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.
Browse wine & cellar doors by area
105 places
Alluca Vineyards
A mother-daughter boutique cellar door on the old-vine sand of Blewitt Springs, with platters and a relaxed garden setting.
Alpha Box & Dice
$$The Alphabet of Wine
Experimental small-batch winery exploring an alphabet of unusual grape varietals and blends, with a quirky reservation-only tasting room.
Angove McLaren Vale
$$Warboys Vineyard & Vineyard Kitchen
Fifth-generation Angove family winery with a cellar door set amongst the certified organic Warboys Vineyard and the Vineyard Kitchen restaurant.
Aphelion Wine Co
$$Grenache specialists
Small-batch family winery specialising in old-vine McLaren Vale Grenache and Chenin Blanc, with a relaxed cellar door on Kays Road.
Battle of Bosworth
$$Organic single-vineyard on Gaffney Road
Family-owned certified organic estate at Edgehill Vineyard in Willunga, making the celebrated Battle of Bosworth Shiraz and Spring Seed Wines range.
Beach Road Wines
$$Wine, wood-fired pizza and restaurant
Family-owned McLaren Vale winery and restaurant on Seaview Road, known for handcrafted wines, wood-fired pizzas and casual vineyard dining.
Bekkers Wine
$$$$Cult Syrah & Grenache by Emmanuelle Bekkers
Small, top-end producer by French-born winemaker Emmanuelle Bekkers, crafting some of McLaren Vale's most sought-after Syrah and Grenache.
Beresford Estate
$$Blewitt Springs single-vineyard estate
Single-estate Blewitt Springs winery with a modern cellar door, restaurant and accommodation in the elevated sandy-soiled sub-region of McLaren Vale.
Big Easy Radio
$$Wine, music and a heritage stone cottage
A wine, music and lifestyle destination built around an 1875 stone cottage on Malpas Road, combining craft McLaren Vale wines with live music.
Blewitt Springs Wine Co
An organic and biodynamic small-batch Grenache and Shiraz producer with Saturday winemaker-led tastings on the Blewitt Springs sand.
Bondar Wines
Small-batch shiraz and grenache on McMurtrie Road
A small family producer on McMurtrie Road best known for the Higher Springs Shiraz and site-expressive grenache, tasting from a shared cellar door with Lino Ramble and Sherrah.
Brash Higgins
$$$Experimental amphora winemaking by appointment
Cult small-batch winery by former New York sommelier Brad Hickey, specialising in amphora-aged Nero d'Avola and minimal-intervention wines.
Brick Kiln Cellar Door
A small-batch Shiraz specialist housed in a restored barn cellar door on Main Road, McLaren Vale - 'The Barn' on McMurtrie Road precinct.
Chalk Hill Wines
$$The Chalk Hill Collective on Field Street
Wilson family winery anchoring the Chalk Hill Collective on Field Street - a destination site shared with Never Never Distilling and Alpha Crucis Lounge.
Chapel Hill Wine
$$Certified organic in a historic chapel
Certified organic winery housed in a restored 1860s hilltop chapel, known for flagship Shiraz and Cabernet and expansive McLaren Vale views.
Coriole Vineyards
$$Italian varietals & estate lunch
Family-owned estate famous for pioneering Sangiovese in Australia, Fiano, Nebbiolo and a celebrated garden restaurant overlooking the McLaren Vale hills.
Cradle of Hills
A high-perched boutique producer above Sellicks
A small boutique winery on Rogers Road high above Sellicks Hill, with sweeping views across the Gulf St Vincent and a by-appointment cellar door.
Curtis Family Vineyards
A three-sibling Italian-heritage family winery established in 1973, with guided tasting flights and a generous purchase rebate.
Dandelion Vineyards
$$The Wonder Room on Chaffeys Road
Family winery by Elena and Zar Brooks with a new Wonder Room tasting experience on Chaffeys Road - family-friendly, design-forward, and open 7 days.
Dennis of McLaren Vale
One of McLaren Vale's original family wineries, established in 1970, with a weekday cellar door on the corner of Kangarilla and Park Roads.
Dodgy Brothers Wines
Wes Pearson's cult small-batch Grenache and Mataro project, pouring at a shared cellar door on Foggo Road.
DogRidge Vineyards
$$Hidden-gem Blewitt Springs estate by Pedler Creek
A relaxed family-run cellar door tucked away in McLaren Flat, pouring estate-grown shiraz, grenache and whites with genuine hospitality.
Dowie Doole
$$Four shipping containers in the vines
Sustainable solar-powered cellar door housed in four recycled shipping containers amongst the vines on California Road.
Down The Rabbit Hole Wines
Alice in Wonderland meets McLaren Vale
A whimsical, Alice in Wonderland-themed cellar door and restaurant on Binney Road, with vineyard gardens, long lunches and estate wines.