Our Tasting Room has been purpose built to have minimal impact on the environment and is sustainably run. The Tasting Room was built using recycled materials, is powered by solar panels and uses only rainwater. Even our food scraps aren’t wasted, but instead go straight to our worm farm in the garden.
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Our Tasting Room
Our Tasting Room is open 7 days (excluding Good Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day) from 11am – 4pm. You will find us at 167 Elliott Road McLaren Flat. Please note our Winter hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays by appointment only.
Relax on the deck, immerse yourself in a personalised guided Tasting Experience and take in unparalleled views of our vineyards and beyond to the sea. With a large open lawn area to enjoy in spring and summer, and heating on the deck for autumn and winter, it’s always a perfect time to visit us.
If you are looking to experience the beautiful natural bushland of McLaren Vale at your own relaxed pace, you can pre-order and pick up a local produce picnic pack and bottle of wine at our Tasting Room to enjoy within the Gemtree Eco Trail. Here you can explore the restored native landscape, relax in the wide-open spaces and use the BBQ facilities and playground.
Our Tasting Experiences are conducted seated at your own individual table. To ensure we can accommodate you and your companions, bookings are recommended.
For further information please email  tastingroom@gemtreewines.com or give us a call on (08) 8383 0802. We’d love to hear from you.
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Structured Tastings, Tours & Experiences
Grenache & Gourmet at Gemtree
$35pp
Join us on our deck overlooking McLaren Vale and indulge in our Grenache at Gemtree experience; featuring a specially curated tasting flight of four organic Gemtree wines all made using the Grenache varietal, a native food tasting plate featuring ingredients grown in our native garden and a Gemtree branded Riedel glass to take home with you.Â
By the time you leave, you might even be bigger fans of Grenache than we are – come and find out what the hype is about.
The Gemtree Tasting Experience
$10pp
The Gemtree Tasting Experience includes a personal tasting flight of five of our wines (including two from our super premium collections), hosted by a dedicated member of our Tasting Room staff. $10 redeemable per person on individual bottle purchases.
The Gemtree Wine & Native Tasting Experience
$30pp
Ever tasted saltbush, muntries, or pepper berries? Explore unique flavours with our native food plate while tasting a flight of our biodynamic wines. With more than 50,000 native plants at Gemtree, there’s no better pairing to get a sense of place — this place and country we call home. $10 redeemable per person on individual bottle purchases.
Being Biodynamic
$85pp
The moon and nature are key contributors to Gemtree’s wines. Take a walk with us as we demystify biodynamics with a bite to eat and a glass of wine – of course! Learn about biodynamic grape growing and wine making during a relaxing guided tour of Gemtree’s Biodynamic Hut, and see firsthand how this philosophy is applied in the vineyards. Complete your tour with a delicious regional platter featuring some of the Vale’s finest produce, cheeses, condiments and locally baked breads along with a glass of Gemtree Regional Wine.
Wine and Wander
$185pp
Enjoy a perfect combination of nature, food and wine with our Wine and Wander experience. Discover the flora, fauna and wildlife of Gemtree along the Gemtree Eco Trail. Learn about biodynamic grape growing and wine making at the Biodynamic Hut, enjoy a tutored tasting of Gemtree’s wines, and indulge in a private dining experience prepared by the award-winning chefs at the nearby Salopian Inn.
Gemtree Eco Trail
Whilst visiting our tasting room we invite you to take a self-guided walk along our beautiful Eco Trail, filled with native plants, birds and animals.
When the Buttery family took over the McLaren Vale property there existed a 10-hectare barren piece of land that had been cleared for cattle grazing. Within this land there was a creek line overgrown with feral weeds and strewn with rubbish from past farming use. We knew this area needed to be restored to natural bush and wetlands to vastly improve the biodiversity of our vineyard, contribute to the survival of local native species and ensure ecological balance was maintained on the property.
In 2001 the local community came together, clearing the rubbish from the creek. Gemtree partnered with Greening Australia to develop the site, planting more than 50,000 native trees and shrubs. The site is now a biodiverse wetland and a haven for native birds, plants and animals.
Our tasting room staff will point you in the right direction to the Gemtree Eco Trail. The Eco Trail is free and open to the public daily. Wander at your leisure guided by information points, perhaps taking advantage of the BBQ facilities surrounded by tall gums.
The trail is about one kilometre long and is a comfortable 15 to 20-minute walk.
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Your Escape into Nature
With shared philosophies and commitment to the environment and sustainability, Gemtree Wines and CABN are natural partners. Together, CABN expanded their existing accommodation locations to include sites throughout McLaren Flat amongst the vines and ancient towering gums of Gemtree’s natural beauty.
Our organic and biodynamic credentials have roots as old as our decades-old vines, we firmly believe it is our responsibility to improve the land for future generations. We are committed and dedicated to improving our soils, the environment and local biodiversity.
CABN’s simple approach is to create sustainable, off-grid cabins that leave as little impact on the environment as possible, located in breathtaking surrounds providing you with the opportunity to escape into nature.
Our combined partnership towards enriched experience-based hospitality allows you to connect with nature in one of two CABNs (MILA and BELLA) situated amongst the Gemtree vineyards, encouraging you to relax, rediscover and reconnect.