Curated list · Rutherglen, VIC
Every cellar door in Rutherglen, and what each one actually offers
By The LocalsKnow desk · last reviewed
Rutherglen has more cellar doors per head than anywhere else in the country and almost every guide to it names the same four. This is all of them, with the part nobody prints: what a tasting costs, whether you can walk in, which days they are shut, and whether there is food. Compiled from what each winery publishes itself and last checked on the date below. We have not been to all of them and this is not a ranking. Order runs roughly from the Murray Valley Highway west of town, through the historic estates, and back to Main Street.
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Campbells Wines of Rutherglen
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Five generations of the one family, and the tasting happens down among the giant casks rather than across a counter. Back vintage releases are available if you ask. Vineyard platters every day, and groups of ten or more should book.
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Morris of Rutherglen
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
The refurbished cellar door at Browns Plains pours the fortifieds and the single malt whisky those same barrels went on to shape, which is a genuinely unusual thing to taste side by side. Ten to four, seven days. Tours book separately.
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Chambers Rosewood Vineyards
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Vines over 120 years old and the wine made on site. Seated tastings ten to four, sales from nine. Closed Sundays unless you arrange it first, which catches people out.
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Stanton & Killeen Wines
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Seated tastings on Jacks Road with a $10 fee refunded against a purchase. Open every day except Christmas. Eight or more, call ahead. About forty five minutes from Albury airport if you are flying in.
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Scion Wine
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Small, personal and two kilometres south of town. Forty five minute tastings at $15 a head, capped at eight, walk ins welcome. Bring your own picnic or pre-order a platter. Dogs on leads are fine and there is a Tesla charger and a bike pump, which tells you who is stopping here.
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Buller Wines
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
The most to do at one stop: cellar door and distillery door, seven days, ten to five. The Muscat Mile fortified flight is $15, the guided Barrel Perfection tour with barrel tasting is $35 and needs booking, and the gin tasting is $25. Restaurant on site, bookings essential.
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Jones Winery & Vineyard
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Tasting happens in a heritage listed sales room of handmade brick with the original bark lined roof. Old vine Shiraz, Fiano, Marsanne, Durif and Malbec alongside the fortifieds. Cellar door Wednesday to Sunday, restaurant for lunch Thursday to Sunday.
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Anderson Winery
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Estate grown and handmade, on the Chiltern road. Monday to Saturday ten to four, closed Sundays except most long weekends. The museum vault holds back vintages. Walk ins fine, groups appreciated if you book.
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Warrabilla Wines
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Right on the highway between Rutherglen and Yarrawonga, so it is the easy one to fold into a drive. Seven days, ten to five. Standard tastings are free, guided group tastings $10 a head with something to eat alongside. Private tastings need a day's notice.
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Lake Moodemere Estate
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Vines on the site since 1886 and the first carbon neutral wine business in north east Victoria. Heritage cellar door, a lakeside restaurant, a daily happy hour, and accommodation if you would rather not drive. Sits on the Rutherglen Loops cycle path with bike parking.
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De Bortoli Rutherglen Estate
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
In the Tuileries complex on Drummond Street, in cellars Seppelt built in 1886. Italian and Mediterranean varietals rather than the regional standards, tastings bookable online, and a restaurant, courtyard and art gallery in the same complex. The one to pick if the group is split.
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Olive Hills Estate
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
Family owned, in 1886 cellars on the highway. Everything made on site from estate grown, non irrigated fruit, and the tasting is with the winemaker rather than a host. Grazing platters at the original homestead. Seven days.
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James & Co. Wines
Wineries · Rutherglen, VIC
In town on Main Street, working with cool climate fruit rather than Rutherglen's own. Seated tastings with the winemaker, bookings preferred, wine by the glass if you just want a sit down. Garden seating with misting fans, which matters here in February. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
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How this list was put together
The LocalsKnow desk ranked these by hand. Nobody paid to be on the list and nobody can pay to move up it. Where a position is arguable, the blurb says what tipped it. The ordering here is deliberately not the quality score used on the category pages, because a score cannot tell you which of two good operators to ring first.
The list is checked again every six months. If something has closed, changed hands or fallen off, tell us and it gets pulled at the next review rather than left sitting there.