Merricks Estate

One of the Mornington Peninsula's founding vineyards, the Kefford family planted these slopes above Western Port Bay in 1977. Open only on select weekends, the cellar door sits at the end of Thompson's Lane, surrounded by bushland and old vines. Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon — the 2016 Shiraz took the trophy for best peninsula red at the Cool Climate Wine Show.