We've just received 97 points for our new release 2018 Cellar block Durif from Jeni Port at the Halliday Wine Companion! 

Emptying and refilling barrels is a key part of our winemaking process, and it's happening now!

It's our 30th birthday! Anderson Cellar door opened it's doors for the first time on the March long weekend in 1993.

It's been another wet start to the season, and you can almost see the vines shoots getting longer every day! 

It's been a cold and frosty July! Our average minimum temperature for the month was -0.5 degrees, with a finger numbing 16 mornings starting out below -2.0 degrees. But frosty mornings mean clear, sunny days.....

Wishes do come true! Back in February, just as the first of our grapes were starting to ripen, I wrote in our member newsletter..."we'd be quite happy if La Nina packed her bags and left right now!". Okay, so she didn't actually leave, but she did stop directing her fury at us! 

Have you ever come across this in your cellar? It can happen in humid situations like we are having now, but thankfully the wine inside is NOT affected. The mould is only external, and cannot grow through the cork to get inside. Simply clean it off with a damp cloth before opening, and you’re good to go! 

Our Cellar door will be open most days over the Christmas / New Year period, only closing on Christmas day & Boxing day, and the 1st & 2nd of January (and closing early on Christmas eve and New Years eve).

Bookings are not required, but are appreciated for groups (i.e 6+).

We look forward to welcoming you!

Wines shows are back! After everything being cancelled in 2020, the 2 major shows we enter in (Rutherglen and the Australian Small Winemakers) have gone ahead in 2021 and our combined medal count stands at 1 Trophy, 6 Gold medals, 12 Silver medals and 14 bronze medals.....

Most of our higher price point reds are released when they are 5 years old. So, they have a little bit of age on them and are all delicious to drink now, but they will cellar further too, if you are so inclined.

2016 was a fast and furious vintage - all the reds ripened a the same time, so it was a race against time to pick the all the grapes. We won the race, and the wines look great!

As the sun sets on another vintage, we reflect on a season of good spring rain, mild temperatures, late summer downpours and worker shortages. The bottom line? After all that, the wines look great!

We are so excited here on the border that NSW is opening the border with Victoria on November 23! And given the low number of cases in Melbourne over the last few days, we expect all will go ahead with opening up Melbourne to the rest of Victoria this Sunday. On a personal level that means that we, along with many other families around the country, can see each other for Christmas this year, which is even more special than usual.

And of course, it also means we can start welcoming YOU back to our Cellar door! Things will be different for a while, with all the Covid regulations, but it will be great to start seeing people here again.

If you are planning a trip, here's a run down of what you need to know:

Check out our video of Howard & Christobelle having a chat about the wines in our Spring 2020 Wine club tasting pack.

Then you can visit our Wine Club page if you'd like to sign up and get one!

“Alfie” is a 1946 Grey Fergi tractor with a special story.

What would you do if your grandfather left you a tractor but you didn't even have a shed to put it in? That happened to Howard and it turned out for the best!

Click on the title to read the full story

The story behind our Storyteller Durif label is a great one to tell at our (currently closed) Cellar door.

Howard's mother had a pet cockatoo "Cocky", who was born in 1940 and died in 2013. That's right - 73 years! He knew 4 generations of our family, and could tell a lot of stories about what happened in the backyard over all those years. He'd mimic family members from years ago .... (click title to read more)