Brindabella Hills Winery

Granite soils on a ridge above the Murrumbidgee, 25 kilometres north-west of Canberra. Brindabella Hills has been growing Riesling, Shiraz, Chardonnay and Cabernet here since 1986, fermenting reds in open vats with hand-plunging before extended French and American oak ageing. The site — frost-protected by a steep 100-metre drop to the river — also runs a restaurant and takes weddings.