Restaurants in Rutherglen, VIC

Finding a restaurant in Rutherglen

Sit down dining, from a bistro counter meal to a long lunch with a proper wine list. Country kitchens live or die on midweek trade, so many only open Thursday to Sunday and a booking is not optional in a small town. Produce driven menus are genuinely easier here, since the growers are up the road rather than through a distributor.

Rutherglen is the fortified wine capital of Australia, with muscat and topaque cellar doors running along the Murray Valley Highway and out towards Wahgunyah. Main Street has the wide verandahs and the Victoria Hotel at its centre. Winery infrastructure, cool rooms, irrigation and tourism accommodation give local trades steady work outside vintage.

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