What to do and see in Rutherglen, Australia: The Best Places and Tips

Welcome to Campbells where 145 years of tradition, passion and experience all combine to capture the full flavours of Rutherglen. Our wines spring from the unique qualities of the Rutherglen Wine Region, five generations of knowledge and a dedication to innovation. We have a hands on approach and an uncompromising commitment to quality. Great wine takes time, so come and join us on a great journey and discover the secret of Campbells Wines.

Scion is a dynamic and creative boutique wine business established in Rutherglen, North East Victoria. Visit our intimate cellar door, take a wander through our 8-acre vineyard and be guided through our tiny winery. Meet the makers and enjoy our quintessential Australian country setting, only 2km south of the Rutherglen township.Our fruit is carefully hand-picked, wines are innovative/non-traditional and are hand-made with a focus on quality. We specialise in working with the varieties Muscat and Durif, which have been traditionally grown in Rutherglen for many years.We have a distinctive lineage in the Rutherglen region: inspired great-great granddaughter Jan Milhinch and son Rowly established Scion Vineyard from bare earth, 'scions' of pioneering Rutherglen vigneron (1859) GF Morris.Since planting in 2002, Scion has won trophies and gold medals with their hand-crafted wines including Best Australian Durif awarded at the 2010 Rutherglen Wine Show and Best Fortified for 2010 as described by Jeni Port with their Sweet Durif. They have developed innovative styles using the famous Muscat grape variety, including the delicate Rose Muscat dessert wine, a dry aromatic Orange Muscat Rosé and drier aperitif fortified wine, a vintage Brown Muscat.Don't forget to find Scion Vineyard & Winery on Facebook or follow on Twitter.

Rutherglen Wine Experience and Visitor Information Centre is your first point of call when you arrive in Rutherglen. We have winery maps to help you navigate yourself around the region as well as further afield, we have a list of accommodation and will happily book you in to a place that suits your needs. We also have a list of restaurants, cafes and winery tour operators. Our gift and local produce shop stock a large variety of Rutherglen wines, local condiments and gifts that you didn't realise you needed until you saw them! We also provide tastings of our iconic fortified wines: -Tawny, Muscat and Topaque. Bike hire is available for 1/2 day or full day and include helmet and water bottle. We are an accredited Visitor Information Centre, opened 7 days a week 9am to 5pm (excluding Christmas Day)

Beautiful waterfront winery serving light luncheons and refreshments. Well behaved dogs on leads welcome outdoors.

Warrabilla Wines is located in the historic Rutherglen wine region. Andrew and Carol Smith have built a reputation of producing formidable red wines of heroic proportions. A range of whites, reds and high quality fortifieds are on offer 7 days a week 10am - 5pm.

Gooramadda Olives is highly awarded within Australia and Internationally. We are located at 1468 Gooramadda Rd, Gooramadda Victoria 3685 just a short 10 minute drive from Rutherglen wine region in North East Victoria, Australia. Visit us and enjoy a Food Tour tasting estate grown olives, extra virgin olive oils, flavoured olive oils, Balsamic Vinegars, local cheeses,cordials for grown ups, worchester sauce and other gourment local produce. Olive and wine matching is also available. Release your inner gourmet as we share cooking tips and recipes ideas with you to indulge your taste sensations in your own home. The Cellar Door is open Saturdays, Sundays & Public Holidays 10am until 5pm for tasting and sales.Midweek by appointment. We are licenced to serve and sell local wines and beer. We have an extensive range of locally produced fine foods, which includes locally produced cheeses. These cheeses include 2 types of blue cheese,double cream brie, Cheddar flavoured with bush tucker,greek fetta & persian fetta.We grow 11 varieties of award winning table olives and varietal extra virgin olive oil. Our extra virgin olive oils have won many awards including Gold Medals, Best Oil in Class:Sydney Royal & New York International Olive Oil Competition,Peoples Choice award at North East Victorian Golden Olive Awards,Sydney Royal Fine Foods and New York International Olive Oil competition. Gooramadda olives are hand picked. The day the fruit is picked is the day it goes into barrel to start its natural fermentation process preserving the full rich flavours of the olive. Our award winning extra virgin olive oils are cold pressed shortly after picking. Our table olives and varietal olive oils are available for tasting and purchase at the Cellar Door which is onsite. We also stock award winning fine foods such as local cheeses,balsamic vinegar, dukkah, beer,cider, wine, worchester sauce, plums in port,Frou Frou Cordials (used to mix with alcholol).We make a range of olive oil skin care products such as unfragranced olive oil soap, soap fragranced with essential oil,hand creme,skin softener, heel balm, massage oil & lip balm. We mail order and send our olives Australia wide. Call in to see us and enjoy an olive and cheese platter matched with local beer, cider and wines while overlooking our panoranic view.

This rustic cellar door in the backstreets of Rutherglen is housed in a collection of rusty corrugated buildings.We have no Muzac and our idea of mood lighting is when the fluro doesn't come on. In spite of this the readers of Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine voted this as Australia's Top Cellar Door,in June/July 2012. We look forward to welcoming you.

Lush Gardens, a warm welcome, and a fantastic range of award-winning wines makes Stanton & Killeen a must-visit on your tour of the Rutherglen region. Walk amongst 100-year-old fortified barrels and taste your way through wines exuding generations of flavour. With over 16 French and Portuguese varieties, some rare and unusual, and a ‘5 Red Star’ Halliday rating, there are many reasons to visit S&K.

Over 5 generations Morris Wines have developed an outstanding reputation for producing full bodied red's, magnificent vintage and tawny's adn highly awarded Muscat and Tokay. The Morris Cellar Door is a true icon of Australian design, located in the heart of the cellar, views of the century old storage casks & famous dirt floors, the Cellar Door provides an up close experience to winemaking.