Cellar Door
Open Saturdays & Sundays, 12.00 – 4.00pm
Sometimes other days too. Check @blamemabel for updates.
A serious cellar door, but there’s no need for you to take it seriously. Here’s what we mean. At Blame Mabel you’ll find exquisite wines crafted with care and a small but growing selection of local products and/or artisan-made goodies for sale, a kind of quasi farm shop feel. It’s just getting started and we’re fussily unearthing little pops of wonderfulness across our region.
You can play card and board games, linger a while, throw the ball for Mabel and dust off those stories that you’ve probably told a few times already.
We’re in the beautiful Moorabool Valley and there's so much history in this 30-acre steep site on Mount Anakie. Proudly one of the oldest existing vineyards in the region, boasting 2.5 metre deep volcanic soil and being the first vineyard in Victoria to introduce onsite accommodation. We're proud to be a part of its history and acknowledge the original vignerons who saw the potential in this site back in 1984.
Rich black clays over basaltic rocks formed many years ago provide a unique setting and perfumed wines.
Yep, we’ll greet you like an old friend.
Cellar Door Hours
Saturday : 12.00 to 4.00pm
Sunday : 12.00 to 4.00pm
Check @blamemabel for updates.
We've partnered with our neighbours, Steve and Lily of Hillside Have Wines, to bring an even betterer experience at Blame Mabel.
You'll find three of their beautiful wines at our cellar door happily sitting alongside our own, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
If you're lucky, you might even spot Steve, part time sheep wrangler, out on the property, with sheep in tow.
The Land and Vines
Our vineyard has deep roots, literally. The vines were inspired by the Bordeaux Wine Region of France. There's Riesling, Malbec, Semillon, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. The Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Merlot had seen better days and couldn’t be saved.
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We’re slowly bringing it back to life, with Riesling and the Malbec leading the revival. In 2025, we’re swapping out some Cabernet Sauvignon for Pinot Noir, leaning into the changing climate and chasing a future that tastes just as good as the past.
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We're a small business with a mighty cheer squad.