The Local Collection is:

- a tasting hub for six innovative,
passionate, artisan vignerons

- a casual, warm,
friendly restaurant
and function centre

- vibrant gallery

. . . and hang-out for
several aged, gentle
& very spoilt dogs

Whinstone Estate


Ken and Leon Wood were set to retire to beautiful Sorrento after careers in business and public service.

Ken’s younger son became involved in viticulture on the Mornington Peninsula and convinced Leon and Ken that a small vineyard would be great retirement project.

Weeks were spent searching for a suitable site. Finally a perfect property came on the market on a Thursday and was purchased on Saturday.
Ken’s comment was that even if the vines were to die, it would still be the most beautiful place to live.

Both Ken and Leon had previously had an interest in wine and a desire to live on the land.
The following year was spent turning a cattle property into a working vineyard. This involved a lot of hard physical work and a huge learning curve.

Ken and Leon aim to produce single vineyard wines of excellent quality and to market them at a realistic price.

Whinstone Estate was established in 1994. Since that time the vineyard has developed a reputation for growing exceptionally fine fruit which has been sold to several of the larger premium winemakers on the Mornington Peninsula. At the same time grapes were put aside to make wines under the Whinstone label.

Varieties grown at Whinstone Estate are Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadet/Melon.

These wines became available under the Whinstone label late in 2003.

Several vintages have been cellared to allow the wines to develop.