Taste the Highlands
Wine Tasting
Enjoy a premium tasting at the cellar door featuring a range of our wines, gin and limoncello, or relax by the fire with a glass of wine or beer in hand.
Produce Boards
Enjoy a selection of antipasto including our award winning pickles, artisan cheeses, meats, seasonal dip, olives and crackers.
Hours
Our cellar door is open 11:00am to 5:30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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Cellar Door Experiences
Premium Wine Tasting
Enjoy a guided tasting of 6 premium Dawning Day wines. Our knowledgeable staff will guide you through a range of our cool-climate wines. Our tasting list is frequently changing there’s always a reason to come back and taste!
Premium Spirited Tasting
Enjoy a Premium Wine Tasting then taste a selection of Dawning Day spirits, all distilled onsite. If spirits are more your thing, skip the wine tasting and try 4 from the range.
Estate Wine Tasting
Enjoy a guided tasting of 5 Dawning Day Estate wines. These wines are made with 100% estate-grown fruit at our vineyards in Exeter. Our Estate range includes Traditional Methode sparkling, Rose, Chardonnay, Gamay & Pinot Noir. The Estate tasting also includes some small bites, thoughtfully paired with each wine.
Winemaker Tour
Our Winemaker Tour offers a behind the scenes look at the winemaking process. Enjoy a guided tour of our vineyard (weather permitting) with Sparkling in hand before sitting down to taste through 6 wines with a local produce board. Then, it’s a backstage pass into the winery with one of our winemakers. Here, you will be able to sample unreleased wine currently in barrel/tank. Finish back at the Cellar Door with a G&T or Limoncello Spritz.
Please allow 75-90 minutes for this tour.
