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“A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect” - Robert Louis Stevenson … But a hastily selected bottle – even a good one  – may be memorable for all the wrong reasons.

How do you store your wine? On top of the kitchen cupboard or even in a rack against the dining room wall may not being doing your wine any justice, especially if you’re planning to keep it a while.

Langhorne Creek holds a very special place in our hearts here at Cellardoor.co. The very first wines Wolfgang Blass, founder of Wolf Blass, created back in 1967 were sourced from Langhorne Creek, and our love affair with the region continues to this day.

As Australia’s most awarded maker of Sparkling wine, Seppelt know a thing or two about the style. In particular, the distinctively Australian Sparkling Shiraz is engrained in Seppelt’s rich history and heritage.

Legendary British wine critic and founder of Christie’s wine auctions, Michael Broadbent, was given a simple piece of advice when he first started in wine that, “whenever I tasted a wine, I should make a note.”

Jump in your car and spend a day in the beautiful Yarra Valley. Less than an hour’s drive from Melbourne, you’ll be warmly welcomed in the land of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay – the perfect way to while away a Sunday.

“…Wynns offers extraordinary value for money. Investments in rejuvenating and replanting key blocks, under the direction of Allen Jenkins, and skilled winemaking by Sue Hodder, have resulted in wines of far greater finesse and elegance than many of their predecessors.” James Halliday – winecompanion.com.au

A stone’s throw from Adelaide (just 35 kilometres in fact), take a drive out to the welcoming wave of McLaren Vale. You’ll be glad you did as you’re treated to some of the best wines in the world from a region that pioneered South Australian viticulture.

Sumptuous food, stunning views and mouthwatering wines… what’s not to love? Welcome to the Adelaide Hills – a narrow strip of beautiful terrain standing high among the Mt Lofty Ranges.

Dark, rich and full of delicious fruit flavour, Shiraz is Australia’s most famous wine and this Rhône Valley grape was one of the first grape varieties planted in Australia in the soils of the Hunter Valley and at the Sydney Botanical Gardens back in 1831.

Many of Australia’s most influential and celebrated winemakers have passed through Saltram’s Barossa Valley cellar door throughout the past century and a half. In 2019, it is the winemaking stewardship of Alex MacKenzie that steers this iconic and much-loved label to new heights.

A four-hour drive from Adelaide or five-hour drive from Melbourne is suitably rewarded when you arrive in Coonawarra – home to Australia’s iconic terra rossa soils that inspire some of Australia’s great Cabernets.