Yarralaw Springs Wines

The unique Strawbale Winery provides a rustic and organic venue for the cellar door complementing the sustainable practices employed on the vineyard and farm generally.

Yarralaw winery could best be described as micro-boutique, with varietal runs as few as 100 bottles to 1000 bottles. Great care is taken in producing the highest quaility wines from the sustainably grown grapes.

Tasting and cellar door sales are available on the 1st and 2nd Sunday of each month – 11am – 4pm (3pm winter). Changes do occur – please check the homepage info “What Happening” for any changes. We also do appointments.

Purchased entirely undeveloped in 1995 in the middle of a drought, the philosophy was to leave the farm in a better condition than when started.

Almost a thousand native trees were planted from seeds collected on farm, dams added to prevent erosion gullies and the plans for a sustainable enterprise took formation. The most prominent trees are the majestic Yellow Box, with large stands of Ribbon gum, Stringybark and scattered Peppermint.

The original Planting of 3000 vines took place in 1999. Fronting 5000 acres of virgin bush, the vines struggled with rabbits, hares, kangaroos and cockatoos but made it to the cordon wire eventually. The vineyard soils are yellow mineral rich clays supplemented each year with on farm composted grape marc, manures and mulched cane prunings.