An Urban Cellar Door where you can taste the best wines, ciders, meads and handcrafted spirits WA has to offer, under one roof in the heart of Busselton. Open six days a week, the Urban Cellar Door offers a unique taster of Western Australia’s best producers.Â
Jilyara Wines of Wilyabrup Margaret River is developing quite a reputation for their award winning Cabernet Sauvignon. You can sample their Honeycomb Corner and Heath Road ranges of reds and whites, as well as purchasing their full range including the reserve William’s Block collection or discover the highlights with a Mixed Pack.
Or perhaps it’s a summer in the sun you are planning, well you can’t go past biodynamic winery Marri Wood Park’s range of sparkles. The oh so trendy Pet Nat is a crisp, fizzy treat that uses their renowned chenin grapes as a base with natural bottle fermentation to build the bubbles. Or for lovers of the more traditional bubbles, the Sparkling Chenin Blanc is as sophisticated as they come!Â
For a wine as laid-back as your summer holiday Settlers Ridge organic wines really hit the mark. They are easy drinking, friendly and approachable, just like their owner, Kaye Nobbs. You can taste the family passion in every sip and you are welcome to taste them here, rosé and lantana to whites, reds and fortifieds, and don’t go home without checking out their sparkling rosé Sparkle Town!Â
If it’s something a little different you are looking for the Keepers Mead and Brewing Co at Southern Forests Honey have you covered, from honey wines and fortified to contemporary meads you’ll be buzzing about this range.
The sparkling fun continues across at Core Cider, where you can check out the Swan Valley’s best use of apples around! This award winning WA cidery produces a contemporary range of canned ciders with a twist, including the crowd pleasing ginger apple and fun on ice berry cider. Their premium range includes the divine pear cider, perfect for sipping and gifting.
Old Youngs Handcrafted Spirits tops off the Urban Cellar Door tour with an incredible range of handcrafted spirits, including Gingin Gin, Pavlova Vodka and much much more. Get to know the best mixes for this summer and really up your entertaining game!
The newest addition is Out on a Limb wines with cool climate Pinot Noir and Riesling by winemaker and owner Ben Carmody from his farm in the Great Southern. These exceptional wines are a first for the Urban Cellar Door and totally different to Margaret River Region wines. Find delicate, fragrant and lively styles well suited to a wide variety of food matches and so refreshing for the warm summer and autumn months of the sunny south west.
Sip your way around Western Australia, stock up for your festive needs, and head it off with a drink at the Homestead Bar. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am over the festive season.
