This is a serious cellar door. But you don’t have to take it seriously. Here at Blame Mabel, our wines are the co-stars, we offer wine tastings and platters to nibble on, and invite you to linger a while, longer than you probably planned. Sip, savour, watch the valley, and let everything slow down.
We stock 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.
Our vineyard sits on rich volcanic black clay over basaltic rocks, which is a fancy way of saying the soil is good for making beautifully perfumed wine. We’re one of the oldest vineyards in the region and the first in Victoria to have accommodation on site. That means you can stay, play, and tell your stories without ever needing to leave.
We like to keep the land happy. Grass grows where it wants. Bugs buzz where they like. Birds and bees are reintroduced with plants we’ve chosen just for them. It’s all part of letting nature and vines do their thing, which, funnily enough, makes the wine taste even better.
So wander the vines, throw the ball for me, play a game, sip slowly, or just sit back with a platter. Every visit is a little pause in the day.
Yep, I’ll greet you like an old friend, and maybe a cheeky kiss.
open Saturday and Sundays from noon, sometimes other times too. Check @blamemabel
cellar door in the Moorabool Valley Wine Region, an hour from Melbourne, 30 minutes from Geelong
the land and the vineyard
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, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir at our cellar door happily sitting alongside our own cool climate premium wines.
If you're lucky, you might even spot Steve, part time sheep wrangler, out on the property, with sheep in tow. If you see the sheep in the vines, please undertake a community service and help shoo them away.
Our vineyard has deep roots, literally. The vines were inspired by the Bordeaux Wine Region of France. Initially there was Riesling, Malbec, Semillon, Chardonnay Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. The Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot had seen better days and couldn’t be saved. There were tears!
We’re slowly bringing it back to life, with Riesling and the Malbec leading the revival. In 2025, we swapped out the Cabernet Sauvignon for Pinot Noir on drought tolerant rootstock, leaning into the changing climate and chasing a future that tastes just as good as the past.
We're a small business with a mighty cheer squad and We're proud to be a part of the lands history and acknowledge the original vignerons who saw the potential in this site back in 1984.
in the Brisbane Ranges National Park, surrounded by hiking trails.