Region
Yarra Valley.
Vineyards, long drives, the slow kind of lunch
An hour east of Melbourne, the Yarra Valley is cellar-door country, rolling vineyards, two-hatted restaurants, and houses built to disappear into the land.
About Yarra Valley.
The Yarra Valley is Victoria's oldest wine region and, fifty years into the modern era, still its most decorated. Cool-climate pinot and chardonnay are the headline; sparkling, gamay, and shiraz round out the cellar-door circuit from Healesville through Yarra Glen and Coldstream.
Food has caught up with the wine. The Brae and Healesville Hotel sit alongside Oakridge, TarraWarra, and Stones of the Yarra Valley, restaurants pulling produce from gardens you can walk through after lunch.
Our homes here favour disappearing into the gum trees: blackened timber barns, glass-walled retreats above the river, properties built to belong on the ridge rather than sit on it.
What to do.
Cellar doors
Oakridge, Yarra Yering, TarraWarra, Domaine Chandon, Yering Station, a half-day's drive of Australia's best chardonnay and pinot.
Dining
Oakridge, Stones of the Yarra Valley, TarraWarra Estate, Healesville Hotel, long lunches under vine canopies.
Healesville Sanctuary
Native fauna at close range, koalas, platypus, raptors-in-flight. A morning that travels well with kids.
Hot-air ballooning
Dawn flights over the vineyards. Lively partners with Global Ballooning Australia for member rates.
4 homes in Yarra Valley.
Sol Yarra Valley Barrel Sauna & Spa - Urban List
Onyx Retreat Yarra Valley - Spa, Sauna on 13 Acres
The Meadow Yarra Valley
Bella's Cottage Yarra Valley
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