TOKAR Estate is located in the picturesque dress circle of the Yarra Valley.
The family owned winery with its Mediterranean style restaurant looks out onto the surrounding hills and neighbouring vineyards.
Tokar Estate is producing a unique wine, called Tempranillo, which originates from Spain and is very new to the Yarra Valley.
It has received many accolades, including international recognition with a bronze medal at the International Wine and Spirit Show in London earlier this year.
Cellar Door and Restaurant is open daily for lunch and tastings. Dinners and function by arrangement.
Warramate Wines
WARRAMATE Wines, planted on the slopes of the Warramate ranges at Gruyere, is one of the Yarra Valley’s oldest and most respected wineries.
Founded by Jack and June Church in the late 1960s, it is one of a handful of wineries responsible for the renaissance of the Yarra Valley as a winegrowing region in the 1970s.
Over the past 35 years, the Church family has become renowned as producers of small quantities of elegant and refined shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and riesling from dry grown, handpruned and handharvested vines.
Warramate Wines cellar door is open from 10am to 6pm seven days a week.
McWilliams Lillydale Estate
BARBECUING always seems to attract good humour and great friends. Join Peter Howard, well known food and wine commentator and bestselling author of ‘Barbecued’ and ‘Licence to Grill’, at the Lillydale Estate, where he will reveal all his secrets to successful barbecuing.
Each month Peter will be featuring his simple recipes from ‘Licence to Grill’ using the freshest produce all matched beautifully with Lillydale estate’s elegant Yarra Valley wines.
The day promises to be not only informative but, most importantly, great fun. Workshops will begin at 11am followed by a sensational lunch.
For further information contact McWilliams Lillydale Estate on 5964 2016.
Yileena Park
THE unique sandstone cellar door at Yileena Park has been recessed back into a steep hill to ensure cool cellaring of its premium wines.
Climb the superbly timber panelled stair case to the warmly inviting tasting room which is swathed in Tasmanian Myrtle and features an open fire place, ornate Victorian mantle, tastefully painted cornice and a beautifully detailed granite topped bar.
Enter and enjoy the ambience of a bygone era when quality, integrity and understated elegance were not fashion statements but hallmarks of a true boutique experience.
This superb building is available for intimate events and open for tastings Thursday to Sunday from 11am to 5pm. Phone 9730 1977.
Bianchet Winery
ESTABLISHED in 1976 Bianchet Winery in Lilydale is one of the first wineries that visitors come across, as they make their way across to the Melba Highway.
It’s a fine introduction for visitors, but also a wine and dine experience that locals have made their own at Bianchet Restaurant.
The restaurant offers a relaxed, casual dining experience with an AsianMediterranean menu and superb, awardwinning wines to complement the fine food.
Yarra Valley Winery Tours
YARRA Valley Winery Tours have been offering specialist wine tours in the Yarra Valley for the past 13 years.
They offer door to door services from Melbourne CBD, most suburbs, the Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges.
The tours, led by knowledgeable and passionate local guides, are flexible with visits to up to five wineries of your choice and include a delicious lunch and all tastings.
Visitors can travel on a sixseater or 11seater vehicle, a 20seater mini bus or a large coach. Tours can be tailored to suit the client and can incorporate informative wine and cooking classes, and event and accommodation packages.
