 60 years. 15454 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia In 1974, at 76 years of age, he selected a fine piece Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 4.30pm, of ‘Terra Rossa’ country at Coonawarra to fulfil a life’s Sat - Sun & Public Holidays 11am - 4pm ambition, to grow and produce a classic Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. Telephone: +61 8 8737 2326 Fax: +61 8 8737 2285 He named the estate Leconfield, after his English Email: [email protected] ancestor, Lord Leconfield, and set about establishing a remarkable reputation for Leconfield Coonawarra www.leconfieldwines.com.au Cabernet Sauvignon. leconfieldwines In 1981 Sydney retired, and his nephew leconfieldrichardhamilton Dr Richard Hamilton purchased the company, retaining this gem of the Industry leconfieldwines in family hands. The 43.7 hectare vineyard produces fruit with distinctive regional character. Winemaker Paul Gordon is injecting passion and inspiration into the Leconfield range of wines, producing outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet / Merlot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Riesling, Chardonnay, Sparkling Shiraz and Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir.

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Lindeman’s Coonawarra Established: 1965 Lindeman’s has a long history in the Coonawarra Comments: district through buying wines for blending in the Vineyard Address: 1950’s and then formally arrived in Coonawarra with Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, the purchase of the Rouge Homme winery and its’ South Australia vineyards and land in 1965.

Wine Enquiries: Since then Lindeman’s has expanded their vineyard Telephone: +61 2 4993 3700 holdings on Terra Rossa soil in central Coonawarra to Email: [email protected] include the vineyards of St George, Limestone Ridge and Nursery. www.lindemans.com From these vineyards we produce the Coonawarra Lindeman’s Wines benchmark wines of St George Vineyard Cabernet lindemans_wine Sauvignon, Limestone Ridge Vineyard Shiraz Cabernet and Pyrus Cabernet blend with each wine being distinctive and showing its sense of place.

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Majella Wines Established: 1991 Majella Wines, located in the centre of the famous The wine making team at Majella consists of Bruce Coonawarra red strip is one of Australia’s most Gregory, who has been our winemaker since 1991, Winery & Cellar Door Address: awarded small wineries, boasting a 5 star rating with the year of our first official release. Michael Marcus Lynn Road, Coonawarra, South Australia James Halliday- Australian Wine Companion. joined the team in 2008 and with him a new wealth of experience to make one of the best winemaking teams Majella is owned and operated by the Lynn family Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 10am - 4.30pm around. Our modern cellar door sales was built in 1995 who have been residents of the Penola – Coonawarra and is open daily*, you’ll find on tasting our full range Closed: Good Friday & Christmas Day district for five generations, starting off as blacksmiths, of Majella wines including our very popular sparkling wheelwrights, storekeepers and finally, graziers. Telephone: +61 8 8736 3055 Shiraz and our flagship wine, The Malleea. Fax: +61 8 8736 3057 In 1968 Brian (Prof) and Anthony Lynn started planting a vineyard on the Coonawarra property that their Email: [email protected] Comments: parents had purchased back in 1960. At that stage www.majellawines.com.au the property was used for prime lamb production, but a decision was made to convert a lovely “terra rossa” MajellaWines bank on the front of the farm into vineyards. Eventually MajellaWines the size of the vineyards grew to 60 hectares consisting of the Shiraz planted in 1968, the famous Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon planted in 1970, followed by Merlot and Riesling. The remainder of the land is still used for sheep grazing, mostly for prime lamb production with the rest purely for wool, you’ll spot the sheep grazing amongst our vineyards in the off season. Over the past years Majella has made every effort to become somewhat ecofriendly, with a large solar power expansion and collection of rain water to limit our water usage. All our current release wines are vegan friendly too. 25 coonawarra.org

Ottelia Established: 1993 It was only ever supposed to be temporary. John and Comments: Melissa Innes moved to the iconic Coonawarra region Cellar Door Address: twenty-nine years ago intending to, in John’s words, Memorial Drive Coonawarra, South Australia “stay a little while”. Opening Hours: Thursday – Monday 10am - 4pm They bought a parcel of land ringed by tall Red Gum Closed: Tuesday & Wednesday Eucalypts, and with natural wetlands dotted with Ottelia Ovalifolia, a native water lily. In 1993 they Telephone: +61 8 8736 3170 or +61 409 836 289 planted 2 Ha of Cabernet Sauvignon and over the next Email: [email protected] 3 years expanded the vineyard to 9 Ha. All these years later John and Melissa are still there. www.ottelia.com.au John spent more than twenty years working within the Drink Ottelia + Eat Fodder Coonawarra region as a winemaker. He and Melissa Ottelia + Fodder then turned their energy towards their own projects; ottelia_wine the restaurant Fodder and the Ottelia. Introducing Drink Ottelia + Eat Fodder, walk in and taste the growing portfolio of wine alongside wood fired sourdough pizzas and seasonal dishes made with fresh veggies from the Fodder | Ottelia garden.

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Parker Coonawarra Estate Established: 1985 Parker Coonawarra Estate was established in 1985 Comments: by John and Faye Parker after a career long interest in Winery & Cellar Door Address: the region. Their vision was to create the most faithful Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia expression of Cabernet Sauvignon from the celebrated terra rossa over limestone soils of Coonawarra. Parker Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 10am - 4pm Estate remains committed to building on this original Telephone: +61 8 8737 3525 ethos, to combine the best vines, with the best soil, from the best growing region, without compromise. Fax: +61 8 8737 3527 Email: [email protected] Our 20Ha estate ‘Abbey’ vineyard is located upon the famed ‘cigar strip’ of terra rossa soil in www.parkercoonawarraestate.com.au southern Coonawarra; where Cabernet Sauvignon is predominant. There are also small pockets of Merlot and Petit Verdot which are often included in the final blend of our premium First Growth. The Cabernet Sauvignon is planted to Reynella vine selection; original cuttings from Bordeaux, sourced before Phylloxera decimated the vineyards throughout France in the late 1800’s. Parker Coonawarra Estate maintains a five star Halliday rating, whilst also receiving Langton’s Classification V for Excellence – one of only 123 Australian wineries to be awarded such.

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Patrick of Coonawarra Established: 2004 Patrick of Coonawarra was established by celebrated Comments: winemaker Patrick Tocaciu. During a decorated career Winery & Cellar Door Address: spanning more than three decades, he celebrated 15598 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia international accolades while working as chief winemaker for several major labels. Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 10am - 5pm The focus then switched to fulfilling a more personal Telephone: +61 8 8737 3687 goal in the establishment of the family owned and Fax: +61 8 8737 3689 operated Patrick of Coonawarra, in 2004. Patrick’s Email: [email protected] eldest son, Luke, has now taken over the family business and continues the tradition of crafting award www.patrickofcoonawarra.com winning wines. PatrickofCoonawarra Only the highest quality fruit is sourced from their PatrickWines estate owned and managed vineyards, ensuring an patrickofcoonawarra unwavering commitment to quality and delivering hand crafted, premium wines. Their flagship range of wines from the Coonawarra vineyards include Grande Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Home Block Cabernet Sauvignon & Aged Riesling. Their Wrattonbully vineyards are made up of six grape varieties, and are fast becoming known for producing outstanding wines, including trophy winning . Patrick of Coonawarra is also home to Applelation Apple Cider, made by winemaker Luke Tocaciu.

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Penley Estate Established: 1988 We’ve taken the old Roller and painted it red. Comments: To make it go faster, to be fun and breezy. Winery & Cellar Door Address: So that everyone can enjoy the ride. McLeans Road, Coonawarra, South Australia And appreciate the timelessness of a new beginning. Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 10am - 4pm We are the pedigree that’s been let off the leash. To run, discover and play. Telephone: +61 8 8736 3211 To be brought to life. Email: [email protected] We are the wines with carefree souls; the wines for now and the wines for later. www.penley.com.au We are the vibrancy of the terra rossa, penleyestate celebrating the fruit and honouring the vine. penleyestate Our wine maker Kate Goodman is regarded as one of Australia’s best contemporary winemakers. Kate is creating wines with freshness and vibrancy – seeking structure and expression of fruit – while still retaining varietal integrity. All of our wines are truly estate grown and our vineyards are the pride of everything we do. We seek balance and take a very holistic approach to our viticultural practices. Seeking to create a balance between the soil and the vine. We are contemporary Coonawarra.

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Petaluma Established: 1976 Petaluma was founded in 1976 with the focused Comments: objective to produce ultra-premium wines by carefully Vineyard Address: selecting the best sites within a particular Australian Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia region suited to a chosen variety. Winery & Cellar Door Address: Petaluma set its sights on Coonawarra for the specific 254 Pfeiffer Road, Woodside SA 5244 purpose of growing world class, elegant and long-lived Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Situated at the heart Telephone: +61 8 8339 9300 of Coonawarra’s highly prized strip of warm, friable red Email: [email protected] clay (Terra Rossa), the Evans Vineyard was purchased in 1978 from the late Australian wine legend, www.petaluma.com.au Len Evans. Over almost four decades, the hallmark yellow label has come to represent Australian wine of refined elegance. Under the direction of veteran Petaluma winemaker Andrew Hardy, Petaluma Coonawarra is well established as a New World classic and acclaimed by collectors, with a long term rating of Excellent in the Langton’s Classification of Australian wine.

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Peter Thompson Wines Established: 2010 Peter Thompson has been involved in Viticulture Comments: since 1971, actively involved in the establishment and Winery & Cellar Door Address: maintenance of vineyards from Margaret River W.A. to 70 Church Street, Penola, South Australia King Valley Vic. and everywhere in between. Opening Hours: Monday - Sunday 11am - 6pm Peter purchased his first vineyard in the Riverland (1973), (1975), (1988), Telephone: +61 438 429 877 Coonawarra (2006) and Kongorong (2017). Email: [email protected] Settling at Coonawarra with the first purchase of the www.peterthompsonwines.com “Home Block” has been followed by 3 other vineyards, “Grandma’s”, “Chapel “and “Julia Hill”. Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Merlot was first made in 2010. In a bid to produce high quality white wines, Peter purchased a vineyard at Kongorong (Mount Gambier GI) and in 2018 Riesling, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir was made. The vineyard weathers one of the coldest mainland climates, but then has the loving sea breezes during summer. The vines survive being planted in a hard bank of flint (Silex) rock. Cellar Door conveniently located in the main street of Penola is where you can come and taste and purchase our Coonawarra Reds and our “Silex” range of Kongorong White Wines.

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Raidis Estate Established: 2006 We reckon most things in life are better when they’re Comments: shared. Winery & Cellar Door Address: 15741 Riddoch Highway, Penola, South Australia At our place, that’s done over the table - loaded with backyard produce, a bottle or two of good wine and Opening Hours: Nov - Mar: Thurs - Mon 12pm - 6pm surrounded by family and friends. Apr - Oct: Thurs - Mon 12pm - 5.30pm, Our two sites feature both the young and the old; All other times by appointment regional classics Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Telephone: +61 8 8737 2966 Merlot along with Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Email: [email protected] Pinot Gris. Through the winter months, the vines share our land www.raidis.com.au with a small trip of goats who maintain the rows, Raidis Estate doing their bit to contribute to our micro-climate. RaidisEstate Two lemon trees, 20 apple trees, 300 strawberry RaidisEstate plants, 200 bushes of oregano and whatever else Chris has decided to grow on any given day, share the space with our cellar door. Come visit us and you might chance upon Chris offering up the backyard’s latest bounty or you’ll find Steven and Emma Raidis at the table, glass in hand, ready to share a story or two.

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Redman Wines Established: 1966 Coonawarra’s oldest winemaking family have now Comments: been producing premium red wines for over 100 years. Winery & Cellar Door Address: 14830 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia Bill Redman arrived in 1901 to learn the art and skill of making red wines. 1908 saw him purchase 40 acres of Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 9am -5pm, vineyard and make his first wines. Sat - Sun & Public Holidays 11am - 4pm This property became the basis of the Redman Telephone: +61 8 8736 3331 family holdings for the next 58 years. In 1937 Owen Fax: +61 8 8736 3013 Redman joined his father, and through many trials Email: [email protected] and tribulations, they established Coonawarra as the leading red wine producing area of Australia. www.redman.com.au In 1965, the original family holdings were sold. Owen Redman immediately bought a small vineyard and the first wines under his new ‘REDMAN’ label were made in 1966, with the current winery being built for the 1969 vintage. Many changes have occurred in the vineyards and winery, but the Redman winemaking traditions can still be traced back to lessons learnt by Bill Redman. Following in this family tradition, third and fourth generation winemakers, Bruce, Malcolm, Daniel and Michael continue to make the elegant high quality red wines for which the Redman name has become renowned.

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Rymill Coonawarra Established: 1974 In the 1970s Peter Rymill, the great-grandson of John Comments: Riddoch - the founder of Coonawarra - established Winery & Cellar Door Address: Rymill Coonawarra. Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia The Rymill vineyards produce a diverse range of Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 11am - 5pm varieties on the terra rossa soil, and, with the stunning winery that is home to Rymill Coonawarra, allow for our Closed: Christmas Day amazing range of wines to be crafted. Telephone: +61 8 8736 5001 From 2016, the new management and winemaking Email: [email protected] team are looking to redefine the Rymill style and range, as well as continue to promote the classic wines that www.rymill.com.au Rymill is well known and loved for. rymill.coonawarra Experience the uniqueness of Coonawarra by visiting rymillwinery Rymill Coonawarra’s cellar door, picturesque lawns rymillwinery and gallery, described by regarded wine-critic James Halliday as “a must-visit destination” in the region. Build-your-own platters are also available to be enjoyed both in the outdoor settings or within the cellar door experience, showcasing fresh produce from South Australia.

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St Hugo Wines Established: 1847 St Hugo wines were created to honour the legacy of Comments: Hugo Gramp, who became Managing Director of G. Wine Enquiries: Gramp and Sons winery in 1920 when he was just 25 2141 , Rowland Flat, SA 5352 years of age. The home of St Hugo is located in the Barossa Valley where he lived and worked his entire Telephone: +61 8 8521 3018 life. Although St Hugo does not have a cellar door Email: [email protected] in Coonawarra, visitors can see two of our St Hugo vineyards along Riddoch Highway. www.sthugo.com In 1980, the first vintage of St Hugo was harvested - a Cabernet Sauvignon of exceptional quality from the Coonawarra region, to be later released in 1983. In the 30+ years since, St Hugo has established a reputation for excellence. The wines have earned over 1,554 awards at wine shows, including 35 trophies and 242 Gold medals, which are testament to our outstanding quality and impeccable style. St Hugo Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon is a leading premium Cabernet Sauvignon in Australia. It has been listed on Langton’s Classification of Australian wines since 2005, proving it to be one of Australia’s most sought after wine labels by wine collectors.

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Whistle Post Wines Established: 2012 Whistle Post our family label is proudly part of an Comments: exciting next generation of family owned wineries in Winery & Cellar Door Address: Coonawarra. 15712 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia Originating from a grape growing background we Opening Hours: Thurs - Mon 11am - 6pm believe great wines begin in the vineyard and we All other times by appointment constantly strive to improve our grape quality and flavour using sustainable viticultural practises. Mobile: +61 408 708 093 Mobile: +61 404 191 919 Our wines are made using estate grown fruit from our Email: [email protected] two vineyard sites in central and southern Coonawarra. Plantings across our vineyards include Cabernet www.whistlepost.com.au Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. whistlepostwine The recent renovation and opening of our cellar door whistlepostwine gives visitors a modern wine tasting experience for all ages. We invite you to join us for the complete ‘grower to glass’ tasting experience and enjoy a relaxing glass on our deck overlooking the vineyard.

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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Established: 1897 Wynns Coonawarra Estate was founded by Scottish Comments: pioneer John Riddoch, who planted vineyards in 1891 Winery & Cellar Door Address: recognising the potential of the rich, red Terra Rossa 77 Memorial Drive, Coonawarra, South Australia top soil and the long ripening season of Coonawarra’s cool southerly climate. He completed the Estate’s Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 10am - 5pm three-gabled winery in 1896. Telephone: +61 8 8736 2225 Coonawarra’s revival began in 1951 when Melbourne Fax: +61 8 8736 2228 wine merchants Samuel and David Wynn purchased Email: [email protected] Riddoch’s original vineyards and winery. The Wynns recognised the intrinsic qualities of Coonawarra wines www.wynns.com.au – their richness and intensity of fruit character – and set wynnscoonawarra out to build an independent identity for the region. wynnscoonawarra They created the famous label that has made John Riddoch’s winery one of Australia’s best known buildings. Today, Wynns Coonawarra Estate is the region’s largest single vineyard holder on Terra Rossa soil and Coonawarra’s pre-eminent wine maker. With the most premium and longest established vineyards in Coonawarra, Wynns Coonawarra Estate wines are regarded as benchmarks for the district, lauded for their sheer depth and concentration of flavour. Now in the Gables building, Wynns offers a dedicated conference room for hire with state of the art technology and facilities.

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Yalumba The Menzies Vineyard Established: 1849 Established more than 168 years ago and now led by Comments: fifth-generation Chairman Robert Hill-Smith, Yalumba Vineyard Address: stands proud. It is dedicated to remaining under Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia family ownership for the sixth generation to nurture; committed to crafting wines of conviction, quality Opening Hours: By appointment only and provenance. Monday - Friday. To own a vineyard upon the famous ‘terra rossa’ Telephone: +61 8 8737 3603 soil over limestone is the holy grail of all Cabernet Email: [email protected] Sauvignon purists. Since 1987, the Hill-Smith family has counted themselves among those fortunate www.yalumba.com enough to make an estate grown Coonawarra yalumbawine Cabernet Sauvignon, naming it after red wine enthusiast and former Prime Minister Sir Robert yalumba Menzies, who so generously praised Yalumba’s yalumbawine Special Vintage Galway Claret 1961 at an influential gathering in Adelaide in 1966. The Menzies Vineyard is Yalumba’s distinguished Cabernet Sauvignon estate, crafting two exceptional single-site Cabernet Sauvignons in ‘The Menzies’ and ‘The Cigar.’ Experimentation, innovation, minimal intervention and small batch winemaking has resulted in Yalumba’s Coonawarra estate wines having an enviable reputation; being wines of longevity, elegance and structure.

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Zema Estate Established: 1982 Zema Estate is a true Coonawarra family winery, forged Comments: in Australia but based on the undeniable passions and Winery & Cellar Door Address: 14944 Riddoch traditions of its Italian heritage. Highway, Coonawarra, South Australia Over four decades it has developed a reputation for Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, producing premium quality Coonawarra Cabernet Weekends & Public Holidays 10am - 4pm Sauvignon and Shiraz, with a consistency that defies Telephone: +61 8 8736 3219 vintage and seasonal fluctuations. Fax: +61 8 8736 3280 It has achieved this through attention to detail – hand Email: [email protected] pruning, careful fruit selection, meticulous viticulture, passionate winemaking, diligent bottle ageing and www.zema.com.au a deep respect for the place and provenance of ZemaEstateWines Coonawarra. ZemaEstate Zema is proudly independent, deriving its meaning and inspiration from the sense of trust, security and ZemaEstate dependability that comes from family and the feeling that everything it does has been influenced by a rich legacy of stories and culture.

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Fodder Pipers of Penola DRINK | OTTELIA + EAT | FODDER Our philosophy is simple

Drink Ottelia + Eat Fodder is a food and - to offer you a quality wine experience unique in Coonawarra. dining experience. Join us in our cellar door and let us Centrally located in the historic township introduce you to the Ottelia siblings whilst of Penola, Pipers a la carte restaurant you savour the delights from our daily showcases the best of the region’s produce menu of wood fired pizzas and seasonal to compliment our extensive wine list, which dishes made with fresh veggies from the offers great local Coonawarra wines and a Fodder | Ottelia garden. fine selection of interstate and international Opening Hours: Yummy food available bottles. from 10.30am - 3pm. So whether you are unwinding after a busy day, closing a business deal, looking to Cellar Door Opening Hours: indulge or have cause to celebrate, visit Thursday - Monday 10am - 4pm Pipers of Penola. Closed Tuesday & Wednesday Opening hours: Tues to Sat from 6.00pm Closed: Sunday & Monday Fodder Telephone: +61 8 8736 3170 Pipers of Penola www.fodder.net.au Address: 58 Riddoch Street, Penola SA Telephone: +61 8 8737 3999 Email: [email protected]

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Upstairs at Hollick Hollick House Restaurant Established in 1983, Hollick Estate is a Hollick House is in the heart of Coonawarra’s boutique winery located on the famed renowned wine region, providing a modern terra rossa soils of Coonawarra. No visit and comfortable getaway from which to is complete without a dining experience in explore our region. Hollick House is located our Upstairs at Hollick restaurant. A stylish, at Hollick Estate’s winery, amongst the warm and inviting restaurant made to be vineyards, so depending on the time of year, enjoyed with friends and family whilst you guests will be able to enjoy and observe savour our panoramic views across the the activities of the winery, including grape vineyards in the heart of the Coonawarra. and pruning, giving guests a real We’re proud of our wines, and we are sense of being part of the wine making passionate about enjoying them with great process. Accommodates up to 8 people. food, family, fabulous friends and inspiring Please note: Not suitable for children under views. Presenting modern Australian cuisine 15 years of age. highlighting quality regional produce. Upstairs at Hollick, our in-house restaurant Opening Hours: offers a delight of flavours including authentic Lunch 7 days from 12 noon modern Australian cuisine and Hollick Estate Dinner Saturday night from 6.00pm wines. Packages to our restaurant are Functions by prior arrangement available, please enquire upon booking. Upstairs at Hollick Hollick House Address: 11 Racecourse Road, Penola, Address: 11 Racecourse Road, Penola, South Australia South Australia Telephone: +61 8 8737 2752 Telephone: +61 8 8737 2318 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 42 Coonawarra Units

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COONAWARRA \ Take the Time• 35 Spacious row cottage-style Units in vineyard location • Ideal for families, groups and wine enthusiasts • Light breakfast provisions included in the tariff • Walking distance to 5 Cellar Doors Sales and Chardonnay Lodge Coonawarra• Central to Coonawarra Cellar UnitsDoor Sales outlets. • Adjoining Chardonnay Lodge restaurant Chardonnay Lodge Restaurant and Cellar A great• Nearby other cafes and restaurants place to stay. Door is open 6 days a week from 12 noon until late. • 35 Spacious row cottage-style Units in vineyard location Specializing in Conferencing, Workshops 15014 Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra SA • Ideal for families, groups and wine and Special Events. Enquiries to [email protected] Dining is available all day however bookings • Phone 0476 646 406 or book onlineLight breakfast provisions included are essential for this offer. Our casual dining in the tariff experience is relaxed and family friendly. • www.coonawarraunits.com.auWalking distance to 5 Cellar Doors Sales Coonawarra Units Accommodation is available on-site also Address: 15014 Riddoch Highway, through Coonawarra Units. • Central to Coonawarra Cellar Door Sales outlets Coonawarra, South Australia Telephone: +61 476 646 406 Hoggies Estate Wines Cellar Door at • Adjoining Chardonnay Lodge Email: [email protected] Chardonnay Lodge Open from 12pm and Restaurant by appointment on Public Holidays. • Nearby other cafe and restaurants www.coonawarraunits.com.au Opening Hours: 6 days This logo can be incorporated in the advertisement. Closed: Thursdays

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The Menzies Retreat

Established more than 168 years ago and now led by fifth- generation Chairman Robert Hill-Smith, Yalumba stands proud. It is dedicated to remaining under family ownership for the sixth generation to nurture; committed to crafting wines of conviction, quality and provenance.

To own a vineyard upon the famous ‘terra rossa’ soil over limestone is the holy grail of all Cabernet Sauvignon purists. Since 1987, the Hill-Smith family has counted themselves among those fortunate enough to make an estate grown Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, naming it after red wine enthusiast and former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, who so generously praised Yalumba’s Special Vintage The Menzies Retreat Galway Claret 1961 at an influential gathering in Adelaide in Address: Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra SA 5263 1966. Telephone: +61 8 8737 3603 The Yalumba Menzies Retreat is a fantastic getaway in the Email: [email protected] heart of the Coonawarra. www.yalumbamenzies.com With panoramic views of the surrounding native revegetation For bookings and enquiries area and Yalumba Menzies vineyard, this B&B stay is ideally Coonawarra Discovery situated only minutes away from other award winning Telephone: +61 8 8737 2449 wineries, restaurants and other tourism attractions of the Email: [email protected] Limestone Coast region. www.coonawarradiscovery.com

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Coonawarra Discovery Providing accommodation and touring services since 2001, Coonawarra Discovery offers a range of personalised tours with optional accommodation choices that are the most memorable, the most fulfilling and the most unique available. We will take you to places the others cannot. And once you have lived through it, you will be recommending it to your friends with fabulous photos of your experience that cannot be replaced. Coonawarra Discovery Come with us down the paths less trodden and Address: 54 Portland Street, Penola, South discover Penola and Coonawarra through our eyes - Australia it’s the best place on earth!. Telephone: +61 419 373 450 1 night accommodation, 2 people, from $75 to $250 Email: [email protected] Half day wine tours from $70 per person (14+ pax) to www.coonawarradiscovery.com.au $119 (2 pax).

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Alexander Cameron Suites We’re not just a motel but an ‘accommodation destination’ in the Penola/Coonawarra area. The perfect place to base yourself while discovering Alexander Cameron Suites the delights of the Coonawarra wine region. penola • south australia We can help you with information on tour experiences, restaurant options and wineries. AC Nanette Wallace ACS has 18 large, well-appointed, quiet suites Manager overlooking a central lawn area. We offer a 23-25 Church Street, Penola SA 5277 08 8737 2200 p complimentary continental breakfasts, safe e off- [email protected] 08 8737 2210 f street parking and free Wifi. w alexandercameronsuites.com.au 0400 197 713 m It is a short walk past the supermarket and along the main shopping area, for you to discover the art galleries, history and culture of Penola. Poets corner, Petticoat Lane, the Mary McKillop centre and much more. You can always look forward to a warm welcome and outstanding service.

Alexander Cameron Suites Address: 23-25 Church Street, Penola SA Toll Free: 1800 217 011 Telephone: +61 8 8737 2200 Email: [email protected] www.alexandercameronsuites.com.au 46 FEATURES & FACILITIES • Courtyard & BBQ Area • Four Bedrooms • Sound System • Mezzanine floor complete with • Washing machine, clothes dryer a dining table and seating for 8. & clothes line. • Air Conditioning • Full breakfast included in price. • Slow Combustion Wood Heater ALL BEDROOMS INCLUDE • Television and DVD player. • Modern kitchen with dishwasher, • Ensuite Bathrooms microwave, convection oven and • Outside Decking a slow combustion stove. • Air Conditioning • Four Mountain Bikes • Linen & Towels • Croquet & Petanque • Hanging Space

“An idyic getaway in the heart of Punters C ner Vineyards...”

CENTRALLY LOCATED IN South Australia’s premium wine district of Coonawarra, lies Punters Vineyard Retreat. This architect designed award winning building was created to highlight the picturesque location and provide sweeping views of the breathtaking vineyard studded landscape. To Naracoorte

Both outdoor and indoor dining are options at the Retreat. Whilst the indoor dining area offers seclusion and sumptuousness, the outdoor area provides Coonawarra guests with a courtyard paved with river-washed pebbles and vines Tricia Reschke Road providing a sensual and seductive canopy.

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TELEPHONE: 0408 816 312 | EMAIL: [email protected] Must @www.puntersvineyardretreat.com.au Punters Retreat Not suitable for children under 15 years of age. To Penola Centrally located in South Australia’s Punters Retreat Coonawarra premium wine district of Coonawarra, Address: V&A Lane, Coonawarra lies Punters Vineyard Retreat. This South Australia, 5263 Indulge. Relax. Enjoy. architectually designed, award winning Telephone: +61 408 816 312 building was created to highlight the Email: [email protected] Award Winning Ecofriendly Boutique Motel. picturesque location and provide www.puntersvineyardretreat.com.au Luxury Spa Apartments, Luxury Studio sweeping views of the breathtaking Apartments, Luxury Spa Suite. vineyard studded landscape. Both outdoor and indoor dining are options at Accommodating 1 – 4 guests in luxurious the Retreat. Whilst the indoor dining area comfort, set in Australian native gardens. offers seclusion and sumptuousness, On the doorstep of Coonawarra’s the outdoor area provides guests with vineyard strip and close to all Penola and a courtyard paved with river-washed Coonawarra dining experiences. pebbles and vines providing a sensual and seductive canopy. Each bedroom Sustainability initiatives offers panoramic views over the vines, Allergen free cleaning agents sun-drenched timber floors, wall-to-wall Double insulated throughout glass and private entrances. Please note: Not suitable for children under 16 years Must @ Coonawarra of age. 2 night minimum stay. Address: 126 Church Street, Penola Telephone: +61 8 8737 3444 Email: [email protected]

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The Winemakers House Penola Coonawarra Visitor Punters Retreat Information Centre Address: V&A Lane, Coonawarra at The Blok Penola’s cultural and artistic heritage South Australia, 5263 Fully immerse yourself in Coonawarra. Sitting blends beautifully with Coonawarra Telephone: +61 408 816 312 amongst the vines the 3 bedroom house – Australia’s red wine centre. Penola Email: [email protected] is walking distance to many of the fantastic combines cultural heritage with www.puntersvineyardretreat.com.au winery cellar doors of Coonawarra. Situated historic charm, yet continues to just 2kms from Penola guests can enjoy remain highly progressive thanks to seclusion and privacy without the isolation. an eclectic mix of cafés, galleries The house boasts a fully equiped kitchen, and boutique-style shops. Taking 1.5 bathrooms and a wood fire for the colder its name from the Aboriginal word months. Great for an intimate weekend ‘honeysuckle’, Coonawarra’s famous for two or a fun get away with friends, the strip of rich, red terra rossa soil, sitting house can sleep up to 8 guests. atop deep limestone beds, has given Penola Coonawarra Visitor rise to many of the nation’s finest Minimum 2 night stay, see website for further Information Centre drops, with a reputation for unique details. flavour and quality. Address: 27 Arthur Street, Penola South Australia 5277 The Winemakers House Cabernet Sauvignon has become Telephone: +61 8 8737 2855 Address: 15535 Riddoch Highway, the region’s flagship drop and 1300 045 373 Coonawarra has won more Jimmy Coonawarra, South Australia Email: [email protected] Telephone: +61 8 8737 2734 Watson trophies for Australia’s best Email: [email protected] one-year old red wine than any other PenolaCoonawarra wine region. www.winemakershouse.com.au winemakershouse For more information visit www.wattlerange.sa.gov.au/tourism/penola winemakers_house 48 COONAWARRA \ Take the Time Coonawarra Experiences Tours with a difference... quality cheeseboards and knives, a Nespresso coffee machine for that coffee fix and free Wi-Fi throughout. COONAWARRA EXPERIENCES is proud to offer you the premier touring service throughout Coonawarra and the You are only minutes away from the main street of Penola with Limestone Coast. easy access to cafes, and restaurants and a very short drive to the start of the iconic Coonawarra wine strip, with over 24 cellar As fully accredited tour operators, we are consistently rated doors just waiting for you to enjoy these world-famous wines. the most knowledgeable and personal wine experience touring service in the region. Why not look at trying one of our Stay, Wine & Dine packages and really make a long weekend of it in Coonawarra! At Coonawarra Experiences, we offer bespoke and personalised touring options. This means we take you behind the scenes to meet the winemakers, taste the yet to be released wines and Accommodation - Penola Parkview introduce you to the people that make Coonawarra tick. This Historic 1935 Spanish Mission stone home is the perfect We also specialise in catering for larger groups as well as stopover in Penola/Coonawarra for families, groups and the corporate team building and staff reward days. general traveller.

The sky is the limit so speak with the trusted professionals about Situated next door to the beautiful city park, swimming pool, your touring needs. and tourist information centre. It’s a short stroll across the street to visit the numerous shops, cafes and galleries, or visit one of the many famous wineries in nearby Coonawarra. Accommodation - Maybe share a glass of Coonawarra wine while enjoying a A Coonawarra Experience BBQ on the backyard patio. COONAWARRA EXPERIENCES Coonawarra Experiences This renovated two-bedroom accommodation is located in the You have the choice of booking one room or if you have a heart of Penola. Each bedroom has a queen bed and share a larger group, the entire property. There are 5 different room Telephone: Simon +61 404 092 611 newly fitted out bathroom. It caters for the discerning traveller configurations and 3 bathrooms. Kerry +61 405 733 477 Email: [email protected] looking for comfort and style and there’s no need to bring We can also package up your accommodation with a tour, anything from home as we have all you’ll need to enjoy your including a visit to a local attraction such as the Naracoorte www.coonawarraexperiences.com.au wine experience. Included is a Riedel decanter & glassware, Caves or arrange a unique and private dining experience. 49 coonawarra.org

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A visit to Coonawarra is enhanced by the abundance of fresh regional produce and Address: 69 Church Street, Penola SA 5277 quality dining experiences. There are a range of accommodation options from cosy Phone: +61 8 8737 2392 bed and breakfasts, stunning award winning retreats and four star motels. Email: [email protected] Nearby attractions include Penola’s art galleries, Mary MacKillop Interpretive Centre, www.coonawarra.org the World Heritage Naracoorte Caves, spectacular coastline, quaint seaside towns coonawarra such as Robe and Beachport, and the Blue Lake in Mount Gambier. CoonawarraWine South Australia is a declared phylloxera-free state. The phylloxera louse is a Coonawarra_Wine significant threat to the health of Coonawarra’s vineyards. Visitors are asked to observe signs at all times and not to enter vineyards without permission. For further information regarding Coonawarra, Penola and Coonawarra members are responsible servers, and encourage the safe and the Limestone Coast please contact: legal consumption of alcohol. Please drive, cycle and ride safely. We encourage designated drivers, but should you require transportation, plan ahead and book a The Penola Coonawarra Visitor Information Centre: regional transport option. Phone: +61 8 8737 2855 or 1300 045 373

www.wattlerange.sa.gov.au/tourism/penola

This publication is proudly bought to you by Coonawarra Vignerons (Coonawarra Grape & Wine Incorporated). All information was correct at time of going to print, July 2018. Proud of our rich history, we continue to evolve. Today, Coonawarra is a vibrant, passionate and innovative regional community. We genuinely hope you enjoy your Coonawarra experience.

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August 2018 Coonawarra Wine Tasting Roadshow 1-31 October 2018 Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations 17 January 2019 Coonawarra Vignerons Cup 12-13 April 2019 Coonawarra After Dark 16-19 May 2019 Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival 1-31 July 2019 Coonawarra Cellar Dwellers

*Note: These dates were correct at the time of going to print, July 2018. Please check our website to confirmwww.coonawarra.org

Visit www.coonawarra.org for more details about these and other events Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 8 8737 2392 or follow us on .