Fowles Wine
(Winery in Strathbogie Ranges)

4.4 (5 Reviews)
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What a great place to visit. Good...

10/11/18
What a great place to visit. Good food, great service, coffee that is flavoursome and fantastic views to enjoy. Then go to the wine area and sample some. Wonderful wines here and I always seem to buy wine whenever I visit.
Source: google Sue Filippi

great wine tasting....real good service and an...

6/10/18
great wine tasting....real good service and an amazing riesling
Source: google A Ferreira

Another must do on your way to...

1/26/18
Another must do on your way to Melbourne. Towels Wine is a great place to stop for a break with your family. The wine tasting is fund and friendly. The food is nice. Try the tasting boards with wine pairing. You won't be disappointed.
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The pickled local trout on a garden...

12/29/17
The pickled local trout on a garden salad with dobs of mayonnaise was a lovely lunch. The lamb and the steak also looked good for those who would want a heavier more substantial lunch. The waitress was very nice and paired the wines to the meals very well. The venue was well patronised on this day and so was quite noisy, but this added to the lively lunchtime vibe - more cafe than high end dining in this regard. The cellar door staff were less affable, the demeanour was austere and humourless, more business like than warm and welcoming.
Source: google Penny Taylor

Fabulous coffee, high quality and well priced...

12/7/17
Fabulous coffee, high quality and well priced wine selection. Daily breakfast and lunch that competes with any Melbourne venue. Beautiful views. All available in a Avenel. Amazing. Worth a stop on any trip north of Melbourne.
Source: google Georgia Bolton
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Fowles Wine - Are you game? Experience

Strathbogie (Strathbogie Ranges)
2 Hours
Participants: Minimum 1, Maximum 150
From €45.00
“Fowles Wine is the world’s first winery to craft a range of wines specifically to match wild game meat”
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Stone dwellers experience at Fowles wine

Strathbogie (Strathbogie Ranges)
5 Hours
Participants: Minimum 2, Maximum 50
From €109.00
“Live a special and unique wine tasting at Fowles wine in the relatively unknown region of the Strathbogie Ranges!”
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Wine heritage experience at Fowles wine

Strathbogie (Strathbogie Ranges)
5 Hours
Participants: Minimum 2, Maximum 40
From €109.00
“A wine and farm experience to live in this splendid winery!”

About Winery and Wines

Our winery is a 15-minute drive from the Hume Freeway on Upton Road in the Strathbogie Ranges. Sitting next to our family vineyards and perched on top of a hill overlooking the central Victoria plains, it is here that we cultivate curiosity. Chief Winemaker Victor Nash and Senior Winemaker Lindsay Brown apply ancient wisdom to modern winemaking, with a full suite of winemaking tools and gadgetry, including a barrel hall with over 1000 barrels including some that are 140 years old.

Fowles Wine own and manage 360 acres of vines across two vineyards called Upton Run and Billi's in the Strathbogie Ranges. The rugged and beautiful Strathbogie Ranges are located an hour and a half drive northeast of Melbourne. It is here, in vineyards peppered with massive ancient granite boulders, at elevations between 430 and 550 metres above sea level that the vines from which we source Strathbogie fruit grow. The soils in our family vineyards (Upton Run and Billi's) are comprised of decomposed granite - interspersed with massive granite outcrops. Technically speaking, the soil is sandy clay loam overlying granite and Callabonna clay bedrock - the soils are remarkably even across our vineyards. Ancient, nutrient poor and free-draining, these soils are great for grapes because the vines put their energy into fruit development (its means of survival), rather than canopy.