Overview
Punt Road Wines has established a new outpost in the Yarra Valley, opening a cellar door adjacent to the region's popular Meletos restaurant. The purpose-built venue, set between the vines and orchards, boasts sweeping views of the surrounds and gives day-trippers another reason to head to the Yarra Valley.
The new cellar door, centred around a winery barrel hall, will showcase the quality of the vineyards through different immersive experiences. There will be behind-the-scenes winery visits, curated wine flights, and intimate tastings of limited-release and museum wines.
The new cellar door will cement the estate, which includes the Meletos restaurant, The Farmhouse accommodation and the Il Massaggio Day Spa, as a must-visit destination in the Yarra Valley, as visitors can experience many of the region's highlights in one convenient location. And with Meletos about to welcome a new head chef, Maxwell Parlas (who knows a thing or two about the area, having spent time in the hatted Tarrawarra Estate kitchen nearby), guests will be welcomed with a fresh approach to dining.
This venture honours the legacy of the site, which was once home to pioneering Yarra Valley vineyard, St Hubert's Winery, in its original iteration in the late 1800s. It now returns to its roots, as the Punt Road Wine owners, the Napoleone family, have been growing fruit in the area since 1948.
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