When wine won’t do, whet your whistle at Loch Brewery & Distillery. Traditional craft ales are served by hand pumps, and you can try gin, vodka and single malt whisky. Just down the road, you’ll find Korumburra’s Burra Brewing Co. Try a sample paddle of the craft beers, and be sure to get a wood-fired pizza in your belly.

Head toward Leongatha and you’ll pass djinta djinta Winery where an onsite restaurant overlooks the beautiful grounds and generous platters complement their delicious wines.

The Fleet Wines team have been producing wines in Gippsland since 2016 - in fact, they were shortlisted for 'Best New Winery' in the 2024 Halliday Wine Companion. Their much-anticipated cellar door has opened on the outskirts of Leongatha for tastings and wine by the glass/bottle, alongside a delicious snacks menu. 

While they don’t have cellar door, we must mention Bass Phillip, who produce truly exceptional quality wines, and some of the best examples in South Gippsland.

During the summer months passionate biodynamic winemakers, The Wine Farm in Koonwarra, invite you to book a very special tasting experience. A spot at the vineyard bar yields more than a taste of their wines, but an understanding of how the vital regeneration of the land, plants, soils and microbes on their farm drives everything they do.

Call ahead to visit off-the-beaten-track award winners, Bellvale Wine, near the hilltop village of Mirboo North. This village is synonymous with the Grand Ridge Brewery, overlooking the rail trail - it’s the ideal reward.

Inverloch’s Dirty Three Wines make riesling, chardonnay, shiraz, but really, it’s all about the pinot noir. Downright dirty and delicious pinot noir. The cellar door is a contemporary space, just perfect for enjoying a gourmet local grazing platter, a tipple of wine, local beers, gin and coffee.

Nearby, Harman Wines' cellar door is the ideal place to kick back. They sell beer, cider and coffee, and have games to enjoy on the lawns. It all happens on a Sunday where the woodfired pizzas keep on coming, and live music adds to the vibe.

At Wonthaggi’s new Mates Gin Distillery you can enjoy a delicious range of local gins, cocktails and food in their fun-loving tasting room, all while supporting a good cause. Mates Gin are set up as a social enterprise that aims to direct 50% of their profits into charities and local communities.

New kid on the block, Corner Inlet Vineyard has its roots in the Mornington Peninsula and have just opened a new cellar door near Foster, they’re open by appointment and have their sights set on extended hours over summer.

A dreamy drive through the verdant hills and valleys will take you to Gurneys Cider near Foster. Crisp, unique batch ciders are lovingly produced from the farm’s heritage apples, and enjoyed alongside quality platters of local cheese, meat and vegan platters. Now you can even enjoy a special tasting among the barrels in the world's largest underground cider cellar.

Drummonds Corrina Vineyard wins points for being the absolute cutest cellar door. The quaint shoe-box sized cottage is full of bric-a-brac, complete with a pot bellied stove. There is minimal intervention in the wines to let the flavour of the terroir speak for itself.