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Best’s Wines Cellar Door
Book a Tasting experience
Best’s Wines has an experience to suit all palates! We offer an introduction to our Great Western Range as well as several premium options including our very special Icon Tasting Experience, offered under Coravin.
Plus we offer a guided underground cellar tour and special tasting on the first Saturday morning of the month. Our Pick a Platter cheese boards are available 7 days a week and do not need to be booked in advance (view menu).
Cellar door bookings are essential over long weekends and busy holiday periods. Booked guests will receive priority over walk in customers.
Curious about our wine tasting experiences?
Check out this short video for a brief look at what is on offer here at Best’s Great Western
Great Western Tasting
This tasting experience features wines from our Great Western varietals range. This tasting is $10 per person.
(Wine Club member discounts apply)
Please note if you are travelling with friends or children not intending to drink, please specify this in the optional notes section of the booking for seating purposes.
**Great Western Tastings are not available over Long Weekends; Please select our ‘Long Weekend Tasting Experience’ **
Premium Tasting
This tasting experience includes a selection of wines from both our Growers Series and premium Concongella Collection. This tasting experience is $15 per person.
(Wine Club member discounts apply)
Please note if you are travelling with friends or children not intending to drink, please specify this in the optional notes section of the booking for seating purposes.
**Premium Tastings are not available over Long Weekends; Please select our ‘Long Weekend Tasting Experience’ **
Icon Tasting Experience
This tasting experience consists of three wines from our Icon Range, poured under Coravin and costs $80 per person. The tasting includes our flagship wine, the Thomson Family Shiraz. Our Thomson Family Shiraz was named in the First Classified, and Bin No. 0 Shiraz was included as Classified in the 8th edition of the Langton’s Classification. Wine Club members receive their club discount for this experience
Please note if you are travelling with friends or children not intending to drink, please specify this in the optional notes section of the booking for seating purposes.
**On Long Weekends Icon Tastings are only available at 11am daily **
Summer Tasting Experience
The Summer tasting experience is offered through February till the end of March and will feature five wines from our Great Western and Concongella varietals range.
Taste our new Blanc de Noir, 2024 House Block Riesling, 2024 Great Western Riesling, our historic field blend the 2023 Concongella Blanc, and new vintage 2024 Foudre Ferment Riesling.
$25* per person includes cheese, sourdough crackers and olive plate. (Wine Club member discounts apply)
Please note if you are travelling with friends or children not intending to drink, please specify this in the optional notes section of the booking for seating purposes.
**Seasonal Tastings are not available over Long Weekends, Please select our ‘Long Weekend Tasting Experience **
For further information, contact cellar door on 03 5356 2250.
Long Weekend Tasting
Over busy long weekends we create a tasting experience that features wines from across all our Great Western and Concongella ranges.
Our $10 tasting brings together wines from our Great Western and Concongella ranges.
Our $15 tasting gives us the opportunity to showcase a special wine alongside our current vintage Great Western and Concongella wines.
Start planning your Long weekend. We have two special Long Weekend tastings for $10 and $15 as well as local cheeses and produce available to select from our ‘ Pick a Platter’ menu to share with friends
Please note if you are travelling with friends or children not intending to drink, please specify this in the optional notes section of the booking for seating purposes.
Stables till 8
We’re staying up late! Best’s Stables cellar door will stay open until 8pm on Friday nights through 2025.
Settle in with a glass of your favourite Best’s wine and enjoy a grazing platter with friends.
Please note if you are travelling with friends or children not intending to drink, please specify this in the optional notes section of the booking for seating purposes.
Guided Cellar Tour + Tasting
2025 Saturday dates:
Jan 4th, Feb 1st, March 1st, April 5th, May 3rd, June 7th,
July 5th, Aug 2nd, Sept 6th, Oct 4th, Nov 1st, Dec 6th
Discover our ‘Best Kept Secrets’ and join us on the first Saturday of each month for a guided tour of Best’s Wines historic underground cellar. The tour will start in our ‘ Stables’ cellar door, one of our friendly staff will guide you on the walk through our history.
Hear about the Best’s family and their pioneering beginnings through to the 5th generation Thomson Family who have been custodians of the Concongella Estate since 1920.
After the tour, a tailored wine tasting awaits, where you can savour some of our wines from across a variety of ranges.
The Guided Tour & Tasting is $35 per person, Wine Club member discounts apply for this experience.
Maximum 10 guests. Please note if you are travelling with friends or children not intending to drink, please specify this in the optional notes section of the booking for tour & seating purposes.
**Guided Tours & Tastings only available on the first Saturday of each month**
Private Icon Tasting Experience
Best’s Wines offers a unique private Icon tasting experience inside our old concrete white wine maturation tank which was constructed in the 1870’s and now forms part of the historic underground cellar walk.
This experience includes our Icon Tasting and a small cheese plate. Our private Icon experience has a maximum capacity of 6 people due to the size of the space. Please contact jessica.dacosta@bestswines.com to book a private tasting experience or call us on 03 5356 2250.
For large groups (11 or more) group booking fees apply, please contact us directly on +61 3 5356 2250 or via email jessica.dacosta@bestswines.com
