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Visit Our Cellar Door

Our cellar door is open Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday 11am-4pm.


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Bookings are not required for tastings, but are recommended, as sometimes we're busy hosting experiences or making wine!


Bookings are essential for our more in-depth wine experiences, but we promise they're worth it!    Book online   or give us a call on 0402 788 526 to schedule your personalised experience with the winemaker.


Tastings are held in our beautiful 170yr old stone cottage, Rushlea Homestead. Here you'll find a quiet spot to enjoy genuinely boutique fine wine and learn the journey of the wine straight from the winemaker!


A few thoughts from our visitors:

 

  • 2021 Best Wine Communicator - Cellar Door,  Wine Communicators Australia
  • 2019  Best Small Cellar Door in Eden Valley,  Gourmet Traveller
  • 2016 National Cellar Door Person of the Year,  Australian Women in Wine Awards
  • 2015 Barossa Cellar Door Person of the Year,  Barossa Cellar Circle
  • TripAdvisor 5-star rated
  • Facebook 5-star rated



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You'll often find a quiet and serene setting where you can relax and ask the owners, vignerons and winemakers, Scott & Bec about all things wine or just take in the surrounding Aussie flora and fauna with a glass of wine.


If you're looking for something a bit more personalised, we offer one-on-one boutique winery experiences from winery barrel tastings, to a wine blending experience,  to making your own wine; see more below.


Our winemakers and vignerons greet you at our Barossa boutique winery

Our Boutique

Wine Experiences

Personal Wine Flight

With The Winemaker


Try the wines Scott & Bec devote their lives to perfecting and hear the stories behind them direct from the vigneron/winemaker. We always have a range of styles on offer, including classic Eden Valley Riesling, fruit driven Shiraz and often small experimental batches.

 

  • Price: Free     
  • Allow: 45 mins
  • For: 1-25 people
  • Available: Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon 11am-4pm (bookings recommended)

 

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Winery Tour & Barrel Tasting

A truly boutique winemaking experience.


Learn how Fernfield's wines are made; from hand picking to hand plunging and basket pressing. You will visit our little winery one-on-one with the winemaker, try wine from its early stages through to finely aged wine ready for the bottle and chat with the winemaker about winemaking techniques and secrets. 

 

  • Price: $30 per person
  • Allow: 1hr
  • For: 2-10 people
  • Availablility: Scroll down to book
  • Gift vouchers available - call Bec on 0402 788 526

 

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Play The Winemaker

Wine Blending Experience

Come and have a play in the little world of Fernfield Winery. Taste a range of boutique wines from the barrel and then use them to make your perfect blend. Your blend will then be bottled for you to take home and share.

 

  • Price: $65 per person
  • Allow: 1.5hrs
  • For: 2-4 people
  • Availability: Scroll down to book
  • Gift vouchers available - call Bec on 0402 788 526

 

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Based on 45 verified reviews by Great State Voucher customers

Perfect Pairing
Wine & Chocolate

Artisan chocolate crafted onsite and finely tuned by the winemakers to specifically match the Fernfield range. You'll find the long conched chocolate incredibly rich and velvety on its own and that it dances with the wine.

 

  • Price: $30 per person
  • For: 2-20 people
  • Allow: 45min-1hr
  • Availability: Scroll down to book
  • Gift vouchers available - call Bec on 0402 788 526

 

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Based on 10 verified reviews

Wine & Chocolate Indulgence

Blend your own chocolates to pair with three of our red wines. Working with one of our rigourously tested Perfect Pairing chocolate recipes and seven different chocolate flavours, you'll test and then make your own block of chocolate to take home and pair with your chosen wine.

  • Price: $175 for two people
  • Allow: 1.5hrs
  • For: 2 people
  • Available: Scroll down to book
  • Vouchers available online

 

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Be The Winemaker

Here is your once in a lifetime chance to make your very own boutique fine wine. We work with you to customise the wine to your style, and you choose your winemaking experiences. A great opportunity to get a group together to see the winemaking process from start to finish, while having a great time.
 

  • Price: From $20/bottle for one barrel
  • For: Recommended for groups of 6-20
  • Allow: 3-18 months
  • Available: Once a year at vintage

 

We just keep coming back year after year, the whole process is good fun and you end up with some good wine to boot

Steve, Adelaide

Bec and Scott ensured that we were involved from start to finish and this made for a wonderful experience

Marieka, Bethany

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Common Questions

See some common questions and answers below, or call us at 0402 788 526

Bookings

  • When are you open?

    We welcome guests Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays between 11am and 4pm. 

    We recommend booking - even if it's just calling ahead - to ensure we're available (and all of our special experiences require a booking)

  • Do i need to make a booking?

    We recommend bookings for all tastings, because we're not always available - we might be hosting a blending experience in the winery, or we might be picking grapes or making wine. 

    You are absolutely welcome to take a punt and show up without a booking for a tasting, but if the gates are closed, it means we unfortunately aren't available!

    Bookings are essential for all of our special wine experiences - chocolate & wine pairings, Play the Winemaker, Chocolate Indulgence and Winery Tour & Barrel Tasting.

  • Why should I book for a tasting?

    As a small winery, the person who you meet at the cellar door is the same person who hosts our special wine experiences, and the same person who makes the wine, so we aren't always available at the cellar door. To avoid disappointment, we recommend booking ahead - even if it's a quick message or phone call. 

  • Why can't I book the date I want?

    Some days we're fully booked and some days we need to close - especially during vintage. You're welcome to contact us by phone, email or DM to see if we can fit you in.


    Our booking system can't take bookings on the day, so if you want to visit today for a tasting, please call Bec on 0402 788 526.


    Often our special experiences require time to setup, so are only available with a few days' notice.



  • Are you open Long Weekends?

    Yes, most long weekends we're open without a booking, including Easter, Anzac Day, Adelaide cup Day, Queen's Birthday and Labour Day long weekends.


    We are usually closed for Christmas to spend time with our family.

Acessibility

  • Are you dog friendly?

    Absolutely. We love dogs and would love to have your four-legged friend visit. We have a water bowl and outdoor seating, and well-behaved dogs are welcome off-lead.

  • Are you child friendly?

    Yes, we have big lawns, a stage for dancing and a range of gear from totem tennis and cricket to toy cars and puzzles to entertain your little ones. 

  • Are you inclusive of disabilities?

    We can cater for most disabilities, but please give us a call to make sure we can make your visit excellent.

Experiences

  • Do you charge for tastings?

    Not generally, our guided wine flight with the winemaker is free for groups up to five people. For six people or more we charge a redeemable fee of $5 per person.

  • What are your different chocolate experiences?

    We have two chocolate-related experiences. Both feature chocolates that we make on-site to pair with our wines, but one is a bit longer and more interactive (and you can take home chocolate!)


    The 'Wine & Chocolate Perfect Pairing' is a pairing of four wines & chocolates that we designed to pair together. It takes 45min-1hr and isn't very expensive. 


    The 'Wine & Chocolate Indulgence' is more in-depth - you will combine our chocolate recipe with a range of flavours to make your own pairing, and you'll take home a block of your own chocolate each.

  • Can I buy chocolate to take home?

    We make our chocolate especially for our wine pairing experiences - the only way to get blocks of our chocolate is to make one yourself during our Wine & Chocolate Indulgence, or to be part of Experience Eden, which includes a Wine & Chocolate pairing box each year in June.

  • What winemaking experiences do you offer?

    We have three levels of winemaking experiences. 


    'Winery Tour & Barrel Tasting' will take you through our winery and we'll explain how our wines are made while you taste wines from barrel or tank. 


    'Play the Winemaker' is a longer session where you will blend a few of our wines together and take home a bottle of your own blend.


     The holy grail is 'Be the Winemaker' where you get to see winemaking from start to finish and take home the wine you helped create - this is best for groups  or families as you'll be taking home 300 bottles!

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