Merrowdale Estate · Family-run since 1972
Taste it here. Marry here.
Six estate wines, a long table under the oaks, and a lawn that has hosted more than four hundred weddings.
Open Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am · Late until 8 pm on Friday and Saturday
1180 Quarry Road, Merrowdale Valley
Dogs welcome on the terrace and the lawn
The cellar door
Six wines, tasted where they grow.
Taste at the bar or out on the terrace. Walk in any day we’re open; groups of ten or more, please book.
Weddings & functions
Marry on the lawn. Dance in the Barrel Hall.
The whole estate for one couple a day, a kitchen that cooks only for your guests, and an indoor plan for the lawn.
At the cellar door
Three flights, one long bench.
Take a seat at the long bar or carry your glasses out to the terrace. The team pouring for you works the vintage too, so ask them anything: the season, the soil, the lunch menu.
Estate Flight
Five current releases, poured at the bar
$18
Reserve Flight
Four older and reserve wines, poured at a table
$35
Tasting & Long Lunch
A seated flight with a shared estate platter, Friday to Sunday
$65
Buy a half case and your tasting is on us. Club members and a guest taste free.
The wines
Grown, picked and made on the estate.
Everything we pour comes from our own vines and is made in the winery behind the bar. These three are open for tasting this week.
“We came for a tasting on a Thursday and had booked our wedding by Sunday.”
Priya and Sam · married on the Vine Lawn
Weddings & functions
Exclusive use, from the vows to the last dance.
One wedding a day, and the estate is yours: vows on the Vine Lawn, canapés on the terrace, dinner in the Barrel Hall. If rain threatens, the ceremony moves indoors.
The Vine Lawn
Ceremonies for up to 180 · Outdoors
Wet-weather plan: the Barrel Hall, reset in under an hour.
The Barrel Hall
180 seated · 240 standing
Indoors, heated and air-conditioned, with a timber dance floor.
The Terrace Pavilion
80 seated · 120 standing
A glazed timber pavilion off the terrace, with doors that fold back on warm days and heaters for cool ones.
The Library Room
40 seated · 60 standing
Rehearsal dinners, long lunches and small weddings.
From-prices by season
Peak season
Saturdays in the warmest months · minimum 100 guests
from $14,500
Shoulder season
Fridays, Sundays and the edges of the season · minimum 80 guests
from $11,000
Quieter months
Weekdays and the cooler months · minimum 50 guests
from $8,500
Includes exclusive venue hire, ceremony set-up, tables, linen and a coordinator on the day. Food and wine are priced per guest.
What’s on
Long lunches, vineyard walks and library dinners.
Tickets go on sale about six weeks ahead. Wine club members hear two weeks before everyone else.
The wine club
Your first pick of every vintage.
Members and a guest taste free, book events before anyone else, and receive the small-lot wines we never put on the shelf. Skip a release whenever you need to.
Half Case
6 bottles, three times a year · 10% off every bottle
$190 a case
Full Case
12 bottles including reserve wines · 15% off
$370 a case
Library Case
12 bottles with library releases · 20% off
$560 a case
Our story
Three generations, one very patient dog.
Tom and Ada Merrow planted the first Syrah on Quarry Road in 1972, mostly because nobody told them not to. Their granddaughter makes the wine now, every row is still picked by hand, and Juno the labrador supervises everything.
1972
First vines planted
36 ha
Under vine
4
Vineyard blocks
Find us
Forty minutes from the city, at the end of Quarry Road.
1180 Quarry Road, Merrowdale Valley
Free parking on the gravel drive, with room for coaches
Step-free access to the cellar door, terrace and bathrooms
Cellar door hours
Open Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am · Late until 8 pm on Friday and Saturday