Blessed Cheese aims to represent the smaller or McLaren Vale’s winemakers, with many of our bottles made by producers too small to host their own cellar door. We hope to provide a unique opportunity to sample the wares of these ‘Back Shed’ or ‘Lost Boy (and Girls)’ producers, as well as to highlight some of the lesser known mid-sized operators of the region.

The winemakers of McLaren Vale are often very young when compared to other Australian winemaking regions, displaying vitality and innovation in their work not often seen in the industry. While many of these artisans work for larger companies, they often spend their weekends tweaking and twisting their arts, expressing their skills unfettered by the demands of the mass market. Many spend a great deal of time selecting their fruit, picking the eyes out of the best of this and other South Australian regions, and blending to produce the perfect expression of their intent.

Please sample their wares by the glass, or settle in with a bottle, and embrace some of the cutting edge winemaking in Australia. You might be tempted by one of our Continental Cheese Plates, allowing you to mix and match some of the Australia and the World’s most interesting cheeses to what we believe are some of the World’s most interesting wines.