An elegant contemporary building with a la carte dining upstairs and tasting room with casual grazing food downstairs set among the gentle hills and valleys on the Kangaroo Ground side of the Yarra Valley.
There s a terrace for outside dining and relaxing that gives you an impression of sitting right among the vines, and an art gallery of interesting works. The wines are excellent regional drops - look for the zesty Sauvignon Blanc and the classy Cabernet Sauvignon in particular.
The eight acre vineyard in Kangaroo Ground at the Western end of the Yarra Valley in the Shire of Nillumbik was planted to Riesling, Chardonnay and Cabernet in 1986. The property was named 'Wildfell' by a pioneering Scotsman, Walter Wippel, who settled this property in the Kangaroo Ground area in the early 1850's; establishing orchards, market gardens and grazing land.
No doubt, wine production was high on the list of priorities, and the rich decomposed volcanic soils assisted in this purs...
Samson Hill Winery and Vineyard at Kangaroo Ground, 28 kilometres north east of Melbourne CBD, was established in 1998 on a spectacular location overlooking the City of Melbourne, the surrounding mountains to Kinglake, the Dandenong's and much more.
The views are second to none and the clean air is plentiful. The concept of the founding family was to strive for quality only and develop full bodied rich reds and crisp fruity whites. Wines that can be enjoyed immediately but may also be kept ...