Granite Belt Wine Country is distinguished by its elevation, making it Australia’s highest wine region and Queensland’s ‘coolest’ location, producing elegant cool-climate wines. Our winemakers are admired for their expressions of Shiraz, Chardonnay and other loved mainstream varieties, but it’s our Strange Bird Wines that have wine lovers describing us as ‘full of surprises’ and ‘unlike anywhere else’.
While other wine regions are known for one or two signature grapes, here on the Granite Belt it’s our ‘non-signature’ that defines us and allows us to experiment, bend the rules and surprise even the most adventurous of wine lovers.
Strange Birds is what we call our many alternative (or emerging) wine varieties. These exciting wines are lesser known and rarer to find in Australia. As a rule, we only call it a Strange Bird if the grapes are grown on the Granite Belt and represent less than 1% of Australia’s vines. We’re small wineries, with boutique-sized production, meaning our wines are rarely found in bottle shops, so come meet us and taste with us in our cellar doors.
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Cellar Doors Featuring Strange Bird Wines
The Strange Bird Wine Trail is now live on the free Southern Downs and Granite Belt Visitor App, enabling Granite Belt’s wine country ‘strange birds’ to take flight within hand’s reach of visitors and wine lovers from across the nation. The app can be used 100% offline, and it features up-to-date information on attractions, accommodation, events, restaurants, wineries, travel tips, and more. Download the app today, and start planning your next trip to one of Australia’s most unique wine regions.