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Thistle Meadery

Thistle Meadery grew out of Adelaide's medieval scene — specifically, the founders' inability to find a mead that wasn't cloying or thin. Over a decade of small-batch brewing later, the range leans on honey profiles, seasonal fruits, and hand-picked spices. The name is a fair warning: there's an edge to it.

Penny Red Beer Co

A highly-rated brewery in The Range with a perfect 5/5 Google rating. Open Thursday through Sunday with extended weekend hours, they also offer gift cards for beer enthusiasts looking to share the experience.

Blend Etiquette Craft Distillery

A craft distillery located on Main South Road in Sturt, producing handcrafted spirits with a perfect 5-star Google rating. This South Australian distillery invites visitors to discover their range of craft spirits at their Sturt location.

This McLaren Vale distillery and cellar door specializes in craft gins and vodkas, including unique flavors like Old Vine Shiraz Gin and Berry Bliss Gin. Their relaxed garden bar offers spirit flights and $15 cocktails under towering gum trees, open weekends from 11am to 5pm.

36 Short Distillery

Handcrafted spirits distillery producing an award-winning range including gin, vodka, whisky, rakia and liqueurs using ingredients sourced from their family farm and local Australian producers.

Heaps Good Spirits - Hahndorf Gin Distillery Tasting Room

This South Australian gin distillery specializes in unique spirits including their popular Ginspresso coffee liqueur and color-changing Blue Lake Gin. Known for showcasing local SA botanicals and produce, they offer distinctive flavors like Choc Mint, Toffee Apple Vodka, and Salted Caramel varieties with a perfect 5-star rating.

Reform Distilling

On Little Rundle Street, this small urban distillery makes gin informed by its Kent Town surroundings — quince-infused, and available up to navy strength. The attached cocktail bar pulls double duty as an event space. The neighbourhood-as-brief concept is modest in footprint but clear in intent.

A family-run small batch distillery founded by the Vallelonga brothers and Luke Page, taking its name from the redhen railcars from their school days. This classic Adelaide operation produces premium spirits including their signature dry gin, Ruby Tuesday, Ultra Violet, Southern Vodka, and limited-edition Wise Oak rum.

Sumpoynt Distillery

Two Defence veterans who couldn't afford a distillery, so built one — equipment included — from scratch. They source SA-farmed grain (no commercial ethanol) and run the full range: vapour-infused gin, pot still whisky, double retort rum, vodka. The setup is proudly DIY; the spirits are the argument for it.

Lone Gum Farmhouse

Lonsdale's Lone Gum Farmhouse makes sour, wild and spontaneous barrel-aged ales after the Belgian lambic tradition, using South Australian fruit. Pet nats and imperial stouts round out the range. Releases like *In Spontaneity*, *Lemondrop, Lime and Bitters* and *Convoluted History* sell out fast — order direct from the website.

This Mount Barker distillery operates from 31 Oborn Road and maintains a perfect 5-star Google rating. Visitors can contact the distillery directly for tours and enquiries, with registration available through their website.

McGregor & Young Distillery

Three bottles anchor the range: Temperance, Misery, and Pineapple Reaper, each $80. The names signal a distillery uninterested in playing it safe. Port Adelaide is the right neighbourhood for it — weathered, unpretentious, with room for odd ideas. Small output, deliberate range.

Toby Bekkers tends the vines; his French-born wife Emmanuelle makes the wine. Together they produce tiny quantities of Grenache and Syrah on Seaview Road, with an ecological approach to viticulture and a bias toward texture and restraint over McLaren Vale's usual weight. Most bottles go straight to an allocation list. Visits are by arrangement.

Zerella Wines Cellar Door

Jim Zerella is third generation — his grandfather Ercole left Campania in 1956, his father Vic founded Tatachilla. At his McLaren Vale cellar door, the La Gita range draws on Italian varietals from that lineage, while the Single Vineyard Series does the talking on terroir. Vegan-friendly, biodynamic-leaning, and a Halliday 4.5-star house.

Happenstance Distillery

Mei Lin and Tim run this small-batch operation out of a converted warehouse in Thebarton, pouring tastings most weekends from a warm industrial space that doubles as a private events venue. Their citrus-forward signature gin runs lemon myrtle and strawberry gum through an alembic copper still alongside juniper and coriander. The Sour Cherry Liqueur and seasonal Fireside Gin are worth the detour.

Thicker Than Water Wines (Producers of Squid Ink Shiraz)

Family operation — John, Mary, Campbell, Mark and Laura Greer — farming an estate vineyard in McLaren Vale since 1999. The flagship Squid Ink Shiraz comes in three styles, the name borrowed from the inky depth of the fruit and the Southern Ocean visible from the vines. Tasting room on McMurtrie Road.

Family-owned McLaren Vale winery celebrating Italian heritage through wines under the JOSEPH label, complemented by house-made olive oils. Open for tastings at the cellar door.

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Oliver's Taranga

Sixth-generation McLaren Vale family estate specialising in Italian and Spanish varietals including Fiano, Mencia, and Sagrantino. Open daily for cellar door visits with an OTT Wine Club.

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Mad Monkey Distillery

Adelaide's award-winning rum distillery crafting artisanal spirits with native ingredients using traditional and sustainable methods. Known for their barrel-aged Pure Single Rum and unique flavored varieties like Baked Apple and Coconut N Cane, they offer distillery tours and tastings at their Dudley Park location.

Chesterfield Whisky Firm

A whisky distillery located in the historic Adelaide Hills town of Hahndorf, maintaining high customer satisfaction with an impressive 4.9/5 Google rating from visitors.

South Coast Brewing Co.& Chubby Unicorn brewing

Two brands, one industrial unit on Jay Drive. South Coast Brewing and Chubby Unicorn share the space, turning out cans — Maslins Red Ale, Moana Mid, Sublime Pine — alongside raspberry and lemon vodkas. Pizza by Bella runs food service Friday to Sunday. There's also a mini golf course. It's more layered than the address suggests.

Aphelion Cellar Door

Rob "Mack" McLaren Vale grenache specialist working from single vineyards in Seaview and Willunga South. The flagship Affinity blends 85% grenache with 15% mourvèdre — whole-bunch fermented, unfiltered, unfined, aged ten months in neutral French oak. Ned Goodwin calls them world class; Decanter gave the 2024 vintage 94 points. Small production: 220 half-dozens per release.

Hastwell & Lightfoot | Cellar Door & Winery

Since 1988, this 40-acre McLaren Flat estate has concentrated on Mediterranean varieties that suit the warm coastal climate — Fiano, Vermentino, Barbera, Tempranillo. The second generation is now steering things, with a sharper focus on alternative varietals and sustainability. Come winter, tastings run fireside; year-round, the spotted-gum deck looks out over vines toward the Willunga Hills.

McCarthy's Orchard Cellar Door

A family-run cidery in McLaren Flat producing craft ciders from their own orchard fruit. With an exceptional 4.9/5 Google rating, they offer cellar door tastings where visitors can sample their premium ciders in the heart of South Australia's wine country.

Housed in a heritage pumphouse, this McLaren Vale winery crafts hand-made wines in a creative space where winemakers' personalities shine through. The cellar door welcomes visitors daily from 11am to 5pm.

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Ivybrook Farm Cellar Door & Accommodation

Five generations of the same family farm this coastal block 3km from the Gulf St Vincent, growing Shiraz, Tempranillo, Grenache and Iberian varieties including Mencia, Touriga and Arinto across varied soils. The natural "Unclad" range — named for nearby Maslin Beach's nudist stretch — runs preservative-free, skin-contact reds in small batches. Weekends bring platters and pizzas at the cellar door.

Sidewood Estate Cellar Door

On River Road in Hahndorf, Sidewood pours cool-climate Adelaide Hills wines alongside ciders made entirely from local fruit. The sabrage masterclass — sword, sparkling, the bottle you opened — is a genuine differentiator. So is the Nearly Naked flight: four zero-alcohol pours, apparently Australia's first premium offering of its kind. Tasting paddles from $12; interactive sessions from $20.

Geoff 'Joffa' Thompson left a chief winemaker role at a large producer to launch Grounded Cru in 2013. Working across McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills and Langhorne Creek, the small-batch range spans Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Sparkling from the Hills through to the richer reds of the Vale. Winemaker Matt Jackman spent time in Burgundy and Oregon before returning to work alongside Joffa from the outset.

DogRidge Vineyards, Cellar Door & Art Gallery

Family-owned since 1992, DogRidge runs 90 acres of McLaren Vale vines and pours from them daily at a cellar door beside Pedler Creek. The room feels deliberately unhurried — Riedel glasses, no crowds, walk-ins welcome. The Grenache Rosé, Sangiovese and fortified Viognier are the wines to start with. An art gallery runs alongside.

The Suburban Brew - Glynde - Brewery & Taproom

The newer of two Suburban Brew outposts, this Glynde brewery and taproom pours a tight core range that includes ADL Gold, No. 2 Pale Ale, and the Sunday Session Ale — which took Champion Reduced Alcohol Beer at the 2025 Royal Adelaide Beer Cider Awards. Weekends bring rotating food trucks; first Wednesdays, an open mic. The original taproom is on Goodwood Road.

Ngeringa Vineyards & Cellar Door

Janet and Erinn Klein have farmed this Mount Barker Summit land biodynamically for over 40 years — it was once part of the Jurlique herb farm. Scottish Highland cows, sheep, and a heritage orchard share the block with high-density vines. The cellar door opens Thursday to Sunday; the wines, made without shortcuts, reflect exactly that.

Imperial Measures Distilling

Located in Thebarton, this craft distillery has earned an impressive 4.8/5 Google rating from visitors. Imperial Measures Distilling specializes in small-batch spirits production in South Australia's vibrant industrial district.

Threefold Distilling

Glenelg East's Threefold turns out a range of gins that run from Aromatic and Mediterranean to Tom Yummy, Raspberry, Shiraz and Cherry — a lineup broad enough to suggest genuine curiosity rather than a single house style. The Cherry Gin tops the range at $80; the Coffee Liqueur rounds it out. Find it at the 2KW rooftop bar if you want a pour before committing to a bottle.

Shingleback Wine

Family-owned McLaren Vale winery established over 25 years ago, led by winemaker Mark Jamieson. Known for generous reds including acclaimed Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon that showcase the region's Mediterranean climate and ancient soils.

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Shapeshifter Brewing Co

Findon's Shapeshifter leans hard into craft beer's experimental edge — new hops, novel techniques, shifting releases. The taproom on Crittenden Road opens Wednesday through Sunday. Current pours include a Cloudwater collaboration (Trace the Horizon), a chocolate stout, a red IPA, and a coffee stout available on pre-order. Worth the detour for drinkers who follow the hops rather than the label.

Union Bridge on Franklin

The younger, sassier sister of Union Bridge's Cudlee Creek original, this reimagined city cellar door offers the full range of craft beers, spirits, and handcrafted alcoholic sodas alongside signature cocktails. Located in Adelaide's heart on Franklin Street, it blends old-world charm with bold hospitality and houses the hidden 1836 Restaurant serving fire-driven modern Australian fare.

Mollydooker Wines

The Mollydooker Shake is the ritual: open the bottle, pour a small amount out, reseal and invert for five vigorous seconds. The science behind it — nitrogen used in place of sulphites, released by shaking — is genuinely interesting. McLaren Vale reds benchmarked against a proprietary "Marquis Fruit Weight" scale, with the flagship Velvet Glove requiring 95% minimum. Unusual, and it works.

Angove McLaren Vale Vineyards and Cellar Door

Five generations of one family, now run jointly by siblings Victoria and Richard Angove, with their cousin Sophie managing the vines. The historic Warboys Vineyard in McLaren Vale is farmed organically — Richard oversees winemaking, Sophie the viticulture. It's a working estate with a cellar door, not a tasting theatre, and the wines are single-vineyard and regionally specific.

Milledge's ; Distillery Cellar Door & Venue

The Milledge family backstory involves smuggling genever across the English Channel — and Port Adelaide, with its shared maritime grit, felt like the right place to revive it. From a Todd Street distillery, they produce gin, vodka and coffee liqueur sold at the bar and to trade. Friday and Saturday nights bring live music; the floors above run as coworking space.

Dandelion Vineyards

Elena Brooks grew up interpreting barrel tastings in post-Soviet Bulgaria; by sixteen she was making Chardonnay. Now based in McLaren Vale, she sources from heirloom vineyards across five South Australian regions for Dandelion Vineyards. The Wonder Room cellar door frames views over Firehawk Farm toward the Gulf St Vincent — a decent place to work through the Lion's Tooth Shiraz Riesling that won her the 2021 Bushing Queen title.

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McLaren Vale's oldest family-owned winery, established in 1890, specialises in wines from heritage vineyards including their iconic Block 6 Shiraz from 1892 vines. Guided tastings in a heritage-listed stone cellar door.

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A South Australian owned brew-on-premises brewery where customers craft their perfect beer from over 500 unique recipes using high-quality natural ingredients. With expert guidance through the entire brewing process, guests create, ferment, and bottle their own commercial-grade craft beer to take home.

Brightstar Brewing

A European-style brewery and tap-house occupying a historic building on Stirling Street, just outside the Adelaide CBD. Six beer categories run from crisp lagers to sour and tart, with Cicerone-certified staff on hand to guide the choice. There's also a house gin and a small menu of beer cocktails — an unusual sideline that earns its place on the list.

Gemtree farms its McLaren Flat vines organically and biodynamically, translating healthy soils into a range that runs from the $28 Uncut Shiraz and Luna Tempranillo up to the $100 Obsidian Shiraz. The Being Biodynamic Tour pairs a locally sourced platter with a walkthrough of the philosophy driving the property — a useful entry point for anyone sceptical that farming doctrine makes it into the glass.

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Hugh Hamilton Wines

Richard Hamilton — smuggler, pioneer — planted South Australia's first grapes. Six generations later, his descendants are still at it in McLaren Vale, with vineyards named Black Sheep and Cellar as the anchors. The self-styled "Black Sheep" identity isn't just branding; 185 years of family winemaking earns the attitude.

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Howard Vineyard

Twenty-five minutes from Adelaide's CBD, Howard Vineyard has spent two decades building a reputation in the Adelaide Hills for premium grape growing. The cellar door and Clover Stone Restaurant sit on Bald Hills Road in Nairne — a second-generation family operation that keeps the door open most days of the week, with a wine club to match.

Unit Three Collective

A collaborative brewery, bar, and distillery featuring 20 taps of house-made beers ranging from crisp lagers to hop-driven IPAs and wild sour ales. The venue also houses Nightworks Distillery, known for their alcoholic brown creaming soda, gins, and vodka, creating the ultimate destination for beer and spirit lovers.

Little Bang Brewing Company

What started in Fil and Ryan's garage in 2013 — barleywines, saisons, steam ales brewed on weekends for the hell of it — outgrew itself fast enough to demand a 290-person Stepney warehouse. The founders are now employees of the Duxton Pub Group, but the range still skews idiosyncratic: 22 taps, house gin, and wine alongside the beer.

Chalk Hill Wines

Award-winning McLaren Vale winery with 185 years of heritage producing premium wines including trophy-winning Syrah and Grenache. Visit the cellar door for tastings or the innovative Sensory Odyssey experience.

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SixTwelve Brewing

A local brewery in Saint Agnes offering craft beers and a welcoming atmosphere for beer enthusiasts. With an impressive 4.7-star rating, this establishment has built a strong reputation among locals and visitors alike.

Crafty Robot Brewing

This small batch brewery in Adelaide's west end operates its own taproom with ten rotating taps featuring modern and traditional beer styles, plus locally produced wine and spirits. The family and dog-friendly venue offers a spacious outdoor courtyard and various games to keep everyone entertained.

Longview Vineyard

The Saturno family has run this Adelaide Hills estate since 2007, drawing on Italian heritage to shape both the wines and the table. Red varietals grow on north-facing slopes; whites on the cooler southern aspects. The cellar door pairs tastings with seasonal food, fire in winter, deck views in summer. Accommodation and a day spa round out the offer.

Goodieson Brewery

Jeff Goodieson studied Food Technology and brewing at Ballarat before trading a Sydney corporate post at Lion Nathan for two acres, a brewhouse and a shed in McLaren Vale. The beers reflect his years drinking German and Austrian lagers. Find it on Sand Road — cellar door, no fuss.

Little Bang Brewing

Located in Stepney, this craft brewery pushes the boundaries of beer styles from classic to experimental. Visitors can book the taproom, take brewery tours, or explore their range online, with membership options available for regular patrons.

Paxton has farmed Landcross Farm biodynamically since earning organic and biodynamic certification in 2011 — all fruit sourced exclusively from estate blocks. At the cellar door on Wheaton Road, you can build a regional platter, taste the Jones Block Shiraz, and book onto a working vineyard tour that explains exactly what biodynamic preparations actually do to soil.

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Hahndorf Hill Winery

Australia's most decorated Grüner Veltliner producer — Huon Hooke called them the country's gurus of the grape — Hahndorf Hill also takes gold for Pinot Grigio and rosé out of their Adelaide Hills cellar door. Small batches, cool climate, Austrian varieties that most Australian winemakers still haven't caught up with.

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Main & Cherry Cellar Door

Michael Sexton grew up on the original Cherry Gardens vineyard before completing his oenology degree at Adelaide University. Twenty-plus vintages later, he works a basket press at the same foothills property while drawing on grapes from Clarendon and McLaren Vale. The wines are built for the table, not the trophy cabinet.

The Suburban Brew - Goodwood Taproom

The original Goodwood Road taproom pours the core range — Sunday Session Ale, No. 2 Pale Ale, Flat 5 English Special Bitter, ADL Gold — in an inner-south neighbourhood setting that clearly suits the regulars. The Sunday Session Ale took Champion Reduced Alcohol Beer at the 2025 Royal Adelaide Beer & Cider Awards. A second brewery and taproom now operates in Glynde; this is where it started.

Yangarra Estate

Award-winning biodynamic estate in McLaren Vale specializing in old vine Grenache and Rhone varieties from single vineyard blocks. Open daily for guided tastings at the cellar door.

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Shifty Lizard Brewing Co.

A microbrewery and taphouse on Willunga's High Street, Shifty Lizard pours its own beers alongside burgers, wings and loaded fries. The same team runs Soul Bird Distilling, producing small-batch gin on-site. Thursday to Sunday hours keep it a weekend destination — straightforward, unpretentious, and more interesting than the cellar doors that dominate the surrounding wine country.

Yangarra Estate Vineyard

Biodynamic since 2012, Yangarra farms a single Kangarilla estate around southern Rhône varieties — old bush vine Grenache foremost, alongside Roussanne, Counoise and Bourboulenc. They were the first in Australia to commercially plant Grenache Blanc. Wild fermentation, ceramic eggs and large-format oak do the rest. The cellar door is open daily.

Pirate Life South

Located in Port Adelaide, this brewery offers a range of craft beers and serves as a destination venue for beer enthusiasts. The site provides access to their beer selection, lifestyle content, and hosts events for visitors.

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Penfolds Magill Estate

The birthplace of Grange, Australia's most celebrated wine, this historic cellar door is housed in the original Penfolds homestead at Magill Estate. Visitors can experience the winery's 180-year winemaking legacy through tastings of iconic releases in a distinctive heritage setting.

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Pirate Life Brewing

Adelaide's boldest craft brewery, producing hop-forward IPAs and pale ales with uncompromising intensity. Pirate Life was founded in 2014 and quickly became one of Australia's most celebrated craft breweries before being acquired by AB InBev, with a large Port Adelaide venue offering tastings and events.

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Kick Back Brewing

A welcoming taphouse in Aldinga focused on craft beer and community connection, featuring locally-sourced cuisine from the Fleurieu Peninsula prepared with low and slow smoker techniques. Known for their weekly specials including Wings Night, Taco Quiz Night, and live music every weekend with rotating local musicians.

Chapel Hill Winery Tasting Room

An 1865 ironstone chapel, deconsecrated and left to decay before vines were planted around it in 1972, now anchors one of McLaren Vale's more historically grounded tasting rooms. Winemaker Michael Fragos has run the cellar since 2013, building on the legacy of Pam Dunsford — a Maurice O'Shea Award recipient — with shiraz, fiano and vermentino from the Seaview sub-region.

Tin Shed Distilling Co.

A postman and a flagpole maker got talking over a school fence, and somehow ended up making whisky in Nairne. Tin Shed's three-spirit lineup — Iniquity Whisky, Requiem Rum, and Piotr Vodka — is built on locally sourced materials and, judging by international rum reviewers tracking down the Requiem SS Ferret, people are paying attention from well outside South Australia.

A sixth-generation family brewery in Stepney producing a diverse range of Australian ales, lagers, and seasonal beers. Visitors can tour the brewery, enjoy the on-site restaurant and taproom, and explore their heritage brewing process.

Coopers Brewery

Australia's largest family-owned brewery, producing distinctive bottle-conditioned ales since 1862 in Leabrook, Adelaide. Coopers is beloved for Sparkling Ale, Pale Ale and Stout, and remains fiercely independent after resisting multiple takeover attempts. Brewery tours and a visitors centre are available.

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The Maxwell family have been making mead here since 1966 — long enough for it to become Australia's benchmark honey wine. The limestone ridge also yields Shiraz, Grenache, Nero d'Avola and Grenache Blanc. The restaurant holds a Gourmet Traveller South Australian Restaurant of the Year award and an AGFG Chef Hat. Tastings, heritage winery tours and vineyard walks round out the visit.

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Penfolds Magill Estate Cellar Door

The spiritual home of Penfolds offers wine experiences of grand proportions at one of the world's few urban single vineyards, just 8km from Adelaide's CBD. Founded in 1844, this historic estate features curated tastings, bespoke tours, and dining experiences with serene views of the original vineyard and Adelaide city.

Ambleside Distillers

Matt Dickson brought the idea home from a London pub called The Chelsea Ram — the name now lives on in Ambleside's 970-litre gin still. On the family's Hahndorf acreage, a 500-square-metre botanical garden feeds both the stills and the bar. Come for a tasting flight; stay for the à la carte lunch or chef's menu.

Ambleside Distillers - Hahndorf

Located on Hahndorf's main street, this craft distillery specializes in unique gins including Blossom Gin made with Beerenberg Strawberries and Jurlique Rose, plus seasonal Mandarin Gin. Visitors can enjoy tasting flights, gin blending masterclasses, and dining with garden views in the heart of the Adelaide Hills.

Coriole Vineyards

Hugh and Molly Lloyd planted their flag here in 1967, releasing their first wine two years later from a property anchored by 1919 vines and farmhouses built in 1860. The cellar door sits at the foot of those original buildings. What distinguishes Coriole is its early pivot to Italian varieties — sangiovese since 1985, now extended to fiano, montepulciano, nero d'avola, and piquepoul alongside the estate shiraz.

Prancing Pony Brewery

German expats Frank and Corinna Samson started Prancing Pony in 2011 — Frank refining recipes in a shed after being evicted from the kitchen. Thirteen years and 130 medals later, the Adelaide Hills brewery still brews with only malt, hops, water and yeast. The India Red Ale took a Supreme Champion Trophy in London. The brewery restaurant now employs 30-odd locals.

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Ambra Spirits Distillery Bar & Restaurant

Thebarton distillery bar whose house-made Limoncello took gold at the 2025 London Spirits Competition. The weekly programme leans festive — Sunday bottomless spritz lunches, Thursday pizza nights, Friday trivia, live music on weekends. A neighbourhood place that operates like it's always celebrating something.

Down The Rabbit Hole Wines - Cellar Door & Restaurant

Organic McLaren Vale wines — Grenache, Tempranillo, Mataro, Sangiovese Cabernet among them — paired with restaurant Fiore's seasonal, local menu. The cellar door also runs a casual outdoor option when the vines-to-sea view calls for something less formal. The wine names lean whimsical; the sourcing doesn't.

Vine Shed Venue & Cellar Door

The Conte family has been growing fruit on this McLaren Vale block since 1880. Now in its third generation, it finally has a cellar door. Steve, in his eighties, keeps son Dan tethered to Italian winemaking tradition; the Circa 1880 Shiraz is the one to order. Wood-fired pizza and share platters on Fridays through Sundays, in a converted shed among the old vines.

Penfolds Barossa

Australia's most celebrated winery, crafting iconic wines since 1844. The Nuriootpa cellar door showcases Penfolds' legendary range including Grange and Bin 389, offering tastings of the nation's premium wine portfolio.

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Watkins Cellar Door

Chandlers Hill, just outside Adelaide, is where Watkins runs its cellar door and wine club. The range spans a 2024 Blanc de Blancs through to a 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2018 Shiraz, with most bottles at $25. Sunday socials and high teas keep it from feeling like a simple tasting counter.

Wirra Wirra McLaren

Built in 1894 by a disgraced state cricketer, Wirra Wirra's ironstone cellars were revived in the late 1960s by Greg Trott, whose legacy — serious winemaking, serious fun — holds. The RSW Shiraz and Church Block Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Merlot are the benchmarks. Harry's Deli runs a seasonal kitchen off estate vegetables and local seafood. There's also a working trebuchet.

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Coopers Brewery Visitor Centre

Australia's largest independent family-owned brewery offers behind-the-scenes tours, tastings of classic ales and exclusive microbrews, plus a full restaurant featuring seasonal SA produce. The taproom welcomes walk-ins Tuesday through Saturday, with indoor and outdoor seating for over 200 guests.

Mismatch Brewing Hills

Located in Hay Valley on Chambers Road, this Adelaide Hills brewery offers tastings and long lunches in a scenic setting. Open Wednesday to Sunday, visitors can explore the brewery and enjoy craft beers at their main production site.

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Wirra Wirra Vineyards

Award-winning McLaren Vale winery with historic ironstone cellars dating to 1894, offering cellar door tastings and contemporary Australian cuisine at Harry's Deli featuring estate-grown produce and local ingredients.

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The 1855 Ingleburne homestead — two storeys of stone, built by Devonshire emigrant Thomas Goss — still anchors the cellar door here. Tony Parkinson planted the first vines in 1991; Warren Randall bought the estate in 2022, with plans to redevelop it along the lines of his Seppeltsfield project in the Barossa. The 2014 Edwards Road Cabernet won World's Best Cabernet in France. Something is clearly working in the ground.

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Oxenberry Farm Wines

The Scarpantoni brothers — Domenic, Matteo and Jacob — run this property on land their grandfather purchased, which itself sits on the oldest established farm in McLaren Vale, dating to 1840. Colton Cottage sleeps guests on-site, positioned along the Shiraz Trail. The mulled wine has a following. So does the muscat.

Down South Distillery & Cellar Door

The Kaas family — Natalie, Hank, and daughter Jordan — took over a former winery cellar door on Stonehouse Lane in late 2023 and converted it into a gin operation. Three small-batch gins anchor the list: citrus-forward Board Meeting, fruit-and-floral Bush Chook Pink, and earthy Watering Hole Dry. Wood-fired pizza from the old regime's oven remains. The deck and Sunday sessions draw locals who'd otherwise head straight for McLaren Vale's wine trail.

Mismatch Brewing Co

Craft brewery located at LOT.100 in Hay Valley producing lagers, session ales and IPAs. Open Wednesday to Sunday for tastings and long lunch bookings with views of the Adelaide Hills scenery.

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Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard

Historic 186-hectare vineyard on the high elevation hills of Clarendon, first planted in 1971 and bottled under its own label since 2012. Farmed organically and biodynamically, producing distinctive Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon wines.

Never Never Distilling Co.

A distillery in McLaren Vale offering spirits, cocktails, and bookable experiences. Open daily with extended hours on weekends, they provide tastings and private functions at their cellar door facility.

Woodstock Distillery

McLaren Vale distillery with a long history producing award-winning brandies and bourbons. Woodstock's spirits are crafted from locally grown wine grapes and grains, with the distillery's cellar door offering tastings of their distinctive range alongside the estate's wines.

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Silver Brewing Co

A restaurant, bar, brewery, and distillery in Adelaide offering Viking and Slavic-inspired dining with house-made spirits including rakija and gin. Known for extravagant spreads of juicy meats, wholesome vegetables, and craft drinks, open Thursday to Sunday from 12PM to midnight.

The Osborn family has farmed McLaren Vale since 1912, when Joseph sold his prize racehorses to buy the property then called Bundarra. Fourth-generation Chester has held the winemaking reins since 1984, producing Shiraz and other varieties by traditional methods. The origin story alone — a teetotalling company secretary, a failed medical degree, 72 racehorse wins — is worth the visit.

Beresford Estate Cellar Door

Since 1985, this McLaren Flat cellar door has poured from a range that runs from the $25 Classic Shiraz up through old vine Blewitt Springs Grenache and a Grand Reserve tier. The newest addition — an Emblem Pinot Noir — signals ambition beyond the region's shiraz heartland. Tastings available on-site.

Woodstock Wine Estate

Three generations of the same family, grapes from some of McLaren Vale's oldest vineyards, a cellar door, on-site gin, a long canteen, and — somehow — a wildlife sanctuary. Woodstock earns its breadth. Blewitt Springs doesn't get many reasons to linger; this place gives you several.

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The McLaren Vale Distillery

Single malt whisky finished in barrels sourced from McLaren Vale's own wineries — Mr Riggs Shiraz casks, Dandelion's Red Queen Shiraz, Maxwell Mead, Yangarra Port. The results sit alongside house-made Muscat and Fortified Shiraz in a tasting room on Chapel Hill Road, open Friday through Monday. The cask provenance is local, traceable, and genuinely interesting.

Frank Mitolo's family winery runs two Italian restaurants alongside its cellar door: Little Wolf Osteria serves fire-cooked, produce-forward food Thursday to Monday, while Frankie Italo — the pizza and pasta room — opens Sundays for lunch. The G.A.M. Shiraz, named for Frank's three children and first released in 2000, remains the flagship. Tastings run daily, 10am to 4pm.

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The d'Arenberg Cube

The Osborn family have farmed McLaren Vale since 1912, when Joseph Osborn sold his racehorses to buy the property then called Bundarra. Fourth-generation Chester now makes the wines. The Cube — a five-storey architectural provocation above the vines — houses tastings, an Alternate Realities Museum, and sensory rooms, with views across the valley floor.

Swell Brewing Co

Located at 168 Olivers Road in McLaren Vale, this brewery and taphouse opens daily with a full food menu and rotating selection of craft beers including hazy IPAs, kettle sours, and hop water.

Lady Burra Brewhouse

Adelaide's first CBD microbrewery, crafting unique in-house beers with passion and care to suit every palate. Established as a testament to Elizabeth Lilian Oliver, Lady Burra offers brewery tours where visitors can discover the brewing process behind their distinctive flavors.

Two desk workers who'd had enough of the daily grind swapped spreadsheets for mash tuns. Now their beers — including the Bowden Draught, Pash Money passionfruit sour, and Purple Yeet alcoholic lemonade — pour at Plant 3, Bowden's adaptive reuse precinct. The range is broad and unserious in the best way.

A former cattle pasture north of Nairne now houses four producers under one roof: Hills Cider Co, Mismatch Brewing, 78 Degrees Distillery and Ashton Valley Fresh juices, plus a paddock-to-plate restaurant. The 1,700 square metres of solar panels and on-site reverse osmosis water system aren't window dressing — the whole 84-hectare property runs as a closed loop.

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Swell Brewing Co. Taphouse & Brewery

A surf-culture brewery on Olivers Road, pouring the likes of a Choc Hazelnut Porter, a West Coast IPA called The Ranch, and a Milkshake Oat Cream IPA alongside food, seven days a week. The beer names alone — Dominical Express, Mentawai — map a particular obsession with tropical swells. Wine country, but decidedly not a winery.

Settlers Spirits

McLaren Vale's gin-focused distillery produces four house expressions — Rare Dry, Pink, Yuzu and Breakfast — from a small-batch setup that leans Australian in character. The Yuzu bottling signals an intent to range beyond juniper convention. Visit the distillery door to taste rather than just order online.

Five Eleven Distilling

This Saint Agnes distillery crafts authentic handcrafted spirits with a focus on refreshing beverages perfect for long lunches. Their range features hard lemonades, hard ginger beer, and limoncello, all made with traditional distilling methods.

Pirramimma Wines

McLaren Vale's oldest family-owned winery, farming the same land since 1892 across fourth and fifth generations. Pirramimma produces rich, fruit-forward reds and whites from estate vineyards, with a cellar door offering tastings of their full range including limited-edition old-vine expressions.

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Hahndorf Brewing Co

A local brewery operating their Bier Hall on weekends, open Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm. They offer table bookings for visitors looking to enjoy craft beer in the historic German town of Hahndorf.

Adelaide Hills Distillery

Winemaker Sacha La Forgia founded 78 Degrees in 2014, naming it after the boiling point of ethanol. The key technical claim: botanicals are extracted at exactly 78°C, lower than most distilleries, producing what the team argues are brighter, cleaner flavours. The range now runs from the original Classic Gin through vermouths, aperitifs, vodka and whiskey — all made at Lot 100, a shared production site in the Adelaide Hills alongside Mismatch Brewing and The Hills Cider Company.

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78 Degrees Distillery

Winemaker Sacha La Forgia founded this Adelaide Hills distillery in 2014 on a single technical insight: ethanol boils at 78 degrees, lower than water, and distilling at that threshold captures brighter botanical notes. Now at Lot 100 in Hay Valley — shared with Mismatch Brewing and The Hills Cider Company — the range runs from the original Classic Gin to vermouths, aperitifs, vodka, and Australian whiskey.

Southern Still Spirits

A distillery located in Prospect, South Australia, producing craft spirits. This local establishment maintains a 3.9/5 Google rating from visitors and customers.

South Australian Maritime Museum

Three floors of Port Adelaide maritime history fill a Bond Store built in 1854. Nearby sit the 1869 lighthouse and steam tug *Yelta* (1948); the police launch *Archie Badenoch* runs regular heritage tours on the Port River. Free entry makes this one of the more generously accessible collections on the waterfront.

Michael Hickinbotham's family tree runs deep — grandfather Alan Robb Hickinbotham established one of the world's first university oenology degrees at Roseworthy in 1936. That lineage now informs Adelaide Gin, made with Kangaroo Island lavender alongside juniper, orris root, coriander and cardamom. The navy expression took gold outstanding. Three generations of obsessive terroir-thinking, bottled.

Museum of Economic Botany

A collection dedicated to the economic uses of plants, showcasing how botanical specimens have shaped human culture and commerce. Located within the Adelaide Botanic Garden on North Terrace, this museum offers free entry and provides insight into the practical and historical significance of flora.

SASA Gallery - Adelaide University

A student-focused experimental gallery space at Adelaide University dedicated to showcasing emerging artistic talent. SASA Gallery exhibits graduate works, contemporary art installations, and hosts academic engagement programs across diverse disciplines from ceramics to moving image.

History Trust of South Australia

Giving the past a future, this institution preserves and celebrates South Australia's rich history through multiple museums and galleries. Explore maritime heritage, migration stories, motoring history, and the evolution of democracy across interconnected cultural spaces.

Carrick Hill House Museum & Garden

A period mansion set within a 100-acre estate in the Adelaide foothills, featuring art collections, impressive interiors, and extensive heritage gardens with ocean views.

Burra Regional Art Gallery

Located in a restored 1860 Post and Telegraph Office, this gallery celebrates Burra's creative heritage through twelve diverse exhibitions annually. The venue features permanent collections, artist talks, a sculpture garden, and cultural events alongside its dynamic exhibition program.

Investigator Science and Technology Centre

The Investigator Science and Technology Centre in Wayville engages South Australian students and families with hands-on exhibits exploring physics, biology, technology and mathematics, with a strong focus on interactive learning through scientific discovery and experimentation.

National Trust SA — Carrick Hill

Carrick Hill is an outstanding Arts and Crafts house of 1939 in the Adelaide Hills, designed by Herbert Jory for prominent Adelaide citizens William and Ursula Goodman. The house and its beautiful garden of native and exotic plantings represent the finest Arts and Crafts design in South Australia.

Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum

A historic landmark centered around the Highercombe Hotel, a prominent building opened in 1854 that has served multiple community roles throughout its storied past. Now accredited as a museum, it showcases the heritage and history of the Tea Tree Gully township, operated by volunteers.

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Wittunga Botanic Garden

Wittunga Botanic Garden in the Adelaide Hills is renowned for its collection of Australian and South African plants, with a beautiful fynbos section and native bushland walks across 13 hectares.

Migration Museum

Australia's first migration museum tells the stories of the many cultures that shaped South Australia, housed in the former Destitute Asylum near North Terrace.

South Australian Museum

One of Australia's great natural history museums, the South Australian Museum holds internationally significant collections of meteorites, opals, Pacific cultures, and Aboriginal cultural heritage.

Samstag Museum of Art

The Samstag Museum presents a dynamic program of contemporary art at the University of South Australia, with a distinctive focus on works by recipients of the prestigious Samstag Scholarship.

Art Gallery of South Australia

The Art Gallery of South Australia holds one of Australia's finest encyclopaedic art collections, with exceptional strengths in European old masters, Australian colonial paintings, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.

Ayers House Museum

Ayers House is a fine example of Regency and Victorian architecture, home to South Australia's Premier Henry Ayers for 40 years and now preserved with original period furnishings and a popular restaurant.

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Adelaide Botanic Garden

Opened in 1857, Adelaide Botanic Garden stretches across 51 hectares near the city centre with a great Victorian Palm House, the Bicentennial Conservatory, and a living collection of over 5,000 plant species.

State Library of South Australia

South Australia's foremost library and archive anchors the North Terrace cultural precinct, with extensive collections of SA history, genealogy, photographs, maps, and the Mortlock Chamber — one of Australia's great interiors.

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Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute

Tandanya is Australia's oldest Indigenous multidisciplinary arts and cultural centre, presenting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual art, performance, music, and community events in the Adelaide CBD.

Australian Distilling Co.

Michael Hickinbotham's family line runs deep — grandfather Alan Robb Hickinbotham founded one of the world's first university oenology degrees at Adelaide's Roseworthy Campus in 1936. The distillery carries that lineage into gin, vodka and whisky. The Navy Gin took Gold Outstanding. Dr Graham Jones, from the University of Adelaide, leads the technical work.

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Jam Factory is Australia's leading craft and design centre, housed in a former jam and sauce factory in Adelaide's west end. Its workshops, galleries and retail spaces showcase the finest contemporary craft in ceramics, glass, wood and jewellery.

Hahndorf Academy

On Hahndorf's Main Street, in a heritage building on Peramangk and Kaurna country, this gallery runs a genuinely rotating exhibition program — currently showing Quentin Gore, Datsun Tran and Stephanie Radok alongside a permanent museum of First Nations and German settler history. The attached shop stocks South Australian artists and makers. Eight-week ceramics courses with Guy Ringwood run regularly.

Carrick Hill is a beautifully preserved 1939 Arts and Crafts house and garden in Springfield, designed by Herbert Jory for William and Ursula Goodman. It remains one of the finest examples of the period in South Australia and sits within a splendid heritage garden.

History Trust of South Australia — Migration Museum

Australia's first migration museum, housed in a former Destitute Asylum, tells the story of the people who came to South Australia from every corner of the world — exploring themes of identity, belonging and the courage required to start again in a new country.

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South Australian Botanic Garden Wittunga

Wittunga Botanic Garden in the Adelaide Hills is renowned for its outstanding collection of South African and Australian native plants, set on a gentle hillside of 13 hectares with sweeping views across the coastal plain to Gulf St Vincent.

National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum in Port Adelaide holds Australia's largest collection of historic railway locomotives, carriages and memorabilia, spread across a network of original Port Adelaide railway sheds in a spectacular display of the steam age.

JamFactory on Morphett Street in Adelaide's West End is a nationally significant contemporary craft and design centre, founded in 1973 and offering two-year training programs across four studios in ceramics, glass, furniture and jewellery. The galleries present curated exhibitions of leading Australian and international craft and design, while the retail shop showcases handcrafted objects, and the biennial MAKE Award is Australia's richest non-acquisitive prize for craft and design.

JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design

JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design in Adelaide, SA. has collection and exhibitions that explore decorative arts, contemporary art, textiles fashion. Core activities include exhibition, education, community, performance. The venue serves as a community hub and provides immersive experiences. Visitors can enjoy shop, cafe, guided tours, workshops, events. Notable for being long established. Nearby towns include Adelaide CBD, Rundle Mall, North Terrace.

Flinders University Museum of Art

Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA) in Adelaide presents a program of contemporary art exhibitions alongside works from the university's significant collection. The museum serves as a teaching and research resource while engaging the broader community through exhibitions, public programs and artist talks that explore contemporary social, cultural and political themes.

Flinders University Art Museum

Flinders University Art Museum is a nationally significant gallery in Adelaide, SA. The gallery's collection and exhibitions explore fine art, contemporary art, decorative arts. Core activities include exhibition, education, research. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, accessible. Notable for being long established. Nearby towns include Bedford Park, Mitcham, Urrbrae. Admission is free.

Willunga Slate Museum

Willunga Slate Museum is a heritage-listed museum in Willunga, SA. The museum explores themes of mining geology, social history, architecture. Core activities include exhibition, conservation. The venue is housed in a historic building and serves as a community hub. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, accessible. Notable for being long established. Nearby towns include Adelaide, McLaren Vale, Aldinga.

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Living Kaurna Cultural Centre

Living Kaurna Cultural Centre is a cultural centre in Adelaide, SA. The cultural centre explores themes of indigenous, social history, multicultural. Core activities include education, exhibition, community, conservation. The venue serves as a community hub and provides immersive experiences. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, workshops, accessible, free entry. Nearby towns include Adelaide CBD, Flagstaff Hill, Reynella. Admission is free.

Beaumont House is a heritage-listed heritage site in Adelaide, SA. The heritage site explores themes of architecture, social history, decorative arts. Core activities include exhibition, conservation. The venue is housed in a historic building. Visitors can enjoy guided tours. Notable for being state significant. Nearby towns include Beaumont, Eastwood, St Peters.

Investigator Science & Technology Centre

Investigator Science & Technology Centre is a museum in Adelaide, SA. The museum explores themes of science technology, maritime. Core activities include exhibition, education, public programs. The venue features interactive exhibits and is family-oriented. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, accessible, family friendly, cafe. Nearby towns include South Adelaide, Adelaide CBD, Waterfront.

Army Museum of South Australia

Army Museum of South Australia is a museum in Adelaide, SA. The museum explores themes of military, social history, architecture. Core activities include exhibition, education. The venue is housed in a historic building. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, cafe. Nearby towns include Keswick, Adelaide CBD, South Adelaide.

South Australian Aviation Museum

Two massive hangars at Parafield Airport hold South Australia's aviation story from the first aircraft engine built in the state through to the jet age. Run entirely by volunteers, it's rougher around the edges than a civic museum — and better for it. Kids can sit in cockpits; adults, apparently, should resist the urge to make engine noises.

Port Adelaide Historical Society Museum

Port Adelaide Historical Society Museum is a museum in Port Adelaide, SA. The museum explores themes of maritime, social history, colonial history. Core activities include exhibition, conservation, community. The venue serves as a community hub and is housed in a historic building. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, shop. Notable for being long established. Nearby towns include Semaphore, Osborne, Outer Harbor.

Jeff and Joan Mason converted a McLaren Vale ostrich farm into a 5.5-hectare Shiraz vineyard in 1998, achieving ACO organic certification by 2012. The Rivers Lane cellar door — open Friday to Sunday — pours single-vineyard wines made with minimal intervention by winemaker Goe DiFabio. Wood-fired pizzas and a deck with outdoor seating round it out.

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